The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-07-18


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instonS tstulnsd hsne 90 Saturday.
i intending 70 remain IS 81. Cloud.
Rev. E.sY Campbsll rsau.nsd from Fsr-
gus Fails On Friday decidedly To better
for the vacation.
We were glad to receive call on Mon
day from Col. ]. B. Holt, Of ssak Rapids.
| On Friday We had : call from Mr.. i'll
Wilder, who has charge Of the railway
mail service Of the Northwest. He says !
number Of reforms are about to be intro
duced, among which win be one providing
for the sorting up Of through mails on the
cars, 80 that (for instance eastern mail
from St. Cloud need not be delayed 1t ST.
Paul. ., ss @
Mr.. Alex. Moore, Of Sank Centre, was
in town on Sabbath, and Was about the
liveliest looking ''dead" man 70 ever saw.
Mrs. Becker and her daughter, Sarah,
Of this city. started yesterday for Puget
Sound, where they have relatives. ..s.,s.
Mr.. G. Hanausr Of the Chicago Clothing
Hall, has gone to New York to purchase
new goods. The business Of the house
Is we'll cared for by the other partner, Mr..
8. Hsnauer. ->~, -.- sr,,s5s ss 49,.
We had : call this morning from Nj.
o, =. Greeley, Of Minneapolis. ~"<,1 !
Mr.. 7. L. stiokuey, okMaine Prairie,
was in the city this week. - ..,,
Mesrs. B. A. Beggs and ]. s. Mitchell
started for Brainerd and the Sank Valley,
on business trip, this morning. ~
Lieut.. J. R. Howard, the agricultural
implement man Of Sauk. Centre, was in town
this week, receiving lot of machinery
brought here by rail. -
Mr.. A. W. Bush returned to-day from
an extended business trip through the
upper country. >'..'' -
Prof. Ira Moore returned to-day from q
trip to Fort Abercrombie.
DRowxrD.-While son, about twelve
years old, Of Mr.. VIM. Lee, Of Clear Lake,
was bathing in the Mississippi at Clear
water on Sabbath last, he was carried
away and drowned. It is supposed he was
taken with the cramp, as he good swim
mer. AT latest accounts his body had not
been found.
RAoE.-The race which is to take place
at the Driving Park, under the manage
ment Of MIR. B. h. Woodmansee, on next
Saturday, promises to be one Of the most
exciting Of the season. Mr.. G. Bridgman's
and Mr.. W. Carter's nags have entered for
$500 purse. Some heavy betting Is being
done. Asilver pitcher is offered to the
winner Of another race. See ADVERTISE
ment, for prices ST admission, &c.
THE RA11RoAD.-The track has bee n
completed to Watab creek. Work was
commenced yesterday on tho depot 1t St.
10. The construction train is run to that
point, and another train will be pat ON in
few days, for bal!asting. A large lot Of
ties is expected down the Mississippi to-
day when track-laying beyond St. 10. will
again be vigorously resumed.
LoGs.-A drive Of between fifty and
sixty million feet Of logs, from the vicinity
of Pokegoma, passed here on Tuesday. It
was the largest drive of the season and was
owned by some eight or ten firms, includ-
ing L. Day & Sons, Farpham & Lovejoy,
W. H. Lawrence, W. H. Hale, and Ankeny,
Robinson & Petit, of Minneapolis. There
were one hundred and twenty-four men on
the drive, and the average time made since
leaving Pokegoma has been ten miles per
day.
F1Rs.-Mr. VIM. H Day, of Maine Prai-
RE, left homo on Saturday morning, at five
o'clock, to como to the circus. Little or
no fire Was left in the stove, but about two
o'clock in the afternoon his house, with its
contents, was in ashes. Mr., Day is confident
| that his house was set on fire, and thinks
he knows who did the work. His loss is
about 1900; insured for $500 in the
Farmers Companv Of Ninneano1ia Three