The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-08-21
MINNESOTA AFFAIRS.


thundes-storm, The lightning struck a skin lodge,
IL Indians, belonging TO Wabeshaw's
hand, encsmped on the bank of the Mississippi,
o few rods below the residence Of Alexis BaiIy,
ESQ.,, at Wabeshaw. Three persons were in
stanty killed--a man. his wife and young man
and all in the lodge were more or less injured,
among the number, woman whose recovery is
doubtful. The fuid passed down one Of the poles
in the centre of the lodge, breaking it off at the
top. After having wasted part-of its force in
this lodge, it passed off in different directions
one branch passing through cloth tent some ten
feet from the lodge, and continuing in the same
direction passed through another cloth tent some
60 or so feet from the former--injuring more or
less all the inmates, near thirty persons. The
blankets Of number were burnt in small holes,
and many Of the sufferers are literally blistered
The course of the fluid can be distinctly traced
upon the ground and grass, the latter being burn,
close to the earth.
One day last week, the proprietor of house,
a mile east Of ST. Paul, went and took The roof
off the house, because it was tenanted, against
his wish, by women Of iIl-fame. Mr.. Barton,
who employed to assist in tearing the roof off,
was waylaid the next day in the bushes, by a
bully Of the establishment, and severely beat
with club, disloca,ing his shoulder and ba,,ering
him terribly. The bully was arrested on Sa,ur-
day night by the marshal, and brought before
justice Simons on Monday and Tuesday, who
bound him over for his appearance at the next
district court The name Of the bully is Shaw.
Gov. Ramsey seems to have plenty Of hard
service this year. He left on Monday, with Sec
rotary Foster and an escort of cavalry from Fort
Smelling, to go to Pembina and bold a treaty for
the purchase of the Chippewa lands lying on both
sides of Red river and extending east TO Lake
Superior.
For many days past, we have had cool weather,
so as TO make FIRE comfortable in the sitting
room. It's TOO cold for the operations Of mus
quitoes. ~..
The Franklin, Nc. 1, arrived Monday morning
with many passengers. (PeopIe who travel on
steamboats,, love good dinners.)
Mr.. Kelley, of Benton County, informs US that
there will be harvested in that new county, not
less than $4,000 bushels Of cats, this season.
Good as wheat"
Prices in Saint Pa III are about the same as last
week. Oats, 25 to soc; corn, 4oc; eggs, zoe :;
butter, Is 10 zoe; cheese, 10 10 l5c; hams, ii
to l5c; fresh beef and mutton, s TO l0c, flour,
$500; extra superfine, $3.50; potatoes, soc,
corn meal, 81 90 per bushe These retail
prices, and trade is rather brisk.
The 'Sheboygan Lake Journal, writing for an
exchange with the Pioneer, says: eve want
Minnesota paper bad" We will send the Pio-
neer; and if the Journal wants Minnesota pa
per srorse, we must refer it for an exchange, &c
our ncghbor, the Democrat
The lecture Of Miss Coates on anatomy and
last Monday evening, at the NJ E.
Church, was attended by large audience of both
sexes. The lecturer, who is a modest young
she proceeded, and became interested in her sub
ject, she was truly elo9uent--her elocu,ion dis
,nct and fervent, her gesticuation graceful, and
the speaker stood confessed, person Of no ordi-
nary character.
The Dramatic Company still continues to en-
terrain crowded houses every night, at Ma
zourka Hall. as the first evening of their exhi-
bition. We hear "The Serious Family highly
spoken of, in the bill of last Monday night, and
that it will be repeated. With a large resident
population like ours, and with such accession of
visters we shall have soon in muti,ndes, to
pass the summers in town, it is scarcely to be
doubted that in year or two, we shall require,
and can well support regular Theatre in Saint
Paul
Mr.. Middleton, a farmer living few miles S.
t. of ST. Paul, informs us that while in his pota to
held there IS not the least symptom Of the rot,
the adjoining potato field of his neighbor, is al
tackled with that disease and that too, although
both fields were planted about the same time.
We see that potato tops near St. Anthony, are at
tackled with rot, the leaves scared in spots, sEriy
elled and brown, as il burnt IL half the pota
toes in this Territory are lost. there will still be
enough end some to export. The crop is now
generally quite promising.
In The treaty made at MENDOZA, with the Sioux,
there was preamble and provision inserted to
this effect : that whereas the half-breeds at Lake
Pepiu. had neglected to appropriate and pos
sess the haf-breed tract bestowed upon them by
the Sioux Indians, it was then mutually under
stood and agreed by and between the Sioux and
the half breeds, that the ha!f-breed tract might
become the property in fee of the United States,
upon the payment to the halEbreeds, Of one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars; but tia, said ar
ticle or provision, for the sale of the haf-brecd
tract, should be considered distinct, separate,
substantive proposition, to be rejected or acceded
to by the Senate, without in any manner affecting
The ratification Of the treaty for the other lands.
3 l50, 600 is $50 600 less than was stipulated to
be maid by the terms of the half.breed ,ro.t,,