St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-06-21

A large part0ti tA6 iron d now alta Crosse;
more is at Chicago and Milwaukee, and
sufficient to- finish the, work il between
those points and, New York ! $50 i.
II is the intention Of Mr.. Delano TO- com,
mence the work on, theo depots at3this place
about IS middle u jaly next Gen. Thon-
% will ,haye change Of ,the work. and: he
will, nd few weeks from now, make st.
Cloud his headquarters. I
Everything looks encouraging for rad
way Communications with the lower river.
s(USHEossrtutx,;Ajrt occunnnlRacr ABuRsx1xo
o. G1tHAs's SAY, M.1trw=7,On Monday. roo
The saw-mill Of Gilman & Mcmahon, loca-
ted on Elk River, about sixteen miles east
Of this city, was totally destroyed by fire.:
The full particulars are as follows: = Az the
men employed, about the. mill, Is wellas
both the prowietors, were absent ,oneother
basiness, land the mill was stopped save
one man and s Box. AMI also Z, woman.
While these we're at dinner. the woman
heard cracking noise, and. on going to
the door, found the mill 4 mass Of flames
and fires in all directions. Fires had been
started at four different places, Viz, one at
the mill another among the stables, some
eighteen rods east OF the mill; another
among some piles Of lumber, within tour
rods of the house whore the persons thars
EeTsatl dlnnsl, and a.aothSr ,ahapttxent
rods South Of the house, among q lot Of
pine tree tops, Nothing, was saved except
the books Of the firm And ) few blankets.
The fires had been so calculated tor and ar.
ranged as to make the destruction COM
plete. Besides the mill, there were destroy
ed four dwelling houses. stables sufficient
to accommodate Seventy-fve head of stock,
. large granery, blacksmith shop with
the tools, the Office .ofthe frn,r about s200, :
600 feet Of seasoned lumber and sc, 1000
shingles.
The prcprietors had just put in lot of
new machinery and betting, aid after q
couple Of Yeara.ef uniting labor and heavy
expense, had got their mill into such shape
az to be paying. Mr.. Gilman has expend-
ed = large amount Of money in, cutting opt
and feptlfing roads. fHn loss il especially
heavy and fails upon him with nnmitigatcd
severity. He and DR.. McMahon both have
the fullest and sincerest eympsthies Of the
whole community. They not only sustain
an immense direct loss, but the heaviest
blow is the loss Of their business.
The boilers. engine, and some other ma
city having beon leased by him TO- this firm
for term 0fyears. There can be not the
least doubt but that the buildings and mill
were sat on fire by incendiaries. The man
nsr in which it which it was done points to
Loo
in the work, and it is pretty generally be-
'ieved that 1t was done by Chippewa Indi-
ans. But be this as it may, hanging would
be too good fer the incendisry Williams.
,4MNlqRArloN.-Settle conlinueto pour
in at an astonishing rate. Every day
brings prairie schooners siugly, doubly OF
in shoals. On Tuesday large party ar
rived from Wisconsin with lot Of splendid
stool, We also noticed, on the same, day,
= party Of sixfam,lics from Houston co %,
", in this State They we're abundantly
supplied with sheep and cattle, and Wert
bound for Sauk Centre. ,+s'14s5 49, -.
| Yesterday noon. three families passed
our Office on their way to homes at Norway
Late. They came from North6eld, in tn,
! southern portion of the State, and tool
With them stock and household goods. =, ~ ~.
| In the Afternoon, four families from Wis
censin, With stock, babies, &c., passed
through for Lake Johanna. u. " 49,: ,.''> >,
:sMososaA11A CouxrYr. The citizens .
our young and hourishiug 'neighbor, Mon
ongalia county are taking measures t,
regularly organize their county. They
have laid out = town for the county seat
1t il located about four miles from Norws,
Lake, and is inamod Burbank, = in honor
of the junior: member of the leading bust
ness house Of this city, H. c. Burb bank
ESD They also propose having Crane
celebration onthe 4th Of july .7.''=' ''''''
co1D5 as,p,ni.a M1I1I.:--onnl Monday Mono, last
Messrs.n II. oC!;Wait and N. P. CLARK ealcl
purchased = one-third interest in tho new
Gold Spring idearing mills, now in cours,
oferectios. The remaining third 10 Il
the hands iof MP: p. B. Thompson. Th,
work is now we'll under way, and it is quit,
eertainsthat the mill viii balm operation b,
the fi1et Of October. II will have four rur
Of stone TIE machinery has al been o. o.
dered Of Capt Q. A; Pray. ..-l4, -.
-ciis.Ii - z = . ~! = |ff'5'E =
eUs{os M1L1s.-The propristors Of thes.
superior douring' mills have ordered snoth,
er run q stone, : new and larger smut ma.
chine Nv, packer and other mschiuery
They have also expended about $500 OF
their datn, by which the motive power Of
the mill'is increased atweaty.fv per cent
sAux CRY M11tiiLls|.,-Arnold& Sims min,
q the mouth Of Sioux .Riysr, twIoo. mile
shove st.fC Cloud, arc slso being nuch i'm
proved. Two nexj3r Of foulri-foot ston,
have been ordesed, an addition 25x50 is be
ing built; md 300 haVe been, expended, Il
improving the dam. The proprietors vii
soon be prepared TO do rst-class work.
/ PzzsosAL.- DC. Burbaak, Esq, vi,
lately returned from the East, xas. in: thi,
city hast week: He reports prospects Il
being most favorable for tho establishmen
OF regular limo Of mail coaches betwee,
| st.. Cloud and Fort Nalia- Walls, IL wash
ington Territory, next spring. Tho matte
| - HAOys0A v0O OuAVSN 0NUTk1 VI OUE ION
gressionst delegation, and TIE Dspartmsa
Is favorable to IT, q Yas5
| 55z,53.e1f - :i.eLA. 4 Z wa-tEa5t
CRocKzrY! ,srorrv'An.I QuEEaswARs
g. B. Loyso& co.ars just opening tAe ar
gsstt, stock Of .crocksry, queensware 4ant
lstonsware ever broueh .s e ~ Min
nesot.., They oan meet ny dsmsandd :
their assortment ii icomijlsta III aYeirtyl psr