The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-10-09

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Thss.Aay Morning -. .Oesoser .. 1855.
RAILROAD FROM ST. Paul TO ST. AxruoSr.--
A party OF enterprising gentlemen says the Min.
nesota Democrat Of the 4th inst, yesterday psss
ed over the route from st. Paul to St. Anthony
Falls. with view to the hnal construction Of
railroad connecting the two points. We have
no doubt Of the ieasiblennss OF the project, and
If the citizens and business men interested will
take hold Of the matter, it can be accomplished
with profit and convenience to the public gen
orally A railroad connection between ST.
Paul and St. Anthony, and another running
from Minneapolis to the Iowa line and connec-
ting with the Cedar Valley Railroad, would be
an object worth contendng tor let our read
ers think Of the subject seriously until after the
election, when we promise to give our views
upon the great enterprise, which can be accom-.
pIished with private capital much better and
cheaper than with the aid of land grant.
SENIhAis LAM w Noth ~
correspondent from this new place, that the
town is keeping pace in progress and improve
ment with other portions Of our prosperous
Territory Since March last, its date Of exis-
,ence, it has received an acquisition OF four well
stocked stores good hotel. one steam saw
mill, aud another under contract for erection.
The class Of inhabitants are Of the best charac.
ter--have transplante,l there the sterling New
England principles OF intelligence, morality and
enterprise, without which, no community can
prosper. Success tn Central Point
AccrDRST Saturday evening about
o'clock, two horses attached to carriage took
fright and run away. When opposite Coulter
brick building on jackson street, they became
detached from the carriage, leaving it in .
badly broken condition in the street. The hor-
SEES continued on their course, running on Wa
ter street until they came to the excavation
where Roberts street is being cut through
here they plunged down the perpendicular
bluff, at this place sixty feet high. The violence
Of the fall killed one Of the horses instantly
the other one arose from the ground. and al.
though badly crippled, plunged into the river,
aud swan about half way across it, when be-
coming exhausted. he sank and was unable to
rise again.
We understand the horses were valuable
span, aud taking into consideration the damage
done the carriage, the proprietors, Aessrs Ber.
key 4 Eddy, must lose at least $500 by the &C
cident.
Monsieur Byrenoc, the celebrated and &c
complained professor OF The Black Art per.
formed to large and greatly pleased audiences,
at kcnnedys Hall, on Thursday and Friday
nights last We have seen the most celebrated
practitioners in the science Of legerdeman
which have ever exhibited in this country, and
we must say. that Mr.. Byrenoe equals any that
we have ever witnessed His feats cannot be
surpassed. Shakopee Herald
The people Of Shakopee, including the editor
of the Herald, must be sadly in want Of amuse-
ments, aud not over particular a. 10 their quail
ity, when they express themselves delighted
with such performances q, emanste from the
individual alluded TO. The same man held
forth here, but his tricks were regarded by our
citizens, as being so completely silly, and the
whole thing so fiimsy humbug, that very few
expended any of their honestly obtained" cir
cnlatng medium TO assist him in bis peregrin-
ations through the Territory.
REPORTED SLAUGHTER or TRoOps.--Mr. s.
+ BRowN, says the Henderson Democrat, who
arrived from Yellow Medicine on Friday last,
brings the astounding intelligence that re-
port mad been received there through Indians
IRON the upper prairies, that the four compa-
MES Of troops which lett For, Rdgley for Fort
Pierre on the Missouri, some time since had
been entirely cut of by party Of the Ysnkton
Sioux near the James river.
The Indians are said to have been in large
numbers. and formed an ambush from which
they made successful attack at time when
the troops were unprepared, and that the at.
tack resulted in cutting of the entire party
This looks elTooSi ike AZ impossibilitv and
the extent Of the slaughter il there is any truth
IN the report, must be greatly exaggerated
We hope, however the whole is fabrication
OF some travelling Indians who wished to furnish
some exciting news to the camps they visited.
SAD AccIDEsr.-On Friday night last. says
the Henderson Democrat, 2nd inst, Mrs Car
penter fell from a loaded wagon near Prairie
Mound, and one Of the wheels passed over her
shoulders, injuring Der 50 severely tina, sbe died
10 few hours afterwards. Her husband was
walking some distance behind the team ., the
time. and he supposed Mrs. G. must have fallen
asleep and rolled OF the wagon, This Was the
statement he made 10 those who assisted ia re-
moving the Deceased to the house Of Mr.. New
man
Mrs. Carpenter was the mother Of Mr..
Heath. who has been blacksmith at the Red
wood Agency for several years. She came to
the Territory with her husband in May las,
and was located near the Titlow lake. on the
For, RidgIey Rad. She was highly respected
ny all Who were acquainted with her and her
melancholy death will te much regretted by
the settlers in the neighborhooi.
Mr. Heath was Immediately an, for. and
svry attention wa paid Mrs C. by the PEG