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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22
THE BLACK KILLERS.

A dispatch received at Omaha
from Fort Laramie Friday says Capt
Mix's company, which was sent afte,
the mining party at Harney's Peak
has secured the whole Of them, con.
sistiug of IS men, one woman and q
boy. They will arrive at Fort Lara
mie on the 10th. The party found
heavy SHOWS in the Black Hills and
high waters everywhere else.
A Yankton D. T., dispatch of the
10th says: The vanguard of the first
expedition from Sioux City, about
fifty persons, is reported to have
reached point few miles south o.
here, across the river, yesterday, being
then ten days out from Sioux City,
The main party, with Gordon, had
not got there. Two companies Of
troops from Fort Randall have gone
south to cut them off.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

FLOODS have washed out sirteen
bridges on the line of the Union Pa
cifc railroad west of Green River
station, and the road bedis much dam
aged. At and to the west of Oma.
ha four thousand passengers are wait
ing to get through. For some reason,
the Chicago Tribune has been exceed.
ingly mum as to this flood and its
disastrous effects on Chicago's pei
road but whenever there is a breeze
along the Northern Pacific or COW
is killed by one Of its trains, the 1+i.
b4ne has columns to devote to magni'
flying q mole-hill into q mountain.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The exports Of the United States
for the year ending June 80, 1874,
including gold and silver, were val
ued at 800, 463, 066, Of which 1884,
264,6S2 were agricultural products
500, 211 ,6O4 were mineral products;
and $27,704,951 were products Of the
forest and fisheries leaving the mea-
ger balance of $67 ,281 1929 to rep
resent our manufactures. With all
the burden the people of this country
bear to "protect" these favored branch
Is Of industry, their exports are but
nine per cent. Of the whole. A little
more protection would probably whit
tie even this slim fraction down to
nothing.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22
'ORRIBLE! 'ORRIRLE!

A bitter, biting frost visited Missis-
sippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Georgia, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa, Michigan and other Eastern and
Southern States Saturday night, doing
great damage to the cotton, wheat,
tobacco and fruit crops, which in some
places are entirely killed. The prin.
cipal crop in the South is the ice crop.
A heavy snow fell at Louisville, KY,
Norfolk, Va, and in various parts Of
Kentucky and Tennessee. Daven.
port, Iowa, had a snow fall and the
mercury was % below zero, with q
cutting wind, and at Lacrosse ice
formed in the Mississippi so thick as
to trouble the transfer boats. The
wind and snow compelled the farmers
Of Illinois to suspend operations
blowing being impossible. 1t is feared
that the oats crop is severely in.
jured. Canada rather takes the lead,
the thermometer marking 90 below
zero at Toronto Saturday, and the fall
wheat is believed to have been killed.
We are sorry for these people who
are suffering the frigid terrors of 81.
IBERIA, and once more extend to them
the hand of welcome to the mild and
hospitable shores of Minnesota, where
wheat is never killed by frosts, where
tobacco may be kept in the open al,
the whole year round, and where the
slumberous air is now palpitating
gently meath the inspirational kiss of
Spring.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

A TEST case to try the constitution
atty Of the 1nebriate Asylum act was
begun at Rochester last week. E.
Cassidy, who refused to take out the
license as required by law, was
brought before a Justice, and admitted
the facts necessary to make out a
case, but plead not guilty and made
a motion to dismiss the case on the
ground of the unconstitutionality of
the law. This was oyerruled and he
was fined $25 and costs. An appeal
was taken and the papers were sent
to Judge Mitchell at Winona, with
the exp ectation of getting it certified
by Judge Mitchell to the. Supreme
Court, in order to get there = prompt
and final decision as to the constitu-
tionality Of the law imposing the 1 Ii.
cense. Upon the final outcome Of
the case will depend the building. Of
the 1nebriate Asylum At Rochester.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

TIE Rochester Post takes ground
against the adoption of the Constitu-
tisnal amendment requiring the Leg
islature to invest the school fund in
United States or certain State bonds
only, and thinks the money might
very properly and safely be loaned to
Minnesota school districts at the
same rate Of interest as that borne
by the United States or State bonds,
viz: five or six per cent, and thus
save the people the burden of pay.
ing high rates Of interest and submit.
ting to heavy discounts IN order to
rise money to build schoolhouses.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

BY an arrangement between the
bondholders and stockholders Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, Gen. G..
w. Cas-, President Of the road, has
been appointed Receiver. There will
be no change in the management of
the road. 1t is thought that this
movement will facilitate the making
Of arrangements for its further con-
struction.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22
CENTENNIAL. ANNIVERSARY.

