Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-29
General Items on Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 10, 1870

SUN, las JLlS yOdL Aoe& Ill 0AASASS H<H
cess in growth and prosperity. The
wheat crop of this year was estimated by
many at nearly twenty million bushels
The berry at the time of harvest, was re-
markably large and plump; but heavy
showers in various parts of the State SER
iously injured it while in shock and stack
and the proportion of No. grain will nc
doubt be considerably reduced.
The Germans of st. Paul held fair in
Ingersoll Hall on the 9Th, 9th and 10th
insts. to raise funds for the sick and
wounded in the Prussian war. Harmon
iously, artistically and financially, it
proved the most successful of any fair
ever held in the State.
Minnesota is becoming thoroughly grid
ironed with railroads; and st. Paul will
within a few years be the center of twelve
different roads two of them reaching
Chicago by less than 800 miles,-and in
about twelve hours. Railroad stock in
this State, may justly be considered as
very valuable; as the average fare for
short distances is six cents, and for long
distances five and half cents per mile,-
while the cost of construction is much
less,than at the East. But the people
will make no complaint at big profits to
stockholders, if full and complete inapar-
TALLY is shown in freights. This is a
point on which the farming community
have reason to keep watchful eye.
A band of villainous spectators Qike
those who bulled up Duluth three and
six months ago, and then stepped aside
when the bottom fell OUT have been try
| ing for some time to obtain contro! of the
elevators and freight cars on all the rail
roads of this State, so they might wholly
monoPolise entire grain trade. The
proportions of this windle,-though not
SO gigantic as those of Duluth, th,-amounted
to over three millions of dollars and were
so carefully planned that but for the
honest indignity of one or two thorough
bred Mjnnesoti1ns, = who couldn't be
bought at any price,-the farmers would
have been obliged to aecept,-at least for
the present year,-the prices offered, or
feed out the grain to their stock. Thank
God there are lew men who can't be
bought
To prove her friendship for the farming
community, and her faith in the hard
listed yeomAnry, who give stability, life
and respectahility to any State, st. Paul
is about erecting two elevators of three
hundred thousand bushels capacity each,
in which she proposes to store grain at
mere nominal cost, for the benefit of the
producer The arrangements are to be so
thorough that no partiality can possibly
ba shown to any railroad. boat. eomnanv,
town or individual. This programme
will not only he law, but it viii be
rHidIy enforced! Win not this be some
thing new for America? ? The city has at
present but one elevator, holding about
600 bushels but the fact has been
fully demonstrated that grain can be
stored Ill winter III this clear, dry atmos-
phere, aud be shipped in the spring in
even better condition than when stored in
the fall.
Gen. W. S. Hancock-whose name has
been mentioned by some parties as one Of
the most probable for the Presidency, is
stationed at St. Paul. He started a few
days ago with portion of his staff ON
tour OF observation to the Red River
country. He will return about the 10th
of Oatohsr
Prof Rirl who was At the head # the
Winnipeg revolution, left one side of the
Red Riyar settlement as the Canadian
troops entered the other. He had the
good sense not to leave word that he
would return victorious or walk into town
a dead man.
The Commercial College of st. Paul.
which was consumed by fire III May last,
has been rebuilt in the most magnificent
style. 1t will reopen on the first Of Oo-
tober in a suite of rooms which for gran
deur, beauty, light, ventilation and pros
pect of scenery, are beyond all oompari-
son the finest i'll America. This link, un-
der the Presidency of Prof W. A Faddis
is part Of chain of Colleges extending all
over the United States end Canada.
There ia considerable excitement in
Belle Plain-about fifty miles from st
Paul, the probabilities of saltwater
being found at that poirt, in paying guam
titles. A company has been formed and
artzans are boring night and day. A dis
tance of about 20S feet has been reached,
and the water is said to be rapidly in
creasing in strength and saline purity.
The town is very beautifully located on
the southern bank of the Minnesota Riv-
er in one Of the best farming districts in
the State and if saltwater is found in
such quantities as is promised by geolo-
gists, Minnesota may soon very confident
ly look for another Syracuse
e The ST. Paul Chamber of Commerce has
plan of extending to all
strangers a welcome which is giving
great satisfaction to the travelling public
A large and magnificent reading room is
opened and made free to every body, male
Ind female, citizens and strangers. A
arger number of papers than can be found
n any other reading room in :the world,
ire now regularly received and kept clean ,
md filed, from all parts of the United
states. Directories of all the leading
American cities are kept for free inspec- {
ion, and visitors are used like guests in {
tead of like beggars,--as they often are /
~ first Vice Presidents of shoddy hotels
5-+ aat as -aa5taesaaa an o. E. d. !
From the London Economist1 .
The Outcry of the London Nesgspa- I
2 pers against the Queen.
, In opposition to many Liberals, the Z.