The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-02-22
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.
Now. Of our own state.

The st. Peter Tribune states tnat Mr.. y.
o. Dow, Register of the Henderson Land
Office intends joining Thomas Cowan, under
the firm of Cowan & Dow, and will open
law Office in st. Peter.
HoUsToN COUNTY is in the field All
persons in that county, who are subject to
military duty, and can " ride horse with
ease and ssfety," are requested to meet at
Caledonia on the 26th of the present month,
for the purpose Of organizing a :Volunteer
Regiment Of Militia"
The southwestern and central counties Of
the State have devoted great attention to
pork raising within the p st year, and their
experience in selling their hogs this winter
has demonstrated that it is more prOfta-
bic business than wheat growing, particu-
larly in localities distant from the river
markets. load of pork yielding three OF
four times the proceeds of load of wheat,
SO that while the hauling of grain q long
distance eats up large per centage of its
value, the actual cost of hauling load Of
pork is no greater. Besides, the necessary
outlay in raising hogs is not as great, com.
paratively, as that involved in wheat grow
ing. At any rate, it creates diversity Of
industry, which of itself is beneficial to the
State.-Winona Republican.
On Wednesday afternoon, February 7tb,
the residence of Ara Barton, in Randolph
Township, Dakota county, was CONSUMED
by fire. A considerable portion of his
household goods were also destroyed. Mr..
Barton was in St. Paul at the time, and
Mrs. Barton, with family of small chill
dreD, was left to combat the flames alone.
RoLL1NGsToNE is the name of a post
Office recently established in the valley Of
the North Rollingstone, about three miles
above Minnesota City, Winona county. Mr..
Leonard, postmaster.
ON Sunday, the 9th, a contribution was
taken in the First Congregational church in
Wabasha, in aid of the Kansas relief fund,
amounting to $84. The proceeds oI the
Kansas festival in Minneapolis on the 18th,
amounted to $2lO.
A LARGE number of summer resOrters are
expected this year from the South. The
Nsws of st. Anthony, says that Mr.. Nc
Lean, of the Winslow House, has received
an unusual number of applications for
quarters for the coming summer. He is
now travelling through the Southern States.
The troublesome times in the South will
undoubtedly send us great numbers OF those
who sees peaceful retreat.
ON the 9th, at St. Cloud, an infant
child but few hours old, was murdered,
by the administration of laudanum, and
wounds inflicted in its throat. The ViSator
says that post mOrtem examination was
made, and COroner's inquest held, when
the jury returned a verdict that the child
came to its death from wounds inflicted in
its throat by some instrument to them un-
known, and aided by the administration of
Iaudanum by some person or persons to
them unknown. A pair of scissors and
bottle of laudanum were found in the
mothers roOm-named Ann Welsh-and
suspicion points to her as the author of the
crime
MRS. SwIssHELM last summer, carried at
her masthead-0f her paper we mean--the
names of Seward and Cassius M. Clay,
for President and Vice President. She has
not yet expressed her opinion of Seward,
but in the following paragraph, refers to
Cassius and the Senator who is to secure
for Stephen Miller, the Surveyor General
ship:
STRUCK CoLoRs.-Col. Cassius M. Clay and
Carolina. Poor Caseius, we had expected bet
ter of him. AS for Cameron, we had permitted
friend Miller to half-persuade US that, maybe,
after all, Simon had q soul; and so we have in
serted brother Stephens complimentary no.
tices of his old friend: but bah! what an exhi-
bition of donkeysm and funkeyism the
doughty General has made in repudiating his
Republicanlsm at the bidding of traders.
WRIGHT COUNTY, if the Republican repre-
sents its sentiments, proposes to furnish her
quota of troops to enforce the laws at the
South. A military company has been
formed at Clearwater, and at Monticello
they are getting up a company of dragons
Wright county, from her past history, GER
tainly has the right to send men to South
Carolina, to vindicate the laws; but before
she does, the murderers of jackson should
be punished.
The Sauk Rapids New Era (Republican),
not having heard of the action of the Legis-
lature, earnestly advocates that Commits
sioners be sent to Washington to attend the
Peace Conference. 1t suggests the names
of s. B. Lowry,J. w. North, Henry Ack-
er, and w. A. Gorman. All mistake,
Mr.. Wood: "D1en never compromise" 1.-The
Southern people are maniacs;" minnesota
will not recognize the Peace Conferences"
"the Constitution as interpreted by the
Chicago platform;" "bomb-shells and pow
der;"-yide proceedings Of the Legislature.
"PEAcE hath its victories, no less re-
nowned than those of war;" Let this be
remembered by all--the young as we'll as
the old. Those who now assist in endeav-
oring to save the Union, whether successful
or not, will have nothing to reproach them,