The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-06-14
News Of our own State.

Mayor Clark's inaugural appeared in the
last Rochester (Olmsted County Post, and
is brief, sensible and patriotic. Among
other subjects he alludes to the disgraceful
indifference to education in the city in these
words:
Education is science of more importance
than wealth. Believing that this community
possesses its share of wealth and intelligence
it is melancholy fact that there is not in this
city single building owned by our city which
may be devoted to the education of our youth
and children.
Our readers will remember that Roches-
ter is the residence of the talented and
straightforward Senator, Hon. S. P. Jones,
who delivered such earnest, classical and
comprehensive speeches on the subject of
Public instruction in the Senate Chamber
last winter. He notified the Senate that
if he appeared in that body again he would
oppose the State Normal School at Winona
and our whole system of education. We
look with interest to see whether the citizens
OF Rochester will instruct their Senator to
pursue policy calculated to reduce the
educational interests of the State to the low
ebb which prevails in their city.
The Mankato papers complain that the
criminal business on the docket at the late
term of the United States District Court
at that place was not disposed of. The
Record says:
On the whole, we regard the holding of a
United States court outside of st. Paul as a
farce; and we hope that the law requiring an
annual term in the southern part of the State
VIII either be abolished entirely, or an addi-
tonal provision adopted so as to insure re.
spectacle regard for its spirit and intent.
The Record says that Hon. Joseph R.
Brown has purchased several thousand acres
of land on the Minnesota river opposite the
Lower Sioux Reservation, which he intends
converting into stock and grain produc-
ing farm. He has ordered two more steam
wagons, but whether or not for use upon
his farm it has not learned.
Mankato is getting to be an important
wheat market. Dealers are there with the
gold, and with average crops and prices for
few years the farmers will all get rich.
Of the ratio of increase the Record thus
speaks:
But zoo bushels of wheat were shipped from
this place OF the crop of 1859. Of last years
crop there has been at least 40, 900 bushels
shipped, and at least as much more to be sent
forward. This years crop may safely be esti.
mated at 100000. These tigur s may seem
large to our readers, but we are satisfied that,
with an average yield, the crop will exceed
rather than fall below our estimate.
MR.. j. r. CLEVELAND, of Mankato, has
been appointed Deputy United States Mar
shall for that section of the State.
On Wednesday last, several big Indians"
OF the Winnebago species, who had been at
tending United States Court at Mankato,
enjoyed grand spree-possibly in imita>
ton of the example of some of their white
brethren the day previous.
The Belle Plaine Enquirer, thus notices
the decease of cotemporary
The Henderson Democrat has gone the way
of-papers that are unpopular. 1t died nat
ural and quiet death. So still that its decease
was not known until some time after the &C..
currence-Requescat IN pace.
The st. Peter Statesman says:
On Friday evening last party of drunken
Indians, going from Traverse along the Fort
Ridgley road, stopped at John NJ. Pettijohn's
about two miles from this place, and one of
them soon got into difficulty with boy,
when brother of Mr.. Pettijohn interfered. In
short time afterward, in company with one
or two others, the same Indian made an attack
upon the Pettijohns, and struck Hiram Pettijohn
a severe blow upon the cheek and lip, with an
arrow-cutting his face through to the bone.
The Messrs. Pettijohn then knocked two of the
Indians down and gave them thorough whip
ping. As soon as the Indians could free them.
selves. they made rapid flight, and have not
been heard of since. Those who sold the In
dams their whisky should be promptly dealt
with by the severcst penalties known to our
laws.
All our State papers give glowing &C.
counts of the looks OF the wheat in their
respective localities, The past ten DAYS or