St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-06-07
LOCAL NEWS

1MNloRANrs.-Ou last Friday, ten COW
cred wagons passed through this city,
bound for Paynesville, about IS miles West
of st. Cloud. They were from Wisconsin,
and were we'll provided with cattle and
other kinds Of stock. Almost every day,
one or more emigrant wagons passes
through, up the Sank Valley.
~ THE ST. CLOUD CITY GuARDs.-This
is the name of company recently organ.
lied here, having AZ members. It is COM
posed entirely of Germans, and is under
the drill of Charles Lucy. BY the Fourth
Of July, they expect to have their uniform,
and to give grand parade.
- RETURNED. 49,: JOHN MATT SON
esq., one of the party of Enylishmen
which started a few weeks since
on buffalo hunt, was taken i'll at Alexan-
dria and compelled to return, and is now
lying at the Stearns House. His disease
is typhoid fever. Mark Ledbeatcr is per-
forming for him the many kind Offices for
which he is proverbial
"a Mr.. Grandelmyeris busily engaged
taking the census of this County. A bet
ter appointment could not have been made,
as he speaks both German and English
very Auently.
On last Tuesday he resigned his posi-
ton as Town Clerk, being unable to attend
to the duties of both Offices. The Com
missioncrs have not yet appointed his sue
cessor.
The WEATHER.-For the past month,
we have been blessed with succession of
warm days and short showers, and our
crops arc in a most promising condition.
The farmers predict most bountiful har-
vest, should not some unlooke ed for disaster
prevent:
H@r Mrs. Kent is building a neat little
dwelling house, short distance above this
Office VIM. T. Clark, builder.
THE Arson NoEr,1up.-Wc learn from
Hon. 6. T. Stearns, who returned from
breckenridge on last Friday, that this
Steamer started from Georgetown. on the
Wednesday previous, with about 40 tons
of freight for the Hudson's Bay Company.
to take through to Fort Garry. The
freight Of this Company is brought from
St. Anthony to St. Cloud, by the Steamer
Enterprise, is taken from here to George
town, distance of 25o miles, by wagons,
and from there to Fort Carry, 500 miles
by river-200 by iani-by the Steamer
Ans. NorAup. The: Steamer was to re-
turn IN ten days for another load.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS r Ills body
met and organized on Monday. Present,
G. I. Stcarns, Seth Gibbs, Nicholas
Smith; j. II. Linnemsn and e. Abbott
G. I. Stearns was elected Chairman of the
board. The Town Of Name Prairie, was
divided upon petition Of the citizens, aud
the now Town was named Rockville.
An effort was made upon petition, to
divide St. Cloud into three Towns, but the
matter was postponed until the next meet
ing, in September. = - < :
The County was laid off into the follow
| ING Commissioners Dis. ricts
l: St. Cloud: :2~2
2. St. Joseph and Brcckway.
3. Rockville, Wakefield and Monson.
4. Berlin, Linden, Fair Haven and
Maine Prairie. 80. J., e: .. ~
5: Sauk, Centre, Marion and Verdale.
The Board adjourned Oh Tuesday after
~ The Pilot is the name Of the tin
NEST Steamboat we. cvcr saw, 1t was
built at Hutchinson, up. Crow River; and
beside Lower Mississippi boat. would
look like {: t%y. We call It Governor
Ramsey's baby, as the "t3ovcrnor Ramsey"
was the first Steamboat that eyer run up
here, and this is a Steamboats, baby. 1t
steamed up to our wharf on Sabbath MORN
ing. as saucy as an only and spoiled child.
Walked up channel into which NO older
boat dare venture, aud at double the rate
Of speed Of any other one. IT'S best capac-
ity is twenty tons draws g. inches water,
is side wheel, unusually broad according
to the length, and il especially we'll adapt
ed to turning the sharp corners in the swift
current Of our river If the absurdity of
stern wheel boats, in rapid rivers had new
l,er before been proved, sight Of the Pilot
beside thcsEnter1orise would demonstrate