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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

MINNESOTA vs.. CALIFORNIA.
What . Comparison Shows.

Extract from tho Hon. VIM. Kellsy's FL
nancial Speech, delivered in the House
Of Representatives: Feb. l9th.]
l therefore take Minnesota, the
youngest-eight years, or nearly one
third younger than she-and the most
remote from the seaboard. the one al.
so which stretches farthest into the
wintry North, whose boundary is the
northern boundary of the country,
and whose season for the growth and
gathering Of crops is limited to half
the year. The area of California is
1898 square miles, and that Of
Minnesota $1,000. In 1860 Califor-
mia had 379, 1894 inhabitants and Min.
nesota but 172,023; the increase Of
California for the succeeding ten
years was but 100, 1923, while that Of
Minnesota was 274,033, which is 49,
$40 in excess of the increase OF Cali
fornia, which started into the decade
with more than 100 per cent. in ad-
vance. The assessed wealth of Cali
fornia was, in 1850, $139,654,667,
and in 1870 it was $269, 644,068, an
increase Of a little more than 80 per
cent. The assessed value in MINNIE
sofa in 1860 was over $4,000, 900,
and in 1870 over $84,000,0O0, an in
crease Of over 100 per cent. The as
sessed value Of real estate in Califor-
MIA in 1860 was over $66, OOO, 900,
and in 1870 it was over $176,OOO,-
900, showing an increase in real e.
tate of over $1O9,000,000, leaving
but about $20,000,000 to evidence
the increase of every other species Of
property. The assessed value of real
estate in Minnesota in 1860 was over
$25, 100000, aud in 1870 over $62,
O00, 900; showing an increase Of
more than $36,000,000, or nearly
$50 per cent, and an increase Of per.
sonal property Of over 220 per cent
The Indebtedness Of California ex.
ceeds that Of Minnesota by owe,
100000. The taxes paid in Min.
nesota IN 1870 were $2,646,372 in
legal tender money, being $5,217,734
less than were paid in California
in. gold. Minnesota had in 1870
923 more schools than Califor
MIA, and the number of children in
attendance In the wintry State of the
northwest was 1913 in excess Of those
attending in the genial climate Of
California. Minnesota had 234 more
churches than California, fewer con
victs by 1926, and there were 844
fewer patients in the insane hospitals
and asylums in Minnesota than il
those Of California.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
HE "oRAssHOFPER" LE0Iu.ATuRE
For evidence that the name is we'll
applied, see the following action on
appropriation and other important
matters.

The Times thinks that the St. Paul
Dispatch as Democratic paper, will
not do to depend on" What would
satisfy the 1imcsf 1t has seemed to
US that the Dispateh was rather de-
termined to out-Herod Herod-that
in its defense of the Democratic par
ty, under any and all circumstances,
it left the Cincinnati Enquirer, the
New York World, the Boston Post
and all the other organs in the shade.
Now contest the Little Falls Cou,ie,.
claiming to he "the only out-spoken
Democratic paper in the State
How hisdoes meet the requirements Of
the case? Can't the Times be salts
fed with the Courier as its party or
gan?
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

,als{1
Florida strawberries can 10 had
in New York City for $3.50 per
quart. &.
The Italian government has sent
an exploring expedition to Central
Africa.
-Chas. B. North l. Co., extern
sive pork packers of Boston, failed
Saturday for half million.
The suit against Gen. Schenck
in London, in connection with the
Emma mine, has been withdrawn.
The London Hour says Mr.:
schenck's course In leaving London
without taking leave Of the queen il
unprecedented. .->
BY the burning in Brooklyn, N:
T., Tuesday Of a Catholic charitable
institution eighteen persons were
burned to death. W :
1t is stated in St. Louis that the
Babcock trial cost the defendant $685.
600. Storrs was paid $500 and
Porter $1,000.
The peach crop of Tennessee is
said to have been destroyed by
recent cold snap, the trees haying
budded prematurely.
-zug 4 Co., proprietors of the
Sable Iron Works, Pittsburg, sus-
pended payment Friday. Liabilities
estimated at $580,00O.
In a quarrel on Saturday night,
at Baltimore, between some sailors
and Edwin Roach and John Butler,
the latter was fatally stabbed.
Three young men, named Rynis,
Nezey and Edgar, Of St. Johns, n
| n, while in the woods, were over
taken by a snow storm and persisted
| District Attorney Dyer denie.
that either himself or Mr.. Hender.
son is in any way responsible fol
publications relative to the Babcocl
trial.
1
! Stories of horrible cruelties BY
the Turks against resident christian.
in the insurrectionary districts of the
Ottoman Empire continue to be re-
ceived.
DIR. Linderman, Director Of the
United States Mint, states that tn,
production of gold and silver ate,
the first of May will be 81, OO0, O0(
per month.
The six principal Western
cities slaughtered 100000 hog
this season against 100000 last
year, but there is an increase o
about ten pounds per hog, net.
Levi P. Luckey has resigned a
private secretary to the President, as
the latter desired to continue his SOL
Ulysses in his Office. Mr.. Lucke,
has accepted responsible position
in the Department of the Interior.
| Col Lounsberry, of the Bismarck
Tribune, telegraphs to the Pioneer
Press that the sale Of post trader
ships at Forts Lincoln and Bufor'
and along the Missouri river, ha
been notorious in that section 70
more than two wears.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