One hundred years ago last Mon.
day. or April 10, 1875, that "first
shot" was fired which, as Lord Chat
ham had predicted, would separate
England and her American Colonies,
This was at Concord and Lexington,
when a detachment of British regu-
lars numbering about one thousand
men, under Major Pitcairn, left
Boston to capture the military stores
at Concord and the prescribed "reb-
els," Adams and Hancock. The his
tory of that 10th Of April is familiar
to all-how the boastful regulars were
routed by the undrilled patriots and
driven back to Boston with q loss of
NS in killed, wounded and missing,
while the loss Of the Americans was
40 killed and IL wounded.
Last Monday there were great
gatherings at Concord and Lexington
to celebrate the events of that day,
one hundred years ago, which gave
birth to this nation. At Lexington
thirty thousand people were present to
swell the ranks Of the procession and
to witness the imposing ceremonies of
the day. Among the distinguished
visitors were President Grant, Vice
President Wilson, Gen. Hancock, va
rious members of the Cabinet, Uni.
ted States Judges, Senators and State
officials. George VIM. Curtiss was
the orator. French's statue of the
Minute Man," said to be one of the
finest in the country, was unveiled
At Lexington the attendance was even
greater, the number Of persons present
being estimated at from 10000 to
$4,000. The Grafton was delivered
by the Hon. R. H. Dana, Jr., and
statues of Adams and Hancock were
unveiled. The President and party
were also present there part of the day.
A letter from Mr.. Gladstone, in re-
Spouse to an invitation to be present,
was read, and was very cordial in its
tone.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

BROWN, Of the Mankato Record,
insists that if Senator Mcmillan now
loses any time in removing Wheelock
from the st. Paul postofice Provi-
dence should lose no time in removing
the Senator to another if not better
world. We always knew that Orville
was disposed to run" things here be-
low, but scarcely supposed that he
would interfere in matters above
And then he and Wheelock used to
rub noses so lovingly in their mutual
alteration of Mr.. Ramsey that the
present bloodthirstiness seems incom-
prehensible.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

By q coalition between the Republi-
cans and Conservatives in the Louisi-
ana House of Representatives, Es-
tellette was elected Speaker over the
notorious Wilt. This speaks we'll
for the spirit in which the compro-
mise has been received, and further
good results may be looked for.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The Secretary of the Interior has
decided that bona fde owners and
holders of patents for lands located
by halfbreed scrip certificates are
entitled, upon surrendering these scrip
patents and paying $3.50 per acre
to receive new and unquestionable.
patents therefor. This decision is OF
general importance in Minnesota.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22
THE WINTER WHEAT.

An investigation the condition Of
winter wheat by the statistical divis-
ion Of the Department Of Agriculture
shows that the crop is on the whole
much below thestatistics of that of last
year in April. There is an apparent IN
crease of about Z per cent. in theareas
Of winter wheat, amounting in round
numbers to a million and a half acres.
though that portion winter killed and
to be replanted in other crops may be
equal in the west to the enlargement
Of the planted area. This increase is
small in the middle states, considera-
BILE in Illinois and Missouri, and pro-
Portionately the largest in the Gulf
States and Kansas, reaching 80 PEI
cent. in the southwest.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

EIGHT hundred Cheyenne Indians
in war paint, crossed the Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad, going north, on
Thursday, and bloody work is antici.
pated in Kansas. Of course the
Government was too humane to lei
them start off on this trip without
plenty of provisions and blankets, g
new rifle to each Indian and an
abundance ofammunition. To do 9th.
erwise would be at variance with the
established policy of the Government
in its dealings with the nations wards.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The St. Paul & Pacific Land De
partment records show that 5000
foreigners and nearly 10000 Ameri-
cans settled in the country along the
lines of that Company in Minnesota
last wear.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The Mill River region in Massa
chusetts has been the scene of anoth.
er catastrophe, the breaking of a
dam Saturday evening having let
loose food which carried with it dis
aster and destruction to the extent Of
$500, 900 worth of property in the
villages of Wrentham' and Norfolk,
about rs miles from Boston. No loss
of life is reported. -. .,.:s
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

