The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-05-24
~ nsr Correspondents Of the Chicago Press.
Interesting from Lake Superior.

| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES --klILtTOUJ-tTeTnl1l
| Colony-Ia1sur Of Population Large Sup
!. plies Wanted for nee, Winter-C Casualties
Health Of the Co"ntry-Mining of Fan d,
Lac-ReligiOas Intelligence.
SUPERIOR, May 6, 1856.
The delightful weather of February ant
March came to our aid at last. We had rair
on the first day of April, rain on the fourth
and fifth, and since the tenth we have hat
ram more than half the time. During the
last three weeks we have had a constant
blow from the northeast. Surely Dr. Kane
left the bars down" when he returned from
the North. The weather seems cold, tho
the thermometer does not indicate it, and
we require for comfort as much fire and
clothing as during the calm cold weather OF
the winter. Indeed, one suffers more on the
street than he did in January, when the
thermometer indicated ten degrees below
zero. Parties are arriving every day from
the East via st. Paul. The Hotel built by
the Superior Land Company has been sold
to Mr.. Richie, of St. Paul, and is to be
kept by Mr.. Willard, gentleman from
Washington City, who is now on his way,
with furniture, on board one of the boats
from Cleveland or Detroit. We are anx-
iously awaiting the arrival of the first boat,
and we shall have reason to be thankful, for
flour is 500 per brrrel, Or rather fifty cents
pound, as an unbroken barrel Of flour
cannot be found in town.
Another new town has been laid out on
the North Shore, or rather at the head of
Minnesota Point. It's name has not yet
been announced. The new city opposite La
Pointe is called Bayfield,. On the North
Shore we have Oneota, Clifton and Beaver
Bay. On the roads to the Mississippi there
are laid out and Autographed Twin Lakes,
Hiawatha, Mile Lac and Yellow River, and
on the South Shore there are towns pro-
jected which have not yet been brought into
market. The mania for town site specula-
tons must have its day. Like other feyers,
it will run it's course. Still there are some
valuable Improvements going forward-mills
piers, warehouses, stores, dwellings, besides
the opening of farms and roads. The roads
seem to be alive with Aman beings, and
almost every quarter-section for miles, both
on the north and south shores, is occupied
by presumption claimant. Some are held
for copper, some for agricultural purposes,
and not few for town sites.
The price of property in Superior is SEN
sibly rising and interests as well as lots are
held more firmly and at higher figures than
ever before. 1t is now pretty well as err
tanned that work will posi.ively be commence
ed on the ST. Croix Railroad this summer
The work ON the Military Road will be re-
sumed SO soon as provisions can be obtained.
A German colony is about to locate at
Beaver Bay. A tide of emigration is set
ting in this direction from various states OF
the Union the population of the country
will be trpled or quadruplcd during the sum-
ner, and there will be q necessity for ten
fold the amount of provisions in store at the
close of navigation that we had last fall Tor
it is now definitely ascertained that we had
not, even for the present population, half the
mount that might have been sold at one
hundred per cent. advance on cost and
charges. Let the produce dealers of Chica-
60 bear this fact in mind. An enterprising
man might have made handsome fortune by
leaving provisions in store last fall at Supe-
rior, OntonagOn and Marquette.
A few weeks ago, ore of the men at work
at the Fond-du-Lac mine wandered from the
camp and got lost lie was out six days
without food, before he was found. One of
his feet had been frozen, and it was found
necessary to amputate two of his toes.
Last WcCh d pdTty uOlH OItcOCd went WIFI
scow to the rapids of St. Louis river for
stone. In returning the boat was found I'M
manageable, and IN attempting to land, one
of the men, q Frenchlnan, was drowned
The water was deer, the current rapid, and
the body has not been found.
The health of the town has been remark
ably good during the winter and spring, but
nee the prevalence of these northeastern
winds, I notice that symptoms of the ty-
phoid fever begin to be apparent. This form
Of feverwill probably be the prevailing dis
ease of the country. A case of chill and
fever or ague has not been known and
some who were threatened with cOnsump-
on have recovered since Ginning to the
Lake country.
The ice left the Lake on the 9th of April,
and the bay Of Superior on the 18th. Since
that period there has been no obstruction to
navigation except such as has been caused by
high winds.
A new vein has been struck at the Fond
du-Lac mine, which affords promise of un-
commonly rich resources.
1t is understood that Rev. Mr.. Barton, of
LAFAYETTE, Indiana, has accepted the call of
the Episcopal Church. Rev. w. A. McCor-
kle, of indianapolis, has been invited to take
charge Of the First Presbyterian Church, n.
5. This country affords a wide and promis-
ing field of labor upon the cultivation of
which none of the Missionary Boards have
yet seriously entered. Its Importance and
grandeur cannot be appreciated by those a;
a distance. j. G. w.