The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30

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TN. MEICAL1,
a.irm.n Conussslonal csnnittss.
Second District.
A DECADE.
Last week THE JOURNAL entered
upon the Eleventh Year of its publica-
ton. During the years Of its existence
it he's steadily progressed, growing
with the growth of the town, until it is
nov the largest paper in Minnesota,
outside the capital, just ~ st. Cloud is
one Of the Invest, most Aourisbing and
best points 10 the State, the SANITY
city itself not excepted. The labors
have not always been light, but with a
firm faith in tho future of our city We
have perssvered until now it requires
no prophetic eye to sea that St. Cloud
viii soon be one Of the largest aud most
important places in Minnesota, and it
il ooly brief question of time when It
viii demand and ,oiA have TIE DAILY
JOURNAL.
Taking down the old files Of the pa
PEI, we look back to the days Of its be-
ginning. It was then a. six column
sheet, indi8erently printed on yellow
ish paper, from old worn type. Many
of the names mentioned in its pages
would sound strange to majority Of
the present citizens of the town. Geo.
T. Brott lead off as a dealer in real es.
tate. N. N. Smith offers for sale,
'tshares in the town Of Newburg," on
REASONABLE TERMS" henry Kilbourn
has corner lots to dispose Of il Brotts-
burg and St. Johns. N. Cook depicts
the wealth that is sure to flow from
investments in Perseverance City," at
Pleasant Lake, which WAS Surveyed
and plated With unusual care, and am-
pie space provided for wide streets aid
splsadid parks" IF vs mistake not
there i still sufficient room for both
these desizable features. "a store, ho-
til and other buildings are about being
erected" Alas !! for that aboxtl The
entsrpridng proprietor puts on the cap
Sheaf:
'srhs Great Trunk Railroad from Still
water to Breckenridge viii run within
few miles Of il, thus giving it IN advantage
for trade and travel over many Of the sd-
jaeent towns"
Shades Of Perseverance City, Brotts.
burg, Newburg, Hartford, St. Johns
and al that array Of well-nigh forgot.
ton names, where are ye? Does not
your memory still linger in the minds
Of the carly settlers, and are not the
deeds foz some Of your choicest corner
lots in the safes Of over-eonfdent Fast
ern speculaton7
East St. Cloud, 'stne railroad center
Of the Upper Mississippi!! Head Of
Steamboat Navigation, &c., &c.," it
announced With heavy headlines and
groups Of startled exclamation points,
Il - "ths terminus Of the nj, line
1osd running from tho Mississippi river
to supsrior City, and passing through
the towns Of Nsvburgh, Manchester,
Brottsburgh, Syracuse, Fortuna, Tren-
ton and Twin Lakes" none of which,
tavs East St. Cloud itself, ever had an
existence except on paper. 1t seems
somewhat strange TO read these .dver.
sssmsots now, but then every man b.
isved himself on the sure road to for.
tune if hs could only, in sOme way and
1t almost any price, get an interest 10
. tovn.sise, and if there should be .
''m'Il privilege on it he was = million.
s'-' .'.f''
sire, sure. as7~z.z .a;s; *. e..ss-.:. ". p.
Alden 4 sisson, Miller & Svissheln,,
B. A. Smith, @. l. J. d. Taylor, also
bad real estate 70 sell, ':for clean cash
only" J. P. Wileon was then adver-
Using from Minneapolis. But job"
L. Was hele with lots for sale 10 s,
Cloud At from $3.50 to $1,000; SIS,
y 600 Of the minnesota Mining Stock
70 shares in Ojib~ay City; so shares
in the Minneapolis and St. Cloud Rail-
road -; TO-, &c. q - .asr1f4@sa t4..t
2:: Compared with the cards Of these:
land agents, mercantile advertisements
were few. G. & J. d. Taylor, de.ssrs
in clothing, dry goods, hardware &c.;
8. B. Lowry Il Co., grocers and COM
mission merchants aud Epbr.im Cur
T., dealer in -four and grain, spread
their wares before the public. or our
present business men there wers 9. r.
Z ". Powell, =. 9. Smith, s. Marlatt,
J. W. Mets.oth, Raymond & Owen,
and :. Taleott. 4. soo6sld, j. Y.
ntshfsa and Clark 1 Carlisle tender.
- tAsir services . carpsatsr and
sbsildsn; shils 3. J. Fowler had bis
slisgle oat for the same buainess. T.
=. Barrett n. 2. Noel, surveyors
Jsines :. Ksussdy, plassirsr, and I.
Jones, blaeksnith, appeared By card