St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-07-07
STATE NEWS.


Caors.-Our exchanges In different parts
Of the State speaks quite chesrfully Of the
prospects for crops since the late rains.
Corn and potatoes look especially we'll.
The yield In wheat will nst.hs solsavy 90
might be hoped for, but still, will Be good.
The AnJkn Star says: The railroad
track is now being laid above this point At
the rate Of quarter Of mile day md
If iron does not fail there viii % taHa.laS
in ito progress. "a
-Stearns County seems to be, as ever,
. favtatc with emigrants. The Pre., Of
Saturday, contains the following: "A large
party Of emigrants Of some forty men, wc-
men and children, dozen OK and, horse
teams, some 80 or 80 head Of cattle, &c.,
passed shrsugh the city yesterday. en- route
to the Sank Valley. They looked hardy
and iateAigent, and we'll 10 do. ~
Gen. Dana writes to friend in 81.
Paul, under date uf St.. Louis, June %,
that he has just been ordered to report to
Gen. Candy, for duty in the South West.
The re-enlisted veterans Of the Fifth
Regiment arrived ut st. Paul on Thursday,
and were handsomely received by the Fire
men and citizens An excellent dinner
was served at the Atllenpum by the ladies'
If the Aid Societies. The brave men were
welcomed by Gov. Miller, while Col. Hub
bard responded for TIE Regiment. Thirty
commissioned olkcers, asd two hundred
and twenty-'hree men have re- enlisted. :.
DnowSxn-lt is really painful to read
Of the ouaber sf children who have beea
drowned within the past few days. The
Winona Republican speaks of two little girls,
one the daughter Of L. Cable and the 9th:
er Of Wu. Aahegan, the former of whom
WAS drowned At Beef Slough, and the lat
ter in Lake Pepin. The St. Peter Tribune
says that three boys, ranging from Ten to
twelve years Of sge, were drowned while
bathing in the Minnesota. The Pioneer
states that boy named Modes Ducharme,
aged about fourtet n, while fishing in JAR
Wis Lake, was pulled out Of his canoe by
a large fish and in falling struck his head
on the boat, stunning him so that he sank
and vas drowned.
SUICIDE On the 24'h ult., Mr.. J. /.
Kennedy, one Of the oldest citizens of Min
neapols, committed suicide by jumping
FROM the Suspension Bridge. The Atlas
Says "TA~s another has been added to
the long and fast increasing victims If IN
unrestrained traffic in ardent spirits. But
what Of this! husband may be brutal
lied and frenzied, = family broken up, the
moral sense Of q community iasulted, and
yet. with all these facts, plain as the noon
day sun, liquor selling goes "a antrammel-
led to furnish more victims. Can there be
10 stay to these Wholesale saaracrs>'' ill.,
"A nice drove Of sheep passed through
town vest erday morning. We should judge
there were about 800 Of them. Destina
tion. Minnesota River Valley,-Aorey
ts%t":y Register.
WooA-Farmers are marketing ,Aeir
wool, and we notice uuuaber Of sales At
Is cea&s- The Nessrs. bike At Faribault,
sold eue-half their clip, Of about 100
pounds, ut 80 cents, to Messrs. Eastman,
Gibson & Co., Minneapolis, for manufac-
turing purPoses.--.Numkato Record.
The Record Says that a shert time
since some soldiers came to y post garri-
soned by Company E, of the Second Cav
alry, and reported SEEING Indians in the
vicinity. Several Of the boys were sent
cut, and found the trail of bear. They
followed it until they found Mr.. Bruin, and
dispatched him at short notice. lie weigh
ed 500 pounds. ..,...
Lieut.. Col. Marsh, OF the Ninth Min.
nesota. has nude an official report Of the
part taken by that regiment in the Sturgis
Expedition, but it contains nothing of i'm.
portancc beyond what has already been
published in these columns. 49,:
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