St. Cloud Democrat., 1866-04-19

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The Circulation Of the Democrat
% DOUBLE tAa4~of any other paper
Pablished above st. AnthonY FAN
:.st sAdvertisass remenhor4his.
~ Ws ~es'a respectfully req"est az
Ss.ire., msn and Others pishing any kind Of
Job Printing, to call ana examine our e.
.sen.iys, stock. Of New, Material, just reee'ped
Aem tie cost, before sending to 81. Pau! Or go
~ .l.e,eAere. Our JOB Office Is ''o'e one Of
tie best in the State, and zee do seork '0hich
va will guarantee to be satisfactory. at st.
Paul prices. a'i%
ts sPnrssrrxsnN.-pastor, Rev. &. v. Campbell. Ser
vices every Sabbath morning at l0} O'Clock. Evening
att. Sunday School after morning service.
l@r All kinds of: job Printing. IN Eng
lish, German or Norwegian, executed at
this Office. Send in yonr orders,
The United States Senate has. very
worthily confirmed Col. T. II. Barrett, Of
the 62dU s. Colored troops, as Brigadier
General by brevet. :-.. F. ..y
We learn from persons residing in the
neighborhood, that the bridge across Sauk
River, at Waits crossing, is in q perfectly
safe condition and that teams are crossing
rs usual.
Ow1Na to high water and the loss Of
bridges, the mail from Forest City has not
arrived at the post office at this place for.
three weeks. ..,-vt..
H1aH.-The water in the Mississippi is
at high stage, having raised from one to
two feet in each twenty four hours for sew
eral days past.
FERR1Es.-Wright's ferry, at the upper
levee, was hung on last Saturday after
noon. Fowler's ferry has not yet been
hung: l.. -. $50
DAAAGED.-A portion of the bridge
ACROSS Sauk River at Cold Spring was swept
away on, Thursday night of last week.
Workmen are busi]y engaged in repairing
it. -.
~ LADIES We have good supply
Of bristol board cards, and can print visit
ing cards in neat style and at cheap rates
D1sPATcHEs from Ft. Abercrombie dated
the l4th state *'the snow all gone-River
rising rapidly-Company H, 2dsCavalry,
passed through here to-day en- route for
Fort Smelling"
For FLoR1DA.-Rev. w. W. Keep, late
Baptist minister at this place, left on Mon
day for Florida. He will furnish THE
DEMOCRAT with letters from there concern
ing the country, SC.
PERsoNAL.-Capt. Fisk was in town
day or two last week. He is very active
in completing preparations for his expedi-
tion. Everything looks promising, and
the expedition will probably be able to
start at the date appointed.
BILLIARD SALooN.-L. Robbers has COM
menced the erection ola building on Wash
ington avenue one door north of j. r. Ben
nett's store, to be used as billiard saloon
It will be remembered that Mr., r. was
burned out by the late fire. The new
building will be 28x6O.
Down !-Schulten & Co. are selling their
6ne stock of cotton goods 6elov cost. Ex-
cellent calicoes, good sheetings, shirtings,
and all Of their complete stock in this line
OF goods marked down to the lowest fig
ures. A call and examination of prices
and goods are requested.
RoAD-BED.-Mr. James Il. Place has
been examining the road-bed of the Saint
Paul and Pacific Railroad for the twelve or
fifteen miles at this end of the route. and
he reports it in good condition. Very lit
tie labor will be required to make it ready
for the ties and rails
IMM1GRAr1os.-Thes stages came up load
cd with persons and families intending to
make their homes in this portion of the
State. It has been a number of years since
the tide of immigration set in thus early in
the season, and from present indications
the food will be immense when navigation
opens. ": 49,
THUNDER SToRM.-This section Of coun-
try was visited on Monday night last by
an old fashioned Minnesota thunder storm,
accompanied by heavy rain. The Missis-
sippi river is rising rapidly, and the streams
lakes and ponds all through the country
are 80 filled with water that travel on the
roads will be greatly impeded for several
days. -. .srs..... -. 49, -. .~a
RIVER OpEE.-Last Saturday morning
revealed an open river almost down to the
islands, and that day and the next cleared
It entirely. The ice had moved some on
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