The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-04-15

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the very first in St. Cloud, arrived in tow
on Saturday. For the past few years NJ,
stearns has been engaged in business i
Now Orleans aud Mobile.
Mr.. A. Moffatt, Assistant Cashier Of tn
Bank Of St. Cloud, leaves soon to TAKE til
general agency Of \ new Lilo Iusuranc
Company. Mr.. NJ. made many friend
during his stay in st. Cloud, who will b
sorry to lose him.
Frank Armstrong, of Wstertown, N. Y.
bro,her-in-law Of J. G. Smith, Cashier o
tho Bank Of St. Cloud, is in town ON 8 Wis
it.
On Friday We were favored with a cal
from Mr.. A. Campbell, Of tho Ann Arbo'
(Mioh.) Courier. who is trying Minnesota
air for the benefit Of his health.
Mr.. A. Richardson returned from thu
East last week. His new goods will arrive
this week.
G. Buss, Of Cold Spring, wal, in town
yesterday.
NJ. P. Noel returned yesterday from an
extended trip through the Western States,
disposing Of rights to use his patent wood
saw.
| C1rY CouxclL.-An adjourned meeting
! of the Common Council was held on Mon
d.; evening last, At which was submitted
the annual reports Of the City officers
From them We gather that the finances OF
the city are in very healthy condition,
and great credit is due the present city
government for the safe and economic cal
manner in which its affairs have been ad
ministered.
The City Clerk has issued, according to
his report, two hundred and ffty-seven IL
censes, as follows: one wholesale liquor
dealer, eight letail liquor dealers, two pig
con hole tables, one bowling alley, five two
horse peddlers, one one horse peddler, sew
enty-two dog licenses, three billiard tables
forty-seven saloons, eight hand peddlers,
ninety nine selling goods by sample, and
ten for notwithstanding a revenue to
the City Of tuo thousand sir hundred ana
eight dollars. In addition to this sum there
vas paid into the treasury from Justice
Barnes, fines to the amount of one hun.
dred and sixty two dollars and fifty cents,
collected from evi!-doers and "guzzlers"
Of liquid poison. Justice Richardson also
helped the treasury, from like source, in
the sum Of eight dollars more in all two
thousand seven hundred and seventy eight
dollars and fifty cents. For brief state
ment Of the financial affairs Of the city,
readers are referred to the Treasurer's ex-
hlbit in this issue of our paper.
FRox Fort BuFoRD.-Lieut. Cusick,
with guard Of three, arrived from Fort
Buford on Tuesday evening, having in
charge. IN irons, three soldiers charged
with breaking into the suffers store and
Quartermaster's Office. He reports . re-
markably mild winter. The mercury
ranged from 100 to 200 above zero, only
once going as low as 100 below. But very
little snow fell, only enough to whiten the
ground. (What do the opponents Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad think Of this y
The body of Q NJ. Sergeant Vagler, an &C
count Of whose death by freezing near
Fort Totten was given last week, has not
yet been found. A party Of Indians Is now
kept on the constant search. Fort Buford
IS in Dakota Territory, near the mouth of
the Yellowstone river.
CoNsTANcY.-Aftere eighteen weary years
Of constant coNrtship by Massachusetts
couple, the happy event has been consum-
mated II the altar. It is said that the de-
cline in the prices Of goods, since Pickit s.
Abbott commenced selling theirs for cash
,uly, has created quite Juror in the mat
:,monial market, and that number Of
are on the taps. The brides are
ust waiting until the spring stock of the
Regulator comes on to get their outfits.
md the grooms are looking out for the
clothing, which is No. l. They all intend
'uying their groceries, glassware, crock
.ry, &c., at this store.