Boston Is preparing to welcome
back her fugitive Winslow, and he is
willing to come. He says that he
would rather be In Boston Jail than
in a Dutch palace. There is some
thing exceedingly beautiful and
touching about this home feeling that
characterizes absent Bostonians.-
Bsookly~ Argus. .
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
NISCELLANKOUS.

There are 681 blast furnaces in
the United States.
Basque corsages fit like 4 glove
to the figure. Few trimmings are
seen on them.
ALI the imported spring suits
have a pocket in some fanciful shape
on one side, rather low down.
For several years Iowa was the
banner Granger State, but it lost
seventy'five local oranges last year.
-Pou6 and panier are not worn,
but all the draperies are thrown back
to give the required bouffant effect.
The Kansas potato-bugs wear
red, white and blue stripes this year,
out of respect for the Centennial sea-
son.
Three hundred and thirty seven
American hotels were burned in 1875,
and not hotel clerk was as much a.
scorched.
AN inquest on the body of a
frozen man in Seneca, CAL, was In
terrupted by his thawing out and
coming to life.
The Moabite antiquities bought
in Jerusalem by the Berlin Museum
for $4,000 thalers have been decided
to be spurious.
The butchers bill of = single
hotel in New York city averages g..
500 a week At this season Of the year.
1t averages $1,000 a week in the sum-
mer. ~ :.
The most fashionable shapes for
spring hats are either pokes, capotes.
or bonnets with brims depressed at
the sides, broad on the top, and mar.
row behind.4 = III - = J
If it is true, as some reports IL.
lege, that the exposure of Secretary
Belkhap came originally from the
spite of Mrs. Marsh against Mrs.
Belknap, then the former must con-
slider that she has had full revenge.
The q,eendolen Harleth of
George Elliot's new novel is said to
have her original in the person of a
young English lady at Hombourg,
which place, rather than Baden, is
described, although the latter name
is incidentally given.
The Shah Of Persia thought
postage stamps such an admirable
thing when he was in Europe that he
had q large lot printed in Paris and
sent to Teheran. but as there are no
post Offices in his dominions they are
not eminently useful.
when Mr.. Tennyson went out
walking with q pretty girl and stop-
ped to scratch his back against gate
post, she softly whispered: II would
that my tongue could utter the thoughts
that arise in me-" but he only said.
"Oh, for the touch of 4 vanished
band"
"A Brooklyn Ar,ss man, in in.
terviewing Governor Tlden the other
day, asked: "What do you think Of
St. Louis as the place for holding the
Democratic Convention, Governor r.
I think" said the Governor in a
sepulchral tone, lit il = good burying
ground"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

IT il emphatically = good House-sel.
dom has one better than il convened win.
in the walls Of the old Capitol building
Litchfeld Necs-Ledger.
0, Frank, Frank! Has a .ixty.
days association, as clerk, with the
members Of the 'Grasshopper House.
made such total wreck Of you a.
all this1 0 Temporal. o n,ores-and
all the rest of those fellows-what
has become of your reputation fo1
truth and veracity?
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

Our neighboring State, Wisconsin,
proposes to trump in while exposures
Of official malfeasance are the fashion
An investigation by a committee OF
the Senate shows that Ex-Governor
Taylor, . good Democrat, stole q
very considerable part Of the contin.
gent fund during bis term of Office
We trust that our Democratic con-
temporsries will not become so entire.
" absorbed in Belknap's misdoingf
that they cannot give a little atten.
ton to their friend Taylor.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.

