The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-07-07
River Items.

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River Items.
| The packet company have found it conren-
lent to pat in our line The Greek Slave, in
the low stage of water, the Lady Franklin
is found better ada pied to the Rock Island and
GaleiIa line than to our trade. The Greek
Slave arrived yesterday morning with the
mails and passengers.sges, a. tuea-s'Isa
The Time and Tide has been in from the ID in
ncsota river and again lett for thence. She
reports no material change in the river.
The Audubon, I.uella and Black Hawk ar
rived yesteld day-the two former from Galena
and the latter from Dunleth.
The Black Hawk towed the barge OF
the Hamburg from Grey .Cloul Island-the ID.
being teo heavy to come any further.
The Lne la will proceed this morning to
Rock Island, were she will undergo repeairs
for the tall business. The Black Hawk will lay
up here for the present. -..
The Jas. Lyons is on her way mp with the
freight of the Falls City she having been ccm-
PEELED to put back to ST. Louis for repairs.
THE Recommendations in search OF the
latest periodicals. pictorials, &c, will always
find themselves well supplied by calling on C..
Hamilton d. CO.. St. Antheny street. We have
from this house the latest of Balloons Pictorial
and the Dollar Magazine from the same publish
er-a new work, which is coming into general
favor. Also Yankee Notions" oaly three
days from the press in New York.
Howitz & Co. have Harper for July, which,
Judging from its appearance. will open rich
when we have chance to walk into its merits.
Dahl, Roberts street, sends US copy Of the
same which shows that he is up with hislcon,
temporaries. -f+ -
-1gEE
FIRE WoRks-THE ForRTH-Our reighbor.
Mr.. e. Rauch has fine assortment VI the best
quality of Fire Works for the Fourth. Giori-
fcation committees and patriotism geDeralwill
please note this fact Some of Rauch's rock
els have been manufactured with determine
ton TO ascend far above the most lofty flights
of the nnst -bighfalutin" orators that can be
scared up'' on that day. --...
An. HOME AeAR.-Judge Tull.s, the wide
awake Deputy Sheriff of Ramsey County, re
turned yesterday morning from trip to North
ern Illinois, and is again on hand to serve the
public inhis official capacity. ao sa
LAYING BIrck-Patterson L Gates, Mr.. Full
ler's sbrick work" contractors On the new ho-
tel, have commenced operations. and are run
ming mp the massive walls with due energy and
speed. The building will be ready to enclose
before the next sixty days have passed.
| REAL ESTATE SnE-The auction sale held
by Mcssrs. Moses. kettering & Clelland yester-
day at Dayton Packard's office was well at
tended, and the bidding quite spirited. Sales
were made fully up to, and in several cases far
above former figures.
| New Wharf.-The first contract for wheat
we have noticed, says the Alton Courier. as
made in Illinois was concluded yesterday al
one of the mills, for a lot of ifiy-one acres May
wheat, growing near Upper Alton. to be deliv-
cred by the 18th of July at $3.50. The
crop is fast ripening. We saw few heads which
were brought down as specimen. The berry
is as uniformly plump and clean as any speci
men We ever saw.
l. BAIL.oK THE FoCRTH.-Amid the enjoy ments
on the Fourth, it mast not be forgotten. that q
grand bail is to come OFF at the Winslow House
+, in fhe evening. The preparations are being
made in the usual style of such fetes at thai
faverite house. = #'e ge- snka ST
| FnLISs CP.-Tbe river Just below the whar
boat is filing UP rapidly. we are fLld, and al
ready it is almost impossible for steamboats, tc
make landing there This should be looked IL
and if possible. remedied while it is not yet toe
late.--Pioneer.
Fact! The wharf boat is creating bad bal
below it, and if OF soon removed will materi
ally depreciaie the value of levee property
in the neighborhood of Sibley street and the
landing. No man has right to place oh
stacles in the river to the injury of his neigh
bor's property, or to the obstruction of the com
mon highway of navigation and we are in
clined to think the city authorities should tax,
this wharf boat matter in hand. What advsn
tage is the old hulk to anybody-even to thos,
m :rchants who have control oft. We dom
believe it has given them one dollars worth o
business that they would not otherwise hav,
received, this season,