The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-06-20

The st. Cloud base ball club sent
challenge on Tuesday to the Maine Prairie
club to play match game on the Fourth
Of July.
Engine No. q brought up large train
of box cars on Tuesday loaded with lum-
Der for the new freight depot, water tank,
round house, sc.
On Tuesday Davis, Beal & Co. made
the first shipment of freight from St. Cloud
(direct) outside the State, being car load
Of -four for Chicago.
The most valuable horse, probably, in
Stearns county, is the Eich-Taylor quad
ruped, which has been the subject of four
jury trials and has cost about $500.
-Messrs. II. G. Burbank and ". 3.
Mitchell have purchased the interest Of
Hon. c. T. Stearns in Stearns' Addition to
St. Cloud. 1t embraces about one hundred
lots in the vicinity of the new depot.
"A couple Of six mule government wa
CONS from Fort Ripley arrived to-day
loaded with stoves, &c.. which bore marks
of hard service. Stevenson & Co.'s foun-
dry had reinforcement Of old iron.
An unmistakable case Of small pox
having made its appearance on the out
skirts Of town, pest house was built yes
terday on Lowry's farm, where all such
cases will be taken care Of.
On Tuesday morning, Capt. Charles
Lueg, one of the old settlers of the town,
died, after lingering illness. His tune-
raj took place to-day, and was one Of the
largest ever known here.
: -Congratulations Ut Bro. DeLsno's are
IN order. It's girl, and it's first inquiry
was for copy Of last weeks Times, to see
how the household paper stood on the
Greeley question.
"A special meeting Of the Library As
ISOLATION will be at Mrs. A. Montgomery's.
Friday evening, June 21st, for tho trans.
action Of important business.
By order of the President.
Mrs. D. W. SPRAGUE, Secretary.
Company F I'd Regiment NJ. N. G.
are ordered to meet at their drill room
lover Frank Davis saloon) in full uniform,
with arms and equipments, on tomorrow
(Fridsy) evening, at u o'clock sharp, fol
muster in by 1t. Col. L. W. Collins.
By order Com. Officer.
MIR. VIM. Mercer, the enterprisinf
jeweler Of this city, has donated to TIL
different Sabbath Schools of the place
several packages of handsome illuminated
Soriptural texts, to be used as prizes. Il
WAS very liberal and praiseworthy act on
The part Of Mr.. Mercer.
Tho Annual Exhibition at st. Johns
College, near St. Jo., will be held on next
Wednesday, the Goth inst. The pro
gramme will include performances IN boil
German and English, tableaux, music by
the College band, SO. A general invita-
ton is extended.
Among the curiositles from Florida
Gov. Crosby, Of Belfast, has a grasshoppe
that measures five inches in length fror
the head to the end of the hind legs, an
with body IS large as a sparrow. Ho'
would our stearns county farmers EMO
having swarm of this breed settle dow
on their grain fields?
I'm accordance with the spirit of tn
times, . daughter is reported q! DR.. Al
kins'. In view cf recent events, tn
startling problem stares US in the face a
to whether, from sheer force of superior
ity in numbers, the female element wi
not soon assume the political, as well {
the social, reins Of power.
One Of the largest ard most ente,
prising est Adjustments in St. Cloud is Ii
drug firm Of N. G. Tolman & Co. In full
ness, variety and quality, their stock, i
everything to be found in drug store,
unexcelled. They make specially
toilet and other fine goods, to which, an
their entire stock, they would ask tho .
teution Of buyers. Their advertiseme1
appears In this issue.
The St. Paul papers have been bar
boozled by q Mrs. Wakeman, who repor
that she was maltreated by the police
this city, dragged through the streets
her hair, &c. The facts are that MI
Wakeman was guilty Of larceny, and "
arrested just as any other offender wou
DO, and taken to Jail. There was no pc
sonal abuse whatever, except on her o'
part.
On Tuesday evening, Dominick Gil
um, of Luxembourg, came very nearly t.
minating his mortal career while trying
up end himself, and about pint Of whisl
which he had. concealed about his perse
is into wagon in front Of Dr.. Weber's.
fell undee his horse, which trsnped .
out his face very severely. He was O
ried into DR.. Weber's as of no further (
count, but about nine o'clock he return
TO CONSCIOUSNESS aud was taken home.
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