The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25
Our Own State.
The Glencoe Register furnishes the fol-
lowing items for Mcleod county:

The Glencoe Register furnishes the fol-
lowing items for Mcleod county:
PoTATo CRoP-It was thought by many
during the month of July that the potato
crop in this section was going to prove
almost total failure. 1t will be remem-
bered that we advised the people to hold in
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
MOORE and FRANK DRAKE, who raised 127
bushels off third of an acre Of ground
equal to 38l bushels to the acre. We call
this considering the wet season, pretty
good yield, though in ordinary seasons it
would be only all ordinary yield for Mime
sofa.
The MINNEAPOLIS RoAD.-We greatly
fear our Minneapolis friends have made a
mistake in opening up the road to prairie
via Rice City. The trade was already Sc
cured to them by that road. 1t should have
been opened either to Glencoe or Hutchin-
son via Watertown or Excelsior. This
they will find out in time. We here, all
wish to reach the Mississippi at Minneapo
liz, and until the road is opened we cannot
do so. Our interests are identified with
those Of NJ nneapolis, if she will let it be so.
We can help that city more than all the rest
Of the prairie together.
ARE We TO HAVE Cold WINTER
According to the old sign the probabilities
are that we have pretty tough winter
ahead of US. We notice the muskrats have
prepared their houses in skillful and
workmanlike manner for a cold winter
Their places of abode are higher than usual,
and built much more stout than those of the
past two winters. This would argue that
they are built either to protect them against
the cold or the Indians-perhaps both-al-
though 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 very cold win
ter, but if this is specimen, to-day, we fear
by the time January reaches we shall have
young Greenland.
We have before us the second number of
the Rochester City Post, which gives promise
of much usefulness, in its locality, barring
its politics. We extract the following !:
I" A man named EWING, from Winona, died
very suddenly in the Office of the York
State House last evening, while lying upon
a couple of boxes. Deceased has visited
Rochester occasionally during the last few
years, and was now upon his way to Coun>
Gil Bluffs, Iowa, where he intended to spend
the winter. Some ten or fifteen persons
were in the Office all the afternoon while he
had been lying down, but it was not ascer-
tanned until eight o'clock last evening that
be was dead. Probably when the discov-
cry was made he had been corpse at least
two hours. Marshal TERILL took from his
pockets $3.50 in gold, counterfeit 50 bill
and an opened faced gold watch. Coroner
HARKlNs was sent for, and impanelled a
jury this morning, for the purpose of hold
ing an inquest. The jury consisted of VIM.
MARKHAM, j. F. WOODWARD, J. HEAD, F.
A. Pool, R. G. GATES, and G. Cook. The
evidence showed that deceased had fallen
from a;wagon the day before, and was struck
near the shoulder by the hind Wheel In
accordance with this testimony, the jury
returned the following verdict: v
1--WE, the undersigned Jury of Inquest held
this 18th day of November, 1859, on the body
of NJ. Ewing, now lying at the York State
House. in this city, agree to the following YER
dict. to wit: That said Ewing came to hi
death by fall from wagon on the 10th inst,
in this city,"
FROM the Saltwater Messenger we learr
that the grain trade at that place is quite a
active as ever. During the past week thu
receipts, according to the estimate of grain
buyers, have been about 1000 bushels pc
diem on an average, of 10000 for the week
For a county which two years ago importe'
every sack of -four consumed by its inhabi
tants, we think this is doing thriving
business.