St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-13
. State News.

l"0 MEN DaoYNED-We regret to
leafn that Mr.: Hgley, an old gentleman
living across the::rivcr nearly OPPOSITE Tra'
ver, ard a young man by the name Of
John SBdel, from Mankato, were drowned
last evening. 1t seems that Mr.. Slidell,
in crossing the river here with load Of
goods. lost some boxes overheard, ind went
down to get Mr.. Sigley to assist him to
:set-them with skiff.. Ihey-.went,to-the
river, and not returning search was made
this morning. The skif. vas found upset.
but as yet no trace of the dead bodies has
been discovered, although number Of our
citizens are snowaasearshing@ the ~riverfer
them. St Peer iariI,pts,
+ We learn that 1.-The bodies, were after,
wards discovered That offMr. Sigley
was SO much dScomposed as to- prevent
removal, and was buried on the bank Of
the river. Mr.. Slidell, had on his person,
when drowned, some 5000. Or $500 in
gold and land warrant, neither of which
could be found.
Terrible AccIbENT.-A little daugh-
ter Of W. II. Wellington last Friday met
with aomost distressing accident. While
passing along the street in the ~neiehbor-
hood Of Mr.: Wellington's residence. she
received kick from vicious horse that
was running at large. The injury: was
inflicted on the head, and Was of such a
nature that it caused the death of the
child the following day-Red WING Re-
.pqsllican.
How does that death come to be accio
dental which was caused by a vicious
horse, running at large on the street?
T., Under the Mosaic Law the owner of the
horse would have accounted for thai
child's life~as~r igidly-a though he had
killed her with a clubs The principle is
correct,* for the man who turns vicious
loose on street, is adanserous' man.
Tile Repud!icom, also reports the crops,
all through the interior, as promising
superintendent yield, whilst greater
breadth Of ground has been sown to grain
this, than any former year. = " l.
lDRowNED.-A son Of Mr.. Rank, of the
Missippi Brewery, Upper Town, about
five years of age: was drowned in the Mis-
sippi river on Thursday afternoon. His
body is not yet found.-&t. :ArtAouy Ncvs,
EMIGRATION 70 MINNESOTA La
Crosse Republican notices the emigration
OF farmers from tie. eastern Iand centra.
counties of Wisconsin to Minnesota, and
says the emigrants appear to be Of a, sub
stantial. thrifty class, who take with, then,
valuable outfits. All Of them have good
teams; considerable stock, large families
and fat babies: We noticed one party
Jefferson comfy few days ago, bound
for Minnesota With forty or fifty head Of
fine cattle, and dozen splendid horses,
marc $: and colts>:-:tle..: total value Of the
establishment not being less: than 5000
Another farmer had an immense "prairie
schooner arranged with all the comforts
ofia home on wheels drawn by three yoke
ef4arge cattle, at the head of which wav.
ed the Star, Spangled Banner! with all
deterepce to our EASTERN friends; I'VE take
much pleasure in saying that Minnesota
continues to prosper.
The SLAVES Up-The Nashville
eeTen. Banner of the 22d u]t, says: -
"About two o'clock Sunday morning,
the barn Of James ". Graham Esq,
about eight miles from Kentucky, was set
on fire and entirely destroyed. Ten or
twelve horses and mules in it were burned
to death. Monday some five or six ST nc
groes in the neighborhood were arrested
for the arson and confessed their guilt: "@~