Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21

have the concurrence OF GOV. GOrman,s Hon. ID.
NJ. Rice, Hon. H. H. Sibley, Hon. Norman w.
Kittson, Hon. Joseph Roletts, and Mr.. Cavilere.
j. II. SIMPSON,
% Capt. Corps Top. Eng.
St. Paul, Aug. Is, 1855.
the Daily Times
CANNON CITY, RICE COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
Mr.. EDIroR,-One day last week, in conn
pany with several friends, took trip fifty
miles South from St. Paul. The Sun never
shone on better country than that we passed
over. Undulating prairies, interspersed with
groves Of timber, lakes of clear water and run
ming streams. This country is filling Up ;sccp-
IDLY with hardy settlers from Michigan, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, N. Y, Tennessee and other
States. If the land sales are put off, this coun-
try, in few years, will be perfect garden.
CANNON CRY, the County Seat of Rice Co.,
although settled last winter, now contains two
public houses two stores, school house, black
smith shop, shoe shop, and carpenters shop.
A splendid Mill is about to be put in operation,
under the direction Of Mr.. Talbert, an energetic
young man, who has pitched his tent on that
camp-ground, and intends to make it his per-
manent home. AL the crops in the vicinity,
look well. When l take into consideration
the geographical position OF Cannon City, sur
rounded as it is by good farming country, rap
idly filling up and comparing favorably with
other towns similarly situated in the States,
can come to no other conclusion than that Cam
non City must be one Of the largest inland towns;
in the North West and will be place of con-
siderable importance in very few years. 1
would advise everybody to take look at this,
country before settling elsewhere L.
St. Paul, August 90. 1855.
The LYNcHING OF DE BAR.-We have already.
given an account of the lynching of this unfortu-
nate man. We quote further from the time he.
| was remanded to prison for new trial till he,
was killed. He is leaving the Court House:
| The officers at once took him by the shoulder,
| the detachment from Ozaukee closing around
them, and thus, pushing through the crowd, they
reached the door, where the rest of the Ozaukee
company and the Milwaukee company were sta
toned. So they advanced, the crowd coming af-
| ter, when suddenly rush made bY not more
than 20 or % men upon the center of the line and
the troops, without a bIow struck or a gun fired,
| or any resistance whatever, (save by 1t. Begar,
of the Ozaukee Company who behaved we'll. } fell
back and abandoned the prisoner to the fury of
the mob De Bar was instantly felled to the
| ground while lying with his face downward, he
was struck by large stone upon the head, crush
| ing in the skull, while one fend, more brutal
than the rest. jumped with his full force upon the
body! The poor wretch was doubtless dead from
the blow of the stone. Arope was attached to his
| legs, and the body dragged by the yelling de-
mons some half mile, the garments being strip
ped from the body as it went, and then, mangled
and bleeding, it was hung to a tree, head down.
wards.
| There seems to be little doubt that if the troops
had acted like men, the result would have been
different but there is less room to doubt that
nearly all the military sympathised with, or ac-
| tually fraternized with the mob Orders were
| given to the troops to have intercourse with
the excited people, but attend to their duty. This
was disObeyed, and most Of the troops, as they
were alternately relieved, left the Court House,
and went away to drink beer with the rioters
again and again.
The following account of the murder is more
minute than any We have yet seen =
! On the 3lst, Muehr, who owed De Bar ST. so,
for which he was directed to call on the next
| Sunday, informed Mr.. Young in presence of
| DE Bar, that he had just sold yoke of oxen for
| $50. On the next night De Bar went to Muehr's
house and demanded his ST. So In the CONVERSE
tion, Muehr proposed to give De Bar drink of
beer, and went down cellar to get it.
| On returning from the cellar, and when about
half his body Was above the floor, he handed the
| beer to De Bar, who took it in his left hand at
| the same time striking Muehr on his head with
some weapon he had in his right. Muehr fell
| down the cellar, but soon arose and had another
scufile with DE Bar, who struck him several
more blows. Muehr caught him by the hair, but
was soon obliged to let go his hold.
| In the mean time Muehr's wife had got up from
| bed and started for help. De6ar gave chase,
and caught her short distance from the house,
where he inflicted several dangerous wounds upon
her throat and neck with knife, and as is sup
posed, left her for dead. He then went again to
the house, saw Muehr and gave him chase
Muehr secreted himself in a corn6eld, and there
by evaded another assault. DeBars attention
was next directed to Paul Wnderng, who was
also in the field, shrieking for assistance DeI3ar
caught him but IL short distance from the place
where was secreted MIR. Muehr. The lad called
on Muehr for help exclaiming:
" John John, help me ,or shall be murdered!''
But Muehr was stunned, and too weak or fright
ened to help. He then entreated the murderer to
spare him, saying:
"Oh, George! don't kill mc-let me Eve
don't kill mel
But his entreaties unheaded-with pock-
ct knife, the brute, demon like, cut his throat in
ficting deadly wound!
Muehr then started across the field for the house
of a neighbor, where no arrived without being
further molested. Here he found his wife, who
had just arrived, having gained sufficient strength
to walk the distance. 8.
The alarm was then given, and the house was
found in flames, and the murderer gone.
The CoSrRAsr.-The Winona Express makes
the following contrast between the two candidates
now before tie people Of Minnesota for their suf-
frage:-