The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-12-12

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Great Iaeresse Of Settlement.
Some eighty-6ve miles ,orta-west Of st.
Cloud, On the line Of the State road to the
Red River Of tho North, lies The beautiful
young tevn Of Alexandria, the county seat
~ Douglas county: A ride, BY stage. Of =
day and . half tskss the traveller from Ct.
Cloud to Alexandria, from which point he
can radiats to the different portions Of one
es The best sad mott rapidly growing coun.
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Douglas county includes. twenty, con-
sressionsl townships, Of six miles square
each. which area 10 spportionsd into nine
county townships, known as Alexandria,
Holmes City, Atkinsville, Osakis, Maple
Lake, Evansville, Lake Mary and Leaf Val
Icy.
:-.. ALEXANDRIA
Comprises seven congressional toxnships
and il We'll settled, in most part by Amer.
leans. The poll list last fall showed ono
hundred and twenty names. About three
quarters Of the township is timber and the
balance prairie, including IN abundance
otI vesar aud. aadow land The sofl Il
good, though seates1y 6rst:ralts.. EstSs K
crops were raised ddr;sso othiJ year.. sot-
withstanding the scarcity 81 seed grain md
,etAcunfavorebleness Of the season ia some
.psrtscul.rs. Over eight huldred :bu.hs hsls
Of eats, besides other grain, potatoes, &c.,
were harvested from Z farm owned BY Mrs.
Darling. neart the town. Extensive prepa-
rations IN tho way Of fencing and breaking
are being made for next year, and the
breadth Of land sown will be many times
greater than during the season just past.
Az IN example: Capt. Whitcomb, the Coun-
IT, Auditor, informed US tha: he had just
received instructions from a brother, At
present residing in Vermont. but who was
q Alexandria last summer, to purchase for
him one quarter section Of prairie and one
q ttnber, to have tho entire one hundred
aad sixty acres Of prairie fenced this win
tsr: and broken next spring. Others arc
making arrangements almost Is large.
Both lime and brick have been burned
in the close vicinit Of the town, and have
proved profitable. J. ". Barr cleared over
500 in making and selling lime during the
summer n seventy ~ cents per bushel,
and Althouse 4 Ecksrt have found ready
sale for three kilns burned by them from
the Limestone procured close At hand in
abundance, -:
OF Alexandra itself is situated on beau.
tifal prairis. Asnksd on oil sides, say, 70
the south, BY timber. On The nor:h it,
lines ars marked BY two 6ne lakes, Agnes
sad winons lying side BY side, divorced BY
but : slight ridge, vide enough only for .
wagon road. On their wooded banks, STOP.
Ing dows to the waters edge, are - choice
building spots, fer those who can sppre.
cists e'rare 'sembinat3on of natures beau
tss, ~ are 70 bs found scarcely anywhere.
The tewa-site was originally entered by
. company abont the year 1867, but almos,
nothing vas done until some twelve month.
daee. vhsa Y. 3. Hicks, Esq, Of New
York city, purchased it and commenced
making valuabls improvsnents. A stsan
saw-mill, one Of The very best, vas erected
in The heavy timber, about ", miles ,and
. half west Of the town, and tae lumbe,
wss quickly converted into buildiugs-
stetes, hotels, dwsllinss, &e. Sir. II. ha!
also built large three-story hotel, til,
main part 40xso, with : wing Of equal di
measions added In The fern Of On L. Th,
building contains twenty five 6ne sleeping
rooms, diniss room 2oxso, and will b.
6nished and farnished by The first Of Janu
sry. A ssod landlord would find this hote
= paying institution. In addition to tn,
foregoing, Mr.. H. will build during tn
present winter, conveniently located i,
town, 6rst-elAaa steam grist mill, 50-hors
power sagins, two run Of stone, to bs i,
complete working order by next harvest
This will supply great want felt through
out o. large ssctiol Of. f.ceuntry tributar
to Alexandria, and will do much t
build up the town.
| Among the business houses Of the plac
l ~ nsysnsntion the following:
| Thor. F. Cowine, dry goods, grocerie.
&c.
| Wm. NJ. Pys, dry goods, provisions, &c
4 J. b. Cowing, groceries and meat maj
ket. ><' .&*']>5 = - ~ =
Philip 1nman, groceries, -four and feed
J. H. Hollabaugh, hardware. stoves, 81
1 Van Hoessn & Mitchell, real estate agent,
| Vandyks l. Noel, land agents.
J. Hsrdwiok, wsgonmsker.
| 9. A. Robinson, blacksmith.
,pi n. H.. Tolhu, boot and shoe maker.
u I. johnson, boarding house and saloo.
James Tway, contracting carpenter au
+. B. van.Hosseu. attorney At law.
The New Enslaad House, kept BY
Wyman, and the Alexaudrie House. b
Thomas Cowing, ars both we'll filed On
give good satisfaction.
A two-story Court House was complete
> during The past Summer. The lower dot
u divided into Offices for tho differe,
county officials, while the upper floor ia
ford' fac hail. Which y !asste:l esssate:l" eou