The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-19
Letter from Minnesota.
ST. Paul, MINI, Aug. Il, 1869.

Oh according to previous arrangement,
and decidedly eclipsed anything of SINH
lar phenomena since the late prize fight
here 1t was as dark as shutdown, the
fowls went to roost, the mosquitoes came
out in .sWarms,, and presented their Bills
with. the ilnpudence Of a restaurant keep
er. Since that event the weather has been
unsettled For q few days it was cold
and cloudy-the barometer quite low most
of the time, The last two days have been
cloudy and sultry, while much pain has
fallen, and the atmosphere is close, heavy
and damp. A large Share of the grain is
in shock, both oats and wheat scarcely
any in stack few. days more Of such
weather must materially injure them, as
nothing can prevent their growing. The
season for harvesting is generally SO IA
yorable here that farmers become care
less, and often have hundreds of acres in
gavel, lying bound or badly shocked.
Most of the harvest help are Swedes and
Norwegians who have just come over, and
are unaocustolned to the work, and hence
it is done in poor manner. Corn has
grown rapidly the last few days, and if
the frost comes late some may ripen; at
present it is difficult to find the place
where the ears ought to De. Potatoes are
safe for good yield, unless some new
cause to prevent intervenes. There are
many large fields of fax in cultivation
that promise a heavy yield Of both straw
and seed. llot obi aaHaa3 Cd Esag
AS I have stated in previous letters, ST..
Paul is a fast city, and not to be behind
other fast places-she has been following
in the wake of King Erie, and produced
nearly first class railroad smash up.
Had the train been hauled by a large en-
CINE instead of a dummy no heavier than
a passenger coach, they might have had
fire enough aboard to have raised q beau
tiful conhagration, and had little fash
ionable roasting done. 1t seems to me it
is about time the American Autodafe was
abolished. The details of the above,
baiefy told, are as follows: The train
from Milwaukee to Minneapolis leaves the
baggage, express and passenger cars at
Mendoza, six or eight miles from this city;
a little dummy meets the train there and
brings what goes to St. Paul. The dunn
my was 500 light to haul the train, and,
donkey like, kicks up and flies the track,
taking baggage and express car with it,
MASKING up both engineer and fireman.
The former lost a leg and was otherwise
injured the fireman was badly bruised
and scalded, and has since died, and the
route agent had his shoulder displaced
When, the. shock occurred, the conductor
was in the act of taking ticket from a
lady, but before he received it he sat
down on the floor more quickly than is
warranted by politeness. He put himself
outside Of that car without collecting more
tickets. The dummy and two cars were
badly broken to pieces, and the track
much torn up.
The city is full of visitors, among which
are many prominent eastern railroad men,
who are interested in the Lake Superior
r. R. I believe it is the intention of this
company to complete the road as soon as
possible, and then put a line of steamers
on the lakes to connect with the road.
Governor Marshal and some other distin-
guished men have just returned from a
trSp to the frontier. Their journey, be-
sides the usual spice of frontier life, was
seasoned by a fight with the Indians.
They prepared for regular siege, breast
works were thrown up and rifle pits dug,
and everything in readiness to give the
redskins warm reception if they renew
ed the attack. The governor has had
some valuable experience fighting rebels
and turned it to good account against the
savages.
Governor Fairchild, of Wisconsin, has
been spending few days in the city, also
Senator Sherman Of Ohio, who made quite
purchase of real estate There are tour
lists here from all the states, md from
nearly all countries. Everything is fast
and fashionable, as ct any OF the other IA
vorite summer resorts in the country.
Livery keepers reap rich harvest, for ev-