The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-10-04
News of Our Own State.

News of Our Own State.
The nominations in the nineteenth dis
trict, composed of the counties of Nicolet
Sibley, RenvilIe, Pierce, Davis, and por'
ton of Brown county, are as follows:
Republican and Union-For Senator, Henry
A. Swift of St. Peter; for Representatives
NJ. j. Severance and Adam Buck of Hender.
| son.
Democratic--For Senator Henry w. Lam.
bertOn, of ST. Peter: for Representatives. NJ
r. Merrill and Patrick Bray.
The st. Peter Statesman comes to US
we'll filled with local news, from which We
extract the following:
WE learn that an independent German mill.
tary company is now being formed ia New
Ulm for the purpose of joining Gen. Sigel in
Missouri.
The little town and township of Ottawa, LIE
Sueur county, about three miles below here,
has already turned out forty soldiers for the
war; just half its voters.
THE price paid for wheat in this place is forty
cents per bushel. There is not a great deal
arriving, as farmers expect better prices by
holding on for awhile.
WE learn that Silas Gates. near Dakota City
in this county. has just threshed fifty bushels
OF China wheat---the product of two acres
| His Fife wheat yielded from fifteen to seven.
teen bushels per acre.
THE weather this fall has been remarkably
favorable for the maturity of all kinds of late
crops. Corn has been safe for two weeks, and
| is fair crop. Buckwheat and sugar cane are
also safe. We have had no frost yet (27th)
away up here in Minnesota.
THE Ginseng trade in this place and the sur
rounding towns, has been very lively for the
past three weeks. Messrs. B. F. Pratt, VIM.
Schmmel, and Small Il Howes are purchasing
large quantities, and preparing it here for an
Eastern market. The price has ranged here
from six to ten cents per pound, and fair wages
can be made in digging. The amount of cash
paid out in this, LIE Sueur, Sibley and Blue
Earth counties, will certainly reach $4,000
A pleasing item, these hard times.
The rumors of Indian warriors coming down
to attack the Agencies, have all proved false,
The party or soldiers from Fort Ridgley who
have returned from Spirit Lake, report that
they did not see any Indians on the whole
| route. Lieutenant DonahOwer, with eight or
ten men. has gone to Big Stone Lake to arrest
certain parties for selling liquor to the Indians
and has no doubt been successful. We also
| learn that the MOrmons have been making
considerable effort to stir up difficulty with the
| Indians West of US.
We would respectfully enquire of the
Statesman when " Mr.. and Mrs: Rasher"
will be completed. Our earliest recolIec-
tons of that paper are connected with
"Miss Slimmens," but we trust our latest
knowledge will not be of the Rasher"
family.
The Anoka Union County Convention
made the following nominations:
For County Treasurer, James II. Goliath;
Register of Deeds. A. c. Tilden; Clerk of Dis.
trict Court. j. B. Oliver; Judge of Probate, NJ.
@. Butterfeld; Sheriff. G. E. Foster; Surveyor,
John Mckenzie; Coroner. G. E. Foster; Com.
missoners. LIST district, NJ. Q. Butterfeld; End
district, E. Randall, Sen.; Sd district, Olivier
Petier.
The District Convention nominated James
Starkey of Anoka, and P. o. Halves of Sher-
burne county, for Representatives.
The Republican District Convention
nominated for Representatives, Jared Benson
and j. H. Allen.
COUNTY TICKET.-For Treasurer, j. B. Mar
tin. For Register of Deeds, c. N. Earl. For
Clerk District Court, c. N. Earl. For Pro-
bate Judge, J. F. Clark. For County Surveyor,
John Mckenzie. For County Commissioners,
| Sd Dist. U. W. Hank.
We clip the following items from the
Anoka Republican
CRANE: RRIEs are coming into market pretty
brskly. They bring from fifty cents to one
dollkr a bushel. according to quality.
TWENTY loads of wheat, over e ght hundred
bushels, arrived in town one day last week
from up country, for Messrs. Smiley and Wood
bury, of this place.
A RED RIVER cart passed through town yes
terday loaded with furs, and three young buffa-
loes hitched to it, and following along behind.
If "wbat everybody says is true" business
is more lively in Anoka than in any other town
in the State. 1t is the universal expression OF
strangers stopping and passing through here,
that it is the most lively, prosperous appearing
town the y have seen anywhere. We have heard
this expression from at least dozen strangers
within the past week.
LAST spring when the three months COM
pany was being formed at this place, great
assistance, in the way of procuring recruits,
was rendered by holding public meetings, and
listening to patriotic speeches from our towns
men. Would it not be good idea to have one
of these meetings now, and see what can be
done toward arousing the people OF this
county to the importance of assisting to furnish
the quota of this State at once!
commemorate this place about two months
since, was launched last Saturday in the pres.
ence of quite crowd of people. Everything
went off ship shape" and it was said by old
steamboatmen present, that the boat was BY
far superior to any before built above the Falls
The Republican nominations in the Sew
enteenth District, comprising the counties
of Blue Earth and LIE Sueur, are G. A
Williams, of LIE Sueur, for Senator; B. A
Abbott of the same county, and R. 81
Allen and N. Powell, of Blue Earth, fol
Representatives.
s. The following is the ticket nominated a
the Blue Earth Republican County Con
vention on Tuesday of last week:
For Sheriff, D. H. Tyner; for Register, E. c
Payne: for Treasurer, ]. T. Williams; for Audi
tor. s. Cronfio; for Probate Judge, D. Wilcox
for Clerk of the District Court. z. Paddock
tor Surveyor, c. A. Chapman; for Coroner, DR.
j. w. B. Welcome.