St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-07-27

II 10 % one OF the hanOS0meSt In town.
The location is in An oak grove, command
ing fine view Of the river. The building
will be completed before winter.
Mr.. Joseph Broker has also commenced
the erection Of a. residence on the corner Of
LIE Roy street and Jefferson avenue, oppo-
site Capt. Oscar Taylor's. Mr.. Broker will
enclose the entire block mo. 17); the
main Building will be 82x42, with = wing
:01Ss, two stories high and Of brick. The
site is very command ng one. afording q
fine view up the river to Sank Rapids
The building will not b. finished this fall
Mr.. N. P. Clark is having the plan drawn
for brick residence, which he pro. 'oses
having put up this season.
These buildings will all be Of tho best
character, and will be ornaments to the
town.
We have since observed that NJ. Hanson
is building an addition to the west side Of
his tavern stand, on Richmond avenue.
Irs IxFLuENcE.-There are very few who
rightly appreciate the influence of . good,
en'erprising, local prper in drawing emf.
grafton. business and capital to . place.
The truth is, newspapers contribute II ore
than all other causes combined toward
building up State; and they should be
properly appreciated and sustained. Asa
proof Of the above, we copy the following
extract from letter written by gentle.
man residing in Reynoldsville, Schuyler
county, N. Y, to the postmaster at this
place, asking for further information con
corning the country:
II purpose, together with number more In this
place. to engrate either south west and from what
little have been able to learn Of your country have
formed favorable opinion Of it. 1 never saw any
from there, but took the St. Cloud Vjsitor some
years since fr few mouths. but it came 70 irrexu-
larly toward tho last that let it die and am told
that 1t is discontinued"
We can inform Mr.. G. aud all other old
subscribers to the T,,itor, a. we'll Is the
rest Of mankind, that although the N.;sor
died ':long ago, long ago." TIE DEN
ocRAr has arisen, Phenix-like, from its
ashes, and for seven years has aourished,
growing stronger each year.
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LOOK OUr!-Any Of our citizens who
have desire to retain such Of their gar
ments a. are washable, will DO careful not
to leave them on their clotheslines after
dark. At Mr.. J. P. Wilson's, on Monday
ght, some person or persons helped them.
selves to all ''adult" clothing. male and
female, hanging on the clothes-line, leaving
| what belonged to tho children. From thi.
it is supposed that the thief was some mis-.
cradle creature whose heart had never fell
the thrill ola fathers joy, and whose ca.
was = stranger to the musical tones Of q
! newly-awakened infant sometime about the
witching hour Of midnight. "
A NEcEss1rr.-The people Of Stearna
county should contemplate seriously the
erection Of a new Jail. The miserable pen
now: labeled 'jail," hss been condemned
again and again by the grand jury Is ,
n,iisance. It is unfit for combining any
four-footed animal in, let alone human
being The county is called upon each
year to pay bills to Ramsey county for gu,
criminals confined there and these amounts,
with the sums squsndered in such worth.
less affairs g the Jail We have It present.
wsu'd 90 fer toward building substantial
Jail that would serve the County for year.
to come. This matter should be intelli'
gently considered and acted upon 1t The
next meeting Of the Board Of County Com.
missioners.
PENNSYLVANIA CExrsAL.-We can, from
personal knowledge, endorse the following
paragraph from the st: Paul Press, - b.
ing strictly true:
The Pennsylvania Central IL one Of the best mana
geo rocds IN The country, and to persons going Eas
pleasant and speedy route.
A writer in the N. Y. Lpdependtns speak.
ing Of this same route, says: 5 L.:
But beside tie grandeur q the scenery along thi