The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-11-24
M I'm N ES OTA AFFAIRS.

no raw, piercing winds, but sufhciency Of warmth
in the air to reader overcoats bun thensome. On
Monday the weather was deIishtinl--more like
=" May day than sIeeiy, rainy drizzy November
Several boats have arrived at the evce since our last
issue, and from present Indications (he weather being
favorable and the River high) navigation will contn-
open until December.
On Tuesday the weather was lowery and on Wednes
day cold, with indications Of snow, but ice in the
River.
Sr. PAUL BUSINESS DlREcroRY.--Wc insert
this week Directory Of the Business OF 81. Paul,
which we shall keep standing in our columns, and
correct from time time, that citizens and strangers
may be posted up in matters relating to our city. We
also insert Business Directory Of st Anthony,
which will lie found useful for reference by persons
abroad.
Our STREETS We again call attention to the
bad condition Of our streets. There is good
son why pedestrians should endanger their lives BY
stumbling stones, when these stones can be
moved a, a very little expense We do not wish to
find fault, but the public demand an improvement in
the general condition Of side walks and streets
And there is another matter which demands atten-
ton. gentleman returning from Church on Sunday
evening, stepped off Of the wooden side walk in ST.
Anthony street and was prccip,tcd some distance
down the bluff. Now had he been killed, who would
have been to blaine! Our ladies cannot attend wor-
ship. on Sabbath evenings, in consequence of the
miserable condition Of Our thoroughfares and as to
strangers, they obliged to feel their way
the risk Of getting their necks broken. There should
be railing on the edge of the bluff in St. Anthony
street, and at several other places where lives arc
endangered. The side walks should also be repaired,
and the stones removed from the streets. Gentlemen
Of the powers that be- will you look to this mat.
ter.
THE SIOUX INDIAN PiYMENr.--A correspondent
Of the Democrat SAYS that the Sioux Indians have
been paid off by the authorized agents. and are now
in their new homes. With the $50, 900 thus distrib-
uted among them, they "are packing up and hasten
ing to the Buffalo hunts Among the number pres.
ent at the payment the following celebrated dig
Misunderstanding, Mu za-ho-ta, Sleepy Eyes
and Limping Devil, Little Crow and Wa-ba shaw,
Burning Earth and Wa-pa-kee lie, and host of 9TH
ers, pronounce whose names would tws, the teeth
ont of mans mouth. Well, farewell to the Sioux,
their presence recalled many pleasant "reminiscences
of the past now that they gone. fully realize
the fact that the march of civilization is onward, and
that the last vestige Of the red will not many
years hence be found the other side of the Rocky
Mountains.
SANroNINy HorEL.-We would suggest that the
grounds about this delightfully."- located hotel, be laid
out and adorned with the choicest shrubbery and
flowers the country affords The beautifully rounded
ground and the slightly view--tho large and commn-
dous hotel. with spacious garden fragrant with
flowers and vocal with songs of birds, would induce
thousands Of pleasure seekers and invads to spend
their Summers at St. Paul, and at this hotel. We
san3uine that house thus arranged, with good
management, would pay handsomely, and add very
materially TO the growth and prosperity Of city.
EXLARGENESr.-Thc First Presbyterian Church
is receiving quite addition to the main buiidrC,
the increasing numbers Of the congregation demand
ing enlargement. We understand tina, tho seats
are nearly il not quite all taken up, aud this addition
is to afford room for applicants
MINNESOTA WHEAT.-Why not Minnesota raise
" heat rs well as Michigan or Illinois? -why rot !
There is no good reason why il our farmers will TAXI
hold of The matter in earnest. Here we are payiag
$500 per barrel for -four and in like ratio for OTHER
articles. The money thus expended goes out of the
Territory, into the hands OF those who are probal,
doing nothing for the prosperity Of Minnesota, while
those who live here suffer from the operation. Now
this is wrong. We should keep every dollar in cir
cualion among ourselves, and it obliged to
pay eight dollars for barrel Of -four let us give it to
or own producers that they in turn exchange it
with our merchants, and cur merchants with our
manufacturers, and our manufacturers with our labor
ers, s.. Keep the wheel in the wheel as FAR as
possible, and then all will have fair chance of gain
ing at least living.
Appropc to this subject we learn that many of our
farmers and above ST. Anthony, have raised
considerable wheat the past summer, and that one
intends to carry to the mill seventeen hun
bred bushels from his own farm. This is certainly
encouraging, and hope others will profit from his
example, and "go and do likewise" There is no
earthly reason why Minnesota should not raise wheat
enous for her consumption wei! as other ar
tices Of produce for which now paying ehor-
bant prices. Ii is interest to look to this matter
the interest Of the merchant, the mechanic the
manufacturer, and the farmer. Let Us then give it
that attention its Importance derandsld raise our
Wtcat.
BI!DGE AT ST. ANrHoNY.--We learn that
survey has been made by the proper persons ora bridge
across the Mississippi at St. Anthony. Two surveys
have been taken, where the river is 1900 feet
wide, and the other where it is 900 feet. Nothing
definite yet has been determined upon, as the par
lies to make their report in about one week The
Bridge when constructed, will cost $50 900. The
rapid, increasing population opposite St, Anthony,
and the close connection which must inevitably exist
between the former place and Minneapolis, warrant
lis in the belief that bridge will be much needed at
an early day and that by the time the one contempa-
ted IL built il will he deemed an absolute necessity
Our St. Anthony friends wide awake to the vari-
improvements of the age, and pushing matters