The weekly Minnesotian., 1854-02-25
FACTS AND FANCIES.


FACTS AND FANCIEs.
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TAX AHEAD oF Ih6 AAil'-our 'eho"-ciu-
zen, j. NJ Winslow, arrived home from the East
on Sunday night. He made the trip from Chi
cagO in little less than fire days, bringing us
Chicago papers OF the previous Wednesday-just
about SIX DAYS In advance OF the mall Up to
the time OF our gong to press, these papers are
the latest dates IN town, and have been here
nearly week! We hnd the following foreign
1' III VIZ o''"so . i!ioune' VI 'ne i''"' MI, WI,
."''. "ey!o' o1a'eAnA' anu fo" 'nence up
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pool dates up to 29th Jan. which is four days
later. Her news. though not highly Important
9uiIe interesting. Inc Cars conduct is
will not he roco;ro1 hdffa,o a. Is,,, ss ,,, S.e
sent month. Ifhis object is not merely TO cain
time, be certainly evinccs adegrec of pusilan-
On the Danube, preparations were MAKING bv
the Russians to attack Kalafat. although they
own 1t Will cost them ten thousand men. The
=; ",. ~. TI' nas oiue,eu 81, 4o.VoV tIooPs
movement is yet unknown. 1t is reported that
- "SAo
nJo Tte sou th ~ ame ouitan ol turkey Ior sZoooo
declined in New York I2a cents. The news did
not have any perceptible effect on the transac-
uohs IN our own city.
BURGLARY Mosr Foul THE extensive retail
establishment of POpcoru Johnson on Roberts
street, was entered Thursday night with bur-
glarlous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and doors stove
in' ana general wreck and ruin committed on
lou '"''"ee''
we regret 10 learn 'iiat the cditor oi the
'''''''"' n"' "eei oonh''eo ny se'erc Illness
- All OF our citizens at Washington. and
those who have recently returned from thence,
arc strongly in favor of the Railroad Bill now
before the Legislature. They know best as to.
our prospects for grant Of land and the speedy
completion Of road, and their counscls should
not 60 unhecded
- Flour is one dollar higher in Chica on Than
in St. Louis. Farmers are reminded that Chi.
caco has railroads leading East, but St. Louis
has none
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,"e' -, D'uii anu o'ne' o'''~'"s VINO 'e'' mere
"'@A ~ n''"e VIZ 'u"' iioi n'l s.
Ds Mt way, ho" 'hc oio man Is sohc' Marcy
o'u". IL az .' e'' u a''''ts ~ '''e naNaa' '''o
uo'"s 'n'"s' "p ~ INC 'h''le Satisfaction VI
n's numerous customers
! - We are requested to state, that the Re
gents OF the niversIty Will meet at the Ameri-
can House, st. Paul, to-day at two o'clock.
! RAILROADS. THROUGH WIsCoSsIN.-We do not
wish our Wisconsin friends to SnnnoSo ,bot ,.-
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CAUSE We are DIT this particular tiihe pushing iof
railroad to Dubuque, that we intend to ahan-
don all interest in the roads contemplated
! tbro,nb ,b.;r Sto+o w. r;h .ho,, ~, Qua
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cess ana ior one we can say our views are not
changed in the least in regard TO the practica-
bility and usefulness to Minnesota of the road
from, u,diso, 70 t,, G. C,o;,. w. e u;,,
'" ~ '"' "' .'o'N we VI "'A'e
SOFA nave however. no jurisdiction over that
enterprise and having given il a good start a
year ago now feel disposed to do likewise with
.nothor or..t o,,orn,;.,, ,..,.
- s Ni"i mum
"teo h'''es through oaf own ieffitofv. cor
respondent wishes to know why we do not 60
in for a road to Lacrosse. We have not the
! least objection in tbc world to bavino a road
oncncd IN that tbrivi,n vill,,-o l,,t nur friord
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""'' ''''e'i".i ''''' "i'iicso'' Has iio 'uris"ic
ton over the side oil the Mississippi upon which
/ his town stands, after getting below the mouth
! ,ftbe Ct Cro;x "A. ,ro rlooSoJ ,,o,.o :,
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give Piaec ~ nis snoi' communication accom-
panied by an extract from the Beaver Dam
! (Wisconsin) Republican -
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Iont nanor a nronns;t;,.n r,r -. ui =, w.
hnnnr r"p1 Whv no, con'1rnt ,o "aI., 80 Du
nont ne,r across tbo tarn;nns nf ,ho ~ q
,nI M;lnons.a po;iroaJ ,'"o oi vi VI. ''"el1s, ,1
cnn,r.ct hair Nov tr"w WiI,,nl rIan T.. .'% un,'i
and VIII In n,t ,d,. c'ntmat w. ,atlJss
"ruo , ,,,. w p"t % su;I Ti "., 'i'e i.n'aihue'
,,i' roans ,o. ,,rosr;,,. Io,"Pany h'S ',l h
pm.a,t. ~, p,nS lniousn '''e aorh' a. ,ns
,hroo a. "sm'eu m @ nv IL" G"ss Sihre Mi'nil
.ni1o .e"l' " Wt Even .ess' DlstahcG' loo miles
1850 'ss , ~, ooniiiichce 'iiis roao l'
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