The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1860-04-13

made more worthy appointment.
The contract of Geo. w. Piper with the
U. s. Sioux Indian agent, for building one
hundred brick houses at the Upper and
Lower Agencies, affords good opportunity
for our brick masons to get good cash jobs
for the greater part of the building Sc ason.
1t would be infinitely better for our masons
to take this work at fair wages, and get the
cash, than to remain idle during greater
part of the summer and $4,000 or $1,000
brought into st. Peter in this way, would
not only materially aid individuals, but
would prove a great benefit to the whole
community.-&. Peter Statesman.
Two men were sufocated in we'll near
Spring Lake, Scott county, last week.
Their names were BAUcK and BARTH-the
latter was suffocated in an attempt to rescue
the former.
The Waseca Home Views, is the name of
a new Republican paper just stated at Viii.
ton, Waseca county.
Mr.. SPEAKER CoGGswELL made speech,
to his constituents, at Wilton, in defence
and explanation of his legislative course, on
the 28th ult.
CRoFFUT, CESAR AUGUSTUS w. A., for
merly of the st. Anthony News is around
The State atlas says he is publishing a
paper in Connecticut, at Danbery, and
that
ut rings out full and clear for freedom, Just
| as the Ne,cs did under the inspiration of Crof
fut's quill; that that keen and shining blade he
welded SO ably and vigorous upon the battle
upon the ranks of the corrupt and rotten
hearted Democracy of Connecticut"
We call that, pretty good scribbling
"Keen and shining blade" and "rotten-
hearted Democracy" are good, Hurrah
for CRoFFUT
Col. STEVENS opens out his heavy guns,
on the BILANsKY case, this week. Under
the head of BRUTAL and Diabolical Mur>
der" he says:
We learn that, according to the pro.
gramme, Mrs. Bilansky was murdered at
st. Paul, on Friday of last week. We do
not know, nor does it make any difference,
whether that unfortunate woman met her
fate calmy or not. 1t is enough for us to
knoa0 that the Legislature Of this State
passed a bill committing her sentence to
the Penitentiary for life, and that Alex.
Ramsey, through the influence of his -
- and the most disreputable, miserable,
cold-hearted, blood-thirsty, villainous, de-
moralizing, demoniac, demigorgon influence
that was ever suffered to exist in the pure
and holy atmosphere of Minnesota, vetoed
the bill; and when he sent that fatal veto
back to the Legislature, it signed his polit-
ical death warrant forever and ever for
which we were about to say Amen, but for
bear from using such holy word at the
winding up of an article in which it is stated
that poor, prosecuted, homeless and friend>
less old woman, was tried and convicted on
circumstantial evidence, under influences
which would shame harem in Asia, and
hung just because man clothed with
little brief authority, swore she should swing
in spite of all the powers of Heaven and
He'll! Hereafter Alex. Ramsey will be
known in the political world as the Hanger
of Woman. Articles on this subject will
be continued in every number of the Regis,
ter for the next year.
EARLY SowN WHEAT.-Mr. Ensign. of
Hutchinson, informs US that few winters
since, in Wisconsin, there was mild spell
of weather in February. A wel-to-do
farmer took advantage of it, and put it in
bis wheat. Afterwards there came snow
and cold weather but when spring, with
hor fov, fhnucop1 ohorp,s H. l..
came up, and at harvest he had the best
crop raised in that neighborhood. He OBJ
tanned 40 bushels to the acre while his
neighbors, who sowed in March and April,
only got Is bushels. This clearly proves
what we have always advocated, that the
earlier wheat is sown the better crop is OBJ
tained.-Register, Glencoe.
WINTER GRAIN.-The winter wheat in
this section is dead-killed root and branch.
The prairie and timber seem to share alike
in this doom. But then the winter rye is
as green as grass, and bids fair to come in
all right. We have eight acres, on the most
elevated part of the farm, which has not
been covered with snow during the winter,
which looks as promising as we could expect.
Mike Meyer Jour farmer-we wish everyone
had as good one) says, the only way win
ter wheat can be successfully raised in this
state is to sow among cornstalks, or they
must have a heavy fall of snow, which
Minnesotians seldom see, the New York
Ledger to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Ibid.
PROFESSOR BREcK-who has lust return
ed from the Red Lake Mission, to which
place be accompanied Bishop Whipple-we
learn brings the gratifying intelligence that
the Bishop has decided to make Faribault
his permanent place of residence. We are
happy to hear this, as we are confident
Bishop Whipple will prove valuable &C.
QUESTION to the intelligent christian COM
munity, and general favorite with the en-
terprising citizens of our beautiful village.
May be never have cause to regret his pre-
dilections in favor of Faribault and its soci-
ety.-Faribauh Republican.
A LITTLE girl between two and three
years Of age, daughter of Mr.. Joseph House
residing some two miles out of town, near
Lake City, was so badly burned one day
last week bv its clothes taking fire. that r