The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-31

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2 -Tannetss slS nsihg petroleum in pre-
pstine Their fssthsr il % said they find
IT. quite assoed Tor that purpose as fish
oil, which - generally usedy
1T is stated on good authority that
there are not twenty houses to let in the
city of Brooklyn, and in that part Of
the city which was before called Williams
burg, not half as many.
! The States of Maine and Missouri,
which were admitted as members of the
Union together, ratified the amendment
to the Constitution abolishing slavery on
the same day.
Counting whites, Cinnamon and Dig
ger Indians, the population Of California is
about 40O,O0O Of these about 600 are in
the Insane Asylum, and about the same
numer in the State Prison. ia 90
The Dubuque Times states that Mr..
Chaplin, engineer from Chicago, has made
soundings of the river at Dubuque, pre-
paratory to making proposals for the con-
struction Of a bridge from Dubuque to
Dunleith.
Detroit boasts ola Working !Women's
Protective Union, which has been instru-
mental in improving the social and indus
trial condition of the large class of females
in that city who obtain living By other
employments beside homework. 10
"A wealthy citizen of Rochester, N. Y,
proposes to furnish a lot and 800, 900 in
money if the capital Of New York is re-
moved to Rochester, and New York city
offers to give its new Court House, ID the
Park, for the State Capital, if the State
will remove its seat of government down
from Albany. III esass,G
"A correspondent of the Portsmouth
Chronicle, writing from Norfolk, Virginia,
says the great iron.clad Dictator +" carries
only two guns, draws twenty-one feet of
water, runs less than seven knots on hour
at sea, and cost two millions, and that eff
she was to take on board all that the con-
tract required, she would sink alongside
the wharf"
The Manitowoc, Wis, papers say
young girl in that place, named Mary
Moore, having heard that arsenic was
good for the complexion, procured some at
drug store, and before it could be ascer-
tanned what she had taken, the poison had
done its work too surely to be counter
acted, and the girl died in great agony.
The master mechanics of indianapolis
have formed an organization in view of the
next seasons business. They have adj
vanced their rates in view of high prices.
Brick are worth $l4 per thousand; brick
in the wall ST to $40, masons' measure
ment. Journeymen masons chagre s.
per day, labobers 81; sand is 1925 per
DAD, and lime Soc per bushel 114g
on man in Madison county, Illinois,
after considerable experiment, has pro-
duced ten pounds Of silk equal to what il
imported from France and Italy, from
one hundred and twenty thousand cocoons.
He has estimated the cost and profits, and
Is now, prepared to enter into the silk busi-
ness quite extensively. His last seasons
produce has been on exhibition in Saint
Louis. 1guEb eaj IL oJg naREi
grave Of Calhoun, in st. Philips
churchyard, is but tomb made Of brick,
surmounted by slab Of marble, upon
which Is the single word Calhoun
Small bushes grow around, which had the
appearance Of being lately trimmed. Shells
have struck all around it, and fragment
has taken off q portion from the marble
slab which covers all that remains of the
first secessionist. ~ na2 ila
+. Mot long since, married couple in
Pennington, Van Buren, County, Iowa,
early one morning found q COW and calf
in their lot; the COW had collar on with
q note attached, saying the COW should be
taken care of till called for. Some nights
afterwards basket was found at their
door containing an infant about week
old, and a note saying the baby was own
er of the COW.
ID Mr.. George @. Hitchcock, of New
Preston, Conn.,, has sold his famous colt
Surplus, to Mr.. Thorne, of New York,
for $4,000. Surplus is called by horse
men the fastest trotter of his age in the
country, If not in the world. He is said
to have trotted mile on the ice this win
ter in 2:20. At four large fairs he has
taken first premiums. ~.
! The new issue of fractional currency.
of the denomination of twenty-five cents,
is now ready for distribution. It is upon
thick paper, and the engraving gives e.
the appearance Of one Of the Government
notes of greater value. In size it is about
one-half larger than the currency now in