The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-30

purchased the whole Of the land where the town
now stands Tor four hundred and fifty dollars
He sold, in l847, nine-tenths of his interest to
Caleb Cushing, Robert Rantoul, Jr, and others,
of Massachusetts. MIR. Cushing went to the
big wars in Mexico, and Mr.. Rantoul was
unable to complete the purchase. The land
then reverted to the original owner, who had
entered largely into the numbering business,
for which the place is said to possess remarka-
BILE facilities. The town Of Saint Anthony
now has three thousand inhabitants and Mime
apolis one thousand. There were some queer
fellows among the pioneers, and we extract
the following description of one of them
In ts4o Mr. Steele sold one undivided half of his int
Of IT 70 ~ nsony
be incomplete without description Of this remarks
BILE individual and yet few characters can be found
found in AL the portraits drawn BY the of Smollett
Scott, Dickens Dumas Indeed, in all the cbarac.
her aid aye back ancient reeds down to the present
use Of steel aud gold, we fnd no kish nor hin to the
and alone IN ali this sur1De world Of humanity and -
said Of Grimes eve ne'cr shall sse his like again."
Childish simplicity, yet wthai shrewdness. dident to
fault, now communicative row silent as the grave,
deghDg in the ring Of metal cuching close and tight
to the .svil and then again when fancy pleased
such assemblsge Of incongrutes and contradic-
tions before united in . single character.
confidence, where wisdom woSa fatty refuse became
(sOmeines at least the dupe of the designing knavs
Iegretsing too late the indiscretion. Making segar
depos Of every pile Of lumber through the town, snugy
slowing away few choice Havanas II seldom happened
that he did not surprise the by In revealing the
his calling back to the St. Charles young frsni who
had passed several blocks towards the lower town,
drew . couple from under the sofa. He seemed to
entertain no little fear Of the fair invariably crossing
to the opposite kde Ct the street t. avoid them This
we may set down most striking popularity. His
constant companion ia sunshine storm, cold hit,
cng the color this being faded green instead Of dirty
white. The New YORK HERALD his Evangelist and
sentimental whether pertaining to market quotations
from the east the prospect OF crossing the plains and
sale Of cattle in San Francisco Whenever by good for
tune the paper arrived might his head popping
In at sto % and Office doors and near h ave you
high ia San Francisco@sslue hrh selling high GOOD
investn emit to send drove good investment, don't
thiak sos don't you think sos' The local excite
very good, very good" and "6uiId a bridge, buff .
bridge the constant injunction upon all Interested
in bridging the Mississippi.
New York enterprise has had something to
do with st. Anthony, for we find that in April,
1852 Messrs. Thomas Z. Davis John T. A. Sand
ford and Frederic o. Gerhard, of this city,
purchased onehalf Of Mr.. Steele's interest.
During this year they purchased one-eighth
more, which they sold to Richard Chute and
John S. Prince. Mr.. Chute is the resident
partner for the concern, which will pay large
profits on the investment.
The lumber trade is the especially of st.
Anthony There is great dam leading from
the shore to Hennepin Island, on which there
are ten mills, which cut seventeen millions of
feet per annum, soon to be increased to thirty
four millions. About one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars are invested in this business,
and the total value of the lumber trade in st.
Anthony is set down at trife over half
million Of dollars When the Iowa railways
are finished St. Anthony may rival any West
ern city. 1t has numerous stores Of all kinds;
IT INDUCES in two newspapers, seven lawyers,
six doctors of medicine and dentist. There are
five churches, q college is in progress of erec-
tion, two free district schools are open during
eightmonths in the year, and there are two select
schools where the higher branches are taught.
In 1850 library association was incorporat-
ed, thus carrying out the excellent example
Of the early settlers Of New England, who paid
early and earnest attention to educational
ABILITIES.
Minneapolis Is opposite st. Anthony,
on the west bank Of the river. The name
is derived from Minneha (Sioux) and polls
(Gr) and signifies the city Of water. Colonel
j. II. Stevens was the pioneer, aud his daugh-
ter, now five years of age, is the oldest white
child born in the settlement. The village Is
connected with ST. Anthony by wire suspen-
sion bridge, which cost seventy-fve thousand
dollars, and the tolls upon which average In
amount fifty dollars per diem. Minneapolis
has five churches one doctor, with nothing to
do,) two lawyers, and district school.
We have also received another progressive
pamphlet, "Rees' Description Of Keokuk, the
Gate City, Lee county, Iowa" Keokuk is In
the southeast corner of Iowa, situated ON the |
in the little gore of territory be- |
tween Illinois and Missouri. II is about twelve
hundred miles from New York. They call IL |
The Gate City because all the trade that comes
up the river must pass this way. Rees thinks
bat the x ,okuk people have much better pros
-. $3.50 4han - an ih;s hlcs aoJ Marbaxtar |