Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-19
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lands will commence at the Land Office in this
| place on Monday next, the 14th inst. The
| lands to be offered for sale, are the vdcdn,
| tracts on eUen sections, with the six mile
limits of different Railroad lines in this Land
| District The lowest price fixed upon these
lands by the Government is $3.50 per acre,
at which they must be sold, if sold at ALL
| No lands upon which settlement has been
made or Declaratory Statements filed will be
offered at this sale.
The Proclamation of the President is in an
other column.-ChatJisld Dem. ,.
Coon YIELD.-Fillmore county in agricultu-
| raj productions is not behind any county in
the State. James NJ. Graham Esq, of Leno-
ra, raised upon 6 acres 400 bushels of excel
lent wheat. On 12 acres 700 bushels of oats.
We have no doubt many farmers in Fillmore
county have reaped equally a rich harvest
III.
WHEAT.-There is no end to the string OF
teams loaded with wheat. Our streets are
literally choked with grain teams. The ma
ny thorough-fares leading in o town are daily
crowded with teams bringing in their bounti-
ful surplus of grain, wheat in PARTICULAR
Our town is full of buyers, and the demand
seems to increase. Prices remain firm with
an upward tendency. Minnesota has fully
proven this season that she is destined to be
ere long, the foremost wheat raising State in
the uniOn.-IG.
PorAToE CRoP.-It was thought by many
during the month of July That the potatoe
crop in this section was going to prove almost
total failure. 1t will be remembered that
we advised the people to hold their horses,
and await the result until after harvesting
Well, the crop is now all out of the ground so
far as we can learn, and the result is rather
more than an average crop. We have taken
considerable pains to find out who had the
biggest yield in this county, and we believe
the premium will have to be awarded to
Messrs Robert Morse and Frank Drake, who
raised 1877 bushels off one third of an acre of
of ground-equal to 3S1 bushels to the acre.
We call this, considering the wet season, a
pretty good yield, though in ordinary seasons
it would be only an ordinary yield for Mime
sota.-G Glencoe Register.
ARE WE TO HAVE CoLD WINrER.-Accor-
ding to old signs the probabilities are that We
have pretty toug IN winter ahead of US. We
notice the muskrats have prepared their hous
es in a skillful and workmanlike manner for
cold winter Their places of abode are high
er than usual, and built much more stout
than those of the past two winters. This
would argue that they are built either to pro-
tect them against the cold or the Indians
perhaps both-although while an instinct
causes them to look out for cold weather,
they are not proof against the trappers. 1t
may be after all we shall not have such a very
cold winter, but if this is specimen, to-day,
We fear by the time January reaches us we
shall have young Greenland.-I6.
EVERYBODY READY.-We believe the people
of this part Of the State are better prepared
at this time to receive "His hoary Frost and
tieecy Snow" than they have heretofore been
at this season of the year. Out of residence
Of sv..o twenty yoars in tho West, We have
never seen the houses banked-the stables
so warm-the wood piles so aourishing as at
this time. This is a gratifying condition of
things. Heretofore everybody Ewished the
winter would hold off few Gays longer; now
the cry is, let her rip This is very well, on
ly we hope it will be moderate-Ib.
Rev. Ii. Ii. MoRGAN.-We understand that
an arrangement has been effected with the
above named gentleman by the First Presby-
terian Myrtle Street, for supplying the pull
pit Of that church the present winter, or until
the Society secure permanent Pastor. Mr..
NJ. is recently from the East, and is highly
spoken of by those of his congregation who
have heard him during the few weeks he has
been laboring for them.-Stillwater Hess.
ular demonstrations-a midnight parade of
the Sons of Malta-came off last Wednesday
evening. We understand this was in honor
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ent-being his first visit here in his official ca
pacity.-Id.
Rev. Mr.. NICHOLS, until recently the Pas
tor of the Myrtle Street Church of this city,
has accepted proposition to supply the Con-
gregational Church of Minneapolis during the
present winter, and has entered upon his la
borS.-lb.
The District Court is still in session in this
city. We understand the Calendar will not
be cleared up for two or three weeks to come.
We have not been able to attend any of the
sittings of the Court, but understand that but
little of the important business of the term
has yet been reached.-Ib.
A HORSE SroLEN.-A valuable horse, be-
longing to farmer named Murphy, living six
miles north of this city, was stolen from his
barn on Tuesday night last. The animal " as
! tracked to Winona, but at last accounts had
not been found.-Rochester City Post.
e The bents for the new bridge across
the river at College street were placed in "po
sish' Thursday afternoon. The contractor
is pushing his job ahead with commendable
zeal. 1t will be completed, we are informed
within the next week.-Ib.
A pedlar from La Crosse was robbed o1
$75 worth of goods on Wednesday evening
They were taken from his wagon, which was
standing in the barn of the American House
The thief got into the barn, and obtained &C
cess to the goods by breaking three locks or
the wagon.-Ib.
A little son of L. l., Goodwin, living on Col
lege street, fell into well near Mr.. G. resi-
dence on Friday morning, the 4th and barely
escaped drowning A pole was handed to hin
by neighbor, who chanced to be within hear
ing, and the little fellow hung on "for deal
life until taken out.-Ib.
SUDDEN DEATH.-A man named Ewing
from Winona, died vevy suddenly in the Of
flee of the York State House, last evening
while lying upon couple of boxes. Deceaset
has visited Rochester occasionally during tn,
last few years, and was now upon his way t
Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he intended t
spend the winter. Some ten or fifteen per
sons were In the Office all the afternoon Will
he had been lying down, but it was not as
certained until eight o o'clock last evening tina
he was dead. Probably when the discover,
was made he had been corpse at least tw
nours. MAJ stall Terrill took from his pock
cts $3.50 in gold, Uu,,ntO,.feit 81 bill and al
open faced gold watch. Coroner Harkins wa
sent for, and impannelled a jury this mornin
for the purpose of holding an inquest. Th
jury consisted of William Markham, j. F
Woodard, j. Head, F. A. Pool, R. c. Gate
and G. Cook. The evidence showed that dc
ceased had fallen from wagon the day be
fore, and was struck near the shoulder by tn
} hind wheel. In accordance with this test
mony, the jury returned a verdict.-I6.
CONSIDERATION oE THE EPISCOPAL CHURcE
The Episcopal Church edifice is nearl
completed, and Tuesday, the 22d inst, ha
been fixed upon for its conservation. Every
| hodx, IL in nvitad t0 he nraSent on the Occa SiO,