The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-05-05

Items from the St. Anthony Republican At AipFFii1
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esr The row of Offices and sRops sIS5S spRp5SsHise
the st. Charles, destroyed by fire on the >2zds
were insured in the St. Paul Mutual. Lass
$4,000. o'''S, 10 s''''' :.
iW yab 100 gsmi
@- On the evening of the 2sd, 2d, fhe s3aF barn 4p pff
Seth Turner in Lower st. Anthony, vas styHe1lz,,
by lightning and consumed, with sau itss ZEN
tents. oss 5000. A house in the sane end IF
town, occupied by Mr.. Sutton and saY4edh hHu
K. p. Upton, caught fire in the stoye room and
was destroyed; the building was insured, tRea5
marking on these fires, the Republican advoa,
Gates the immediate purchase Of a fire engine.
Whenever st. Paul has once great FIRE, our
city authorities will wake up to the Importance
OF introducing the water into the city and of
having proper fire apparatus. It is not to be
expected they will before. City Councils are
municipal terrapins-it requires fire actually
on their backs to hasten them to the water.
Gs- tri-weekly stage is running from St..
Anthony to Monticello, in Wright county.
rs The Republican congratulates the
"beefeaters" on the prospect of a supply soon.
The logs can't come down, but the pinery cat
tie can. It was steaks from the latter, Good
hue once recommended as the most durable,
for surveyors Of town plats.
Gs- The Republican complains of the ex-
travagant 'charges" frequently imposed on
small packages from below. 1t says:
w. W. Wales of the city Bookstore whose
STOCK mas Just arrived says that on one small box
weighing not over 200 lbs, and perhaps no
more than 100-the charges for freight from
New York amount to forty dollars! 1t came
through not by Express, but on the regular
freight trains. with other moderate-sized box
es, which are charged SIT each. Western
merchants are so frequently imposed upon by
these extravagant charges, that it would seem
to be an object to trace back the bills of freight
and ferret out the r. R. Co., thievish agents.
who are responsible for the rapacity.
The merchants Of St. Paul have reason to
make similar complaints. This is a grievance
the Board of Trade might take in hand. and
trace the impositions up to their source. A
few cases of extertion brought home to the
parties, by an official body like the Board of
Trade,would have wholesome effect in deter
ring from such Charges" in the future.
D- The Republican says:
we are informed that G. D. Bowman has re-
tired from the st. Anthony Express. Who his
successor is we are not informed.
@r A public laundry in st. Anthony and
Minneapolis lis advocated,-s1,0 per dozen
for washing, the Republican says is too much.
GaS- The Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald, from Portland.
Me-, fellow-laborer with Neal Dow, is an
nounced among the new settlers in the vicini-
ty OF ofMinneapolis. He has aleady commenced
temperance lectures, with view to the Maine
Law contest. Mr.. Med. called at the Minneso-
tian office on his way to Hennepin county. He
looked like man of ability and "grit;" and
we anticipate seeing him put bran new wi1e
edge on the Temperance folks up there.
| @r A house and barn were burnt by the
prairie fires, near Itasca, last week.