TIE business men Of St. Paul are
discussing, in no very amiable mood,
their city expenses, the item of salar-
les alone amounting to $4,000 more
than those Of Minneapolis,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

MANY Of the retail merchants in
the mining districts Of Pennsylvania
have been ruined by the strikes. They
trusted their customers, who refusing
to work are still without money, and
the merchants have only book &C.
counts to show for the goods taken
from their shelves. The wholesale
dealers will sell to them only for cash,
These retailers have from $1,000 to
$4O,000 in goods trusted out to the
strikers.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

In the caseof Frank Rapp, tried at
St. P aul for the murder of Mn. Lick.
the jury brought in a verdict Sabbath
evening of guilty, which will send
him to State prison for life. Eleven
of the jury were in favor of hanging,
but one held out and brought the rest
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

appropriated exclusively to the con-
struction Of roads and bridges in such
county and the County Commission
ers of such county shall by appropri-
ate orders direct the expenditure
thereof:
SECTION II. All lands hereby
granted and which shall remain I'm.
sold by the said railroad company at
the expiration of fifteen years from
the approval of this act, shall be sub.
ject to taxation under the general tax
laws Of this State and for all purposes
for which other lands are taxable in
the several counties in which said
lands may be.
SECTION ~. The Governor of the
State is directed and empowered to
take all necessary steps to carry into
effect the provisions of this act and to
fully protect the rights of the actual
settlers upon any of the lands granted
by this act and to do all things nee
essary to be done in connection there
with to carry into effect the true in
tent and meaning Of the Legislature
Of this State in the passing of this act,
which is the construction and COM
pletion of the said line of railroad be-
tween Sank Rapids and Brainerd
within the time prescribed by this
act and to convey to the company 20
constructing and completing said line
the lands granted by Congress in aid
thereof:
SECTION 10. This act shall take eff.
feet and be in force from and after its
passage.
Here was an innovation on the
usual style of land grants in this
State at least, and the bill at once
created decided sensation IN certain
quarters and among certain men and
other railroad companies. Why and
wherefore? is the next question.
Mr.. Delano says, in public and in
private, that it was the St. Cloud and
Duluth members Of the Legislature
who killed the bill, and that they did
it in utter j ignorance and in disregard
of the best interests of their constitu-
ents, and of the localities they repre-
sented. I think that Messrs. Gilman,
Merz, Pirz, Taylor and Egan made a
blunder, and in this case to blunder
was foolish as we'll as exceedingly dis
astrous.
In my next, l shall bring before
your readers the various means and
influences which, I think, were
brought to bear to affect this railroad
issue, the objects and ends sought to
be accomplished, and their bearings,
present and future, on the city of St.
Cloud, the Sank Valley and the city
OF Duluth:~ Yours truly,
NORTH WEST.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

A GANG Of counterfeiters were ar
rested at Bascobel, Wis.,, Friday
They had plates for printing fifty and
t twenty-five cent fractional currency,
a press, $4,000 in finished and un-
finished counterfeits, engraving tools,
ink and material.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

KANSAS grasshoppers are Matching
out. The intense cold weather pre-
vents them from appearing thus early
in the ground; but decayed trees in
the woods are said to be alive with
them. Twenty-Five degrees below
zero has not killed them in the soil
either.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The public debt Of the United
States is the third largest of any
in the world, France and Eng
land having larger debts but at a
lower rate Of interest. The indebt.
edness of the world is estimated at
423,75O,OOO, 900.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The weather at Concord and Lex
ington last Monday was such that the
most vigorous blazing of the fires Of
patriotism could not keep people from
freezing. There was a bitter wind,
snow fell occasionally, and the day
grew colder and colder until the mul.
titudes were compelled to forsake the
tents provided for speakers and au.
dience and seek more comfortable
quarters.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The st. Paul Ho,.eer-Rress saws
that 1.-THE market for beans has been
very active" butzwe have no definite
information that this has anything to
do with the report that Mr.. Wheelock
is to succeed Gen. Andrews as Minis.
ter to Sweden. ... .......-.
GEN. j. H. BAKER, was captured
at New York City Monday evening
by Miss Mary E. Capen, who will &C.
company him to st. Paul about the
first Of May as Mrs. Surveyor General
of Minnesota. .,, |>sh&
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THE RADE
81 OF
ST. PAUL., MIMI,
FOR 1875

