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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-12-17
8REvITIEs.

The National Free Mason says
JEFF: Davis was never a member of that
Order.
-Beeoher is busily writing the
"Life Of Christ" and, let us hope, prac-
ticing it as nearly as possible.
Mrs. Senator Sprague and Miss
Chase will not do the horors Of their
fathers mansion at Washington, this
winter.
Tho Lancet says that the lead
used in the manufacture Of hair-dyes
and restoratives is liable to produce
palsy.
The lot once ocoupie d by the
"Maison Doree" in New York, 44x200>
feet, sold in 1912 for 5000, ten yea rs
ago for $4,000, and recently for
100000.
Rev. Mr.. Addison, of Santa Clara,
CAL, has been expelled from the Bap-
fist church Of that place for administer
ing and participating, in the sacrament
at the Presbyterian Church.
-''They say that Speaker Colfax
closed the contract which resulted in
that Ohio wedding the other day, while
he and Miss Wade, with other friends,
we're excursionizing in the Rocky
Mountains.
A San Francisco banker has erect
ed a monument in the cemetery near
that city. in memory Of his wife, which
cost $25, 900 10 gold It is Of freestone,
with pencilliog Of black stats tracing
it's exterior lines, after the manner Of a
mourning handkerchief: 49, 80.
Miss Augusta ]. Evans, author
ess of Beulah, st. Elmo and other works,
was married Oh Tuesday to L. NJ. VIII
son, President of the Mobile and Mont
gomery railroad. If she talks as she
writes, We pity thepoor mani! .
The New York Tribune comes
down on Bierstadt, and says, in sub
stance, that he is no artist Of any. great
account. How many people there are
who will learn that they have been sad
" mistaken !! ~.:t
Ten years 60 young lady belong
ing,to one Of the most influential fam
lilies in Maury county, Tenn, against
herwishes discarded the man she loved
at the instsase Of her friends. At the
end oftwo years she obtained divorce
and Immediately married her: first love-
Nine months ago her second husband
WAS killed and this week she is again
united to her first husband.o.: . :-,-;
The following is given by good au-:
thority as the proper form for an invi-
tation to a small party: '';@
! ~::'@ .sI} MRS. 1EsDIRN1En. d: 'i..'. :
desires the pleasure Of your company on
Wednesday evening. January Both.
= 612 MICHIGAN AVENUE. 'S'" 49,,
Cotillion at 10. ~ ;.:- s,r'm ."a& tc'
An answer is not. required, unless
che invitation has the in tialso OR. S
". p" on the lower left hand :acorner;.
A reply should then be sent at once.
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Seward still bankers after Cuba.


