The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-05-30
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

The editor of the Lake City Tribune thus
expresses himself, rejoicing over an arrival
of fair emigrants at that place:
The forty odd" bachelors, more or less,
whose buttonless liren during tire past win
ter bore melancholy evidence of "sHtferings
intoleI able" have had their optics expand
ed by the unwontcd sight of rosy cheeks
and bright eyes, fresh from that ''iamous
country, way down east" We trust that
certain of our bachelor friends, who have
long been "sighing like red hot furnace. -
will wake up to a realizing sense of their
vagabond condition, and make ''clalm" that
no halfbreed scrip can cover. So shall We
see more improvements, and have a good
time generally.
Our landing has been scene ofcontnued
activity since the opening of navigation
Nearly all the boats, regular and transient,
stop at this point going up, and the greater
portion make us call on their way down.
III.
MEETING House BLOWN DowN.-Our
church edifice is in ruins! 1t was blown
down in the terrific gale Of the eth instant.
We were expecting to occupy it in week
or two at the farhcst, and were looking
forward to its completion with much pleas
urc. 1t was a fine, LAST bnildin-, 80 by so
feet, with beliry, and would have been alike
an ornament to our town and an honor to
our citizens, through whose generosity E. i'd
ed by $500 from the Congregational Church
Building Fund) it was built. Without re-
gard to sect or party, the people subscribed
literally, and the calamity is universally
felt. 1t stood in an isolated and exposed
situation, and being unfinished, fell prey
TO the furious blasts which swept over us on
the above named day. 1t will be rebuilt at
once.-U.
ROCHESTER ITEMs.-Our church going
people will be pleased to learn that the Bap-
list Society are making an effort to build a
church during the summer. We hope 1t
will be an ornament to the town, and long
to hear the music Of church bell.
A FEELING ofinsccuTity has been felt in
regard to portion of the title Of the town
rl1t. 1t can now be dspeled, as the pa ent
las been obtained to the only forty in dis
pute, and those wishing to purchase need
have no fears.
Ir is said that quarry of good marble
has been discovered on a branch of the
Whitewater few miles east of here.
Miss Keter, we'll known in Minnesota for
her musical and soul stirring powers, will
make tour through this Territory in a few
weeks. When she arrives, bills will be post
ed in due season that the people may under
stand her whereabouts.
ST. PErER.-We hardly believe that there
is place in Minnesota which has grown so
IL a.
Since the first day of March Of the present
year. 81 building have been erected, and the
most of them finished. Quite number of
the buildings have been erected, and the most
of them finished. Quite a number of the
buildings which have lately been finished are
large, and built with view to stability and
durability.
Recollect, we say and predict that 400
houses will be erected in st. Peter during
the year 1857. Mark that IS. Petr Comr-
ier.
We arc credibly informed that arrange
mems are made for shipping about two mil
lion feet Of pine lumber to tins city.-D.
EwIyGToS CoLLEGE.-Tbis Institution,
SO named by its friends, after its protector
and promoter, DR.. Ewing may now be re-
garied as q fixed fact. The location is upon
a beautiful eminencc eQuidistant from ST.
Peter and Traverse. upon lands donated by
Ncsrs. Howes, Pratt, Lincoln, and King (
House: which lands will constitute n beauti-
tul addition 70 our town, and all who pur-
chase lots for the purpose of aiding the en-
terprise will profit by the Investment.
Tue building is to be of brick, sixty feet
square, three stories high, handsomely fin
ished, and Cupola SO constructed as to adj
init Telescope of sufficient magnitude for
astronomical obserSations.-Ib.