C. K. Gilbert has started q bank
at Glencoe.
DIR. H. G. Hand, of St. Paul,
died Thur sday morning.
The expenditures Of Hennepin
county the past year were SIG, 910.07,
being an increase of $11,013.88 over
the year before.
:, The dwelling house of James
Morrison, at Minneapolis, was de.
stroyed by fire Thursday morning
and the family barely escaped with
their lives.
Aiken, Maggie Mitchell, Camil-
la Urso, Theodore Tilton and the Bos-
ton Quintette Club, will about fill the
amusement demands in Minneapolis
for the next four weeks. -:
The County Commissioners of
Winona county have instructed the
County Attorney to take measures to
recover $2.183,50 overdrawn by F.
B. Benedict, late County Auditor.
The bill passed by the last
Legislature gives the Auditor of
Hennepin county $4,000 and the
Treasurer $4,000 per annum, includ-
ing the salaries of clerks and depu-
ties.
"A St. Charles merchant named
Chas. Wells was cheated out of a
stove and $120 in money by means of
u forged check for $3.50, signed Now
bray & Sons, which was presented
for payment Of the articles named.
sabbath morning the blacksmith
shop Of Hohler Bros. and the restua-
rant and hotel of A. G. Rewindino,
at Rochester, were burned. A four.
years. old child Of Mr.. RS was
barely saved from perishing in the
flames. Loss $4,000; insurance, ST.
500.
Ira Hughs, Of Freeman, Free
born county, attempted to commit
suicide on the list by shooting him.
self in the head with load of bird.
shot discharged from a musket. 1t
is thought he cannot survive. Tenn.
porary insanity is supposed to have
been the cause.
The steamers Manistee and Me.
tropolis, belonging to w. R. Stone
q Co., of the Duluth Lake Trans.
portation Co., have been attached
and sold by the First National Bank
OF Duluth. They cost 10000 and
sold for $4,000. The loss of these
boats is serious matter to Duluth.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

TIE Glencoe Reg;ster: started out
last week on its twentieth volume, be-
ing one Of the oldest papers in the
State. 1t il alse one of the most
fearless and independent, saying Just
what it pleases and generally saying
it just about the right time. we are
glad to learn that the paper is in a
prosperous condition,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

IT is gratifying and encouraging
in these times to learn that the Indi.
ans cost the United States last year q
million and three-quarters dollars
more than ever before, and very little
Of this money was spent in shooting
them, either.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

M1NNSEAPoL1s is talking about re-
deeming, as far as may be possible
the disgrace following the niggardly
refusal of the Legislature to make an
appropriation for the Centennial, by
erecting building at its own
expense and displaying the manu-
features Of that growing and enter
prising city. Committees have beer
appointed to take the matter in hand
and see what can be done,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

The Rev. DR.. Richard S. Storrs
Of Brooklyn, has resigned the presi-
dency of the American Congreea-
tio1al Union and his dictatorship in
the Home Missionary Society. The
cause Of this action is the interpreta-
ton Of Congregational polity by the
recent Advisory Council.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

In the case of the two MINNEAPOLIS
murderers, Linquist and johnson, it
is understood that the former will
plead ''guilty," and in that case, I'm.
der the law as it was left by the stu.
pidity Of the last Legislature, his
crime can be punished with moth
ing severer than Imprisonment
for life; while the latter will try the
insanity dodge.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

The fall of Secretary Belknap il
the result Of that extravaganza which
is seen all over the country but in
its worst form in Washington City,
and which leads people to spend
more han they can honestly earn
in order to maintain = style which
their income will not warrant,
Many of the failures which are now
30 frequent may be attributed to thit
same extravagant style of living.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

The Preside Mt has made two ex
cellent appointments, Richard A.
Dana, Jr,. of Massachusetts, to sue
coed Gen. Schenck as Ministe,
to Great Britain, and Judge
TAFT, Of Ohio, to succeed Gen
Belknap a. Secretary of War
Mr.. Dana is an eminent lawyer ane
= writer Of wide celebrity. The
London Times in speaking of his ap
pointment says that IAN American
minister could bring no better creden
tials than the literary reputation
Of Mr.. Dana"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

