Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-06
MINNESOTA.
The Water Power and Manufactures of
the 'sStar Of the NOrth-'-The water
DiVide-The HudsOn's Bay
Company.
BRECKINRIDaE, ON RED RIVER, MIN

BRECKINRIDGE, ON RED RIVER, MIN
NESoTA AND DAKOTA LINE, september D.
From Clear Water we came down the valley
of the Mississippi a few miles to Monticello,
and spent some ten days there. a saloon
keeper was shot there day or two before we
arrived, and appeared to be at the point of
death when We left. 1t grew out of a lawsuit.
He struck first, got shot. lost his case and his
life Addressed a large meeting on temper
ance here. The churches all unite, one sun
day evening in the month, for temperance
meeting. I he first boat of the season arrived
up from Minneapolis, making q two days run
of some seventy miles, She is a new craft
eighty feet long, nine wide, with stern
wheel, donkey engine of fifteen horse pow
er, has drum on her wheel, and is driven by
a bolt thus attached to her engine amidship,
draws eight inches, named Monticello, Com
manderChitttndon, and up for cargo of wheat
for Minneapolis. The river is crossed here by
ferryboat hung TO wire cable and driven
by the current Visited Staples's mill, driven
by a stream at the outlet of some lakes, end
running several sets OF stones and purifier,
or machine for blowing away the bran from
the middingsl and making the best of flour
therefrom. Went TO an island to hunt Carne-
Ian stones. Found wiyd and current too
strong TO get up the river. Had to wade and
tow my boat and glad to get ashore. Took a
train on branch OF the st. Paul and Pacific
railroad and ran down the river valley some
sixty miles, to Minneapolis. Got a livery team
from Descent & Ba1cliffe, and drove nv family
down to see the falls of st. Anthony. Main
fall thirty five feet, ever boards from rocks
alb We, at an angle OF some forty-fve degrees
Inc entlie ldlIi InCluulnS L. RAPIDS eXIend-
ing mile and half below, is seventy five
feet. The fine building of the
State university stands on the east bank,
half mile below, and beautiful wire bridge
spans the river near it. Congress apprOpri-
ated one hundred and seventy-fye Thousand
collars TO improve the falls, and twenty-five
thousand dollars for the river above. They
are extending the money in digging tunnel
under the falls in the soft earth, WIN Oh is to pe
filled up with hard rock to stop the action OF
the waterfall in wearing away the falls and
causing them to recede. The object is TO pro-
tect this water-pOwer, which runs more mills
and machinery, probably, than any other IN
the world. Here is the large blanket factory
OF MessTs. Gibson IL Ty Ter, called the North
star wooden mills, running forty-Seven looms
working three hundred hands, and turning
out two or three hundred pair of blankets per
day. They told me that all-wOol goods was
their ssecialty-olsDi+epS pslt,c9- ar bla2 Ketsl
travelling blankets rugs, etc, others
els had taken the premium in Boston,
Here also is the fiOur-mill of w. ID. WASH
burne OF the political Washburne family,
turning out a car load or two of flour per da, .
srfiOur-mills, door and sash factory, saw
mills, etc. ThRre lE alco spring of chaile-
made trip over the main stem OF the 81.
Paul and Pacific road to Breck inridge some
two hundred miles TO the northwest, and on
| the Red river OF the north, which separates
Minnesota and Dakota. We spent night al
Howard lake passed Litchheld, Wlllmar and
! Benson, all country towns, until We found
| ourselves far, far out upon the wild pralIles
At times busy plOws were seen turning az
| the yirk soil, rich and black, and then noth'
ing could be seen but white specks IL
| than the rest would appeal like
i a ridge shuttlng in the horizon and not yes
) tige OF the abode Of man as far as eye coulo