Seward still bankers after Cuba. \.
/; Green Clay Smith has resigned
tho Goveoorship Of Montana.
F Brick Pomeroy is at La Crosse,
used up physically and financially. i,
Helen Western, the actress, died
at Washington on Tuesday.
-Gladstone's new cabinet has been
formed, ond has accepted formally tho
appointment.
-Rossini's funeral was postponed
three days 10 order to rehearse the
music, '..... '',.~ d: 49,, =. =.
Mr.. f. B. 'Washburnc, has re-
signed his osition as Chairman Of tho
Committee on Commerce.
Butler occupies Thad. Stevens
seat in the House Chamber, by request
of the latter. 80:
Daniel T. Dickinson, a nephew Of
Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, has been
arrested for robbiug safe in Ellicott-
vile, N. Y. "
On Tuesday the House by vote
Of 116 to 80, passed the bill transfer
ring the Indian Bureau to the War
Department.
Tho report that commissioner Rol-
lios has rendered his resignation is
untrue. He is urged to stick until
Grant comes in.
MIR. Laird was greeted during a
recent visit to the Liverpool Exchange
with the hootings and cries Of "What
about the Alabama ?" Reverdy John
son should have come to his rescue.
The residence of l.. M. Hubby,
President of the Columbus, Cincinnati
and Indianapolis Railroad, was blown
to pieces last evening by the explosion
ola patent gas manufacturing appara-
tus. Loss about $4,000. ."''
United States Treasurer Spinner
has written another letter on the Ma
t,onal Finances, in which he takes
strong ground in favor Of q return to
specie payments.
There is said to be every prospect
ahat Hannibal Hamlin will, this win
ter, be elected United States Senator Of
Maine, to succeed Lot NJ, Morrill,, who
took Mr.. H.mlin's place in 1861 when
that gentleman became Vice -Presi-
dent.
Wall street is very dull and there
is foling Of depression in all depart
msnts. Money Is sharp at seven per
cent, call. Shipments Of immense
quantities Of currency are being made
west.
"A Bridgeford, Me-, dispatch says
Weston has postponed his walk to St.
Paul until the 5th Of January, being
delayed by the nou-arrival Of expected
friends. He will at once 60 to New
York, aud make arrangements for a
return to Bangor to begin again.
1t seems pretty certain that Con-
g1ess Is to make nm Investigation into
the affairs of tho Union Pacific Rail-
road, at the instance Of its officers. The
friends and enemies Of tho road are
gathered in great numbers, and there
will be big fight at the Capitol.
About twenty seven millions in
sid will DO P.ia out Of tho Treasury,
tho first Of January, to meet the semi
annual interest. This will leave seven
ty millions in the Treasury, and some
twenty three millions more in gold cer-
ti6cates.
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THERE are six men awaiting execu-
ton in the State Of Maine. The N.
Y. Tribune makes this fact the text
for a satirical article tending toward
the abolition of capital punishment. :.*'@
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IT is said that Reverdly johnson
having doubtless become dyspeptic
from the almost Incredible number Of
public dinners he has ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to come home. BY all means let hi,
wish be grati6ed.
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AT Chicago on Friday the mercury
stood at 100 below zero, and at St.
Louis 80 below. This, with the atmos,
pherc Of those cities, is worse than 200
below in Minnesota,
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The Chicago Post, which bitterly
opposed Mr.. Donnclly and rejoicea in
the election OF Democrat, is now lust
as bitterly waging war against the
Northern Pacific Railroad. People can
draw just such inference as they choose.
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THE Army Reunion at Chicago on
the 18th was grand occasion. Gen.
schoheld was President; Gen.. Thomas,
OF this State was one Of the Vice Presi-
dents The speech of welcome by
Gen. Sherman was quite eloquent,
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liver NAVIGATION TO ST. CLOUD.

The Minneapolis Board Of Trade is
moving in the matter of obtaining an
appropriation from Congress for improv-
ing the Mississippi above the Falls so that
boats can run to St. Cloud. This is a
step in the right direction. Let our peo-
pie take earnest hold, aad push the
project along. A Convention is to be
held at Minneapolis early in Januar, !,
and St. Cloud must be represented by
a strong delegation.
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REPORTS from down river and the
interior towns say the wheat crop Of
Minnesota is beginning to move in con-
siderable quantities for shipment. -
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robes Of early SUCCESS would refuse 4

robes Of early SUCCESS would refuse t.
its less fortunate neighbors that to
which thcy have an equal right-and
consider what can be best gained by
wise expenditure In all fairness, and
honesty, and right, tho Northern Pacit.
10 Railroad is entitled to the subsidy it
asks for aud the people Of Minnesota,
at least, will never yield until 1t is oh.
tanned.
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Arrangements have been made for
. formal announcement Of the, death Of
Thad Stevens in the House to day. -
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Haviland has had call from the Con-
gregatioual Church for a year.
Masonic Lodge is to be organized----
The Alexandria Touring mill runs II
hours daily (and nightly. and is still
unable to accommodate customers. fast
enough------A load of the first v beat
raised in Carlos township was bought
in last week by 9. B. Cooley.
MIR. Van Loon of Holmes City
Township, harvested last summer, thir:
teen acres Of wheat, which produced
four hundred and forty-fve bushels Of
sound, clear wheat. The average yield
of the piece was a trife over thirty -four
bushels per acre.
The Winnebago Homestead men,
tions a kitten born in that locality hay.
ing one head, two bodies, two tails,
seven legs and eight feet. The bodies
were perfectly formed, one being male
and the other female. To one of the
legs two feet were attached.------Dr
Farley's daughter fell from the bed
and broke her collar bone.
Tho Taylor's Falls Reporter says
In the St. Croix River, Immediately in
front Of our town, has formed an ice
gorge, extending from the foot of the
dalles to the dam. This is the first in.
stance Of an ice gorge of any such mag.
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magnificent spectacles for the sightseer,
and and: fruitful subjects for the pen, be.
tween the high. walls Of trap rock. in
the narrow passages of the dalles. Here
the ice is packed in: the deep water to
a thickness Of thirty or forty feet.
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One evening last week servant
girl at Minneapolis was insulted by
some scound1el, when she Immediately
threw. a bucket of water square in his
face. As the mercury stood at 200 be-
low zero, this was all he wanted, and
he made tracks.
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MINNEsOTlA.ll NEWS.

