The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-07-29
STATE ITEMS.

! VI STATE ITEMS.
FRosT.-We have had slight frosts for
three orfour nights past. but no damage
has been done that we have heard of.-Man-
kato Ution. .
ONE Of the best pieces of Rio Grande
wheat we have seen UP country is on the
farm of Thomas Sewers, at Vernon. 1t is
full three feet high, headed out ni6ely, and
none Of tho kernels shrunken:
We took up one head and seperatinS the
kernels, counted over forty plump ones.-
He expects it to yield near 40 bushels per
acre ID. -
. @1MM1aaAT1oN.-Settle are pouring into
Blue Earth and Fairbault counties with =
rapidity truly astonishing. We had sup
posed that our Indian troubles had fighten-
ed SO mary away, that but few others
would be induced to settle among us, but we
are'mucb:: ::pleased.to SEQ so many intelligent
Farmers seeking homes in our midst. Some
of the best farms in the State are to be found
in the Minnesota and Blue Earth valleys,
and these settlers know it. Some of them
are buying farms already under cultivation.
III.
PRETTY COOP, THAT. During tho month
Of June, two hundred and sixty entries were
made in the Land Office at Winnebago
City.-Ib
Su1c1DE.-Jamcs Matthews, an old resi-
dent of Hastings, this State, a victim OF
strong drink, deliberately cut his throat from
ear to ear, in that town, one day last week.
I-NortAfeA Democrat.
FRosr-We are informed by George
Gilmore, Esq, that the town Of Richfisld
was visited with quite severe frost last
Saturday night, seriously injuring potatoes,
pumpkin vines, cucumbers, &c., that occu.
pied low ground.-State Atlas.
| Ho FOR EM1GRAr1oN.-One month more
will see every quarter section Of Govern
ment land in this County occupied BY the
hardy pioneer. At no time since the organ
ization Of Freeborn County, has tho tide o.
emigration settled within her borders, like
the present season. Mr.. Lyman Lowell
informs us that he found claims for ten fam
lilies within the past week. Every day re-
veals new settlers making inquiry 70,
Homesteads. Come on, you are welcome
and will find that nature has been bounti'
full in the distribution OF timber, water and
arabic land.-Al6ert Lea Standard.
| NOVEL SALE "A Mr.: Eaton, Of Ovation
ma, purchased the wife Of Mr.. Elliot, living
short distance from the same place, fol
the sum of $3.50, to be delivered two days
from day ofpurchase. Not having the mon
ey to pay the whole amount, Eaton turned
out his coat for $l,75. At the appointed
time Elliot fulfilled his agreement, the new.
ly mated pair sterling east on love tour
and Elliot returning to his home Ooaton-
ma Ft0andeGler.
/ HAHvEsr.-The harvest commenced ir
earnest this week, and the farmers are hav.
ing busy time Of it. From present indi
cations there will be, at least, a two-thirt
crop, and with the larger area sown thi
year the total amount ofgrain will fall littl'
short Of the crop oflast year: Oats arc look
ing better than wheat, and bid fair for al
average yicld.-Hastings Conss'ver.
THE wheat crop in this county will b
|good, Notwithstanding the protracted
!!drought.-Prescott, Wis. Journal.
! RxruRNrSa.-During all this week th
returning Red River carts have filled the
streets with their hideous crsaking. They
Iare on their way home from st. Paul load
ed with merchandise Of various kinds, in
Ioluding barrel or two Of whiskey.-Sl
Cloud Democrat. 49,. .s............. -.
IxxlaRASrs.-Scarcely day passes
but families from some of the older Statel
are seen on our streets going to farms i
this portion of the State. Indian trouble
do not seem to deter them, - they kno,
that these must before long be settled. =
On the Fourth We noticed three teams from
Iowa bound or Lake Henry in this county
.rhey>were we'll provided with stock, house
, hold goods, babies, &c.-&ak AAas.
The river has again fallen several inches
! It has been suggested that the pfesen
/ would b. good time 70 burn up the bsus
: heaps and snags 10 the river. Wou1dn'
! wonder Naakaeo Independent. .