The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-15
News Of Our Own State.

The Mankato Independent Of Friday says
q rumor is current that q large body of
Sioux Indians had attacked and disarmed
the military at the Upper Sioux Agency,
broken open the Government warehouses
and helped themselves to the goods. The
report was brought from New Ulm, and we
fear is founded upon truth. The unavoida-
BILE delay in making the payment has pro-
badly proved too much for the patience of
the Indians. The difficulty in procuring
gold and silver sufficient for the payment,
we believe, has caused the delay.
That fruit can be grown in Minnesota
can no longer be denied. We lately saw an
apple that grew upon the farm of Mr.. Geo.
Post, of Wacouta, which for beauty, size
and everything that pertains to good fruit
would be hard to beat. II our farmers
would pay little more attention to the
raising of fruit we could soon supply our
own market.-Red Wing Republican.
ALL our exchanges speak of the large
number of emigrants pouring into our
State. The Glencoe Register says:
Never since the lively times of 1857 have
we seen claim seekers so plenty. 1t looks
natural and reminds US of the days before
the hard times. We notice the surveyors
around again busy as they used to be. The
compass has had long rest in these parts
for the past few years, and it is very pro.
per the services of surveyors should be
called into use. The prairie fires have
burned up all the government stakes and
the lines of the public lands have to be run
over.
New WHEAT.-Mr. &. A. Beireis of the
town of LeRay, brought to the Mankato
Mill, on Tuesday last, load of new wheat,
which would class as No. in any market
Of the world. 1t was a winter variety and
weighed 66H pounds to the measured
bushel.-Mamkato Independent.
ONE of the most violent storms of rain
and wind ever known In this valley, occur
red on Saturday afternoon last. Buildings
were unroofed, and timber and fences blown
down. Many of our farmers were compel
led to work all night and large part of
the following day, repairing damages on
fences. We hear of no ones being injured
by the storm.-BeIe Plain Journal.
FATAL Acc1DENT.-On Saturday after
noon a German named Jacob Diel, engaged
in Hunter & Smiths Single Factory, at
the RaviDe, was so severely scslded as to
cause bis death. He was steaming single
"bolts," when be slipped and fell backwards
into the boiling water. He had crawled
out before the accident was observed. A
conveyance was procured 10 which be was
taken home, and medical aid summoned !;
but at six o'clock on Monday morning death
ended bis miseries. The deceased was So
Der and industrious, and but lately married.
st. Cloud Democrat.
We have seen an apple raised in the gar.
den of j. w. Crees of this village measur-
ing nine and half inches in circumference.
1t grew on dwarf tree planted out last
year. 1t was of the Red Astrachan variety,
o splendid specimen, set in Doucain stock.
The tree was obtained of T. Schweitzer of
Preston, who is still furnishing trees of this
and other varieties.-FMIm0re Co. Repub.
Ican.
A LITTLE son of George Bryant of Elgin,
Wabashaw county, while driving bis fathers
reaper, on the 4th inst, tainted, fell from his
seat, was caught in the sickle, had one leg
broken and more than half cut of, in
horrible manner. The little fellow drove
team to cut l6O acres of grain last year and
25 this, though now but eight years of age.
We clip the following items from the
excellent local columns of the St. Peter
Statesman:
Gipgseng dealers in this place have been
and are doing heavy business this season.
Ginseng and hogs are the staple products of
the "Big Woods" opposite here.
ANOTHER GREAT Y1ELD.-Mr. Naylor.
on bis farm about three miles from this
place, raised fourteen bushels of winter
wheat on quarter acre of ground-equal
to an average of ffty.six bushels per acre.
LARGE YIELD OF WINTER WHEAT
Richard Raney, abo1t two miles below this
place, in LIE Sueur county, has lately har-
vested about eight acres of winter wheat,
that competent judges say will average
fully foryJf0e bushels to the acre 1t this
Can be beaten in or out of the State, we
would like to hear it.
The Crops The harvest of spring
wheat commenced here the fore part of last
wetk, and the bulk of the crops will be cut
by the end OF this week. AS far as we
have been able to learn the crops generally
will average larger yield this year than
any previous year. The yield of different
fields of wheat is vario7sly estimated at an
average OF from 20 to 35 bushels per acre.
The whole average yield in this and neigh
boring counties will doubtless run over 25
bushels per acre. Here and there field
of wheat has been somewhat injured by
smut and rust, but this is the exception and
not the rule. The great bulk of the wheat
crops is unusually good. Barley, oats and
corn will also yield abundantly. On the
whole, the crops of Minnesota will show up
better, We believe. than any other State,
and we fell confident that the shipments
from the State next year will be over double
those of any previous year.
Fourth Regiment.