The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-01-19

pur6ult0 OF tue U01Ons 1uo must lm.
sportant articles Of manufacture arc lum-
Der, -four, whisky and leather. The
result Of operations in this branch Of in
dustry for 1869 show total value OF
sl4,83l, o43, with 1850 establish
lnents. A.
On the beadwaters of the tributaries
Of the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers
are extensive pineries, where the an
nual cutting Of logs and manufacture Of
lumber forms an important element Of
wealth of the State. The result Of this
business for the past year shows total
value Of 81, $3.50, 636. =
The relative progress Of tho State in
agriculture, population, aud manufac-
ture in nine years from 1860 to 1869,
inclusive, is thus shown:
Increase in breadth Of total tilase
increase In popula tion .......""...........173
The minerals of Minnesota, located
In the northeastern section of the State,
are destined to be inferior only to agri-
culture as au element of wealth and
prosperity. Copper abounds on the
northern shore of Lake Superior, and
large masses Of the pure metal have
been taken from that locality. Iron
ore, in considerable quantity, found
near Lake Pepin, has been tested,
which proved to be fully equal IN ten.
.city and malleability to the best Swcd-
| ish or Russian iron. The iron ore
| found between the Blue Earth and
LIE Sueur Rivers is said to yield 81
per cent Of light grey iron. Coal has
recently been discovered at New Ulm.
Other minerals are found in che State,
such as salt, line, and white sand for
glass, but the development Of the min
eral resources may be said to be mesger
in the extreme.
| On the LIST of June, 1865, the State
census exhibited population Of $780,
099, and from the most reliable dsta
attain.ble the population on tho LIST Of
January Of the present year was shown
to be 100000, an increase of 20l,90l
in period Of four years and seven
months or 81 90 per cent. 1t is esti.
mated that Of the present population"
265, 900 are of American ancestry
and 100000 foreign born. OF the for.
eigners the German elemeot predomiu.
ates.
10 1862 there was not mile of rail
road completed in this State. The sole
reliance for travel and transportation
was river navigation for seven months
Of the year, and the limited land CARR
age by Stage the remaining Eve. While
the business upon the navigable lakes
and rivers has suffered no dlminution
the demands of a rapidly increasing
commerce have brought into requisi'
ton $50 miles of completed railway,
employing a capital of $23, 100000
Transporting, in 1850, 677,684 tons o.
freight and carrying 478,973 pa<scn
gers. The whole number of miles pro.
jected in the State is 1850; 1851 o.
which are either completed OF being
constructed.
| The were 1872 steamboat arrivals a
St. Paul during tho last year, carrying
100000 tons OF freight and 265,80|
passengers, which only exhibits tb
navigating force Mississippi, Miunesota
and St. Cro,x Rivers; the Red Rive
Of the North aud a considerable an
rapidly increasing navigation on LAX
, Superior not being included.
The contemplated Northern Pacifi
Railroad betting the Republic, the earl
3 construction of which there il but Ii
tie doubt, will have most importau
Q bearing upon tho commercial interest
9 Of Minnesota and with the speedy CON
J. pletioo, already assured, [uow rur
uing] Of the railroad to Lake Superio
J thus afford,ng facility for the trans
= portation Of her multiplying product
8 to competitive markets, the commerce.
, future Of the State appears most prou
8 Using.
i The common schools in Minnesot
have progressed in corresponding rati
: with her material development. I
r 1869, and prior to that year, ths1
+ were 1929 school houses, erected at a
o expense of 81, 339,69o. Whole nun
z Der Of scholars in attendance, 102,08'
}. A land endowment of two eectioos
d each township has been set apart f
g the support Of common schools by Ii
}. Government. It is estimated thu
d these lands will amount to 100000
y acres, the interest on the sales
It which, together with an annual lev
Q Of two-mill tax, constitute tho prs
d ent common school fund of the Stat
- By legislative enactment, Norm
school have been provided for and q
tablished at Winons, Munkato and s
9 Cloud; and Congress has donate
+ lands for the support Of State unlve
# sity, which is now in successful ope
is alton, and growing in usefulness.
"a Minnesota has enacted very liber
o laws for the protection Of homestead
Q The Law provides that homestes
8, not exceeding 80 acres, with Il
10 dwelling house thereon, and it's q
purtenanoes, not including within t.
!. limits of any incorporated town; sh,
y be exempt from liability for debt.
AZ REPAIRING BARNS.