The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-23
Our Own state.
ORIGINAL AND sRLscrxp PARAGRAPHS.

The suspension bridge cost 100000, and
paid the frs, year s2l 900 in tolls. THE
single bridge at st. Paul will cost, when
completed, $4,000 The far has been
reduced on tho suspension bridge from
twenty-five cents for double and single teams
TO ten cents and to 81 so for the season
ticket for foot passengers. This arrange
men, Is TO last ill March Goth, 1859.
WAR rney sAy,---A correspondent OF
the Elmira IN. " Aipo,Hsr gives M nc.
count Of a trip 10 the Falls. We extract
thus
Near -, Anthony numerous pctrlfsctiops
/ are found, such as puirliied fish, wood, aud
masses of petiited moss. On the shores Of the
lakes and streams agates aud comedians are
commonly found. With the drawback OF a
long, cold winter, this regien ~ otherwise en-
ucng TO the settler, ! met several persons
who were trying these dry cool winters with
marked benefit ia lung com aiuts, The short
summers, with their ever clear, transparent
skies, bring forward vegetation In this new soil
/ with marvellous rapidty, Peas are ready for
the table by the 18th Of June new potatoes
abundun, n halt month later and tomatoes
ripen by the 10th ot July.
Tux MiNsr,rolls MuL ConrAsy. ~- This
Company after keeping u large body OF men
| in employ for considerable over n year and OK.
pending something near tT5 900 have NJ last
completed their dam. II Is u monstrous affair,
aud tor strength aud durability equals anything
| Of tho kind that has yet been constructed IN
the United States Great credit Is due tho en-.
ergrtic projectors Of this work IN thus carry.
ing II on uninterrupted through snch iinan'
cial crisis rs that from which Va are jubt now
escaping -Erpr'ss.
tinAH.--Wc learn that last week while q
party of five were hunting for deer near tho
head Of Coon Creek, one fthe number started
| "A huge black bear. The bear ~ ode N Az has
THY Ms II could In one direction, aud the mnn
! made equally as good OF better time IN another,
until he arrived n, the camp acme two miles
distant. Hero be found til &c Of his compan.
lon, and all Tour setting out they hunted liuin
down before night, aud finally succeeded IN dis-
patching him. he bear IL AN animal which IN
very seldom seen so Tar from heavy bodies 81
tlmb,r bu ia appearance Ia this case can, We
| thnS. he accounted for from the fact that u
was evidently making its way across nom the
| Pintfios ~ the region Of the Zig Woods. -- Er
p"".
The merchants Of 81 Anthony. Minneapolis,
and the upper country, must unite Ia the rcso.
| luton that not pound of their freight shall be
landed at ~. ul.--EIp,os
The proposed resolution will run, VIC srH
pose, something In this style
WnERrAs--.St. Anthony is the exact cen
tire Of creation, and !, Is desirable that the
physical constitution Of the universe should
adapt itself 10 this theory therefore
Rssoirtd, That from aud after this date
water shall not run down hill /; tina, the
mouth Of the Minnesota river shall be an.
nulIed that The largest ships shall cross the
country at Hastings, and reach st. Anthony
Falls without touching 81. Paul that rocks
are not rocks, and never were that rapids
are. and always were, aud hereafter shall be-
10 the nature Of still water Of uniatbomnb'e
depth; that 81. Paul Is declared abolished
extinct. and Of no sort OF account.
DEAru---1be saltwater Mef,engr saya
that i. X, BAerLKrr. Esq, for number
OF years practising attorney Of TINT place,
died ut 81. Crois Falls on the evening Of
the LIST instant. Mr. B,nrLtrr frs, settled
In saltwater some ten years since, aud dur.
ing bis residence bad secured many friends
who have lcurned Of his death with deep
regret.
Rocugsrgs Irgxs The Irstman suIIi-
van, whom We mentioned lew lays ago
AZ having. while drunk, pulled u red bot
stove over Himself. fingered until Fridny.
when be expired in great agony. Another
comment on rum.
The Win0na Dfm0e,af Gays That Dotwith
standing the probbit0ry liquor ordinance
passed by the City Council of Rochester.
tina, liquor selling or liquor drinking has
not aba,cd All ioia, but IL rather On the IL.
crease.
HocuEsrss ABEAb.---Thefs are In Rocbs Ter
four practclbg physicians, feyen practising
attorneys. four ministers, six merchants and
gtocers. two druggis's, three clo'hiets four
hotels, two fret elias, Touring mills, one saw
mill, two churches. and ~ for mtobanies, their
name IA itgi5b. Add 10 the fact there are IT
present about one hundred buildings u differ.
en-, Kind, IN course oferection, and the reader
can fofn zone idea what our thriving little
city VIII be when finished. "-Ijfm.
Houss BpEsr.--On Sunday evening last, .
house belonging % and ogeuplrd by Danlsl
Christian. situated iB Csmmings addition, Just
north u The ~ lrosd, took IRE and was bnrn.I
10 the ground with II. entire contents. II 10
not known how the IRE originated. Mr.. thns
tan and HI. family had been absent all day
and were not al hDms II tbs time VI the scti.
dent. hi. u said 20 be the second time that
Mr.. e. ba. been burned ont within 4 year.
Al the railroad hands who we're n work In
this neighborbood, have left, aud betsksn
thsmsslye. to the blufs near Winons, where
they will b. engaged the present winter.
There Ia quite an amount Of heavy and expen.
siye WORK On the Transit road, 70 be done
there.
The sho. number Of children within the city
limits be, ~esn the ages Of four and twenty
! years, q. reported ~ the CITY Marshal, are
81 FEE Prsss.
wisoSA lrsss-J. Burbank, the great
Rrpr.ssmsn and Mail Contractor, 4" SandIsd
over 10 winans this week. lie says, wibobs
ou,grows any town on the Mississippi between
u. PAM and Dabaqse be says truly.