uasn.a 'nd st. Paul
t.. attention q our numerous friends a'l'at'a' North
inducements
pb stocks and the lowest market
prices Receiving hr'' hands, both in this country d Ea
and Kelvin. on ooson
goods enabled offer superior any other
Paul admitted be the best Western Market Tor ' fnd
win ind it their own advantage make ee'
m.nts . our Commission Merchants
l. - ## AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
R::';: s s p: S:'; :;; %
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS srAr1orERs.
Press Printing Co, Third
BOOKSELLERS AND srAq1oSERs.
D. D. Merrill & Co, IS Third street.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS rsAIERs.
oDby H.ovu and Is West Filth
CARPETS, CLOTHS. PAPER
1s: sts Co. NEW
CHINA GLASS; AND ouEESswARE
Craig 1arkiu
- CIGARS
:! :: ;;;; e.: :s: %
' s .,n .,,es s' sss Third
Granger Hodge, ''' Thin, oo j: MERCHANTS
NJ s;:s e g. -. s &c., a %s s street.
Miner Mccarthy 10 E fou.l It
| CARBON OIL
SAUNDERS HARRISON, Wholesale 3d.
| COPPER WORKS
! DOORS SASH, MoULDlNas.
Deco" Co., cor ' and Jackson Dry ao ss'' "' Co.. 9Th SC
Finch s ia and 's :ss % 20: Il! : :ss
| ENGRAVING ON WOOD
THOMAS ROBINSON FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS 10 "'''''''
N Har-ood, | p,.ehn.r Bros, rhrd'
st.e. Brothers. cor Third and Minn.sot..nl
i FURs, HIDES WOOL, GINSENG, &C.
/ 81. L. Young Is Jackson
Il GROCERIES PROVISIONS.
G.: ss md s; Pr s% s Third
Wholesale Reu 2oorhtd 1926 ''el'o'
! HARDWARE CUTLERY.
s ss:s: :::: ;::: S:9 ss s s Third
I
ni... Dean, g. Third It, B,.a:a Brothers. ,s4 Third
Il 11rHoaRAPHNa ENGRAVING.
st. Pr s ss en- s.s i; asa Publishing s.:
LUMBER COMPANIES
4sf g. fs: .s Pin ; @ s"''' " " Third
l MACHINERY, MILL RAILROAD SUPPLIES.
J H woo's' acc cor Third & Jackson st
opphs" Co.. " Third Dos;n 4s, Rsse'' Wholesale and Ret
E D K Randsl
/ MANUFACTURERS
PAPER DEALERS
Avern D. D.
i f.. j. PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK FRAMES
l PUMPS PIPING.
! J wo.h.y ( Co, cor and J.els,a1
Il -: - g . PICTURE FRAMES.
Chas street..
/ sADDLERr AND sADD1ERr HARDWARE
Morshous
i MANUFACTURERS
American Steam ssfsco chsrree
SEWING xAcamEsx H5 aEs e ?i sasars
Grover 4 Baker Sewing Machine Co., les
- i: Nal & s''' Agents ''''
Wilson Exsdo Parsons Wilcox State
! ->i1~e. 2t&z WINES LIQUORS.
franks Co.: % Third st
| bens beeh1 ~ Third H Bvin Mcclellan % eibey
| & 4Jsoksen
Retail Business of st. Paul
Il nd
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Retail Business of st. Paul

visiting
their respective nes In the CITY,
nd weassorsd which
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The Glencoe Register is authority
tor the statement that E. St. Julien
Cox, of St. Peter, is going to lead a
party to the Black Hills-soldiers
and Indians to the contrary notwith-
standing.-LeS ueur Sentinel.
E. St. Julien can make more wrest-
ling with the soldiers and Indians for
gold than with Major Strait for that
seat in Congress.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

The Jewish feast. of the Passover
is celebrated this week., ~ g..
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22
ST.. PAUL, April 10, 1875.

