New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-15
MINNESOTA IN 1850.

Ma svi,eheu's ST. Cload Visitor cfths % irst \.
bsfcse W., hai!ipg from stsMps County Mierssuta.
Ofsce 90 the River, opposite the Hesmbas. lsaa.
i,s but What river ths is, and 70 what section o.
Minnesota 81, Cloud located, can find no Gazetteer
no Atlss rficisutly modern to inform as. A s:ssise
accom-, in the pspe Of that city informs us, hOwsvs,
that SO
"S, Cloud il the point 81 which the Red Rwr
trains cross the Mississippi &C their way 70 81 PSal
vi icb proyesit to be the nstaIs June on 81 and tv
,he presep. head Of stesm navigation on the Mlssi-
s,pn, Heats run rsgul1ly during the Spring sst
ssriy Summer morths from ~ Anthony TO nv
place.
w. further learn from this article ;ha. Gov. seveus
CAN red ard len the Mississippi At THE then nsus'sss
,oipt WI en- be ,urveyed the Northern route for Pc
etc Railroad in 1885, The fret cabin was b1ls
m .b. spot in 1855 and in 1857 49, votes were posd
here. Ar in the county s07. We guess 81. Cloud .
some shy 10 eighty miles above the Falls Of s.. Az.
u cpy and lost below the beaves Pine region OF Nc.
rs,o,a While large tract Of miscellaneous ores, scd
.opepirgs' here heavily belts the Mississippi. The
,o q rich ard deep the natural meadows producing
very rank crase The climate is cold, but hesshfal
and irvisorstirg Wild grapes, plums and berries are
abundant The people Of Stearns County were right
or BY clouds of grssshcppers last season, Which r
time threatened TO devour every green thing; bet
they sbsconded in July, ard DO not seem to have A't
any progeny. And, Though the crops OF lSo' were
much shortened BY them 80 that appeals were msd>
TO The charity Of older and richer communities FOR aid
10 ..ye the moneyless pioneers from famine, yet there
seems 10 be bread enough il 1888: Wheat selling e
-. Cloud at 81 25; Corn at 81, and Potatoes at .
esnts per bushe.
The leading article in The Visitor before us 90
srapbic account Of q Buffalo Hunt which csme of .
few asye previous on the Red River ot the NORTH
q hundred mles OF 60 wet of St. Cloud on the d.
ootah side of the river ard the site OF the embryo
cty of Breckenridge. 1t was impromptu affair."
the horses being propsled by clubs and ebsrrss r-
stead Of spur, and being disqualified by fear Of The
game for hunting il properly. Of the FIVE bu6soss
pur.ued, one only was liped-A bull whose msss
weighed goo pounds, and w& pronounced capital fars
Buffalo are said to be plentiful in that region elk aed
deer still more 20; herd of hundred deer were seso
last Winter 10 miles wsst Of st. Cloud several were
Killed within few yards of The VISITOR Office, while
bears were repeatedly seen but not taken The VISITOR
ssys:
We have promise OF most abundant crops. Whest
ard grass are very, very fine the pralries are be-
sprir kled with myrsds OF strawberry blossoms and
the woods AZ thlckets With promises OF other tut
We have had frost to ure the buds In the Ieass
The Retail Price Current gives the following among
other prices:
susar-Msps &c. Cmshed 9c, Brown lsc Mclssses SOC 70
T. Rs re- cods.s ss Sf ped pa a, ri .is Bitter
Among the st. Cloud advertisers, in the number before
u.s. are groeers surveyors, carpenters dy-goods men,
hoelheepers, boot and shoe sellers, dealers in real
estate too many OF them painters MATCHMAKER,
drusgirt, merchant tailor, &C., &c. Tnese ere 70
Gated respectively in East" Wet and Lover
st. Cloud" while ST. Anthony and Minneapolis also
put in their applications for custorn.
On the whole, judge tina. st. Cloud is toersbly
smart place for not yet three years old, though
there are doubtless in Minnesota no Older Jet
quite ss thriving, and some perhaps, more 20. We
give the one Of whose origin growth and present con-
dition We have some data, a. Q sample Of Wsstsra
village just begun to grow.