The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-08-03
Our Travelling Correspondent.
ISTINGS, July "a, 1860.

HASTINGS, July "a, 1860.
Editors Of the Pioneer and Democrat: FL,
The steamer Ocean Wave, on her down
trip yesterday, took On board 400 bushels
Of new rye at Newport, q few miles above
this place. Capt. Webb informed me this
was the first shipment from any point on
the river of the present crop.
Arriving here, l was astonished to find
the city so much improved since my last
visit. The money pressure of the last three
years seems not to have affected the growth
Of Hastings at all. In every direction, you
will see fine buildings under process of con-
struction. Three large warehouses are
building for the purpose of storing grain.
The largest one, built by North and CARL,
will hold one hundred thousand bushels, and
will cost when completed over $4,000. An.
other, being built by Mr.. Ennis, is calcu-
lated to hold over seventy-6ve thousand
bushels; and the other, by Mr.. Rheis, will
hold over ffty-thousand bushels. And it is
believed, with all this, there will not be near
enough warehouse-room to store all the
grain that will be brought to this market.
Buyers are of the opinion that the number
of bushels of grain that will be shipped from
here will far exceed any point on the river.
The HASTINGS FoUNDRY.-It is worth
ones while to pay this establishment visit.
There is nothing equal to it in the Northwest.
Mr.. Morrill,, the sole proprietor, is one of
those enterprizing live Yankees, from old
Connecticut; he gentleman and finished
mechanic. He has already expended over
$4,000 in hard cash, in buildings and ma
chinery, and is constantly making new add.
tions. He contemplates building steam
engines, threshing machines, &C., together
with every class of iron and brass castings.
Already, with thirty men busily engaged,
he is unable to fill all his orders.
MANUFACTURING.--M Terrill, of Racine,
Wis, has just commenced the manufacture
of tanning mills here, on quite an extensive
scale. He calculates to visit St. Paul in a
short time, and if inducements are such as
to warrant him in starting branch factory
there, he will make preparations to COM
mence manufacturing this fall.
The Messrs. Winslow and
Young, passed through this place yesterday
with their lightning rod. They calculated
on reaching St. Paul on Saturday, but
owing to some mismanagement on the part
of the gentlemen locating the route, some
six or eight miles of poles will have to be
reset, which will cause delay of four or
five days but by the last of next week, you
may look out for a flash. Mr.. Winslow
seemed highly indignant at the idea of your
local giving him the title of "uncle jim"
You should hereafter in using his name,
place the word professor" before Winslow,
also before Young.
B1GELow VS.. RoGERs.-The citizens of
this place, 1.-THE home of Mrs. Bigelow,) do
not exactly concur with Mr.. Rogers in
his statement published in the Times of the
oath inst, relative to there being plot laid
to extort money out of him. might say to
Mr.. Rogers, the least that is said on that
subject, the easier it can be mended in this
region.
THERE arenow over one hundred copies of
the Daily and Weekly PIONEER circulated
in this city. The Daily to the number of
seventy, will be distributed over the city
every day by carrier, the same as in Min
neapolis and Saltwater.