The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-27
LOCAL NEWS.

sG- The reason assigned by our Cam
adams, for never driving but one horse
in a train upon the ice is, that if one
horse breaks through the ice, he can
generly be extricated; but If span
break IN, enc of them, if not both, are
generally drowned. o' 'oa
~ Little Grow, the father of the
present Chief of the Little Grow band
of Sioux, an Indian of much character
was killed about years ago, just after
his return from visit to Washington,
by the accidental discharge Of loaded
rifle. re t.t sa g 81, s
@ The Deputy Marshal Of Min
nesota Territory, departed from Saint
Paul last Monday week, with posse, to
arrest persons found selling whiskeyin the
Indian Territory, in the neighborhood
of fort Gaines. These whiskey dealers
are very shy and we suppose, have to
be lined with whiskey, as bees are with
honey; which will account for the posse
taking some of 'the critter" along with
them
~ The wild rice found in the lakes
and marshes of Minnesota, is sort OF
hybrid cross, as it were, of oats up
on rye. 1t is said to be palatable aud
Notwithstanding capital buildings.
As it would be novel article of food, il
not dainty, in the cities (and all dam
ties are considered luxuries, in these
epicurean times, we would advise some
enterprising person to make consign-
ment of small quantity of wild rice, to
IDelmonico, of New York city. r,.a
90 The first physician who eve,
settled in Saint Paul, was DR.. John J
Dewey, in October 1ei7. 7er1e
E We mention as fact not gener-
ally known abroad, that the Mississippi
river, from the mouth of the Saint Peter
where Fl, Smelling is, down to Saint
Paul, a distance OF about six miles, runs
north east, and the sun here sets, appa-
rently on the east side of the Mississippi
river. Fit. Smelling is south of Sain,
Paul; and Cheever's landing, mile
below Saint Anthony falls, is only about
one or two miles north of Saint Paul
4 The WEATHER.-On Tuesday Of las
week, the wind changed into the south
rapidly dissolying the snow. Wednes
day, cloudy and still thawing; at eve.
4 ming fall Of snow and rain mixed
Thursday morning, cloudy and threate
ing snow and rain--cleared off cold il
the night and froze hard enough to beal
on Friday morning. Friday clear, pleas
ant days, growing warm--ther margin.
of the river are getting sthawed out
fewsseam upon the ice, for the last 3 o.
4 days. Cleared off Saturday night
singing cold. No mail yet, ali in sus
pense. Saturday, a cold clear morn
ing-ice getting solid again, SATURDAY.
night was quite cold. On Sunday morn
| ing at sunrise, the thermometer stood a
degrees below zero aud the weathe
continued cold all day. Monday morn
ing, clear and cold and the ice soil,
again upon the. river. Every body i
/ guessing what has become of the mail
The majority believe it has fallen through
the ice. Those who have made bets o,
the aI'ivaiof boats by the 10th of April
I look blue this morning. Bets couI,
hardly be got on the 10th of May
, Tuesday was a, cold, clear. day; bu
growing mild aboutnoon. Thawing on
ly In the sunshine - 81 asfarss 4 - !
| i.a vBezga sr el.t. asss ~ n. sir.f fuaaa
Isd:E1 Several Citizens lof Saint Paul
whe.d.f'aysd the erps'nss of digging ;
public well placing pump init, a