Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-04-26
THURSDAY, APRIL "a, 1856.
THE GRowru OF HousEs.-As we were

IHUKSDAY, APRIL "A, 1896.
THE GRowTH OF HousEs.-As we were
coming up Third street few evenings since,
a gentleman who had visited St. Paul two
years ago, overlook us, and after the usual
salutations, and remarks about the weather
were in,erchanged, our friend stopped short, as
though he had been struck with fit of paraly-
sis. Any one who had seen his. 'countenance
at this moment, would have fallen back aghast,
at the terrible amazement and horror depicted
therein; for few seconds he stood transfixed.
but recovering himself, rs if from dream, he
drawled out, ''WhenI was here two years ago.
Minnesota was considered ''so.ne pumpkins, -
and thought it was pretty smart place, my
self. | heard great deal sail OF the fertili-
ty of the SOIL and of rapid vegetation, but hang
me if | could ever believe that houses grew if
| had not Witnessed II with my own eyes,
The case is this-for some time past the grad
ing Of Third street has been in operation, and
as the earth had been leyeled to the bottoms
of the ccllsrS, the vacuuins thus caused had
been filled in with stores, making The buildings
appear as though the lower stories had grown
out Of the ground. Our friend could not I'M
ders,and the explanation and left with the i'm
preston that ereryhing grew in Minnesota
The last that was heard of him he was on the
cars en- route for Michigan, intending to lur-
chase large stock Of worn out type and sew
eral "a No. l, Northrup presses" saying that
he would plant them in the fertile soil of Min
nesola, ill they grow to be new and then he
would be able TO assist in the publication Of the
Cheese Press, providing the rapidly increasing
circulation Of that valuable sheet should re-
quirc any aid and comfort.
MAIL Losr.-We learn from the ST. Peter
Courier that on Thursday last, the entire mail
from the Winnebago Agency, Mankato, Kaso-
ia, st. Peter. Traverse DIES Sioux and lie
Sueur, was los: in LIE Sueur Creek. 1t ap-
pears that the stream was much swollen by the
recent rains, and that the driver hccdlessly and
without regard to the danger attempted to drive
across. The water was so deep that it hoated
oil the bed of the wagon which Immediately
upset, throwing the mail into tie stream In
the letter bag there were many letters of inn
portance, and their loss together with the rest
of the mail matter has caused feeling of Bit
terness throughout the community, as j, is aver
red the whole thing was the result Of abiect
carelessness.
EsS% The ST. Louis Democrat publishes
letter from Old Bullion which is, in substance,
his farewell to public life. The old hero will
de"ote the declining years OF his life to the
completion of the literary task which he has so
nobly begun.
"A Growing TowN.-The Rome (Ga. Adj
vcrtiser states that town now numbers abou,
i've thousand inhabitants, and t!at by the CEN
sts OF ISIS 1t had then only fre hundred and
eighty. Her Railroad and Tie navigation of
the tpptr Coosa river have contributed very
largely TO this great increase and prosperity OF
Rome.
You call that a growing town, do you j? Why,
in 1918 st. Paul could not count eiyhfy inhab-
itants, and now she numbers almost secta Mca-
sand
ES35- \ new team saw mill is in progress
nj n TraynrS, doc C;oux