The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-07-04

PERsoSAI.-Hon. F. r. Delano, who ha.
? charge Of the Sank Rapids Water Powe,
improvements, was in the city yesterday.
Lieut.. Fred. Schelpin is gong to Mas
silon, Ohio, where he proposes remaining
for time.
Mr.. A. Scribner, who went from Maine
Prairie to Otter Tail City about a year
ago, in visiting this part of the country.
Col. McIntire returned on Saturday from
an insurance trip up the Mississippi
Miss Ida Wilson, daughter of Hon. J. P.
Wilson, graduated at the St. Paul Semi.
nary last week with with high honors.
Master Frank Hamlin, who has been at.
tending Bishop Whipple's school at Fari.
bault for the past four years, returned
home on Thursday, having completed his
studies at that place.
| We had call on Monday from Mr.
Louis A. Ebert, who was visiting friends
in this city. He has now the important
position OF Agent at the Sioux City juno.
ton Of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Di.
vision Of them. P. R. R., and enjoys the
confidence Of the Company.
Mr.. W. ]. Dyer, of Dyer, Bros. & Co.,
music dealers, St. Paul, was in town on
Friday, on business.
MIR. h. B. Meyers, of Leets ton, dropped
in to see US on Monday.
Mr.. J. E. Hayward returned home on
Tuesday evening from the Pokegama pine
country, so as to be at the Fourth of July
races.
Mr.. ?. Mockenhaupt returned from St.
Louis on Friday.
Mr.. J. r. Clark returned on Tuesday
from Braiaerd.
DIR. S. F. Brown, Of Maine Prairie, was in
the city yesterday.
| Mr.. James Beatty, Of the Lufkin House,
Sank Rapids, was in town to day. Mr..
B. keeps good house.
NOT FOUND. Although carefal search
has been made, the body of the little boy,
Frank Weary, dro wned last week, has not
yet been found. The river is so high that
the eddles are all full Of logs, and until the
drives all get by nothing thorough can be
done.
! RETuRNED.-Petera and John Krier re-
! turned last week after years travels
through Oregon, California and Was hing.
ton Territory. They say that all of the
party that left here would be better off if
they had remained in Stearns county,
and more will probably return.
The RACES. prospects look favora-
BILE for the races on the 18th and 9Th, to-day
and Tomorrow. The track is in good con-
dition, notwithstanding the rains. A mum
Der of entries will be made, but as we go
to press day in advance. cannot give
the list. The books closed at nine P. N.
"Wednesday.
RAILROAD ITEMs.- The Sank Centre
bridge was finished yesterday evening, and
the track laid across. Grading has been
completed to Spunk Lake, twenty miles
from here, and track laying will go ahead
\ lively.
The new passenger house is being plas-
tered. The freight depot is boarded. The
! engine house is nearly completed. All
the depot work is being pushed rapidly.
THE RRA1Nrpn RpArcu rho .,nout
has been somewhat industriously circulat-
ed OF late by parties who know nothing
whatever concerning the facts that the
Brainerd Branch is not to be built, and
! was never Intended to be built. This
| Branch will be built, and that within O.
year from this date. 1t is not improbable
! that the iron may be laid before the first of
January, 1873.
The LIBRARY D1FF1cULTY.-The COM
mittees from the two branches, Messrs
Kerr, Raymond and NIulliken and Sprague,
Mcclure and West, met on Tuesday even
ing and arranged a plan for the re-uniting
| Of the Library Association. 1t was decided
! to incorporates; board of nine directors is
to be chosen, four by each side and the
pinth by the eight; three Of these directors
to 90 out on the I'd Thursday of each Jan
uary, and their places to be filled by new
election the library to remain where it is
until the next election. "And there was
peace throughout the land"
RUNAwAYs.-On Friday somebody's
team started unceremoniously from the
Luxembourg House, and helter-skeltered
| around for about fifteen minutes, drop
ping trunks and their contents about
with general looseness. The horses were
stopped on St. German street after they
had done about $40 worth of damage.
On the same day the usually docile ami
| milo which totes Enderles beer wagon
around town made sudden break, send
ing in all directions kegs Of the gentle
beverage which cheers but does not inebri-
ate. The horse was caught near the Cathe-
Oval, and the liquid packages gathered to-
gether IN good shape, without any particu-
lar damage to anything.
| SUEvEY1NG.-Erwin & Humason's par.
ty have been stopping in own,preparatory
to starting for Glyndon, from which point
they will 60 to Red River (s6 miles south
of Psmbina), where they have contract
for subdividing twelve townships of govern
ment land. They go 90 miles above the
present limit Of surveyed lands. The par
ty consists of Messrs. John E. Erwin, Scot
| W. Humason, Martin Humason, Albert
Edgerton, Isaac Nelson johnson, James
Comstock, and Eug enc Harper, They
are waiting for Ward & Stunts party from
Duluth, which is to run the standard lines
north of the twelfth standard parallel
They expect to get off to-day, and be bacl
by November lst, in time to vote for Grant
every man Of the party being true blue.
! "A collision occurred on the N. P. R.
R., about ton miles from Brainerd, OF
Monday night, between two trains, goinl
in opposite directions. No particulars re
| ce;vad