The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-19

PRnsoaAL.--Hon.s c. +. Davis intends
starting on Monday on atrip toNew York,
Boston, Portlan and other Eastern cities.
We had a Gull on Monday from Mr.. f.
Il. Atwood, Of Maine Prairie, who WAS ON
his way East. He will be absent several
weeks. .s-
Judge MoKelvy started on Monday for
Duluth, to hold term Of tho District
Court.
Mr.. s. Flint, Of Langola, was in the
| city on Monday.
Senator Burbank came up on satur-
day, returning again to his legislative
duties on Monday.
W. I. Rigby, ESD, OF Clearwater, was
in town on Monday.
Col. Chas. D. Kerr, Of St. Paul, is in the
CITY. The COL looks as we'll as could be
expected after 80 long an absence from St.
! Cloud.
| Prof Curtiss, teacher of penmanship in
tho Normal School, arrived on Tuesday.
Gen. G. A. F. Morris, Chief ENGINEER o
the St. P. & P. R. R. Co., St. Paul, was in
! the city this week
Messrs. kimoall, Stanley and Spaulding
were among the Maine Prairieltes who
gazed on the metropolis this week.
Mr.. A. Sutton, of New Munich, was in
town on Tuesday.
Mr.. A. ,DsLacy Wood, of Sank Rapids,
the well-kuoWn correspondent Of the
JOURNAL at that place, starts for Louis
VILE, KY, on Tuesday next. We under
stand that he intends engaging in the news'
paper business in that city. Mr.. Wood
has been connected editorially with several
papers in this State, and We wish his sue
cess in his Southern field.
CHURCH Nor1s.-The evening meetings
At tho Presbyterian church will conclude
With this week.
On Sabbath last seven persons were i'd
mitted to membership in the Baptist Church.
Their baptism, by immersion, took place at
Lake George.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY lon Wednesday
evening Of last week, Coroner Overlook,
| who Was in Sank Centre, started from Robi-
dou's saloon, about eleven O'Clock, to 60 to
tho Minnesota House. Hearing steps be-
hind him, he turned around, and was i'm
msdiately struck on tho forehead with a
slung shet or something Of the kind and
knocked senseless. When he recovered
I consciousness he went to his hotel. The
next morning, on taking out his pocket
book, he discovered that all his money,
! some $50, had been stolen. He returned
home on Friday, and on Saturday sent
Sheriff Geissel to Sank Centre with
| . warrant to arrest certain Charles
! Sollum, who was suspected. Il was
found, however, that some of the Cor
| oner's witness could not be relied on to
stick, and the arrest was not made.
A BARE FACED FRAuD.-On Friday ev-
eging % man named John Stewart, of Two
! Rivers, was arrested at Fox's saloon by
policeman Mathalar for passing as money
manufactured scrip. This scrip is Of
| the SIZE of and is made to represent the
J new fifty cent fractional currency. The
| front side contains, beside the vignetts,
| seal, etc., these words:
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
United TES.
| FIFTY
| Teacher. GENTS G. Il Vining.
| LOOK ON THE BACK FOE ADvERTIsEMENT.
The back was tinted green, and IN green
INK was marked
s'This is not FIFTY CENTS. but an sd.
vertlsement made to show that the maker
is the best penman in the UNITED STATES.
Writing taught
A moments glance would show the
worthless character Of the stuff, but in
the evening it Was well calculated to de-
ceive any one who might handle it care
lessly He had been in the city once be.
fore, and had succeeded in passing off both
times about Sc of this scrip. He was ia
ken to Jail, and the case reported to Coun-
| ~ Attorney Brick, who ordered him to
| be discharged, as the scrip did not profess
to be money and therefore was not oo"n-
terfeit But Stewart was certainly guilty
of fraud or cheating, and should have been
! punished for it. He redeemed what Of the
| fluff he had passed, and the officer took
| about $6 more that he had in his pocket
| when arrested.
RuNAwAYs.-On Friday, just after Hay
wards buss had deposited at the Central
House its load of passengers arrived
on the noon train, and while Mr.. Dan.
Hayward, who was driving, was off
the box, tho horses concluded to 60
for their oats, and whirling the buss
| around ON the tip end Of one runner Of the
hind hobs, in space about the size Of
nickel, started for the barn. Just as they
! turned to 60 into the door, a coupling pin
| came out, the front bob and horses rolled.
| while tho hind bob and the box careened
| over and over again. No damage done to
anything.
St. German street "ssw another sigh"
that same afternoon-a half-breed run
ming away with pony or q pony run
ming away with half-breed, and nobody
could tell which it was. Between them q
couple Of beer kegs were scattered around
miscsllansously. The pony aud tho
half breed recovered each other before
either WAS badly damaged.
Still later on that eventful day dog
which had been trained to harness and
WAS hi.ehed to q sled, spied across the
street another dog with which he had an
old grudge to SETTLE. There was wild
dssh-sled bouncing in all eotions-
small boy rolling in the snow-bundles
scattered over an area of several yards-ki-
anvil ki-wh. a. a-gu-y- a-aw-and for sever.
al minutes there was the most mixed up
and perplexing spectacle of dogs and sled
that mortal eyes ever rested on. This was
altogether the most exciting runaway of
the day.
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