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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03
MINNESOTA NEWS,

The reported death of Congress-
man Dunnell's daughter is denied.
"A. W. Smith, of Saltwater, has
gone into bankruptcy, and G. E.
Gregory has been appointed assignee.
III. H. Williams, of Mankato,
killed three Poland China pigs, the
combined weight of which dressed
was 1868 pounds.
The proposition for issuing bonds
to build an iron bridge across the
Minnesota river at LIE Sueur carried
Saturday, 1855 for and 81 against.
The dwelling house of H. R..
Weston, at Lake City, was burned
Friday, by fire caught from a defect
i've flue. Loss $1,000; small insur-
ance.
Large tracts of railroad lands
have beech selected in Swift county,
along the Main Line, for a Catholic
settlement. Last week thirty-two
settlers went as pioneers, taking over
5000 acres Of this land.
On Tuesday last, Judge O. P.
Stearns at the Court House granted
peremptory mandamus compelling
the Register of Deeds of Cass coun-
ty to turn over the books Of that Of
fee to Charles Ruffee, who was elect
ed thereto last fall.-Ds.l,th Minneso-
tian.
John O'Neal, of Salem, Olmsted
county, mixed liberal allowance Of
strychnine with his wife's whisky,
and then started off to a neighbours.
Mrs. O'Neal soon felt the workings
Of the poison and begged her mother
in-law to 60 for assistance, but that
amiable relative refused. But for
the timely arrival of neighbor
woman, who gave antidotes, Mrs.
O'Neal could not have lived. Her
murderous husband was arrested and
released on $3.50 bail.
Thursday afternoon the body of
q murdered man was found in a swamp
near Minneapolis, with his throat cut
from ear to ear, several gashes across his
face and a terrible wound on the back
ofthe neck. 1t was afterwards discov-
cred that his name was Erickson, that
he had, been decoyed into this brushy
swamp by two men,, Frank johnson
aud Swan Lindquist,, aud deliberately
butchered. Lndquist was arrested and
has confessed to having been ACCESS
sory to the murder. johnson has not
vet been found. .s.,.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

BUSINESS is dull in St. Paul just
now and the people there are putting
in their time signing petitions, remon-
strances, endorsements, ETC., which
find their way into the papers with
lists Of signatures five yards long, be
the same more or less.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

The Legislature adjourned from
Thursday until Tuesday, drawing
their pay al the same, however, As
though they were at work. Considering
that the State is 30 "poor," we ex-
pect that Senator Mcdonald and the
other vociferous opponents of = Cen.
tenn,al appropriation, will cover their
per diem for this frolicing time into
the Treasury.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

Nearly 9 century ago Old Port
Royal disappeared beneath the waves
in an earthquake, and now, in calm
and clear weather, you may look
down into fifteen fathoms Of water
and see submerged houses, towers
and churches, with sharks swimming
in and out Of the open windows Of
their belfries. An American diving
company endeavored to rescue treas
ures of untold value, but succeeded
only in bringing up a bell, covered
with puzzling inscriptions, which they
gave to the Museum.
john Stellwagen, private banker
at Buffalo, who suspendedlast Monday
morning, committed suicide Saturday
night by drowning in the Erie basin.
His body was found there, partially
out of water, frozen solid. There
was about $4,000 in his pockets. AS
sets of the bank, $4,000; liabilities,
$1O7,O0O, J .. !. 20;
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03
Headquarters li q ]; : :! for Dry Goods $ !!
YOUNG &c .BRADFORD'S.

We want it distinctly understood that our Store
IS Headquarters both as to quality of goods and
prices; that we sell for Cash and Cash only, and
can afford to- sell at less profit than those who do
a credit business and thereby make few cash
customers pay for what they lose by those who
never pay. Our aim has always been to move on,
and we cannot help it if it does hurt some of our
SO long as it does not hurt our GUS
toners. We buy goods to SELL not to keep: We
have a large stock of Fall and Winter Goods
which must be closed out in order to make room for
our Spring Stock. Look at our Prices Call and ex.
anime Goods, and you will be convinced that you
can save money by buying your DRY GOODS of
Best Prints, &c. |llo double and twisted otonades &c.,
Good Prints, &c. |Good Grew Sh;rtno F1annes 3d.
Standard Sheetngs l0c Good PLATA Shrns Fiannes &C.,
Good Yard-w Sheedngs Sc. Brown Duck l8c.
Good Beached Musin Coats Spool Cotton spoos
Good Gmghams Stewarts Spool Cotton STOOLS for lOc
Good Crash, p. 8c.| ~
We offer only Fresh, Seasonable Goods----not
trashy stuff warrant every article to be as
..->>@:."::z
...:. YOUNG & BRADFORD. =
St Cloud, Feb. 2, 1876 Next Door to Bank Of St. Cloud
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

