The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-12-01
NUMBER IL.

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Z In the same neighborhood, German. who
: was drawing gun muzzle-foremost from a
wagon, received the charge in his thigh.
# On Tuesday, German near CRYSTAL Lake
pau i!i,. ms nand badly shattered, 30 that DR..
sary.
i Another German back of Minneano,;s :.
under surgeons care for wound racai..5
from his own gun, while hunting deer.
i SHOP BURNED.-The blacksmith sbo,,
posite the saw mill and lust above tbe Rp
publican office, was burned to the .oronna
early en- Friday morning The damsge ,ra
hear is 1850. Z. Lippencott has for sor,e
years carried on the business at that stand
but had recently sold out to Messrs. Roker
and Mason. A peculiar fatality seems to at
tend the blacksmith shops in this town. this
being the third one destroyed within six
months. eA 80
Messrs. Buker & Nascn, nothing discou.
certed, already have nearly enclosed new
shop, little above the eli one, and on the
opposite side of the street. = =
SOLD FOR DEBr.-The new steamer n
M. lice, which has run above the Falls the
past season, was sold one day last week at
constaoies sale for $40. E. L. Hall was
IM !ne purchaser. 1t cost originally $4,000!
we presume it viii slip around into the hands
of old owners. ''''
o. The steam saw mill at Wayzata ;s
now IN running order, and cutting from three
TO SIX thousand feet Of lumber per day.
- From the sauk Rapids Frontierman.
SAUK RAPIDS LAND OFFIcE.-LaNn Sur
The land sale which commenced on the 5tb
instant, continued eight days. So far as we
are informed, everything passed off to tbe
entire satisfaction of all parties. Several ner-
sons from abroad were present to buv lands
but the rights of actual settlers were in eve.
ry instance respected. The lands on ST
George Prairie, Elk River, Mavhew Greek
Platte River and about Little Falls. and along
the Mississippi River, from the latter place
down to the line of the previous sale, were
principally sought for, and nearly all of St.
George Prairie between MayLew Creek north
ana Elk river east, were sold. There are now
heavy entries being made on lands lust
brought into market in the townships east of
Sauk Rapids, numbered thirty-six, north of
range thirty west; the entries are principally
on Elk hlver, which, in this township, runs
through most delightful region of country,
win cholce prairie and heavy and abundant
timber.
Z We are informed that the sales of lands
during the present month will amount to up-
wards of 1000 acres; and it gives ms sincere
pleasure to state that large pronortion of
the lands have been taken up by actual set
tiers. e-s -
From the Superior Chronicle.
ROAD FROM SAUK RAPIDS TO SUPERIOR
A party OF gentlemen, engaged in marking
of territorial road from Sauk Rapids. Min.
nesota, on the Mississippi to this town. ar
rived mere on Saturday evening last. The
olstance Is about one hundred and fifteen
miles and runs through the best lands in
Minnesota. The land for twenty or thirty
miles west of Sauk Rapids, they state. has
been claimed and is being rapidly cultivated.
There are four or five points on the Miss;s-
sippi already of considerable importance
from which roads are contemplated to infer.
sect this one. The country to within fifteen
miles OF Mile Lac is beautiful prairie inter,
spersed with groves of maple and pine. and
dotted with nume' GUS lakes, varying in size
from TWO to several hundred acres. In the
vicinity of Mile Lac, point in the road,
the land is timbered with maple, pine hicko-
ry, and white walnut; and from thence to
where 1T joins the Point Douglas and Lake
Superior road, about fifteen miles out. thick
coat OF maple, pine and birch is found.
. The road from Crow Wing, by a direct
line, must join this one at Mile Lac, and IL
miles west, those running from Falls Citv.
Platte and Snake Rivers, and others project,
ing from the Mississippi. This road touches
the river at the point where the survey of the
Northern Pacific Railroad crosses It. We
look upon this road as of as much import
ance to Superior as any that could be built.
The trade of the Upper Mississippi will come
here through this channel; and that it win
contribute much to the commerce of Lake
Superior, no one will doubt The pioneers
IN this enterprise are Messrs. G.. F. Brott, J.
z; Wilson, L. A. Curtis, and j. G. Moulton.
We shall publish next week, the report of
the engineer, Mr.. Curtis.