St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-10-26

FIRST. PAGE.-On the .qu4sile. will DO
found an interesting letter from kentucky
an nstallnent, Of ss.Fossil: -. piece Of
origina! poetry; second letter from llor-
ace Greeley o., Minnesota an-article from
the Pioneer Oh the Upper Mississippi; etc.
'etc. - -
Mosr LuMplR.-M1. Chss. Gilman ex-
poets soon to have his mill ON the east
side Of the river running night and day,
saving lr,nt er. he intends keeping ~
least twenty teams Oh the road all winter
drawing lumber to- this place. "Bully""
for Charley!
Snow On Monday night aud during
most Of Tuesday = very disagree"blc mia
turs Of snow and rain fell to the ground.
making the condition Of the streets any
but desirable one tor pedestrians. The
first snow Of the season in Minnesota; was
at Grow Wing, on Sabbath last, Oct. 22d.
Eow-Yesterday morning two partners
in the running of q liquor shop on WASH
iug,on avenue, named Tom Ross and Sam
Turner commenced disputing about who
should sweep out, and passing from words
fell to pummeling, gouging and biting
each other until separated by outsiders.
$40 arrests
LAND OFFtcL.-Hurihg Tie quarter end
Jig September Seth, 90, 2O6 acres Of land
were taken at the St. Cloud Office. Of
this, 42,726 ucrcs were tuken as home
steads -
BIBLE MEBrlSG.-The Annual Meeting
Of the Stearns County Bible Society, will
&c held 1t the Methodist Church, III Saint
Cloud, Sabbath evening, Oct. 10Th. 1865,
at O'Clock All friends Of the Biblc are
invited to be present. Addresses may be
expected. NJ. N. ADAMS,
Agent Am. Bible Soc'y for MINI.
Enron DEMoGRAr.-Cousiab ketchum
- has. understand, commenced the good
work Of killing oft the unlicensed dogs in
this town. 1t is we'll known that dozens
Of worthless curs run the streets, Of NJ use
t, any one, nnd y general nuisance to all.
Let them die. Charley will do his duty,
stay The dogs, an>: the community will sus
tain him. SAUSAGE
1NCREAsING.-We announce it as mat
ter Of interest to our advertisers, as we'll
a. oursslf, that the circulation Of The Dem
ocRAr is rapidly anil steadily increasing,
bidding fair soon to treble that of any other
paper in Northern Minnesota. Among the
late additions IRE number ofN,rwcgians,
a class of subscribers entirely new. Be
fore long We shall make such Improvements
in Tnx DsMocRAr as will render it one Of
the largest and best papers III the State.
lhcEssEs.-If the City Council would
screw Its courage up to the sticking point
and require license, from $50 to 500,
III enci, saloon keeper or. liquor dealer, it
would he Of great h'nef! !" Ike needy treas
ury of the Corporation, sand to the town
itself in more ways t;,a:s one. Consider
the matter fearlessly. &essrs. Aldermen.
and clamp on the licenses. The town needs
the money; and there would be no lack Of
precedents for your action.
GAxE.-Small game, such as geese and
ducks, has never been known to be 60
plenty. The grain fields in the country
are literarlly covered with them. They
have collected in large aooks, and circle
about and ssettle upon the fields in thu
same manner IS pigeons and blackbirds
. Que Nimrod on Maine Prairie killed t.,
ducks at one shot. Deer are also said to be
very numerous, and We may expect an
abundance Of venison during the winter.
RETuRNEo.-Mr: VIM. 8. Moore, ESQ.
who went through to the gold mines O
Montana in the Spring Of 1864, returned
home on Saturday evening. He has addet
considerable amonnt Of extra avordupois
and looks very much like ''respectabl,
MINER We are glad to see him sgai,
amongst US.
Mr.. H. B. Steele has also returned from
she gold mines.
NEw Book AND STATIONARY SroRE.-J
F.. West will open his new: Store cn Wash
ngton avenue, opposite Clark &sCo,s,to1
he first day Of November, with rousin|
stock Of Books, Stationery, and Fsnc.
. Goods, comprising silver and plated ware
+ jevslry, perfamery, ladies baskets, porte
monies, etc., etc., being one Of the largest
best assorted and best stocks Of tho kind Il
the State, and by all odds above st. Paul