The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-01-20

|rcpugnance to the vending alcoholic drink in their town
BY the destruction of an establishment for that purpose
which had been set up in their vicinity. The town lots
were all purch .sed from MIR North, we understand, with
the stipulation that there should not be liquor sold upon
them and with this under standing most IT its citizens
took up their abode there yet some one was found bold
enough to set at defiance the stipulation and the wish OF
the people, but onl, to feel the consequences of his te
lnerity in having his liquors destroyed and his place
CLOSED upon him by a verdict of the citizens, who are
determined to preserve their beautiful place from the
effects Of the traffic in spirituous liquors. : g.
The condition of the various tribes Of Indians in this
State is represented to be generally good. They are
we'll clothed and fed ; they can easily secure plenty OF
game for food at any time, if they do not drink away
). government have been watchful over them that they
should not suffer on account of the loss Of crops last
summer by the grasshoppers. -, sre -
The editor Of the St Anthony Express has been Wis.,
iting the 'grasshopper REGION on the upper Mississippi,
and was grati6ed to learn that the people were generally
provided with food to make them comfortable for the
winter. There a few families, here and there, who may
need assistance, but there is no apprehension Of suffer-
ing the farmers are preparing to put in large crops,
uowise discouraged by last years misfortune. ~
A fellow calling himself VIM. l. Mitchell has been
playing the scamp towards some of the good people Of
Rochester. After boarding a week with a family on
pretense that he wished to purchase their farm, he left,
first robbing them of a diamond pin. aJf#
The assessments Of taxes in Olmstead County, for
1857, amounted to SIS. 900. The total valuation OF
property is two millions I've thou and dollars.
The Faribault Heroli says that the amount expended
in private building this year, in their town, cannot be
less than one hundred thousand dollars. In addition to
this the public, buildings erected cost seven thousand
more; besides bridges, a beautiful cemetery, and other
improvements to adorn and beautify the place. bsg.
The same paper says that the new town of East Prai-
rieville, near there, is progressing finely. In three
months fifteen houses we're built a large school house
is being put up, also a hotel, with the usual number OF
stores and shops. A steam saw and grist mill costing
10000, has been erected by Messrs. Anderson 4
thompson. sos "A s.aosi 41au Z. ea gaa
The Commissioners of Rice County have decided to
commence legal proceedings against all trespassers on
school lands. ae gft t.oW sd - (; SO i q
A call for a meeting Of the citizens Of Rice County
has been made, to take place on the 22d February, for
the purpose of organizing a County Agricultural So
ciety. Rice County is awake to its Interests, and the
people are as enterprising and intelligent as any body
Of men to be found any where. $ sgs ssssi5
SUPREME CouRr.-The Supreme Court on the 18th
inst, when objection was raised to its Jurisdiction on nc.
count Of being superseded BY State authority, virtusily
decided that the Territorial Supreme Court is in exist
ence until Minnesota. is admitted into the Union a. a
State. e ,sqa@ ,7s st...s,, ~ .Aosa