u Tho farmers Of Goodhuo county
will not sell their wheat. Agood many
other counties arc in the same fix.
Z Gel. McPhail, says tho St. Peter
Advertiser, expects 60 families from
Ohio to settle at Redwood in tho spring.
The Mississippi closed at Winona
on the 9th. Navigation at that place
continued for nearly nine months.
Henry Ward Beeoher says he can
not lecture is St. Paul this winter, nor
any place else. 80
Tho F.ribault Reps blican says
that new National Bank, with a capt.
al Of $4,000, has been started by G.
7. B. Clemant and others,
AT Waseca tho wheat trade has
been brisk. The Nesos says that last
week the average ives 100 loads per
day. Price 50 toss cents for No. l.
The Mower County Transcript
complains that no venison has yet been
brought to Lansing. The market at
this place is oyerstocked.
The Sank Centre Herald notices
the departure Of Geo. Go3dhu, with
three loads Of seed heat Tor the Rcd
River Settlement, part Of a lot Of so
bushels which he is to deliver.
WIN. Disney, Of Clifford, has
lately bought Of Horace Culver farm
of l60 acres for s4,50O.-Lake city
Leader.
The musk rats have not lined
their houses with feathers, fine grass,
and other creature comforts, and there
fore old trappers who count much on
prophetic instincts Of rats, prognostlcate
mild and open winter.
The St. Paul Street Railway Com
pany completed its organization last
week. Books are open for subscrip-
ton to stock. A portion of the road
will be in operation by the 4th of July
next, -.
"A son eight years old, Of Mr..
Flemming, living near LIE Sueur, was
caught in the cogs Of a threshing ma
chine and had his left arm terribly
mangled. 1t was amputated near the
elbow, says the Courier.
Tho shakopee Argus reports the
shipment by Huntsman & Go. to St.
Paul, Of 5000 pounds Of butter in
crooks, at thirty-fve cents pound
This pays better than wheat.
The Union says that Anoka is to
have a skating rink; It will be on
Rum river, near the dam! What a
horrible locality for young people 49,
A daughter of Mrs. 81. Poet fractured
her skull while sliding down hill.
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The War Department advises the
sale of the Fort Smelling Military Res
ervation.
The Minneapolis Tribune suggests
that that city and St. Paul purchase
the Falls Of Minaehaha and a few
acres Of land around it for public
park.
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sui, lde of n New orleap. Lady In New York

