The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-04-28
Items f.,m the St. An.hony Express Of April 81.

Items from the St. Anthony Express Of April 81
The Inaugural of Mayor Wells, is published
1t claims 5000 population for st. Anthony
1t Is, says the Express comprehensive, intelli
| gent and practical in its suggestions" he OF
} poses the town order system, recommending
!; the city Council "never to allow the issue of
negotiable order" A very good recommen
dalton. if practicable-whch it isn't. And
J town orders are issued, to make them not " ne
! gotiable ~ would be sheer folly. Mayor Well
: proclaims his opposition to Sunday liquor sell
ing. He winds up by looking forward
"To the time when the endless roar of th
waterfall, shall be lost in the hum of untold ma
cLinery; when hun red steamers shall go an,
come at their bidding; and these hills on eithc
side. and Tor miles away. be crowned with th'
temples of learning and religion, and with ma
ny mansions happy households"
/ All of which will doubtless come to pas
"in the latter days." saving and exceptin.
those hundred steamers" IT'S hard roat
to travel on the river between here and th,
Falls!
An Indignation meeting" was held a
st. Anthony short time ago, because the new
Council, by the casting vote Of the Mayor, ap
pointed Mr.. Brown, saloon keeper. Marshall
Of the city. A very good cause for indignation
we should think. t
The Liquor Question is absorbing great
deal of the attention of the St. Anthonians
The Express says:
I'm answer to petition of the friends of TEN
perance, praying the City Council to grant
them hearing at special time and place, on
the subject of regulating the sale of spirituous
liquors, that body, met by unanimous consent
for that purpose. at the school house in the Sd
district. A petition in opposition to the liquor
traffic. signed by large number of the ladies
| OF the city, was presented and referred. The
Council was then addressed by Messrs Nourse,
J. W. North and Creighton. Messrs. Nourse
and North took decided ground for total prohi-
bition. and nothing short OF it, claiming that
the power Ito regulate" as expressed in the
charter, included the power of prohibition, and
asking the council to take no action on the sub
ject at all, and stating as reason therefor,
that, in the absence of such action the Terrific
| rial law, which amounts to a prohibition, and
covers the object desired, will become the law
of the city. Mr.. Creighton was understood to
differ somewhat from Messrs. North and Nourse
He disapproycd of the indignation meeting"
and complained that the Temperance people
had neglected to enforce the law already exist
ing, while they were aware of, and had sorely
been annoyed by daily violations Of that law;
and maintaining, that from long experience and
observation, he was convinced that it was un-
wise to enact law that would not be support
ed by public sentiment; and that the Council
had not sufficient reason to believe that pro-
hibitory law would receive the active aid OF the
friends of temperance in the city in its enforce
ment."
The City Government of st. Anthony has
been perfected; and all the charter Offices flied
They are as follows:
yMayor-H. T. Wells
City Clerk-W. F. Brawley.
Ireasurer-Ira Kingsley.
.dssessor-S. w. Farnham.
.Marshali-B. j. Brown.
.1H0rney-E. l.. Hail.
CoHeetor-Z E. B. Nash.
Supervisor Of Styeets-I. Gilpatrick.
Printer-Geo. d. Bowman.
We congratulate our neighbor on the tx.
press being reco ynized the ''ofieial paper for
the CITY," May he bear his blushing honors as
meekly as we do! Hem!
A SAD AFFAIR.-We regret to learn that a
man by the name of Dugan, residing near the
Lake of the Woods in Hennepin County, had
his house burned. on Wednesday night last
One OF his children, aged about fifteen years,
was burned SO badly that it died the next day.
We are sorry to learn further, that another
child is not expected to live. and DR.. Boutillier
informs us, this friday morning, that he will
be obliged to amputate both Of the unfortunate
sufferers arms.
Mrs. Dugan lies in dangerous situation
One eye is burned out. and fears are entertain
ed that she will lose the other from the effects
OF the burn. We have not learned in what way
the house took fire, but probably from the run
ming of fire on the prairies.
We learn that gentleman of Hennepin coun-
ty. is engaged in purchasing potatoes for the St.
Louis market. He gives 81 per bushcl, for all
that are delivered on the river. He has alrea
dy bought out four thousand bushels in Hen
| nepin county alone. ....-...
One or two projects are on foot for building
first class hotel in this city. The cry of Tho
tel' has been so frequent and so fruitless that
it now attracts about as much attention as the
shepherd boys alarm of "wolf!''
The Suspension Bridge remains just as the
late storm left it. t..4 s.-..
We are constantly reminded of our city dig.
nifty, as we walk from lower to upper town.
The war on the stumps commenced the first oil
the week; and on Main street they have been
exterminated entirely.
The attack on Sheriff Fridley, meets &C.
we're castigation from the Express. In refer
ence to the suit brought against the Sheriff, the
St. Anthony Republican asks: 'Wili the grand
jury do their duty?'' sae
To which the Express replies: r-
awe trust it WILL We believe it will, and
that the petit jury will also perform its duty
For in that case we are certain that some OF the
villains who have so persistently continued
their futile attempts to malign the character Of
one of our most honorable, enterprising and
public spirited citizens; who have at length
sncaked into Justices Court under cover of
the name of the United States, and clothed
their falsehoods with the mockery of judicial
sanction; will reap the rich reward which their
| brazen-faced infamy merits. This community
will be rid of at least one pest and nuisance
which has done more to retard the prosperity
of st. Anthony than all other causes com.
bined.'' u-..
| DIVISION OF THE STATE OF New YonK.-We
observe in the New York Express. a statement
that the division of the State of New York il
now urged in several Of the New York jour
nails because of the alleged continued hostility