The Democrats are exultinp over
the disgrace Of Secretary Belknap a.
"nording them party capital. They
seem to forget that until about ton
years ago tho ex-secretary was .
Democrat. After reforming and
turning to Republication he str,p.
gled hard to leave off the old Demo.
cratic WAYS and do what was right
and honest. For about five years he
succeeded, but he had been too long
dyed in tho WOOL" and at the end
OF the five years without taking the
OLD party name he fell into tho old
Party ways and now the whole world
Knows the rest,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

The authorities of Mount Mor;ah
cemetery at Philadelphia refused to
allow the body of a colored man
named Jones to be buried in the Gem
etery, although the widow owns 4
lot there. The case was carried to
the Supreme Court, where it was de.
cided that a colored mans bones are
to all intents and purposes as good as
= white mans bones, and the burial
Is to take place according to the oriei
nal programme. Those cemetery
authorities must be very thin-skin.
ned.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

THAT the postal card is increasing
in popularity is evident from the fact
that during the past seven months of
the present fiscal year .. the govern
ment has sold over ninety millions,
while during the entire previous year
only one hundred and one millions
were sold.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

No combination of States can possibly
be made to win victory for the Democratic
party on rag-money platform or an am
blguous platform.-New York World
(Dcm.)
The Democratic party cannot
unite on any other than a "rag.mon.
ey or an ambiguous PLATFORM"
Therefore, it is as plain as the
nose on a mans face that mo com.
bination Of States can possibly win
victory for the Democratic party"
The next President belongs to the
Republicans.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

JAMES MARTIN WILLIAMS, of Boon
vile, Mo-, though only four years old, pos-
sea"e" remarkable powers Of memory. He
can tell the names Of all the planets, their
characteristics, their distance from the sun
and position in the heavens. In history
pc proves to be perfect encyclopedia Of
knowledge: h can repeat whole chap
ters in the Bible.
An insurance policy on this pro-
cocious child's life would bring re-
turns quicker than any other invest
ment we know of.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

The Massachusetts, Senate killed the
bill to give women the right to vote
on municipal affairs in cities and
towns and to hold municipal Offices.
The Iowa Senate yesterday also put
its foot on woman suffrage.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

HE new and magnificent build.
ing of the Baptist Publication Socie.
ty at Philadelphia had "a debt of
$lO7 900 resting on it when complet.
ed. In order that it might be dedi.
Gated free Of debt, the Bucknell and
Crosier families paid this deficiency,
each family paying half: Well done =!
II the Baptists have more Of such
families than they need themselves
they might scatter a few Of them
around through some Of the other de.
nominations. .:
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REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Cooper & HinChilwood
ST. CLOUD, MINI.
FOR SALE

No. SO. Corner lot, with history house
Good we'll in kitchen, good barn,
and good picket fence, with fruit
trees, &C., in yard. Good location.
Will be sold cheap for cash, or ex-
changed for good land.
No. "a. Lots 4, s and +, in block 40, St.
Cloud City. Good we'll and small
barn on premises. Good location.
: Will be sold very cheap, and on
terms to suit purchaser.
No. SIS. A dwelling house in lower town,
opposite the Normal School.
Good barn, we'll, etc. Will be
sold very cheap and on easy terms.
No. 81. Two-story house, containing 13
rooms. q lots, on which are fine
Er..-, fruit and shade trees, good we'll,
cistern and barn. Very desirable
neighborhood. Must BE sold.
No. So. 100 acres land in Benton county
good timber; 20 acres meadow on
nice little stream running
through the place; 40 acres in
{ ~ crop; good log house and stable
good we'll and within half mile
of school house, store and saw
mill ) will Be sold very cheap,
and on easy terms.
No. l16. A good farm of 100 acres, on
Maine Prairie. Part meadow, SO
acres under cultivation and 20
acres fenced. Good frame house,
u. ! good cellar, we'll and stable on
r - : the premiDes.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

Go VERNON P1LLsBURY did moi
sign the following among few other
bills passed by the last Legislature
$4,000 for seed wheat for the
grasshopper counties ; $16,933 TO,
completing the State prison $685.,
600 for additional buildings at the
institute for the deaf, dumb and
blind and 81, 200 for a we'll, etc.,
At the Reform School total $91 :.
600.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

