Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-02-14
Monticello.


having prospected the country for several miles
around, made claim on what is now Upper
Monticello. Here he remained till the fall Of "a,
when he sold it to Messrs. Samuel T. Creighton,
| w. Creighton and Samuel NJ. McManus, who i'm.
mediately laid it out as town site, calling it
MONTICELLO. Among the FIRST steps taken by
these gentlemen, was the erection of q saw-mill
One of the party visited Pittsburg to purchase
the necessary machinery, and nothing further was
done until late in the following May, when Mr.. S.
T. Creighton went to Chicago and there purchas-
ed machinery to the amount of &c. 900. During
his absence, the rest of the party entered the pi
neries and cut the timber for the frame of the
new mill. By the beginning of fall the frame
was up, the machinery received, and soon after
the mill put in operation. The cold, however, be-
came so intense, as the season advanced, that af-
ter saving lumber for the hotel, a store and a
small dwelling, the mill was closed for the
winter. r8
In the spring of 1856, Mr.. G. King, formerly
of Minneapolis, purchased the mill, which had
cost about ST., 900. 1t was then repaired and put
in running order, and has since then been in sue
Beekman, Riggs and others laid out an addition
to the original town site, and called it Lower Mon
ticello. In this part of the town saw mill was
built by Messrs. E. Stiles Il Co., at cost of $l4-
600. 1t isa little above the Lower Ferry, owned
by Mr.. Riggs. The engine is very compact,
but powerful horizontal machine, and runs two
circular and one upright saws.
Tho ,norcont;lo osto hi; huopks in tovn
ore ten in number. The first was opened by Mr..
Henry Chambers in the store still occupied by
him, and the next by Mr.. Beekman. There are
now seven grocery and general assortment stores:
Messrs. Fox & Mealy, Henry Chambers, Mr.. Beck
man. G. W. Clatey, j. G. Smith, c. B. Jordan,
and S. E. Adams being proprietors; one Hard
ware and Stove store, one Boot and Shoe store
and one Bakery. There j. a Land and Law Office
in upper town, and other business establishments.
Educational advantages are we'll attended to here.
The Monticello Academy, under the charge of
Prof. Merrill, is well conducted institution
At present about forty scholars attend, of whom
the majority reside in town.
There are now three religious organizations in
the place. One of them, the Congregationalist,
part of the town, and the Baptist and Meshodist
denominations are also we'll represented. The
town also boasts of singing school, and has or
did have q Lyceum.
MONTICELLO, occupying central position, with
q good farming country around it, and an enter
prisiug class of settlers, bids fair some day to be
place of considerable Importance, and we should
much like to see it increase in size, wealth and
population.
GTMr. E. B. Washburne, from the Commit
tee on Commerce, in making his report relative
to the location Of Custom House at this place,
says:-"The public interest would seem to re-
quire that the surveyor. generals Office, now stu.
ated at Dubuque, in the state of Iowa, should be
removed to St. Paul.
TREArY.-Mr. H. Moores, writing from the
Sioux Agency, states that treaty of peace has
been consummated between the hostile Sioux and
Chippewas. A grand dance was had on the oc-
casion. We hope the report is true, but are not
yet prepared to believe it; and yet little crcum-
stance which happened in our streets q short time
since, rather corroborates the rumor. sleigh
load of the head chiefs of the Sioux arrived at
the American House, when they discovered q
Chippewa on the other side of the street. They
Immediately passed over, extended the hand of
friendship, produced the pipe Of peace, and all
seemed to be pleased with the meeting. The
treaty, it is said, has been brought about BY Maj.
FlspdFau. We sincerely trust that the rqmor is
true.