The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26
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MINNESOTA AFFAIRs.


stock, and is now within feet Il inches, Of the
maximum of last year. The lower Steam-Alait
and the Upper Landing are submerged; little ISL
ands. some asiarge as small gardens. are floating |
down. which have been torn out by the current
of the Minnesota and. swim swiftly by. covered
with grass us high as The head Of man on horse
back. The steamboat Minnesota discharged
freight at cur lower levee last night, past IL
o'clock, which freight is now foot under wafer.
Look out below, If this little stream ever contrib
utes to Your freshets. it win do so now.
Mr.. j. w. Bond, writing from Benton city,
away north in Benton county, on the river, on The
18th Of June, gives the following truly graphic
description Of hailstorm. Mr.. B. writes:
s.The most terrific rain and hailstorm that
ever remember. occurred here last night, from 10
p NJ, till after midnight. 1t came up suddenly
from, the west, and for several hours the heavens
were perfect glare of light. most painful TO the
eye to witness; while the thunder was truly deaf
ening at Grst aud most terrific. The rain mean
while falling in perfect sheets of water, and The
hail descended like shower of bullets, crashing
with violence; while the great warehouse creaked
and shook end rocked like ship at sea, and
verify expected it to come tumbling about my
ears each moment.
"1he haistones, unlike ordinary ones, were
rough and jagged, as though storm of the sPlin-
tiers and shivers of an iceberg had been hurled
over this embryo city which, owing to the mea-
gre number Of houses Gas yet) suffered but little.
Ere long the rattle and CHATTER Of their falling.
drowned the thunder completely. BY the glare
Of the lightning, could see the rain drops and
haiistnnes driven by the gale, skim along the
ground, aud striking, bound several feet into The
air, in dense sheet Of mingled ice and water,
like waves Of hail rising and rolling before the
storm. l could hear the clash and roar Of the
successive waves as they struck the house or a
/ fence in their course, like regular discharges Of
freorms The largest stones were about one
inch in diameter, and fell upon the roof like grape
shot. The surrounding trees are well stripped Of
limbs and leaves. which were cut and split in
shreds, and dashed off in large quantities. Alto
ge,her, it WIS a well-grown hailsorm for new
| county, and as a meteorological phenomenon, ]
have thought has,y description worthy Of place
in your interesting and very valuable paper"
The iare-up in the columns Of the ST. Anthony
Express. touching the 'Apostoc Succession, I"
may attract aitenticn 10 the following, which we
find in one Of our exchanges, and which is musi-
cal, although pitched on rather a high key:
ga famous portrait of Sain, Peter represents
him as holding bunch of keys, every one OF
which is on modern plan, and marvelously like
the church keys in use Within the past
three or four years popular religious magazine
was enbellished with plate representing the de-
parture of the Pilgrims from haTbor in Holland,
and among the shipping in the harbor was steam
boat in full blast One of the last instances is that
Of Snowman who was exhibiting picture oil
Daniel in the Lions den. He said, Ladies' and
gentlemen, there is Daniel in the den Of liens
These are the lions, and that is Daniel, whom
you will easily distinguish from the lions, by his
having a blue cotton umbrella under his arm.'' -
The last Green Bay Advocate mentions the re-
ceipt at that port, Of stock If goods destined
for ST. Paul, Minnesota, via the Fox and Wiscou-
sin rivers. The Advocate says that the owne,
had counted the cost, and satisfied himself thai
it the cheapest route for the transportation o.
his goods
Whitney is now in Europe presenting the plar
of his Railroad from The Mississippi to the PaciE
ic, and urging its feasibility. A correspondent o
the Tribune says it is well received, and tina
heavy capitalists have p,oflered him all the mean!
necessary for the prompt execution Of the wert
as soon as lands granted In the event Of Tho
construction Of this road, by the British, We have
already explained TO the readers Of the Pioneer
the Importance. Of connecting the valley Of thu
Mississippi with it, by railroad from Saint Pau
10 intersect it near the west end Of Lake Supe
rior. oe-
An operation for the cataract upon the eye o
an axe will be performed next Friday noon at ST
Anthony. All the surgeons in the Territory ar
invited to be in attendance.
Capt. Dana, U. S. A., stationed at Fort Rip
ley, had the misfortune, il will be rccoected, L
) lose all his Office papers as Quarter Master, an,
: much valuable property, last winter, by the burn
, ing down Of an out-buiIding, which was used 70
an office. Capt. Dana asked for a Court of In
, qury, to determine into the facts, and ascertain
if any blame could be attached to himself; an,
the Court, after full enquiry. entirely exoneraie,
that officer Of any blame whatever.
/, A Pennsylvania paper informs us that ga DIES
truciive whirwind and storm passed over the farm
Of William and Thomas Vance, in a portion q
s Smith and Cross Creek Townships, in that State
ON Tuesday afternoon, the 20lh ult. A shee
was lifted from the ground, and carried up in tn
lair some dstance.'' Nothing so singular has oc
Cured since the political hurricane Of 1913, tina
lifted c. X. Smith from the dirt in Ohio, and cal
: ried him up into the SecretaryshIp Of Minnesota
Speaking of strange trauslations, that beats Enoc
a spot or two.
Mr.. E. F. Hovey, Of Little Falls, N. u, ha
seat to our Territory some Of the ''Sapnli'' fla,
90 ;ptro,l,,ce daxcnIturs here and fest The ndor