AMONG the bills lost were the
$4,000 text book job; the bill pre-
scribing the penalty for murder the
Congressional and District apportion-
ment bills f.; and the bill abo fishing
grand juries.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
MENNONITEs DESERVING MANITO.
BA FOR MINNESOTA,

We learn from a reliable source
that hundreds of the Russian Memo.
mites that located in Manitoba last
summer are exceedingly disguised
with the Provincial Government and
grasshoppers. Like the Israelites Of
old they will leave the wilderness of
discomfort aud seek the promised
land-a majority will seek an abid.
ing place in the Red river--while
others will find homes in southern
Minnesota. They prove to be an in.
dustrious and law-abiding people.
They expect thousands Of their fel.
low, countrymen from Russia the
coming summer--Cor. Minneapol.
Tribune.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

SENATOR RoBERTsoN's bill to re.
store the frankipg privilege provides
for a repeal Of the act of Jan. 81,
1873, which abolished it, and tor its
immediate renewal in the form in
which it existed at the time of the
passage of said act. ~~..,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

III there be man or woman on earth.
IN angel in heaven, or 4 devil in he'll. >
said Mr.. Beecher, who knows aurht
against me. demand that they shall speak
now, or hereafter hold their peace"
The Chicago Inter- Ocean is of the
opinion that somewhere in the foreeo-
ing category Susan B. Anthony is in
cluded, and thinks that the old lady
had better tell what she knows about
the scandal, if she knows anything,
or else make up her mind to keep
juliet. Susan keep quiet! The 10
doesn't know her.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

CHAs. A. WE1DE, . well.known
business man of St. Paul, attempted
yesterday to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat. Cause: Temporary
insanity produced by grief. 1t i,
though t he will recover.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

DoN CARLOS. can live reasonably
comfortably without being King Of
Spain. He recently inherited from
his father-in-law the snug little sum
Of $8,O00,000. Out of this he has to
pay his British creditors 81, DOC, 900.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

CHARLES O'CoNoR has 30 far 10.
covered from his recent sickness 40 70
be able to again take charge of the
prosecution in the Tweed case, which
hs did lest Thuraday.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
against being compelled to testify

against being compelled to testify
or produce the docu ments in their pos.
session. The matter was the subject
Of a four.hours' exciting debate in the
House, resulting in the adoption OF q
resolution, BY party vote, instruct.
ing the Committee t.. ignore the or
der Of the Court. -
The House yesterday adopted res
olution Offering Marsh immunity from
prosecution if he will return and tes
tify.
Gen. Belkuap was arrested yester'
day. He waived an examination and
gave bonds in the sum of @25. 000.-
Ex-senator Carpenter is his attorney;
It is claimed that further investiRa.
lions will reveal more corruption in
the War and other departments. The
people are united in demanding tina,
no guilty man shall be allowed to e..
cape, no matter who he may be.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

PRESIDENT GRANT has signed the
act amerdatory to the act admitting
Colorado to the Union on an equal
footing with the other States.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

HE Albany Evening Journal has
been counting up the fruits of three
months of Democratic political as
tendency in Congress, and finds these
results: Eighty rebel officers in
Congress; the power of the com.
mittees in rebel hands; the arrogan,
assertion Of the rebel spirit on the
floor of Congress the presentation
Of host Of rebel claims :; the devel
opment of rebel Democratic revolu.
ton in several States the encour.
agement Of petty rebel insults on ev
cry SIDE"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

TRADE in Austria is report ed at a
complete standstill, and a disag reea.
bic state Of uncertainty prevails in
commercial circles. :, ~ ..> 49,.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

Secretary Belknap is the son of
an old army officer, and was born at
Key West, Fla, while his father was
stationed at that post, and is now
about so years of age. Mrs. Bel
KNAPP was always woman of magnifi.
cent presence, tall, stately brunette,
with fine features, head and carriage;
splendid color, black, glossy hair,
and dark, flashing eyes,-a woman to
attract admiration in any throng.
She was married to Belknap in grand
style near Lexington, Ky.
Fifteen thousand Carlists have
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

Mr.. PARroN's child, to whom he In.
been twice married.-Mankato ONION,
1t is scarcely 80 bad a. that. She
who is now his wife was only his STEP
daughter.