The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-09
Our Own State.

week in Austin, Mower county. She fell
headlong into well, from which she was
drawing water, bu. clipging to the chain,
was drawn up in the bucket from her peril
GUS position, having sustained no other IN
Jury than few bad bruises.
That is all that happened in Mower
county last week-it the Mower County
Mirror faithfully reflects the passing time
A week or two ago the City Council Of
Rochester passed an ordinance to regulate
the sale Of Intoxicating drinks, which the
Rochester Free Press thinks very good
one, saving and excepting provision which
allowed liquor TO be sold for medicinal
purposes" at" Gays that paper, liquors
are injurious to sound individual, with u
strong constitution and whole stomach,
what will be the effect on system previ'
ously debilitsted by disease" The argu'
ment is unanswerabe, 1t is very much like
saying-if fire will burn man who is oil
ready very comfortable, how much more
disastrous it will be to q poor wretch who
is shivering with the cold! The Free Press
must admit that fire is very good thing in
its place, il you don't take too much OF it at
Q time.
But they are in bad way down at Ro-
chester. lis there anybody asks the
Free Press, credu!ous enough to believe
that he can obtain single drop OF pure
unadulterated liquor in this town. II there
is, he had better have his bump OF credulity
Hattened with q sledge hammer, or some
other instrument Of equal potency" and
then suggests Rochester whisky as that 9TH
er instrument. We don't see the necessity
Of 30 yindictive proceeding. If the poor
fellow cannot get good liquor, his case is its
own punishment, and deserves the liveliest
c0mmiseration.
The Rochester Free Press says: THE
State is actually suffering for wholesome
and judicious legislation" by which it is
supposed TO niean tia: there is such pie
thora of funds 10 the Treasury. and such Il
depletion Of that commodity in the pockets
Of some OF the repres natives elect, that the
case has become absolutely painful.
The bridge connecting the island oppo
site La Crosse, with point six miles below
la Crescent, is in progress La Crosse
people having put their shoulder to the
wheel with an energy which ensures sue
cess
The Galena Courier says that suit is
commenced in the District Court at Du.
buque, against the owners Of the War Eagle
by JoHs and Louis Russ, for damages sus-
tanned by Mrs. Russ, Or a trip to ST. Paul
and back to Dubuque on price agreed on
While laying at st. Paul, the steamer Mil
waukee came in on her stern rapidly, as is
stated, to make landing, and jostled the
War Eagle roughly. At this moment Mrs.
Russ had her arm hanging out Of the win
dow in the recess Of the ladies' cabin The
Jar Of the boat caused the derrick, TO which
was swung the yawl Of the boat, to swing
out, veer round and break badly the arm OF
Mrs Ross. She has never had the full and
perfect use Of it since, and probably never
will have. The damages are laid at s. 900
Messrs. WALTON, JESkIsGs and BAKER are
attorneys for the plaintiffs, and Messrs BIS
sIL Morris, SHigAss, and Cooley for the
Packet Company.
A correspondent Of the Red Wing SEMI
mel, in the course Of some comments upon
the late railroad decision, says:
But il IL urged tina. the company may issue
an excessive amount Of first mortgage bonds.
Not so. By q trust decd Of Jgly 3lst, 1858, the
company has solemnly agreed. That 10 bonds
shall issue except eouDters.gned aud registered
by three dislntefested trustees. that the total
amount shall never exceed, t}j, 600 per mile
and that even these shall not issue except =.
the work progres-es-ln forty mile sections.
The company has no interest except IN selling
the bonds At or near par; hence The above safe
guards. In addit on. the company. since the
decision Of thu Supreme Court. has voluntarily
executed supplemental trust deed giving the
Governor the right TO at az Trustee. II nsces
sary for the security I the State, and sell out
the whole road charter and lands OF the Com
pany IN sixty days. ~ Ia tine to prevent auy
default in payment Of interest on State bonds
Your corresp oneebtdeem- the statement that
the State is less secure now than before the
late judicial decision, TO be an error, hsnc. the
present communication. let there be no at
Tempt to pFeju! lice the question Every reflect
ing man should read the opinion Of judges I'm.
nett aud Fiaadrsu and iudg. for himself. IT,
a. a government aud people we can cooper
ate "a pushing forward the IA road enterprises.
1853 viii be the most prosperous year IA cur
annals.
A correspondent. Of the Wabashas Coun-
ty Herald, by q strange coincidence, ex.
presses precisely the same excellent ideas n
the game way, -e batin Il iisrGi'm G a'i
atm. And what il still more marvellous,
the coincidence ia repeated 10 the " mona
Urraoerdt Falls Evenine hetss ard two or