LETTERS FROM OUR ST. PAUL COR
RESPONDENT.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

THIS formal announcement was
made at Washington Monday: "Mr.
John Sherman, Jr., and Col. Fred
Grant will commence business under
the firm of Sherman & Grant, on the
LIST Of May, and will do a general
banking and brokerage business. The
Colonel will resign his position in the
army next autumn, after his return
from the Black Hills, when he will
turn his attention to business at the
bank" 1t is said that Fred has plen-
ty of money.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

. YESTERDAY was the seventy-frst
day of the Beecher-Tilton trial. Mr..
Beechers examination was concluded.
Mr.. Cleveland takes the stand to-day.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

Two Lake City lads, Frank Jones,
son Of 81. A. Jones, and Arthur
Haekett, aged respectively Is and is
years, made up their minds to run
away from home, lead adventurous
lives and finally reach California As
the goal of their dreams. They got
as far as La Crosse, Wis.,, when they
were discovered and taken in charge
by an officer, upon request of Mr..
Hackett. Upon:entering the police
station, young Jones drew q revolver
from his pocket and in a twinkling
sent ball into his brain. This ter.
rible affair is one ofmany instances Of
the pernicious effects of the dime-novel
and sensational literature with which
the country is flooded and the minds Of
too many boys and girls are filed,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

ST.. PAUL, April 10, 1875.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-The legislation
of 1874 had an important bearing on
our roads, as the Receiver, Mr.. Far
ley, says that it was the terms and
conditions Of that legislation which
prevented any-work being done on
them in 1874. Let VI examine this
legislation. First, DeGraff & Co.
came before the Legislature and
claimed that they had done = very
large amount Of work on these lines
that there were other persons who
had also done work and furnished
material for their construction; that
if the charter expired and the land
grant should not be renewed again
by Congress these contractors would
lose what was due them; and they
asked that the Legislature pass a law
which should give to all persons who
had thus done work and furnished
material first lien on the lands
which might be certified by the Uni
ted States to the State of Minnesota
for those parts Of the road which
were ironed, amounting to about 9OO,-
600 acres. The petition of these con-
tractors being just and reasonable,
the Legislature granted it, and passed
the act approved February 21st, 1874,
generally known as the "DeGraff
Railroad Lien Law"
Then, on the 9Th of March, 1874,
the Governor approved the act which
extended the time to the St. Paul &
Pacific Company, or to the Receiver,
to construct these lines, subject to the
following conditions:
Ecn.1 TT1o& A. ->>S h. cl
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~s'A ~AANAA6 VI viz lou uoy VI Guo
preceding June in lieu of all taxes
and assessments whatever, and for the
purpose Of ascertaining the said earn
ings the same manner of proceedings
shall be had as now required by law
Of the St. Paul e. Pacific Railroad
Company and penalties for nonpay-
ment shall be such as are prescribed
by law.
SECTION 8. IF the said Western
Railroad Company fail to accept the
provisions of this act as hereinbefore
provided or fail to satisfy the Gov
ernor of their intent and ability to
complete and equip the said line of
Railroad with permanent trains rum
ming thereon within the time pre-
scribed by this act, then and in such
case the Governor is authorized at
any time after the first day of June,
A. D. 1875, to agree with any other
railroad company now organized or
which may be hereafter organized
to construct, complete and equip
such line Of railroad on or before the
third day Of March, A. D. 1876, and
to convey to such. company as may
80 complete said line of road the
lands in this act referred to subject
to all the reservations and conditions
in regard to liens on said lands for
labor and material as provided by the
act of the Legislature approved Feb.
21st, A. D. 1874.
SECTION 10. Whenever the said
railroad company shall sell or lease
any Of said lands they shall Fay from
the proceeds of such sale or lease the
sum of five per cent. of the same to
the county treasurer Of the county in
which the lands SO sold or leased are
situated, which sum 10 paid shall be