The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-11-08

pitching hay on farm about six miles
from Rochester. He tell from stack
and broke his arm and dislocated his
spine between his shoulders. The Post
says he is not expected to live.
Judge Fay has received his COM
mission and taken possession Of the
Rochester Post Office. -.
III. c. Butler has been appointed
Deputy Collector in Olmsted County,
| vice o. P. Whitcomb.
AT Winnebago City, says the
Homestead, Mr.: Horace Spikerman
had bis leg broken by the fall ofa horse
which he was riding.
A little son Of Robert Richardson
had his leg broken while wrestling with
some Of his playfcllows.
The Minneapolis Chronicle says
that hay sud there recently as high as
SIG per ton.
Several Aocks Of sheep have been
sold at Minneapolis at the rate of 50 SO
and $3.50 per head-a very low price.
j. NJ. Dugan, the foreman in the
Chronicle Office, who was assaulted
with ncnkuife by negro boy, died
on the 31st ult.
l. The dentists of Minneapolis now
charee one dollar for extracting tooth.
They are determined that if they re.
lieve man: OF suffering in his jaws, to
make him suffer in his pocket.
Thu Hastings Independent Of the
I LIST earns that the body Of a mau was
picked out of the river at the foot oil
the island, just below the city, on the
previous Monday. 1t is not known
Fwho he was, but it is presumed he
came to his death by accident.
| The two girlsin St. Paul who were
so severely burned by the explosion Of
a can Of kerosene died after two weeks
of suffering.
-On Friday last poor fellow nam.
ed Robert Easan was picked up in the
streets of St. Paul insane. and sent te
tho Hospital. His wife died a few
weeks ago, which fact was the cause Of
his insanity. Two nights before he
had spent mostly on the streets, ringing
door-bells. and asking for admittance
4wharevcr he saw. a light, aud hiding
different amounts Of money in different
1'places. One sum Of $500 he placed
under the door mat Of Bishop Grace,
residence. His money was all recover.
! ed and placed in safe hands.
A MIsrAKE.-Therc are many c,ti.
Gems in the upper country, who are q
the opinion that the Pacific Railroad
engineers, made a mistake in establish.
ling that road 80 far from the towns on
THE banks Of the Mississippi. Howcve,
! this may be, it is not at all impossible
that the Railroad will be IN existence
from Minneapolis to, St. Cloud before
many years.-Chronicle.
/ a P1LaR1M.-We saw sucking
colt q day or two iince that had fol.
lowed its mother al the way from St.
Cloud 70 New: York and back Is far Il
this, place without looking any the
worse for tho journey: Our word 70,
1T the colt will make the right kind Of
= horse. The owner Of this colt started
to New York from St. Cloud the very
day tho cars reached that point. He
had 4 span IF mares, one of them being
tho mother Of the colt. Hs was ex.
hibitiug patent machine, and made
tho whole journey to New York and
back again by land.-Nid. ~, :
| .titit'. 49, : y. - .
MURDER. On Sunday morning last
! . murder; was discovered in the town Of
Rich6eld, tho particulars Of which We
have mol, yet received, but as near as
We, can learn they are as follows:
The mans name is James II. vii.
liams, of Bloomington township, and
had been in town Saturday with o load
I ofvheat, which he had sold, and was
On his return home, when within three
miles Of Nine Milo Greek, or; six miles
from town, ho was shot through the
head, and on Sunday morning, DO wa.
| discovered in bis wagon, dead !; the
I team walking along the. road. 1t j.
supposed that he was, killed for his
money, fas it was all, taken, but how
much he had We arc unable to learn
| Ibid. !: u, ill.,. .., r4y...s
! Mr:s:J. D. :. Williams recently muir.
I dercd, was found lying in his wagon,
4 with bis mittens on and tho rains in his