Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-06-07
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBOURS.


A Masonic Lodge has been organ
lied at Star Prairie, ST. Croix county
ID. w. Truax, of Hastings, has gone
INTO bankruptcy, and D. G. Eyre is ap
pointed assignee.
The stockholders of the Hastings d
Dakota Railway hold their annual meet.
ing at Hastings on the l4th inst.
The Odd Fellows of Hastings, are
preparing for grand celebration July
| 4th next.
There are thousand men at work
on the West Wisconsin between Hudson
and Menomonee.
The first rail on the branch road
between Minneapolis and the Lake Supe
rior d Mississippi Railroad was laid at
White Bear on the 3lst ut.
The foundation for the depot and
warehouse at Saltwater, is being laid up
on the piles. 1t is to be 200 feet long
by so feet wide.
There is movement on foot to re-
organize the st. Croix Co. Agricultural
Society. and hold fair this fall. Call
for meeting is being circulated among
the farmers.
The draw of the new railroad bridge
at Winora gave way on the 9th ult.,
precipitating six fiat cars loaded with
stone into the river. Fortunately no
lives were lost. 1t will be rebuilt in about
two mouths.
Lightning killed mare and colt
for E. P. Jacobs, of New Richmond
week ago last Wednesday. Also the
Jed Smith school house, Stanton, St.
Croix county, was struck with light
ming and considerably damaged.
zen Hartman, State Agent for
the protection of railroad lands, has seiz-
ed about 100000 feet of logs cut by
trespassers, and will sell them. The
I
General is after the planderers in earnest,
and makes them come to time to the
right kind of music. Let the good work
60 on.
Porter Martin, Of Hampton, Mimi,
has a four year old cow which yielded
milk for five days as follows: First day,
al lbs. 10 OF; second, AZ los. s OF; third,
43 Tbs. IL OF; fourth, Al lbs; fifth. 45
Tbs. The animal is Durham, and had
been fed on grass exclusively.
The body of male person, about
fifty years of age, was found in the river
near Pine Bend, on the 29th ult. The
coroner describes him as follows: Hight,
about feet inches; aad on n ribbed,
blue wooden undershirt, and checked
flannel ovrrshirt; grayish pants. Tho
body was not identified.
Frank Ives, of Red Wing. leaves
for the st. Croix and its tributaries this
month, to prepare series of articles and
illustrations of this region for Rarper's
Monthly. Some twelve years ago he
prepared similar articles descriptive of
Northern Mexico. He will find the up
per ST. Croix rich field to work in,
with material enough to keep his pen
and pencil busy.
The Polk County Press says that
Byron Head, little three year old of
Somerset, went down the lake the other
day on one of the boats, npon reaching
Prescott he asked what that other lake
was, on being tod tina, it was the Missis
sippi, he asked "where is the Mr.. Sippi."
The same little one on being told that
the men on the banks were river drivers,
wanted to know where they "were going
to drive it to-"
Tine stockholders Of the st. Paul,
Saltwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad Co.
held meeting at st. Paul last WeGnes.
day and elected the following directors:
VIM. R. Marshall, o. B. Turrell, Peter
Berkey, c.. H. Scburmeer, John L. Mer.
riam, NJ. Auerbach, B. Beaupre, st. Paul;
Isaac Staples and S. F. Hersey, of Still
water. The directors elected the follow.
ing officers: President, Capt. Peter Ber-
key; Vice President, VIM. r. Marshall;
Treasurer, o. B. Turrell.
Work is to be commenced on the road
as soon as 5000, 900 is subscribed, $780,
400 having already been taken. 1t is
expected that trains will be running on
the new road from st. Paul to Saltwater
this season.