St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-03-10
Minnesota Items.

put on the line which runs from Prai-
rie du Chen to st. Paul in the Spring.
A Mr.. Gardner fred a pistol at his
sweetheart a few days ago in Mime
sofa, and she has since married him.
Who ever dreamed that gunpowder
was a ~lovc-powder.
The Winona Democrat records a
sad accident which happened a
that city /; by which a young man
lost his life by the caving in OF a bank
of earth upon him. He was in the
employ of the Transit Railroad Com
pany, and was at work in the bluffs"
at the time the accident took place.
RED RIVER OF THE NoRru.-Tnc com
mittee appointed some days ago by
the Chamber of Commerce Of st. Paul,
has raised something V cr 5000 as a
bonus to encourage the building OF a
steamboat for the Red River OF the
North. The sum of $1,000 has been
subscribed by citizens in the towns
above. SO says the st. Paul Times.
The Mankato Independent learns
that the Winncbagocs have squandcr-
ed all the money paid them in the
early part Of winter, and that they
have sold due-5ills or orders to the
traders for nearly the full amount due
them at the next s%emi-annual payment.
Consequently the money will be paid
to the traders.
New LAND DISTRICT IN MINNESOTA
Through the efforts of Mr.. Shields, a
bill has passed the l. S. Senate Great
ing a new Land District to be called
Blue Earth District in Minnesota. 1t
is to embrace the lands "lying be-
tween the Northern boundary of the
: State of Iowa, and the line which di
vides townships one hundred and siS
, and one hundred and seven, north Of
: the fifth principal meridian, and west
= of the range line dividing ranges
+ twcnty-one and twenty-five. The 10
cation of offices within the District il
: to be designated by the President.
l st Paul is Just about the geograph
: ical centre Of North America, and il
the commercial key to all the vast re
gion lying beyond it to the North an'
West. 1t is at the head of uninter
rupted steam navigation, 207O miles
from the mouth of the Mississippi riv
y er. Away, on all sides, is a magnifi
!, cent land of forest and prairie, hi
y and valley, river, lake and water
fall.-St. Paul Times.
, We knew "a boy once who imagine
> that he was in the worlds centre an
that the sky came down to the cart
:, at an equal distance from him in ever,
direction. But one day he went
; the top of a hill and looked over, whe
) he ran back and in great astonisl
ment exclaimed "Mother, l didn
u know the world was half SO big !"
% MINNESOTA STATE BoSns. - After
long and severe struggle, durin
which the patience and faith of tn
a State had nearly become exhausted
e. the interchangeable cXcrtiOns of our Hon
citizen, J. w. North, President Of tn
~ NJ. * c. V. II. Il. Co, and his Exec
lency Gov. Sibley, have so far accon
III plished the desired end as to admit
ne the greatest degree of hope for
it speedy relief in the financial affairs
the community. Mr.. North is dcscr
Il. ing of all praise for his untiring ellor
:. amid the OPPOSITION and diilicnltic
III which surrounded him in the ncgot
a alton of the bonds. He labored dill
ic gently and earnestly to overcome ii
ia prejudice occasioncd by the vile tr
duccrs Of Minnesota's interests, al
DO he has succeeded. The opposition l.;
III been lived down, and now, instead
Ia being "A worthless drug, there is co
nd siderable strife among the houses
Nh New York, to secure the bonds. Al
houses now stand ready 10 advan
10 money upon them as soon as the teri
m shall have been ratified by the CO..
or panies. The utmost confidence
of placed by the company upon the ST
al cess of the present arrangement, a,
~ probably in a very short time t
Is spondulix will arrive, when there W
be a great time of rejoicing. MINI
ne sofa is all right yet, in spite Of t
w New York Tribune, and the MINES
ho tian and its cliquc.-Nort4fetd Jourm