The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-05-29


when the 6oat lzpded IN Galena, DIR. Byne
was Arrested Tor Obtaining money by means of q
Fraudulent duff, IN Saint Louis. on his way up.
IAerc hearir,gthis, our Saint Paul merchant took
the frs, boat Gown to sesshe Doctor. who is cruz
ELY locked up in Jail, at Galena.
The Doctor is eyiden,ly q gentleman IA DIS
tres and unless something can he done for his re-
lief will be likely TO suffer some. II might help
the Doctor essentially, to get the appointment Of
Secretary Of this Territory, in place Of the present
Incumbent. Certainly tIinnesOtl could not suffer
by the change; for we must have rogue in
that office, we have al least right to ask for one
who will be courteous. +
We learn that the triangle on pole, at the
north end Of the bridge, Jackson street, SAINT Paul,
is the sign of a boarding house, and presents to
I view of three acute angles, 10 signify that the
house is kept on the square. So it is.
The Penien,iary fairly went n-begging, at
! Saltwater. . No landowner could be found there,
who seemed 10 think himself deserving of it. Bu-
ford would have perhaps been entitled TO that dis
,incion, il he had not lodged it, by running away.
/ Gle is owing This otiice.) The Commissioners
finally located it, in ravine. back Of Saltwater,
on land belonging to Mr.. J. Z. McKusick, one of
the Commissioners. i.If 'r1sreF @ 3o
The officers Of the Board of Commissioners Of
Public Buildings, are these, VIZ building Com
l.,s f,rf t,l N
urer Of the Capitol fund, f.. A. c. Hatch Build
4 ing COMMISSIONS Of the Penitentiary and Treas
urer Of that fund, ]. E. NIrKusick. The attor-
neys Of the Board, are Capt. A. Wilkin and IL.
l.. Moss. The Board have not yet elected their
physicians, surveyors, BARRIERS and other MINOR
officers. Some Of these effices will be merely
honorary and for instance, Rodgers, butcher to
the Board" will not really mean anything more
than "Rodgers, cutler TO her Majesty" means
upon Sheffield blade, .,..:...
No man can come into a new Territory and
succeed in it, with nothing in his pocket and his
finger in his mouth, who sits down upon log TO
white, waiting for somebody to come and ask
him to go TO work at $500 per day.
Geo. Purinton, son of the late Mr.. Purn-
ton, who built the mills at Willow-river,
was killed on "Wednesday Of last week, in
removing jam of logs in Willow river He was
caught between the logs and severely injured
that he died, in few minutes after being extri-
Gated; having walkeda little way up the bank Of
the river. This is the first instance VIZ have ever
known Of any person in rafting being killed in
the hazardous business Of cutting out a jam OF
mill logs-a work Of as much peril as happening
whales.
Gen. Mix, mail agent, living at Dubuque, be-
ing applied to by Post Muster to aid as in in
crcnsing our postal facilities, by having frequent
mails forwarded BY ,he boats direct from Galena
promptly responded, by coming up himself to see
to ma,ters. He is very prompt and efficient of
iicer, and promises TO attend Immediately to our
wants.
i The DIR. franklin No. I, came in on Sunday
morning. The Franklin No. 2, went first to Still
water, and of course came in after the No. L.
The boats left Galena about the sa me tnne neith-
er of them bringing Gov. Ramsey who, we learn,
left Washington on the 18th.
Maj. Alexander has succeeded in arrestina
another Of the Indians who was concerned in the
late disturbance in which Andrew Swartz was
i killed, Sioux of the Red Wing band .i &
4 We regret 10, learn that Capt. Kirkham, tina,
deservedly popular officer at Fort Smelling, who
has been IN command Of the garrison there, dur
ing much Of the past year. is about to change his
quarters to jefferson barracks also, that the ti
Regiment Band, which seems like part and par
eel Of Minnesota, is to be stationed at Jehcrso,
barracks. Our people will be impaiien, for thei
return to this post. "
L, Maj. Waliler, T. S. A. Paymaster, arrived
from ST Louis, by steamboat DIR. Franklin No. 2
RETAIL PRIcEs IN ST. PAUL.-Four, Sd
so to So; corn, so oats, soc; butter, IL to l5c
hams, 10 to II; coffee, II to 15c; fresh meat s
TO lOc; eggs, 10 to IL. ...l....,.....f ...... q
i WEDNESDAY MORNING. The weather con.
tinues cold and unpleasant, with frequent rains
land the river much swollen. Our town !,
crowded with people-buildings progressing in oil
quarters, but lumber scarce-no logs in yet for
the mills, except few that have strayed down
the boom AZ the lower landing not finished yet
strangers IN town seem to think that Minnesot,
monopollzes the wet, cold weather; (if they
! were at home, they would probably find the same
kind of wea,her.) Heavy thunder this morning,
indicating more contemporaries are at their work,
but most of the people are within doors. An
hour Of warm sunshine would make Bench stree,
swarm again with pedestrians, looking down into
the swift, silent river, that runs and runs forever
at the base of Bench street, finally mingling its
waters with the Gulf stream; some of them con-
tempiatng plans Of business, others, inexperienced
m life, and uncertain how to commence it. II is
unfortunate that amongst all the useful know ledge
taught in the schools of our times, that the art Of
hrfng, Of making beginning IN life, of making
hrefMooi, is nntaught; ard youngsters, from
4 the lreSidp IF their homns ,bo 90 .C ~ N