St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-19
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&rThe river is very low. The Enter
prize can only come As far a. the islands,
and .enda her freight up on barge. The
Pilot drawing but nine inches Of water il
enabled 70 come to both landings, and is
now doing good business. au
~ On last Sabbath evening, Bishop
Whipp@s pee.shed an excellent sermon, 1t
the Episcopal Church, from tho text "How
can. these thi6gp b r. = >""
~ Peas are selling at Is cts per BUSH
81; chickens, three for quarter; and
zaspberries At ten cents per quart. The
latter are very plenty and very fine.
~. Lieut.. Watson, Of Fort Ripley, has
been spending \ few days in town. He
returned to the Fort on yesterday. Capt.
H. G. Ransom has also been IN St. Cloud,
receiving proposals tor furnishing hay for
Fort Abercrombie.
~ We would wish to again call the
attention of our lady readers to the adver-
tisemsnt headed "For the Ladies." It Is
worthy their attention. .<"...'
~ We would call attention to the ad-
vertisement of Strickland l. Co. They
publish monthly Newspaper, called "The
Bookseller" which gives list Of all the
books Published each month. This would
be usefsl to Booksellers and News Dealers,
and they viii send it free, for one year, to
any sending twelve cents to pay the post
ags.
FoR1- AsEacGoMB1E.-The proposals
for supplying this Fozt With hay, were re-
csived on last Moaday, and the contract
awarded 70 Mr.. Anderson, Of st.. Paul. At
$40 per ton.
FoRr R1pLEy.-The contract for fur
nishing hay to this Fort 'w.s given to Mr.:
Grant, who lives within half mile Of the
Fort, At 1915 per ton. Over twenty pro-
posals were received, all Of which were
$500 per ton and over, With but the one
exception. -: .1.-u ..:.>
D. W. INarRsoL & Cove hope our
merchants will bear in mind that this is
the best firm in St. Paul from which to
purchase Dry Goods. They have large
assortment of all kinds Of goods needed in
this country, aud their prices are moderate.
Do not neglect to give them call.
REwaxIp PARrr:-We neglected to
mention last week the return Of the party
Of Eaeliahmcn who had gone up Red Riv.
er on buffalo hunt. They went to Shey-
enae River and Devils Lake, and killed
l8 buffalo, 2 elk, and other game in abun-
dance.
Brick! Brick Mr.. J. Ladd would
Inform the people Of St. Cloud and stearns
County generally, that on next Thursday
he viii be prepared to furnish them with a
Superior quality Of brick, at reasonable
price, kean hu kiln in Lower st. Cloud.
G1NsEEa.-On last Tuesday morning
party passed through town, on a search
for gsaseag- They intended going up to
Watab Riger and to the different portions
Of The County where this plant would be
likely to be found. They came from Sha-
kspee-}ssd their teams, and were we'll
provisioned and provided with the necessa-
~ Implements. Should they succeed, it
will be good thing for stesrns County.
Fon ;6xLx1RK.-On last Friday, six
teams laden with merchandise passed thro'
town bound for Selkirk. The owners,
Messrs. Shields & Patterson, intend con-
veying their goods to Georgetown bv wag-
ons, and from thence on a 'raft--for the
construction of which they have taken
lumber from this place. Tho teams, which
they hired in St. Paul, are then to return.
The goods are Of Z miscellaneous charac-
ter; plows, stoves. tin-warc, dry-goods,
groceries, tobacco and other articles in ev-
ery-day demand-weighing in all six tons.
LIST OF ARRIVALS AT THE