The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-02-13
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foundation stones of Fl. Smelling, in 1919;
yet, TO borrow DR.. Bcecher's quotation
from the bible, concerning hi,nselO this ven
cradle mules ''eye is not dimmed With age
nor his natural force abated." This faith
full old servant Of government, instead Of
being sold by the co,nmissary, ought to
have been placed upon the pension list,
and instead of drawing logs from the In
dian lands on the other side, he ought new
er to dra,c anything more, but his rations OF
hay and oats.
90 There was a very pleasant little
cotiIlion party at the Central House, last
Thursday night.
90 The Temperance Lecture Of Capt.
Wakefield, last Friday night, was in his
richest vein. We were pleased to see so
many in attendance.
90 The most Of the hauling of winter
supplies and goods. from Saint Paul up the
Mississippi river. is completed. One Of
our friends, with three teams has done haul
ing enoug h since he commenced in the fall,
to exceed the sum Of eleven hundred dol
lars.
U- There was ball last Wednesday
night, at the house of Pierre Botineaux; Falls
ST. Anthony.
W- MIR. Manahan, mail contractor, from
Prairie du Chen, was in Saint Paul last
week. He is using every exertion to fur
nish US with speedy and regular mails.
Hereafter, the mail for below will be closed
Tuesday evening, SO as to leave early on
"Wednesday morning.
% Hon. Robert Smith, of Alton III. pro-
prietor with Mr. Whitney, Of an addition
to Saint Paul, at the lower end of town,
having bought portion Of the levee below
Mr.. Roberts landing, will grade a street,
next spring, from the levee back to the
bluff; SO as materially to extend the facilities
for the increasing steamboat trade of Saint
Paul.
% 1t may not be generally known, that
the fine stream of water which crosses the
upper end Of Saint Paul. has its natural
outlet through that ravine Mt the lower end
of town, across which a bridge is built, on
Jackson street; and that when this stream
empted through the ravine, it formed fine
little lake in the back part of the basin in
which the lower end Of the town is laid OUT
~- We should like to know whether
the Co. Comr's' will make any provisions
for having a bridge built, across the mouth
of Trout brook, this spring. or whether
Mr.. Dayton will builI it himself?
U- Mr.. Mobiles, on his way up t.le river
lately with a team, tied his horses in the
stable, at night, with rope halters. The
ground on which the horses stood, was de-
scending in their rear. In the morning he
found one Of them choked to death. The
animal probably laid down to roll, aud slip
ping back, was strangled by the halter.
90 The past week may he characterized
as thawy. The snow has settled very ina
terialy.
% The Government mill on the west
side of the falls of Saint Anthony, MENTION
ed IN Mr.. Neill's historical address, is still
there, in dilapdated condition, in charge
of MIR. Bean, who is living there as a ten
ant of the honorable Robert Smith. 1t is
the same mill in which the Grand Jury of
that county held the first inquest last sum-
mer.
% At The Valentine Ball in Saltwater.
next Thursday, two sets Of musicians are
engaged, for dancing in two halls
g. CAPT. WAKEFIELD will deliver
philosophical and scientific temperance
lecture, on Friday evening ofncxt week,
at the brick church; illustrating his sub
ject with anatomical diagrams of the hu-
man stomach. 1t will be useful to all:
but especially interesting to the more
highly cultivated class Of minds.