The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-09
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lhapt on the St. ,Croix last eyeaing. brihgiai
] With him the an.lers Of two lmgs5 51Bsckn, s
Iclosely. interlocked:aa to prevent sopsration
While on tho hunt het.nqticeav one of th,
! Ipcks, as he Supposed. g4asiagI and sfriqe
brought down the game. A closen inspec'
zion showed that,the deer shot was fastened
e the head of a dead CON rade - !Thsy hai
Isyidently been fighting3ant lad eqaauctod
Ishs combat g furiolsly. that the mock Q
lone was broken and their horns were ss
cRtangled IS to perman nentl fA.tao the liy:
ing animal to the dead">carcass ~ -; 81 2 Pay =.
Press. ..>...., :. s'.''t !" taSr /,
Houses FOR THE FRosr1ER,,.-- Tho; Man,
kato Record says :-"Col: Crooks has sen,
a requsition to Gen. Sibley; for several hun
dred horses, to be distributed among the
military stations along the southwestern
frontier. Capt. McKuslck, whoshas Just re-
turned from . personal .iips s2ecliop, ,of !, ou.
frontier defencss, We believe, recommends
the distribution OF horses as contemplated
by Col. Crooks.-St: R4ul.& Weck,y 'Den,o~
crat. j.: .~'': ~a.:.,I, >. +: j
RAILROAD PRospEcTs: :-Selah Chamber
lain, who has charge Of the construction oil
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 OFF.--We Witnessed sad sight
at Fort Smelling the other morning g-somc
half dozen Of starved horses in tho last az
onies Of death. Common humanity would
reqaie that when the Government can no
longer fed its old and broken down horses,
they should be killed at once, and not left
10 die Of starvation.-Atlas. .l:.- 'a,' .
The INTERNAL REVENUE, Assessor
Morrison and Collector Acker OF. this dis
trict have got the Revenue machinery run:
ming perfectly. Hitherto the +, collections
have been about 81. GOO per month, bu.
this month, we under stand, they will reach
about $2.2o). There are still some who do
MT understand the operations of the law,
but as general thing itis now, comprshen
ded Alright, and moves along smoothly-s
Puul Prcss. ~: -,
THANKSGIVING DINNER At TuK :FoRr.-
The appeal made BY Rev. L. Egglostou
through the press, for contributions towards
"a Thanksgiving dinner for the sick soldiers
at the Fort, met with most generous re-
sponse. Sixty cans Of oysters, barrel OF
apples, barrel Of crackers. number Of
roast turkeys, number Of jars 0: jcllies,
and innymcrabls other delicac,es, were
amens the eatiblc donated. Mrs. Thos. j
Yorkss, OF Saltwater, gave IS as special
fund: ........,. ,,s,l.:-
Mr.. Eggleston delivered the de'icacios at
the Hospital Of the Fort, where the soys-
ters and turkeys, jellics and apples we're du
ly discussed, and when all had feasted to
their full desire, finding full half OF all the
lot still left, the rest was turned over to the
|csnvalescents, who had jollier dinner than
they had eaten for many a day. Mr.. Es-
gleston then preached them: one Of his
pleasant, kind and friendly discsurses, which
made them feel as good as the dinner had,
and all will remember for many a month
the Thanksgiving Day Of of1863.-D. y ta1
The DAr IN THE CrTY.-Thanksgiving
Day was more generally observed by aIl
classes this year than usual. After 10
O'Clock in the forenoon there Was hardly 4
store open, and the streets were. quiet and
almest deserted, showing that the. -homa
circle was full.-Ib. :. sss,.s1 ta.ss4.s1s =
MARROW EscApE.-Four Or Eve days
since young maz named Scotton, clerk
in Robinson's Drug Store, tsll into 81 old
we'll in the cellar Of that building, while
hunting for something in the dark, The
well hole had ! board over it, but Section
lslip2cd in, .nd shot 70 .hsbottom. : distance
4 Mt
|of so feet, sscsping, miraculous ~. it maj
seem, with only.a small cuton the head
There was about two feet OF Eater 10 i The
well, and on iinding he 1was MT hurt, b,
Icommenoed % climb up with his hands snd
feet. and had actually SIT. hall wsy up, vixen
Mr.. Robinson, who had become alaImtd Al
his absence. hunted him ap sad rsiiesed hin
from his prison. s s.ssIsess sIssssN =
|. PREPEaArIossa a1s lsins made by. The
Ep;scopal soeisty ofthis city, 30 The efe:..
itios Of : lsxss saDsst tehs1cs. snsxt summer
About 81 500 ase alrsady eontsibotsd q the
lfund. hom parties.aheoad, 70 which he .
iiciety Il hons uiIissdd similsr. snount:
Snch chuIch si'i II ~ ornament, % The
Icty, s we'll = heig condDctivs Of gfsa;
deal of good III dsuJis,.a HeralI. 'sfss,
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