The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-09-26
LATE NEWs'ITEMs.

ss LATE sEwsIrEms.
Snow has already fallen in the
western part Of Massachusetts,.
Gibson W. Clark, a we'll known.
actor, died Sunday, Of heart disease.
Tho fare from New York to Gem
trail City, Colorado, is now SLAB :; time,
five days.
AT the recent book trade sale, in
New York, upward Of one million books
were disposed Of, realizing about $780,
900.
Ten more deaths since the arrival
Of the steamer Minnesota. and rs Of
her passengers are now i'll with cholera.
Hon. stoddard R. Colby, register
United States treasury, died at Hayer-
hill, N. H., Saturday night where he
was on visit.
Two severe fires have occurred in
Fon du Lac, " isconsin, during the past
week, involving an aggregate loss Of
$37, 900. - .s@ $3.50
The colored people voted for the
first time in Richmond on Monday, the
10th inst.
There have been nearly hundred
deaths from cholera in St. Louis, during
tho past two weeks.
John B. Cough is to receive S12,-
900 for speaking on Temperance in
Chicago during the coming Winter.
1t is said that President johnson
will soon issue proclamation pardon
ing the Union soldiers for participating
in the war.
L: The author of the "Dodge Club
Papers" now being published in Har-
Pers, is Professor DeMill, of Dalhousie
College, Halifax, Nova Scotia. H.:
An attempt was made in Nicolar-
inc, to assassinate the Emperor of Rus
STA, BY two men disguised as females.
The sugar crop of Louisiana, &C.
cording to the estimate of the. New
Orleans Bee, will be double last years
crop, and will reach eighty thousand
hogsheads.
The Merchants Union Express
messenger in charge of the company's
Montreal car which left Albany on
Saturday night for New York, is miss
ing, together with money and valuables
estimated at $4,000.
The freight depot Of the Hartford
& New York Steamboat Company was
burned on the 21st, with large
amount Of freight. The loss is over
100000. The buildings were partially
insured. =:
The works Of the Mount Hope
Iron Company in Somerset were de-
stroyed by fire last Friday. The build
ings covered nearly three acres Of
ground. Loss estimated at $150,OOO,
about two-thirds insured.
Miss Anna Dickinson is visiting
Hartford. She spent the Summer at;
Swampscot, Mass, and was recently for
a few days the guest of John B. Cough
at his residence in Worcester County.
She commences her lectures on the I'd
Of October. e.
On Tuesday evening, Adelaide
Ristori appeared, for the first time since
her return to this country, at the French
Theater, New York, in her celebrated
assumption of Medea.
An extensive fire occurred in New
York City on tho Oath, near the inter-
section Of Grand and Tompkins streets,
originating in planning and saw mill
owned by White Barley K Co. Four
teen buildings were destroyed, involv-
ing the loss Of about 100000.
Tho President on the 24tn par
doned Steven G. Mallory, who was the
rebel Secretary Of Navy. The pard oned
was recommend principally by the
Governor and Legislature Of Connecti-
cut.
" 1t is said that, when at the Augs-
burg Station, the reigning King Of
Bavaria respectfully kissed the hand
Of the Emperess Eugene, she condo
scended to return the compliment by
kissing him on both cheeks, Ga flatter-
ing distinction which her Majesty never
before granted to any sovereign
Hon. Cakes Ames, Of North Eas-
ton, Hass., has. contracted to build
nearly the whole Of the remaining por-
ton Of the Union Pacific railroad =
some 600 miles, passing through the
Rocky Mountain region-receiv;;,o
therefor over $47 100000. This IS
the largest private contract ever made
AT a recent book s2:o in London
the extraordinary prize of $1,000 wal
paid for "Shakspeo2e's Comedies; His
tories and Tragedies" published accor
ding to the true original copies, and
printed ty Isaac Jaggard and Ed
3lount in 1923. -"
The Indian Peace Commissioners
I held council with the Chiefs of The
Bruics. Cheyennes and Ogallalabs, on
the Platte River, on Wednesday. The
Indians demand the cessation of work
on the Powder River and Smoky Hill
roads, and say that after the supply Of
game is exhausted they are willing t
be removed to the Government Reserva
ton. The Commissioners were to give
them an answer on the 21st. It is es
timated that there are twenty-five thou
sand hostile Indians on the Western
Plains.
"A man in Massachusetts send.
italian queen bees by mail to various
parts of the country: Ia sending then
thus he uses a small cylinder Of wire
cloth, about as long and as large as .
mans finger, in each end of which he
places a stopple which has large hole
in it, and in the hole. he places small
pieces of sponge filled with honey
A queen bee, with eight or ten othe,
bees, ia then placed within the cylinder