The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-09
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State News Items.

ISNSNA SCAsAVoAA ''lASA'@Doy ses0s"sa'
|hant on the St. Croix asseveaing. bringing
With him the antlers of two lmge bucks, *
closely interlocked -as to prevent separation
j While on tho hunt hen noticed Que Of the
bucks, as he Supposed. grazingi ana String
brought down the game. A closer ms peg
ton showed that.the deer shot was fastened
70 the head Of a dead comrade. : They had
evidently been fighting and lad conducted
The combat 80 furiously, that the neck Of
|one was broken and their horns were 50
fc1itangled as to permanently fAstea tho liv.
ing animal to the dead, carcass.-St: Puul
Press. I"..~r
HORSES FOR THE FRONTIER The Man.
kato Record says :-"Col: Crooks has sent
q requsition to Gen. Sibley, for several hun
dred horses, to be distributed among the
military stations along the southwestern
frontier. Capt. McKus.ck, who has just re-
turned from personal Inspection, Of our
frontier defences, we believe, recommends
the distribution OF horses as contemplated
by Col. Crooks.-4St. Puul Weekly Demo-
erat.
RAILROAD PROSPECTS. -Selah Chamber
lain, who has charge Of the construction of
the Minneapolis, Faribault & Cedar Valley
railroad, has just contracted for five first
class engines, eight passenger cars, and six
''ty freight and platform cars designed for
that road.-Ib.
DYING DRIVE Witnessed sad sight
at Fort Swelling the other morning-somc
half dozen Of starved horses in the last az.
onics Of death. Common humanity would
reqai' Q that when the Government can 70
longer fed its old and broken down horses,
they should be killed at once, and not left
10 die Of starvation Atlas.
The INTERNAL REvENUE. Assessor
Morrison and Collector Ackcr of this dis.
trlct have got the Revenue machinery run.
ming perfectly. Hitherto the collections
have been about 81. GOO per month, but
this month, we understand, they will reach
about 1920. There are still some who do
n X understand the operations of the law,
but as general thing it is now comprehen-
ded Alright, and moves along smoothTy:-St
Pau Press.
THANKsolv1Sa DINNER At ruE FoRr.-
The appeal made by Rev. t. Eggloston
through the press for contributions towards
"a Thanksgiving dinner for the sick soldiers
at the Fort, met with most generous re-
Spouse. Sixty cans Of oysters, barrel of
|apples, . barrel Of crackers. a number OF
roast turkeys, number OF jars OF jcllies,
and innumcrabl, other delcac,cs, were
among the eatiblc donated. Mrs. Thos. j
Yorkss, OF Saltwater, gave IS as special
fund.
Mr.. Egyleston delivered the de'cacios at
the Hospital Of the Fort, where the oys-
tiers and turkty jelles and apples were du.
ly discussed, and when all had feastcd to-
their full desire, finding full half Of all the
lot still left, the rest was turned over to the
csnva|esconts, who had joller dinner than
they had eaten for many day. Mr.. Es-
gleston then preached them one Of his
pleasant, kind and friendly disceurses, which
made them feel as good IS the dinner had, ;
and all will remember for many month
the Thanksgiving Day of 1863.-B. c.:
The DAY X THE CrTr.-Thanksgiving
Day was more generally observed by all
classes this year than usual. After 10
O'Clock in the forenoon there was hardly a
store open, and the streets were quiet and
almost deserted. showing that The. home
circle was full.-B. .-:us .s...-..s -
MARROW EscApE.-Four Or, five days
since young maz named Section, a clerk
| in Robinson's Drug Store, foil iuso an old
we'll in the cellar Of that building, while
hunting for something in the dark, Tho
we'll hole had board over it, but Section
slipped in, and shot to the bottom, 3 distance
t~s " aSS&, VH'SopnS, s4alssS4sOuo 7Sos - "eS
seem, with only small Cut on the head.
There was about two feet Of water in the
well, and on fuding he was no. hurt, he
commenced to climb up with his hands and
feet. and had actually set half way up, when
Mr.. Robinson, who had become alarmed at
his absence. hunted hi1a up sod relieved him
from his prison.-Ib.s "a basgse@se stsssta ~
PaErKaAr1ossa are being made ~ The
Episcopal. soeisty ofthis city, 1or the cree,
ton Of large stone chwch, next summer,
About 81 500 are airssdy contributed to the
fund. from parties abroad, to which Tie 50
'ciesy ). home 5wilisdd similar amount.-
Snch church will be an ornament. TO the
.c,ty, IS well = being conductive Of { grsas
deal Of good - Ha1snslnm Herald. t.,ass.
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