The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-10

Herald loses ,A7s 600 per annum. besides the
dead loss of the Play Biz which furnishes
young Bennett In pocket money. by therwind.
fall of theatrical patronage? Of five persons
in its job printing Office, which used to be run
ming night and day, all are stopped save one.
Cause. nothing to print Besides this, other
advertisers are Withdrawing business. "A thew
find the circulation of thu Herald diminishing
and 1t Is now drumming fer advertisements AZ
If 1t were new enterprise. Its rates have
been reduced below those OF the World.
"A family named LOOMS. residing nearlWa-
terville, Oneida county, New York. and, for
some reason obnoxious to their peighbors, on
Monday of last week were mobbed, tbeir barns
and outhouses, containing eight hc:ses. were
burned, and two of the men so bauiy beaten
that no hopes are entertained of their recove-
~. No arrests made and great excitement
exists.
Oysters are o short crop this year, land prices
at the East rule from $1.00 to 81 per gallon,
wholesale, and 81 per quart retail. While the
war continued, the oyster shore of Chesapeake
cessible where the Rappahannock, York and
part have grown "wild," cranky from remain
ing undisturbed so long, sufocating each other
in large masses. Moreover labor is scarce,
and the owners exclude intruders so far as pos
,sible, with q jealous vigilance.
"A young man wrote to Gov. Brownlow, of
Tennessee, offering to sell for 81 900 perfect
copy OF all official letters written by I. P.
. book of 400 pages by clerks In the rebel War
Department. The Governor replied that he
wouldn't give one thousand cents for all the
rebel orders and dispatches ever written, hav-
ing no desire to aid in the work of perpetual
ing the sayings and doings of leading traitors,
who, by their treason, have filed the land with
graves, and the country with widows, orphans
and cripples.
The snow storm that visited the West last
week had its counterpart in the East, and
sleigh bells are already ringing in Northern
New England. The fall of snow at Albany,
New York, was twelve inches, but it soon
turned to slosh by rain storm which follow
ed. Cars came into Springfield, Hassachu.
sets, loaded with about five inches. It showed
hard ito within ten miles of Boston. In the
immediate vicinity of the lakes, as at Roches-
ter, etc., the fall was eight, these portions of
the country being visited with severe gale
"A somewhat complicated divorce case was
TIE tried s on Monday before Judge Robertson, Of
June last Levi A Lincoln obtained decree of
divorce from his wife Abby, on the ground
that at the time IF her marriage with him she
had another husband living. The lady now
applies for re-cpening of the decree, alleging
that when the suit for It was instituted by Mr..
Lincoln she allowed the matter to 60 by de-
fault in consequence of being deceived by her
she discovered that her husband had another
wife, and therefore felt herself free to marry
again, and contracted the matrimonial alliance
alluded to with Mr.. Lincoln. The Judges de-
cision on the motion was reserved.
AT 2 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, the fu-
neral Of Mr.. Francis j. Lyon and his wife, who
were scalded to death on board the st. John,
on Sunday morning last, was solmenized at
st. Luke's Church, New York. The fact that |
on Thursday last the youthful couple were
married in the same church, and that they had
lost their lives while on their bridal tour, lent
additional interest to the ceremonies. About |
noon the collins were carried into the church,
and the coverings being removed, the bodies
were seen habited in their bridal attire. A very
large assemblage of friends and relatives of the
deceased were present. The services were
performed in very impressive manner by |
Rev. j. II. Tuttle, the same clergyman who
officiated at the marriage ceremony. |
The filling of the Back Bay, which will |
mense enterprise undertaken by the State gov |
and now about half done. The |
amount expended thus far in filling, grading, /.
ETC., is 81, 053 $40, and sales have been made |
aggregating 1895, 239, with an area now |
ready to be brought into market worth g.
800, 600; SO that the profit to this time may be /
stated at three millions. The streets in this |
new addition are wide and uniform, and pur. |
chases of lots are bound to erect, within q |
stipulated time, houses of certain dimensions |
and cost-the design being to make this the |
quarter of the town. With the completion of |
this great work Boston Neck" will cease to |
be reality, and the mill Dam" becomes an |
avenue looking out upon Charles river.
The custom which has obtained within |
few years of observing Thanksgiving upon |
day throughout the country-the last
Thursday of November-is this year violated, |
and appointments are divided among three |
different days. The President calls for Ma |
tional Thanksgiving on Thursday, December |
7th, and the Governor of New York adopts
the same day. Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
Ohio and Wisconsin, stick to the last Thursday, |
November Both. The Governor of Maine has |
appointed November 2Sd. 1t is said an at
change his proclamation, and adopt the lost |
Thursday, the reasons for it being quite as |
strong as those which induced him to change |
the day of Fasting for the assassination of Mr.. |
Lincoln. - St"''f
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From the Richmond lines, 25.h. SO cd
{ General Lee President OF Washington
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