St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-02-20
LOCALN-EwS.
REJolc1Kas.-On account .of TIA A.

hEJolCINGS.-On account lof the de-
tention of the stage, the news of the Fort
Donelson victory was not received until
Wednesday. morning On that afternoon
however, the town was made to ring With
firing, shouting and. other demonstrations
ofjoy. Seven dollars were raised in few
minutes, and Immediately expended in
powder, which set couple Of anvils-in
lieu OF cannon-to doing rousing service.
The greatest enthusiasm was manifested
and everybody was congratulating every
body else. If there--wcre any "secesh1! Z.
who didn't like it, they dared not makp
their:feelirgs evident.
SLE1GutNa PARTY.-On "wednesday
evening of last week party came up from
Clearwater, took supper At the Stearns
House Cust the plaee) and returned about
twelve o'clock. .."..
SUppER.-The Sisters of the order Of
St. Bencdictinc will give supper at Bro
ker's Hall, on Tuesday evening, the 25th
inst. After supper the drawing Of the
prizes of the Fair will take place. Also
Concert. Entrance, 10 cents tickets for
supper, GO cents couple single tickets,
80 cents.
SNow.--0n Monday.:l.st We were favv->
ed with about six inches of snow, to tho
intense delight of--nobody. r." .@
P.S.-About three inches of snow fell
last night and this morning-''by way of
Variety we suppose. There is still room for
little more, and but little. .."
PEnsoNAI.-Rev. Harrison, Of Sauk
Centre, filed Rev. Phillips pulpit on Sab
bath ]ast.-Caleb West was in town last
week. "Cal printed the first paper issu
ed in St. Cloud, the Minnesota Advertiser,
and for want Of q roller was compelled, 70,
the first few numbers, to use the old buck
skin balls. He is now We believe in tho
st. Paul Press Office -George Marvin,
who has been absent: in the Red River
country for about a year, is on a visit
home. He reports that snow mas actually
been seen in considerable quantities on the
Breckinridge prairie.
Why is the Southern Confederacy like
beautiful young lady ?-Bccauss it il
perfect damscl. . a-. I
MOVING SAuK RAP1Ds-A prodigious
team Of nineteen yoke of oxen wore eng.g-
ed yesterday in moving a:house belonging
to S. .. Crawford from Sauk Rapids to
this place. Another belonging to the
same gentleman is to be brought over to-
day. We learn that there arc half dos-
en- or more others to be served in the same
manner. 1t is but a few years since Sauk
Rapids was considered the only place
above St. Anthony worth mentioning, but
latterly St. Cloud has so absorbed all the
attention, business and resources Of the
Upper Mississippi that this .Qacc is en-
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tirely lost to view. A large number of
their best citizens have already moved
here or transacted their business on this
side of the river, and many others will do
50 soon. "
SERIOUS RUNAWAY AFFA1R.-Yester.
day afternoon pair of horses belonging
to Mr.. Bloomer, Of St. 10, standing in
front of Anton Smiths shoe shop became
frightened and started down Washington
Avenue at furious rate. Shortly after
passing st. German street they viered to
enc side, and struck heavy hitching post
in front Of Sims Drug store with their
neck yoke, breaking it of. They next
caught one of the outer posts of the avn
ing, pulling the whole affair down, PIN
ming one of the horses to tho ground
Some Of the boards fell through the win
dow, breaking the glass and sash besides
articles inside. One horse caught ~ the
falling awning was badly injured. Friend
Sims says that 1t the first crash he thoueht
he heard Gabriel blow hn horn quito dis.
tinctly. He has since concluded, howev-
er, that it wasn't Gabriel. .s'7h z
| AcclDENT.-While Mr.. Crawfords
house, "a two-story building) spoken Of in,
another place, was being taken up the
steep hill back Of Burbank's store, it sud-
denly careened to one side, and fell 4 per-:
fectwreck. A hvrse and cutter with Messsr1
Chas. R. Rice, james Moore and another
person passing At the time were conplet,-
/ y buried beneath the ruins. By some
inexplicable miracle no one was injured
in the slightest. The bone secsxld :
lsmall cut. go ><',s