The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-04-28

Larpsntea ar h Coz was Just built. end Roberts
store q ,ths lower iaaAiaG vs. balt and The
old log house, still standing few rods below,
in which Prsnehman kept whisky and Other
confectionaries.'
THIRD STREET IN l649.
"At the lower end Of Third street stood, and
now stands, IN old log house. IL Vas the pfin.
cipsl grocery IN Saint Paul. A. the corner Of
Third and Jackson was, and still In, the house
Of J. ". Bass. the first tavern In Saint Psul.
Jackson used TO keep everybody for nothing,
and their whisky aud ball bills furnished them
gratis 10 the bargain. Mr.. Hopkins house and
store Was then bsik, corner OF Third and Jack
son streets. and Mr.. Larpenteur's dwelling
house on the opposite corner. Then there vas
a little old building next west Of 1t not then
completed belonging 10 the Fur Company,
finished OF End occupied by Gov. Ramsey.
Then on the north side Of Third street was q
house and . saddlers shop belonging to A. X.
French, the shop now occupied a. the tin shop
Of Mr.. Newell, and the house for . boarding
house by Mr.. Brown. Next west was and Is
the old buildisg Of Mr.. Lull, 10 which the Pso
nsu WAS printed, It being the first Printing
ONCE In Minnesota, the first number Of the
paper issued on the 18th Of April ls4o. Then
there WAS built about that time the little shop
next west, now the tailor shop Of Mr.. Tinker,
then Dr. Dewey's once and drug store; next
west the fur store Of Ewing 4 Co., kept BY
Olmsted 4 Khosds, and the once Of Babcock
a wilkinson, then the shoe shop Of McCan and
the law Office Of Phillips. These were al the
bnildings on Third street except the house Of
Mr.. Lambert north Of the old Catholic Church,
and Mr., Lambert's house was not then finished
ROBERT STREET IN APRIL, l649.
Imprims, 9 log grocery kept by LaRoehe,
Mobiles red blac ksmiths shop, and on the other
side, Ben Bruns6ns house, and abont three
oil LuI Ia NnA ehran A.
Is. r. Hoyts house, where Mr.. Cakes large,
elegant house is now built The foregoing com.
prises nearly the whole catalogue Of buildings
in Saint Paul on the 18th Of April ls%9."
CURRENT HISTORY or SAINT PAUL FOR THE
LAST TIN yEARs-CoMPEED FROM THE
PIONEER.
Political and Pesonai.-Governo Alex.
ander Ramsey and family arrived on the
day before the first issue OF the Pioneer
and there being no accommodations in 81.
Paul fit for Governor, accepted the hos
FATALITIES Of the Hon. II. Ii. Sibley at
Mendoza, where, on the first Of June, be
proclams the Territory organized. On the
26th Of June, the Governor and family
came from Mendoza in birch bark canoe,
and took up his residence on Third street,
in neat little white cottage. This first
Executive Mansion Is now the little dirty
frame building, with the disconsolate roof
Of an obsolete verandah on il, On which o
staring black sign conveys the assumption
Of having been the " New England Hotel 1"
Of some forgotten period. Curran, the
great proprietor Of the Worlds Fair, lived
there on the fragrance Of the departed Gov.
eruorship. The grades lifted II high above
the street. making modern basement IN
der ii, which has been everything, and is now
u wretched Jewry.
! st. Paul is now in st. Croix county,
where, on the first of August, we poll our
FIRST votes at the ST. Paul precinct. The
vote stood thu there being no opposition
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