The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1860-10-26
Our Own state.

Samivel Mayall, of the International Ho-
tel, St. Paul, made speech for Lincoln and
Hamlin, on the 18th, at Glencoe. Good
boy
The Register denounces the removal
Col. Evans from the Land Office at Glen
coe. 1t says:
Col. Evans, as good an officer as there is in
the State, has been removed from the Forest
City Land Office-thus closing that concern
while thousands of pre.emptOrs are waiting to
pre.empt their lands. The sales are coming off
in a few days, and settlers are tlocking to the
office from all parts Of the district to preempt.
When the get there they cannot transact their
business. This is gross outrage. If the Of
fee should ever be open, it is at this time. 1t
seems as if the President and the Devil had
entered into a conspiracy to rob the citizens of
their h0mesteads.
Federal Offices in Minnesota are very un-
certain. Removals depend upon the whims
of men, the reports of spies, and the liber-
ality OF incumbents.
GREAT damage has been done in Mcleod
county by prairie fires. Especially is this
the case in the neighborhood of Glencoe,
several buildings, grain stacks, &C., having
been destroyed in that vicinity. Says the
Register:
The prairie was set on fire by miserable,
dangerous, misanthropical old bachelor, who
resides some two miles northwest of town.
The public we're so incensed against him that
there was danger of Lynch law, but the better
feelings of the people ruled, and he is to be
tried by civil law, which will be put in force
against him, thereby securing him from the
danger of dogs biting his heels for the next
three years.
We clip the following from the Register:
A German woman near the residence of Rev.
Henry Elliott, in Helen, this county, whose hus-
band was absent, on Wednesday last saw
huge bear make his way into the hog pen, al.
ready cooked and primed for a mess of fresh
pork. The good frau had no idea of parting
with her fat hog, and picking up sled stake,
made for the bear. Nr. Bruin, his mouth wa
tering for the breakfast that was before him,
paid but little attention to the woman, but
her hands with the stake, across the nose of the
bear while he was engaged with the hog, laid
him out-dead as herring. Such woman is
worth having. She is worthy to be the wife of
Daniel Boone-Or any one else.
Mr.. w. F. ELLIOT, of the Register office,
on returning from his labors to his residence
adjoining the village on Wednesday eve-
ming, came upon four deer, close to his house.
Unfortunately the only weapon he had was
his "rule," and he was obliged to see them
scamper off without sending cold lead af-
ter them. Deer are plenty here. They
pass through our village quite frequently.
TIE Warden of the penitentiary at Still
water, on the 18th, received two Indians as
prisoners, for selling liquor on the Winnie
bago reservation. The Saltwater Messenger
says
Their sentence was communicated by an in.
terpreter and when informed that it was the
decree of the white chief at Washington that
they must surrender their guns and blankets
and submit to striped coats and pantaloons and
have their hair shaved off and be confined with.
ed by very significant ugh pa mixture of
the grunt and grOan.
In the Saltwater Senatorial district, the
Democrats have nominated Socrates Nelson
for Senator and Messrs. Jas. j. Norris, S.
S. Murdock, and Mr.. Newberry for the
House. The Republicans have nominated
J. K. Reiner for the Senate, and II. L.
Thomas, f. ID. Whiting, and Emil D.
Munich for the House.
The Winona Republican says: "We
saw a quantity Of wormseed oil on the
levee the other day, destined for Milwaukee.
1t was shipped by a Rochester merchant
and was distilled from seed grown in Ohm
sted county. This is new article of ex-
portation for Minnesota"
THE Rochester Neaos says that 5000 head
of sheep passed through that place last
week, bound for Rice and LIE Sueur coun.
ties.
The proprietors of the Minnesota Far
mer and Gardener have secured press and
material for doing their own work. They
have taken room in the building adjoining
the Concert Hall.