The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-10-10
Married. No. Sir!

crosse Tho scenery y varied, pictar-
ssque and enchanting. The great, curious
ly-shaped bluffs that tower up: on either
side Of the river never fail to attract and
repay attention. Tho trip, whether it be q
journey oh business or {. jaunt for pleas
ure, is al the more enjoyable if the means
Of travel be good and acceptable. 1t was
our fortune in going down lately, to get
aboard the Milwaukee, . splendid large
steamer belonging to theNorthwestern Pack
ct Compsny's line, and We can only wish
that all our friends may fare As well.
The management Of the boat is excellent.
Capt. J. T: West has IN experience Of years,
and is one Of the most popular captains on
the river We remembered tho pleasant
face Of N. b: Hatcher, the first clerk, from
trips during: previous seasons, and found
him A. genial and accommodating - ever:
A correspondent Of ono Of the St. Paul pa:
pers sums the .matser up in . nut-shell:
There isoae feature In travelling on the
boats-on Davidson s Rhodes :lne-the
most gentlemsnty courtesy on the part of
officers and servants, the best of eatables
On their tables, and plenty Off,. :. ..:s
Regular connections: are made with the
trains both at La Crosse and Prairie du
Returning, We took the: Phil Sheridan
. magnificent new boat, we'll worthy the
name it bears-and came as far as Wlnons.
Passengers csu continue on up tho river, or
take breakfast at Winons and then pursue
their journey to St. Paul by rail. We pre-
fsrled the latter, g being the more ezpedii
tious: The Winona and St. Peter road,
which runs as far, % Ovatonna, is supplied
with 6rst-class passenger. cars. and it
needs more. if the difficulty in obtaining
seats is always Is great as on the morning
we came mp. The travel, ws. understand,
is steadily on the increase The: .mnount
Of freight, and especially grain, transport:
cd over the read would surprise those who
look for. the business done ordinarily by
new railways. Gen. John W, spr.gue, the
General Manager, has brought 10 the work
: thorough knowledge Of the business :un~
tizinssenergy and constant watchfnlness.
aud the good results are constantly mani
feetieg themselvss. .yr;7i2 7jrr-ry ~
az OwsteaAt >eonneetion il made Vii; ;;th
the Minnesota Central, another new road
Of, which Minnesota. NAY, we'll b proud, for
st::Paul, Which = reached = i've o'clock.
During TIE "trip . the Aourishing towns Of
Rochester. Qvatosn,, Farikaaltaad North
field, IS ;ysp as other growing places, are
passed, giving the traveller .. hasty glimpse
ofxeatern villages and embryo cities. 4 1: u
Hp, ,, i. By s71,11onzLw. sndi til.
following item in tie Philadelphia Po.t !:
1n:Minsesots, recently, two men were
kept m night fat on their back and mo:
tioulsss, fsigning death, by. = ferocious an
imsl which they supposed 81 be . bear; but
which The morning light showed to be =
Newfoundland dog; =. s
wsrathsr surmise that Tho resoing took
it, ortda4 from an incident which transpir-
edinthts locality Z few evenings since
Judge f.. .nd>J. K: NJ, both en-.
thus;iias.ic aiporitsmsn, vent deer ,huntisg.
Porting thsm selves il closs proximity 70 Z
tarnip patch, they sws.tsd snxiously the
eomias Of :.hs animated oysnison. After .
While thsy.. pSreeived in the dim starlight =
couple Of 4us speeimsLs approaehing. Re-
etraining thsire inpatienoe. nuntil the game
~. within nice distance, J. x. took aim,
arsd,: and: missed. The Judge then drop
ged them both, and in high spirits tho two
vorth:ss rushed forward to take possession
| ofths ;quivsring bodies, when what VA.
/ their CONSERVATION to find their doe oil
| zeal! A. couple; u innocent calves had
] been taking midnight rambls at:wsy,
| and I'D thus fallen, The victims Of isad
mistske Such islife f.. .,t,,s '2ty'''' sa'i ii
The Judge and ), T., upon IL ,udde,
arrival 81 Tic proprietor joftths dse.asst
outlets, suddenly discovered that each hat
beens for. SONS tine d ,srsat mt o. : cal
| Of juult suoh rpsoportlolp. and the matte
va quietly settled on greenback basis
For furthst,psttitalar, inquire Of either .
these gentlemen. ~ ,5s.rs7ss III II ,,..ra,..::
= Fi liz. i.a.h factory 81 Anot. III
i hsen burned. bat MeI,ptirs 4 Castle have
stock On hand, they also soil the Anok
tubs and pals. '',' , t , c.i -: - , > :?