The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-10-11

man from aington, is visiting t&
altqAe SCI aAisahle place for |
hlsatbh of.lkeill 6ye families ~
tfll prSbbly mike tie sclectio" west a
the Big Woods- Minneapolis throni-
cle.a y Y sS$.%$s @
"A. j. Underwood, of Medina, in
this county, sprintsr from Ohio, sowed
last fall three acres of winter wheat
He harvested thus fall, from the three
acres, one hundred and thirty.two bush
els Of wheat, machine measure ). brought
it into this city, sold It by weight,
which brought it up to FIFTY bushels
to tho acre : and obtained ONE DOLLAR
AND FIFTY CENTS per bushcl, or NINE,
TX DOLLARS per acre, or TWO. HUN
DRIED AND. SEVENTY DOLLARS for tho |
three acres Of wheat.-lbid. "a, ~
e The St. Peter Tribune of the Sd |
says the fine residence, with tho OUT
bulldogs, Of Col. B. F. Pratt was dc.
stroyed BY fire that afternoon. The
fire originated in the barn. The build
ings destroyed were valued at $4,000
the residence alone costing $4,000.
Col. Pratt's house was insured tor 49,
900 in the St Paul Fire ana Marine,
but his loss by this calamity will not fall
Short Of 10000 Sixty -seven hogs
were under the. barn at the time and
were all burned to death. =.
: DIR. B. F. Hoyt started yesterday
evening on his return trip to New Or
leans. We regret to learn that the
occasion OF his sudden departure was
dispatch from New Orleans, announc.
ing to the doctor that his wife and their
youngest child. Carrie, have both been
taken sick with the yellow fever.-Red
Wing Argus, 9Th. -. - -. -.
Isaac Marks, president Of the Board
Of Trustees, and Marshall Conner, have
gone East, to mako arrangements for
securing fire. engine for our village,
for which purposes tax of about 81 600
has been levied.-Mankato Record. =
| The price at present paid for
No. l i, wheat in this market is
| 81; A tolerable fair quantity has been
brought to market each day this week,
and nearly ope.half will tall below the
highest STANDARDIZED.
| We received from Mr.. and Mrs
Nv, 6. Allen of Iosco, in this county
on Saturday last, TWENTY-FIVE very nice
Iapples, grown on their trees during the
past season. They will please accept
our thanks for the same Wilton
Ae,os.
! e. F. Huntingdon Of Mcleod
County, writes to the Glencoe Regis
ter about his corn crop:
i I have 2l5 rods as surveyed BY the
county Surveyor, there Is just 200
shocks ri IS hills each, which produce
} q little over one bushel Of ears each,
which makes an average yield of 100
bushels per acre. The corn is the
King Philip variety, planted the 10th
Of May, but owing to the drouth it did
not come up till the tenth of June, it is
all sound. Who can beat it? -,
/ VIM. B. Bradbury, Esq, the cele'
brated musician and composer, of New
York, is in, town, with bis family, stop.
ping at the .Anoka House.-Amoko
Onaon:. ~: -: .::. ,i,,;: ..>:. i:
+. Mrs. Laib, Of Anoka, was serious
:: ~ # not fatally injured last week b.
l the discharge Of q gun in the. hands O
her grandson. The boy shot at q rab
bit in the brush, when one ball entered
the right lung and another broke ;tht
arm Of his grandmother, who was il
laoge Of the gun. i"
a AT noon on Saturday.: while tn.
+ workmen on the railroad bridge wer,
gone to dinner. a boy Of about 6ttcer
years Of age, named James .Hanley, .
son OF the boss Of the job, while boat
ing near the bridge fell into the rive,
and was drowned. The body was re
covered in short time and buried tn,
next day.-Rochester Post.
i: " "A young man named Fred. Little
says the Winoua Republican, met hi.
death by running. against a Wagon
! tongue, which struck him in the pit O.
j 1.-THE stomach. -:
a nv, ~ nrHoskau ~>ro>1 IT. r
Tomlinson was arrested in Winona
A quantity of unfinished treasury notes
: and fractional currency wero. found II
his room. ...' ~ :..::
, Hon. Horatio Seymour, ex-Govero
or of New York, and Miss Abiga
Dodge, (better known as '.tGail Hamil
ton,") one Of the most vigorous. anc
popular writer's Of the present day, were
in St. Paul last week. i.
i Those visiting the Fair grounds
should not fail to witness the wonder
full performance Of J. Billiard, the Be<
Tanner. MIR. Billiard places himself
near hive containing large swarm
Of bees, allows the little workers. tc
lodge on his head, face, hands and
arms without receiving any harm by
being stung by them. He will take
them up by haudtul's or hatfuls, hand.
ling them. with perfect IMMUNITY. His
control over the bee surpasses anything
! which We have ever seen.-Rocheste,
/ Republican. .~....: -, =