The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-10-14
MEEKER COUNTY,
GRHENLFAF. Oct. 9Th. 1869.

OA86NLEAFs Vct. Ot0s AoOo.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-The farmers are
rather gloomy over the continuous rains Of
the season. Much wheat has grown in
the shock or stack, and much hay ruined
by the vet weather. Even the wheat
which is marketable brings but sixty cents
pei bushel west Of the Big Woods.
The political CANVASS is proceeding with |
out much excitement. There is happily no
bolt of sore-head Republicans here - in |
many portions Of tho State. Hon. Henry
Hill, candidate for Treasurer. is 80 popu-
lar with everybody that he will go in with |
. rush. The =.
COUNTY SEAT QUESTION
Is unjustly luggsd into politics. The Log
islature passed IN aet 1t its last session /
making L.,h6eld, new town On the rail-
road and near the geographical center oil
the county, the county seat, provided . ma
jority Of the electors shall 80 vote at the
November election. The friends Of Forest
City, tho present county seat, are nearly
ell Democrats or discontinued Republicans
who feel sighted because they cannot con.
troll the politics Of the county. They gull
few voters with the false idea that if they
defeat Litchfeld, Darwin, new town on
the edge Of the prairie near the Big Woods,
and SIX miles east of Litchfeld, can be-
come the county seat, we'll knowing that
the Legislature cannot under three years
AZ horize another election, and that in the
meanwhile the friends of Forest City will
procure the erection Of county buildings at
that place, and then appeal to the tax
payers ideas Of economy, and persuade
them not to 60 to. the extra expense Of
erecting new county buildings when a.
ready furnished with them. Litchfeld Will
probably carry the day. 1t is = very
thriving village. The first house WAS
erected about six weeks ago, and already
| twenty-five or thirty large substantial
buildings have been built on the town
site.
4 TN DISTRICT COURT
For Meeker county vas held At Forest City
on tho 28th ult., and and adjourned on the
soth ult., after disposing Of great amount
Of business for 90 short : time. Judge
Palmer and Mr.. Warner, st. Paul; Col.
Geo. Bradley, Minneapolis; H. L. Gordon,
st. Cloud: Henry Hill and G. B. Howell,
Greenlesf; Mark ". Piper; Kandiyohi ;
and A. c. Smith and F. Belfoy, Forest
City, were in attendance 1t COURT, locking
| after The interests Of thsir clients. Judge
varderburgh presided with all tho dignity
and ability that should characterize thu
bench. Every person tried for erimins
ofense Was found mot guilty" Our su
preme Court has thrown such IN array o
technicalities around persons accused Q
crime, protecting them, that it il next Il
impossible to convict ono. A man can &c
mad drunk and kill whole neishborhoo'
Of persons, and 60 scot-free. Eithe
drunkenness should DO made crime, 0
the common law and common sense be re
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1 more aggravated when committed during
: state Of, intoxication, deliberstsly Sbrough
2 ON himself BY the victim Of it, wiles.
BIOGRAPHICAL LINES.
=. "A line drawn north and south ;throug
the center Of Meeker county leaves to tn
east Forest City, Kingston, areenleaf an
Darwin, all tho villages in the county br
D Litchteld, which 10 . little to the west
the line. Yet the bulk Of the population
. !. west of the central line whore, s. -
+ there il : strictly agricultural population
. The reason Is that ths Big Woods strete
. for several miles over the eastern porto
y Of the county, and they ore not dsvslops
~ are tn. more easily 'abd lu!t prair'i'
a1joining on the west. 6. L. ..
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