The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-01-13

Cannon City is one Of the most beautiful town sites
II the Territory, and is we'll located in a rich and fettils
district; improvements have been going on there while
places of greater pretension have stood still ; there are
about fifty new buildings there, most of them occupied.
? 4 man by the name Of Fred Walters, Wills on q
hunting expedition on the Rum River, ninety miles
above st. Anthony, got bewildered and lost his way
srrncng the swamps, and wandered about for four days
without eating or sleeping, and seeing no signs of a hu.
man being. In despair he laid down among some bush
es to die bis faithful dog, emaciafed like himself for
want of food, crawled near him, when he seized it and
plunged his knife into it, and tearing it to pieces at
tcnpted to ca. a part of it, but his stomach was too
a~SSk. fprSfhe revolving mess. An exploring party COM
ing that way discovered him, and Immediately built a
FIRE and ministered to his wants, but as he was npable
to walk, and owing to the difficulty Ofsttavelit sas not
Jfl the tenth day that he was placed in a wagon 10 be
taken home. His lower limbs began to martify after
getting home, when he was brought to St. Anthony
and had them amputated.
- A project is on foot in Goodhue County to have it
divided Cannon Falls will BE- the county sat in the
new county. There is some complains sgsinst the town
of Red Wing having too large a share of the cof6ky
funds. Cannon Falls is one Of the best situated and
most thriving places in the State The facilities. for
manufacturing are excellent. Several fine mills, a hotel,
two bridges, and a large number Of dwellings were put
up last year.
Ex-Governor German has opened a law Office at St.
Paul.
The subject of a usury law is II being discussed by the
journals Of this State; it was a matter that Gov. Med
airy, in his late Message, commended to the favorable
con liberation of the Legislature.
Two papers in this State have hoisted the name Of
the Hon. s. A. Douglass as their choice for President
in 1850. Some politicians are SO ~sanguine of his cleo
Feion that they are betting largely on it, aaez~naaa
The Rochester Democrat says there are ~, 900 bush.
of wheat in store at the mills in that town, and is sell
iDz .t az cents a hnShol What = st.rp;rr nnndit;,n
this proves Minnesota to be in.
There are two mock Legislatures in session just now
in Minnesota-one at Red Wing and the other at Rocb-
ester. They are got up IN place Of Lyceums to prac-
tice debating. They model their proceedings after the
mode adopted in the U. S. Senate, and have afforded
the young men in those places pleasant entertainment
MIR. Mark Wright, Of Point Douglas was thrown
from his team and had bis skull fractured by striking
against u tree. His recovery is doubtful.
The Henderson Democrat says that a fierce battle was
fought on the 9TH inst, near that place, between a
party of Chippewa and Sioux Indians, in which rs of
the former ana 26 of the latter were killed. ~9i
Il Snow fell in New York on the 26th Dec.-in Boston
here was Il cold snow storm-at Montreal and Quebec
z degs. below zero, the same in st. Johns NJ B., and
ase in Maine. In this town it averaged 20 degs. above
zero on that day. On the 18th inst. we had a warm
rain, which melted the snow. t1f q ~" "
The estimated expenses of our State government for
the present year are l40, 900 dollars, and &c, 900 dollars
TOR the expenses of the constitutional Convention.
A large foundry and machine shop was recently
opened at Belle Plaine, on the Minnesota River, 1t is
owned by Messrs. Wells l. Maiden, late Of Ohio They
intend building steam engines, and Touring and saw
mill machinery.
A L,ceam has just been started at Albert Lea. The
town is progressing finely. 1t was lately made the
county seat Of Freedom, but the election, for some rea.
ION Or other, We understand, is to be contested by the
citizens Of Bancroft. The editor of the AUert Lea
Nur says he has had a summons to attend a contested
Election case before the Legislature at St. Paul, but it
will be impossible for him to do so until that body ad.
sances the means to pay his expenses there. What
would Bro Swineford have done if he had been elected,
IS he was up for Legislative honors He don't mean to
,ay, we hope, that a Legislator has more credit than an
editor in his district. There's a good time coming
.riend Swineford, r-.
The ice over the Mississippi, in this region, is re-
5arded as dangerous for teams to cross the warm sun
rays have rosted it in places. On Saturday last two
tea'ns. drawing wheat, broke through the ice and were
lost, while crossing at Prescott.