St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-08-16

AAe MluuedpOAlS CnJOnlcte states tDot
the old depot Of the St. Paul & Pacific
Railroad at St. Anthony has been torn
down, and will be put up again at some
new station on this end Of the road.
"A young lady by the name of Gather
inc Mannocks was drowned in the mill pond
1t Hokah, on the night of tho 23d inst
She and ano'h her young lady, whose name
We did not learn, jumped into frail skiff
and Aoated out about FIVE rods from shore,
when it capsized. Miss Mannocks was
drowned, but the other lady clung to the
boat until rescued by : young man named
Stewart. The body was found the next
moning.-Caledonia Journal. -
"A rural chap visiting Grand Rapids,
Mich, got playfully drunk, when, obser-
wing bull pup he went down on his hands
and knees to have a little game with him.
The pup feeling cross, grabbed him by the
nose, and after much trying and twisting
tore it off. ~ u: :. ..qe IL
. A dispatch to the New York World
from Saratoga, July 26, says: "a telegram
was received at the Union Hotel tonight
closing the sale of colt of the bay mare
Pocahontas for $4,000: Robert Bonner
was the purchaser, and J. Barawell the
seller. The figure is considered rather
high by the horse fanciers here. 1s1
"A gentleman in New Hampshire, aged
30 years, has been sued for $4,000 for
breach Of promise. A gay old Lothsrio.
Gen. Sheridan has been recently
pleased by the repartee Of Texas. paper,
which quoted his jest that, esIf he owned
Texas and Tophet, he would rent the for
mer and live in the other place." and curtly
added, oh q man that wouldn't stand
up for his own country
The Washington correspondent of til,
New York Ezpress says that President
johnson and Secretary Seward will leave
Washington on the 9th instant for Chicago,
to attend the laying of the corner stone Of
the Douglas Monument, which will take
place about the first Of September. Per-
haps one or two other members of tho
Cabinet will accompany them.
Clara Barton, of Worcester Mass, the
friend Of the soldiers, will appear as q
popular lecturer next winter.
.:-Bayard Taylor has returned from his
trip across the plains.
Mary Houseman vas lately tried and
acquitted in Pennsylvania, on the charge of
numbering her husband. The evidence is
said to have been strong against her. She
was ''haudsome.' .s.z.,: - .5.sz.,s.1,.,
The st. Louis Democrat breaks into
this vail: '.While other cities are supplying
themselves with pure water, the people of
St. Louis are gulping down such quanti-
ties of mud that half Of them are corpulent
with sand bars in their stomachs.'' . 1.I
Only one Democratic paper in West
Virginia is edited by man who can vote.
The rest areiedited by returned rebels who
are disfranchised, ard men who have re-
Gently come into the State.
Gen. Rosseau has written to vicks.
burg paper which has classed him With the
Conservative Republicans, that s.he never
was Repuhlican-Conser or other
wise'''-which relieves that party Of much
undeserved odium.
The Louisville Volksbzatt nominates
Mr.. Speed ex-Attorney General, for Con-
gress, in place of Rosseau. He would do
honor to Kentucky, whose fossil conserva-
tism and abo1ie-knife chiyalry have been
doing her no credit ..s. ...s.
LIN Fredonia, N. T., the Healh Board,
in order to stir the people to action With
regard to cleaning up, have posted the fol-
lowing notice: ''The cholera is coming!
By order Of the committee"
DIR. Blackburn, highly esteemed
physician Of Cincinnati, recently attempt
ed suicide BY shooting. He put four balls
into different parts Of his head, then walk
lug up stairs tried to dash his brains out
With the pistol stock. as this juncture
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