The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-06-19

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his lemonade and cigar store, nsxt door to
Tobsy's book store.
| Con. NJ. T. Thomas is in Now Orleans.
His health 10 much better than it was be-
fore he went South.
Street Commissioner Dorr is still re-
pairing. sidewalks and street-crossings.
Lake street 10 being graded up.
The debt Of Hsnnepia county 10 $ll,.
0oo. which 10 not very large. The debt Of
sts.rns county 10 just $4,000. which IL
considerably Lees.
-Thirty-twe cars Of wheat from III,
stations between st. Cloud and Nslross
have been the average Per day 20 far thia
week on the st. p. 4 P. r. r.
Our reporter ssys that somebody's
horse ran away on Washington avenue On
Monday, bat does net know whose horse,
where it ran to, nor amount Of damage.
Tho Alexandra Land Once fued has
blossomed in new spot. J. II. VsnDyke,
tho Receiver, having store, L. K. Aaker.
tho Register, has now purchased . stock Of
goods, and lively war may be anticipated
in tho dry goods and grocery line.
Reports have been in circulation Sow
er.l times during tho week. Of boys being
drowned in the river, but they have, in
every case, been without foundation. But
so many lives have been lost by browning
during the past few weeks, that the boys
should bs careful when going INTO the river.
-On tho farm Of Andrew Holes, one
mile from Fargo, Dakota, tho agents Of the
Russian Asmnonites who were spying out
tho land, found wheat sown on the 18th Of
Nay which on tho 18th Of June measured,
~ it stood, IL inches; the blades, whom
Strengthened out, measuring 10 inches.
Work il progressing rapidly on
tho new Normal School building. The
foundation 10 being rem odeled to suit the
present plans. brick ars being brought in
largo quantities, and . convenient work
shop has been built on the grounds. We
are Glad to ~ that Mr.. Montgomery has
decided to use tho cream. colorsl brick.
Coroner Overlook has received letter
from tho parents Of Stephen Psatesy, who
reside in Monroe, Mich, requesting that
his body, which 10 now inferred in tho
Clearwater cemetery, b removed to this
city and buried in the Catholic cemetery.
They also request that his elsthss b given
to the poor. The young man wss lsss
than twenty years Of sgs when drowned.
-P1esident Becker went 70 New York
on Wednesday Of last week to attend =
meeting Of the Directors Of the st. Paul
and Pacific Railroad. We learned in st.
Paul on Tuesday that up to that afternoon
nothing had been heard from him - to tho
result Of the meeting. He is expected home
this week.
Tho following item from tho Rochester
Record will bs Of local interest: 'Misses
Haven, Walker, and Barrett, who formerly
taught in tho Public Schools here and who
have recently been teaching in tho State
Normal School at st. Cloud, loft that city
last week for Californis. They will 70 to
Mr.. Francis Dresssr's, Saratoga, Clara
county. We understand that through Mr..
Dresser they have obtained situations Is
teachers in California"
On Tuesday hundred or 30 Of the
Gull Lake band Of Chippewa Indians, un-
der their chief, old Bad Boy, put in IN sp-
psarsnes 1t Bralnerd, all painted and de-
eozated with fsathsEs, weasel skins, bears
claws, skunk skins and other swsst-sosnt-
I'd articles 20 dear to the untutersd mind.
They danced, made speeches and pow
vowed for while, RECEIVING from the
snraptured bsholdsrs presents Of tobacco
and flour. whom they returned to their
forest haunts.
According to the Faribsult Democrat,
the Rev. D. Tics, pastor Of tho u. E.
church in that place, il not getting along
very satisfactorily with his people. He
deemed new church . necessity they
did not; he preached rather sharp ser
mon hard words and hard feelings fol-
lowed and now Mr.. T. proposes to resign
- soon - his salary is paid. It will be
remembered that Mr.. Tice was the princi-
pal mover in tho building Of tho NJ. E.
church in this city, some years ago.
Mr.. A. scribner writes from Otter
Tail City, June 9Th: "Crops in this neigh.
borhood are looking finely. Breaking up
tho new prairie in the principal business
among farmers just now. n. shsw's new
ssw-mill, at Otter Tail City, began work
last week. Mr.. Sis IN sntsrprising man.
N. B. johnson 10 building . dam across
Otter Tail river, below the lake. In the
town Of Maine, and is pushing to compile
ton . hne grist and saw mill, We, up
here, second tho nomination Of Judge Nc
kelvy."
On Tuesday afternoon about ons-hslf
Of the male portion Of The town "cams Q
good joke" on the "Post Office boys" The
joke consisted in dodsing slyly around the
| corner. lsvinR hold of 4 nitohar AZ lamon.
ode that sat BY IN open window In the Of.
dee, and gulping its contents. 70 bs more
correct, W should ny portion Of it,
contents for each individual wss satisfied
With enc nouthful Of The beverage, aud .
nouthful end a-hsK We decided .su-
psrduity. II seems that tho boys, VIE had
suffered somewhat IN this Wy, had pre-
pared large pitcher Of salt water with .