St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-07-03
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paownrp:-Tvo men-Mr. Graie, of
Shakopee, and Mr.. Bell,Fa civil engineer
from st:TPadl-went fishing last Saturday,
on Long Lake, about aix miles south Of
Shakopee, and were both. drowned. The
lake was very rough, and it would seem
that the boat was sWamped. Although
diligent, search has been made, the bodies
have not yet been found. .---:B8ezze I0zd1ine
Journal, l9th;Iv 4::.,., ~ 49,,
1Aco1pENr.-Another instance Of reck-
less driving took place in our streets yes
tcrday, the result ofwhich was the instant
death of a boy named Louis Johnston,
about twelve years Of age, Corone Brink
was called and held an inquest, and the
testimony showed that the parties were
racing horses, and that the boy either fell
or was thrown from one wagon and the
other run over him.-Red Wing Repub-
lican, 10th.
Mr.. J. R. Perkins, living near Red
Wing, had his barn and granery, together
with one span of horses, "a reaper, two seed
drills, part of threshing machine and
other property destroyed on the 18th by
dre-so says the Republican.
Lieut. David Cakes, killed at Corinth,
Vas buried in ST. Paul on last Friday with
military and civil honors. The body was
brought TO that city on the preceding
day.
The St. Peter Tribune says that the
house Of s. J. Holmberg was destroyed
BY fire, together with all the furniture,
clothing, provisions, &c.
The same paper contains the ADVERTISE
mentof a couple Of gentlemen who were
going East to buy: sheep on commission.
Fifteen hundred dollars had already been
raised to send; g.. ~. =.
The news from all parts Of the State
represents the crops a, presenting the
most encouraging appearance.
The Minneapolis advertiser, of the Goth
says that on Monday a little child about
three years old was run over by a heavy
road wagon near the Nicollet House, the
wheel passing directly over the child's
breast. Strange to say the injuries were
not of serious character. ~ .
r. IMh1aRAr1oN.-Large numbers of i'm
migrants have passed thro' our place at
most daily for the past three or four weeks,
bound to the interior portion of the State.
They are generally provided with good
supply of cattle and sheep prepared for
stock and wool growing. s.-AantoroiNe E1-
A La Crosse paper speaking of the imi-
grants passing into Minnesota, says:
If, at the present rate Of emigration to
Minnesota, that State Is not filled up this
year, how much does it hold? We should
like to know.
The Winona Republican says:
It may not be known to the residents of
this immediate vicinity, yet it is a fact,
that there is much larger migration to
Minnesota than at any season heretofore,
and mostly of the "bone and sinew" who
locate on our fertile lands and help build
up State. A gentleman connected with
this Office having just returned from an
extended trip in Southern Minnesota,
states that the principal roads are literally
throngei with covered wagons, horses,
sheep and cattle of immigrants. The
fame of our State as an agricultural para
disc is becoming extensively circulated in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The Blue Earth City Ne,rs of the 21st
has this item: ..
On Monday last, there were nine emf
grant teams arrived in this place, and fif-
teen more on Tuesday. Nearly; if not all
these have settled here. The arrivals
have been about the same all the week. It
is reported, on good authority, that there
are over two thousand families on their
way from Illinois and Indiana, to this
State.
SAD .AccIDENr-Mr. Leandre Gagne,
on Wednesday afternoon, while engaged
in repairing the roof ofthe Catholic Church
fell from the roof, distance Of some 80
feet, killing him Instantly. He leaves a
wife aud four children to mourn his loss.
Mrs. Gagne is in very poor health, and
this sudden and shocking bereavement has
affected her seriously. The sympathies Of
all our citizens should be extended.-Fd-
ribauu Republican, June 25th
H. W. HoLLEY, Esq, Register Of the
Land Office at ,Winnebago City, Blue
Earth county, was in town yesterday, and
informs us that the rush of emigration in
his District is beyond all precedent. The
average filings under the Homestead Act
are about fifty each day, which represents
m actnal increase of several hundred to