A New York letter of the %. to the Phladel.
phia Ledger, says
A painful sensation was created among the
'boarders at the Wetmore House this morning by
the suicide Of a lady, Mrs. j. Priest, who had been
employed for a few days past as the cashier OF the
establishment A bottle partly filed with laudA.
nun, and some opium lying by her side. told the
story. The lady was from New Orleans, and had
but recently come here. Several letters were
found in her trunk, from which IL would appear
that she bad been for some tine separated from
her husband. aud had come on here TO procure
the means of livelihood. The folio wing letter is
supposed to have been addressed 10 her husband:
"DECENBER 81.
"Dedr, dear when you get this | am no
more. All asked for in this world was your
love II was denied me. You have cast me from
you as you would dog. ] cannot live without
you: my heart is broken. have left your family
pictures aud your slippers with Annie Ashnun.
If you wish, you can write 10 her, and she will
give you further particulars. May you be happy,
and remember your everloving but heart
broken MILE
Another letter, addressed to the Annie Ashmua
40 Jane street, alluded 20 above, reads follows
When saw you, yesterday, you little supposed
Il was the last tine you would look upon me.
When you said I looked pale, Intended to tell
you, but my heart failed me. was discharged
this morning, but dear Annie, II was not my iault
| have tried TO do my best. l wish my husband
10 think of times when was happy-yes was
very happy once, bat | have been heart.oroSen
woman for long time. Tell my husband l Tor
give him, and love him as much as ever"
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An international joke, of questionable pro-
priety, was that of the commander OF the British
war vesse, Chanticeer at Honolulu, who set his
band playing "Dixier alongside the U. :.
steamer Lackawanna. The latter retorted with
a. Wearing Of the Green.n
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OF Directors have declared dividend Of nnesa
dollars the Stockholders said dividend TO DO
placed the credit of unpaid stock account They have
further resolved six interest the outstAnd
rig certificates Of Scrip TO the holders thereof on and a
this dste -
Company continues against the pers Of the
damage ire At the rates Of
premium pud returns twenty five cent eAsh 70 parties
insuring.
DIREcToRs-y H. Elmer, A ChispellA, r ". Ogden, 4
w. Adams j. j. Fernandez, Coutin, j. Godsteln X Saoy
L +. Generes W. Schmidt, Q. Kohn, j. A Seignoursf.
Iohr Adams Victor Burths. @. Blanchin-
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AUDIroR's OFFICE, STATE or LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, Dec %, 1867. J
TIE H. Bensel ESQ., State Tax Collector Parish Of Orleans
Fourth District:
Sr-The State Constitutions Convention in session in
this city having passed ordnance levying tax Of ONE
MILL JPONTHE DOLLAR all tax able property to pay
the expenses Of said Convention,
You hereby directed o~eed Immediately to collect
said the to be reported by you the COhvgN
TON TAX cacul upoa the of 1851
payab only in the legal of the United States
You pay Treasurer Of the State at the end Of
every days oath ell collected by you under
this ordinance less The OF your commission which is
collection Of other Taxes and make
your fna settlement for the same the day OF
April, 1868.
Enclosed is copy Of tbs ordinance referred TO.
Very respectfully,
H. PERALTA, Auditor.
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"FOur white feet,
And one whi'e nose
Cut on his head

And fling him to the crsw,"
Dexter, the fastest trotter, Lexington, the fast
est runner, and Pocahontas, ST., the fastest PAGER
in the world, have or had flour white feet and
-one white nose.n So much for cold saws"
Between thirty and forty years ago a wealthy
Boston family, when about to embark from New
York for long residence in Europe, packed
rfrunk of valuable heirlooms and other rich
articles, and sent il to Boston bank for safe
keeping. 1t was placed in bank vault, marked
with the name of the owner, with a memorandum
that the trunk was TO remain until called for by
|the owner. The owner, after many years. alb
sence in Europe, supposing the trunk to be lost,
or stolen, never called for IL; and nov, after
third Of century, when nearly every member Of
bis family is dead this valuable trunk has been
discovered, and restored in perfect order to the
Surviving widow of the owner.
Horace Greeley having publicly admitted that
"there is a time to Dance" the World thus
addresses the philosopher:
To the BARRIERS, then Horace with those cen
|tritugal locks. Burnish with benZine that ancient
|claw hammer. Let unfamiliar backing ilas.
american industry be unequal 10 the proper
H. prote ctionn Of them, encase those honest
hands. Disemboguc thy pockets of their news
|psptrs, let q prize strawberry plant dangle
|from thy button-hCle as pendant 10 ball card ;
call Susan Il. Anthony from the Vastly deep of
politics 20 be thy partner, and HE thee to the
|Acndemy, or better still, 10 the German wherein
Thy kindred shoddy does homage TO fashion, and
show us the veritable avatar Of Terpschore.
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CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
STATE TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE
FOURTH DISTRICT, Jan. 2. 1868. }
accordance with the following order hereby notify the
Tax Payers Of the Fourth District call my Office and
settle said tax forthwith
II. BENSEL,
State Tax Collector Fourth District Of New Orleans,
Tchoupiioulas street, between Adels and Josephine