The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

The Wabashaw Herald says that the
Catholic Society of Wabashaw are erecting
an elegant church edifce on the corner o.
Pembroke and Third streets. 1t is frame
building, 30 by 60 feet, two stories high
the lower story of which is intended fol
schools. When completed, it will be one o.
the most imposing buildings in the city. A
little more than year ago, Wabashaw had
not church of any description, but she has
now two, the Baptist and Congregational
completed, which will compare favorably
with other churches ir the State, and O
month hence will witness the completion Of
the Catholic church above mentioned, max
ing three in all, of which any City in Min
nesota might we'll be proud. A new paper
has been started in Wabashaw county which
the Herald says is to /" be Wabashaw in re.
ligion and politics" Or exclusively a local
paper. The Herald says that ten thousand
bushels of grain have been bought and
shipped from Reeds Landing and Waba-
shaw during last week.
The last Saltwater Democrat contains the
following paragraph:
The cutest little arrangement we have seen
ia long time, is the presentation made us on
Monday last. 1t consists of small piece of
bueeyed humanity of the feminine order,
cfn Il nI,n,,f C..
ings, broad according, weighs ten and quar-
ter pounds, and has tolerable good voice. OF
all the presents we ever had, this is worth any
two of them; in fact it is the biggest little Gu
rOslty our family ever possessed. The WinOna
Democrat can beat US on vegetables and such
stuff, but in the article of ''gai meat" we think
after this, it will have to take its place in the
second class.
The editor was so excited by the recep-
ton of the above present, that he let fall a
whole galley of type, after he had corrected
it and was about ready to empty it into his
form. He says that if the thing should &C.
cur again, he should feel very much like
selling out to some one who could endure
the sport better than himself.
CRoFFUT, of the st. Anthony Neus,
published his valedictory last Saturday
He says:
Four years of active service in the profession
editorial, have revealed to us the fact that the
principal emOluments and immunities enjoyed
by the Chair, are, an ocean of advice, a shower
of brick-bats, and an endless procession of
two dollar promises. 1t is for the reason that
we need respite and recreation from these per-
petual harrassments to study patience and self.
sacrifice, and because we wish to qualify our
self more thoroughly for the profession, that
we now resign our place in the Office of the
Ne,os.
He has sold out his interest in the Neaus
to URIAH THOMAS, Esq, IA lawyer of Min
neepolis, and recently Of the firm of HAN
COCK & Co., bankers,) who will succeed him
in the editorial management.
We copy the following items from the
last number of the News:
Capt. Taper went out yesterday with a
friend to Long Lake, and killed twenty-five
days work. The Captain is dead shot, and
will kill further than the whisky they sell here.
abOuts-which is the highest compliment that
can be paid a sportsman.
We see that some of our brethren of the
Press are making Mr.. King, of the State atlas,
our successor, instead of Mr.. Thomas. A little
too fast. Mr.. King and ourself ''failed to con.
nect," or rather, after we had connected the
coupling broke, and we switched off to the
right, and Mr.. King scoOted off the left. ION
his own personal curve" We hope the ex,
PLANTATION will satisfy the curious.
A Sioux hunting party, consisting of about
hundred men, with few women, crossed the
Suspension Bridge from Minneapolis this morn
ing, and are now hanging about the groceries
and bakeries of Upper Town. They have
them. 1t is not improbable that this is the party
that killed and scalped four Chippewas the
other day in Stearns county.
The Sank Rapids Frontiern,an has been
started again by our old friend, JEREMIAH
RUSSELL. There is not much encourage.
ment to start papers at the present time,
but as Mr.. RUSSELL makes good local
paper, we wish him abundant success. We
clip few items from the last number:
OcNcIdl IOUUCIlcS duu tutltS nave Uecu COIu
mitted in the neighboring country within the
last three weeks. A jewellers shop was bro
ken open in St. Cloud some weeks ago, and
property taken to the amount of five hundred
dollars.
A few nights since, store in Clearwater
was broken open and articles taken, but to
what amount we did not learn.
On Watab Prairie, checks to the amount of
two hundred dollars were distracted from a
chest belonging to Mr.. Hayward.
The Sheriff of Meeker county was at Sank
Rapids some three weeks since, in pursuit of a
man who had entered the house of settler in
that county, and, after discharging a pistol at
him, which burst the barrel, and only inflicted
slight wound on the thumb of the man as
saulted, attacked him with pistol and beat
him so severely with it that he became insensi-
BILE and remained so until the robber had time
to rife his pockets of two hundred dollars in
money and get safely away with his booty.
He appeared to be stranger to the man
robbed. We were in hopes that the hard times
would have tendency to make men honest.
at least, but from the frequent occurrence OF
such crimes, we fear contrary result.