Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-04-18

position IS being fair one, and one BY
which no person can lose anything. Mr.
Rogers, the agent, thinks tho line will b.
finished to Red Wing by the Goth Of July
and perhaps by the 4th.
News Of the state.
! AS Mr.. George Brown, Of the town o
Monticello, Wright Co., was riding into
town, on Tuesday morning Of last week, t
attend election, the board upon which he
was sitting broke, throwing him ont Of tie
wagon. The hind wheel passed over his
head and breast, injuring him so severely
that he lived only two hours after the acct
dent occurred Mr.. Brown leaves a family
st. Pal Times.
The new steamer Sucker State, was the
first boat that arrived at Saltwater this year.
The ice in Lake st. Croix says the SILVIA.
ter Messenger, has been so weak that boats
might have gone through it on the LIST, but
none made the attempt until the fifth, which
is considerable earlier than the average
time. The first arrival at Saltwater in
1850, was on the Sd Of May in 1853, on
the 29th Of March and in 1859, on the
9Th Of April.
The steamer Time & Tide brought $500
bushels of grain from the Minnesota River
ports to St. Paul, one day last weck-the
first cargo Of grain ever brought from the
Minnesota Valley.
The Winona Republican asserts the mu-
steal talent Of that city is very superior, and
says, "we fearlessly throw the gauntlet
down to any Western town.
The Glencoe Register notices that a gen.
t|eman Of that place has fine lot of fat
cattle, which he intends shipping to the St.
Paul market. Minnesota possesses every
advantage to make her one Of the greatest
and best stock raising States in the Union.
Goodhue county, in this State, is groan.
ing under the extravaganza of Republican
misrule. If they can lump higher" OF
"stoop lower" than the Republicans Of
Winona county, they can have our Court
Huse-that's all.-Wimona Democrat.
Presuming that your Court House is in
the same fix as ours, and not wishing to in
crease our county debt, we are forced to de.
cline your kind offer, although the majority
party in this county possess both the requi.
sites which would entitle Goodhue Co., to
receive your free gift.
A man by the name Of McTavish, who
recently left Traverse des Sioux COR Pixies
Peak, accidentally shot himself, while tax.
ing his gun from the wagon, with the muz
zle towards him. lie survived but shor,
time after the accident.
The Hastings Independent says a rumo,
was circulated in that town last week, tc
the effect that man having the small pox
had been landed there from one of the boats
Two or three respectable physicians gave il
as their opinion that it was not the small
pox but in order to ensure the safety o
the citizens, had the man removed back int,
country five miles.
The Faribault Olympians," an amatcu
dramatic company, comprising fifteen ladie
and gentlemen, of Faribault, have recent,
} been amusing the citizens Of that villag
: with series Of entertainments, which tn
Central Republican says were were vel
gotten up.
Among the incidents which transpire'
. during the recent whisky rebellion in Min
neapolis, says tho State Atlas, we observ
that in most places where the ladies called
they were kindly received, and courteousl
treated but in few instances they wer
grossly idsulted. The proprietor of one {
the distilleries, seeing them approach, shu
i up his shop, and struck bee line up til
t bluff-literally illustrating the old adagt
/ that the wicked fec when no man pursu
!. eth" He was caught, however, when tn
n ladies proceeded to deliver lecture at hin
J. Tho Taylor's Falls Reporter alludes I
/, the discovery Of a quantity Of copper, q
r follows: "On Tuesday last we were show
If large chunk of pure copper, which woul
h weigh at the least calculation three hundrc
:, pounds. 1t was found at the mouth
J. Snake River, by Mr.. Garden Frazier, VIII
e brought it to this place for sale. It is til
h largest specimen ever discovered this side
Il Lake Superior, and caused quite an excite
o ment among our citizens, some of whol
: will doubtless purchase it. Of late, th
# ore has been found in various places, and
= considerable quantities in this region
. country, and We believe will yet be made t
s pay . fortune to some one"
>, Mr.. Burbank received, on Sunday, til
o first instalment of the five hundred tons ,