The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-03-31
A Mail from on,onas.n.

Our mail arrangements with the Lake Supe-
rior country have not been as we'll conducted
during the past winter as we had reason to ex-
pect from the statements made about the time
of the closing of navigation. Nevertheless, we
have received the news from that interesting
region enthusiastically; and, taking every
thing into consideration. we presume we have
no strong ground of complaint.
By mail arrival from that quarter on Thurs
day, we have three numbers of tho LAKE ST.
PERIoR MINING NEws"--a we'll edited and neat
ly appearing journal, the size of the Weekly
Minnesotian-dated respectively Jan Is, Feb.
l, and Feb. Is. The .Ntscs is edited and pub
lished at Ontonagon, Michigan, by John NJ.
Bradford. "sem.weekly during the summer
months. and semi-monthly during the remain
der of the year." tits in fact what it processes
to be by name-the /" Mining News" and those
wishing to learn substantial facts about mat
tiers connected with the great mining region Of
Superior--the price of copper stocks in any Of
the comprehensive prospects ahead, or any
thing else in that line, will do we'll to send on
for MIR. Bradford s paper.
Itappcars the Ontonagon editor is badly
perplexed sometimcs-just as his st. Paul
brethren are--in regard to mail arrivals In
his issue of the 18th Of February, he makes the
following announcement:
On the 9Th inst. the first portion of the first
through mail. via Green Bay. Marquette and
| Carp river, arrived in this village, having all
| the letters and small portion of the papers.
~. ,a1 IN, kh~na
| TONS since its weight (about 7G0 lbs and con-
| tanned in nine bags was too great for one
| train. This mail, which has been long expect
| ed, brings us papers and letters from below
dated back at the close of navigation, and COM
| ing down to about the 9Th of January. So our
| friends below can imagine when this intell-
gence reaches them, how anxiously we watched
| the opening of that mail, and what an excite
| ment attended upon the announcement.
| Previous to this winter a regular mail, at
least once a month, has been carried between
this place and Green Bay, but by some neglect
we have been lief: in the lurch
We tender our thanks to the Hon. Mr.. Ste
vens for his energy in getting us this favor. for
we understand special agent was sent from
Washington by the Department, to Chicago.
with orders to dispatch the present, and to give
us hereafter a tri-monthly mail
Our editorial brethren can readily appreci-
ate the difficulties of editing, or rather trying
to edit a newspaper, without mail, for about
three months.
The "Hon. Mr.. Stevens" mentioned herein, is
the identical Stevens Understanding to the
st. Paul mes-was bought up" by our rail-
road company. We are glad to see The Gene
raj doing something to retrieve his lost reputa-
ton. We think we can appreciate doing with
out a mail for three months, though St. Paul
editors have never had quite so severe tax
upon their home resources.
They have had some cold weather at Ontona-
| gon. The News of the same date says:
! Sunday the 4th inst, was the coolest day of
the season. the mercury standing at 30 degrees
below zero at 10 o'clock, p. NJ. Our present
winter, so far, has been the coolest in the rec
objection of that venerable parsonage the .'old-
est inhabitant," and as there is comparatively
but little ice in the lake at present, we predict
an early opening of navigation.
That is not much ahead of our weather about
the same time. The lake being comparatively
free of ice on the 18th of February, however, is
certainly an extraordinary circumstance.
They have queer amusements up at Ontona-
gon. Here is an editorial announcement in the
News:
By reference to our advertising columns it
will be seen that the 4th annual ten mile foot
race will come off on the oath of March, at
Eagle Harbor. Several entries have already
been made and rare sport is anticipated.
We shall look fer the arrival of the next batch
of .Nescses with much anxiety; and neighbor
Bradford may rest assured We will take great
pleasure in exchanging with him as long as he
or we have the misfortune to hold the quill ed
itorial.