THERE is \ prospect now that the
Legislature will appropriate $25, 900
for the Centennial, to be expended
under the direction of q commission
consisting Of the Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor and Secretary Of State.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

WHEAT at New York yesterday
was $1.80@1.37 for No. 1; Milwau'
kes, >1.O7}; St. Paul, 800; St.
Cloud. 81 cents.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

A BOLD ATTEMPT AT SECTAR1AN-
ISN IN ONE OF the PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF ST. CLOUD. .-j
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

pieces Of ordnance which Lieut.. NJ.
will soon have properly mounted and
in working order; among them is .
twenty-inch Rodman gun, which car
riee . spherical shot weighing 1880
lbs, which it takes 200 lbs. of mann
moth powder to discharge.
The carriage which supports this
monster gun is made entirely of iron,
and to check the great recoil that
would naturally following the firing
ofsuch a charge, is fitted with a by
'draulic buffer, which consists of q
cylinder attached to .ehas;s, and a
piston fastened to the top Of a nova
bic carriage. The cylinder is to be
partly filled with water, and as the
piston is close-6tting and is rammed
"well home" when "in battery" the
force of the sudden and violent re-
coil is thus almost wholly checked in
the cylinder.
- As my letter has already 'ttans-
gressed the allotted space, I will close
it by saying, that none Of your read
ers can ever have the faintest idea of
the size and condition of our hundred.
year.old American child unless they
come to the "City Of Brotherly Love"
during our Centennial year, and
come prepared to stay at least . week.
=. 49, - FRED. Array.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

outrage which should not be tolerat-
ed. 1t would be no less an outrage
if the same thing should be done by
a Methodist, a Baptist, a Presbyteri.
an or a Congregational preacher. No
sect has any right whatever to i'm
pose its religious instruction upon
the scholars in any public school.
The trustees of the district should be
held responsible for this abuse and
for the curtai1ment Of the school
hours of the Protestant children.
We are informed that Tuesday after
noon the school was dismissed at
three o'clock and the Catholic chill
dren taken to the church for religious
instruction; also, that yesterday, be-
ing church holiday, there was no
school at all. We further learn from
Prof Haines, principal Of the Union
School, that one day last week appli.
cation was made to him by one Of the
pupils Of his school for permission to
leave At q certain hour on certain at.
ternoons Of each week for the spur-.
pose Of going TO the school in Dis
trict No. / ito learn the catechism. ,"
The request being denied, the child
was taken out of the school by its
parents. What is stated by Messrs.
Robertson and Obermiller to be true
concerning the school in this city has
long been understood to be true CON
corning many Of the district schools
in this county-that the Catholic cate
chism is taught in them by the priests
and others and that Catholic reading
books are in common us, go -
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

.. ll-oz double and twisted Cottonades, 35c.
,. Good Grey Shifting Flannels, - zoe.
G: Good Plaid Shifting Flannels, zoe.
G. Brown Duck, - - l8c.
9. Coats Spool Cotton, spools for 25c.
;. Stewards Spool Cotton, 8 spools for loo.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03

$t.(lona 3our',sl.
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA
". B. MITCHELL, EDITOR
=----- ---- --------==
Thursday, Feb. 8. 1870.
WHEAT at New York yesterday
was $1.3O@1.37 for No. 1; Milwau'
kee, >1.07}; St. Paul. 800; st.
Cloud, 81 cents.
TIE public debt was reduced H.
$780, 55 during January. "
TIE Union Pacific railroad il
completely blockaded by heavy snow
drifts.
TIE Democracy propose, in their
new revenue bill, to restore the duty
upon tea and coffee.
WV. B1ckEl, Of St. Peter, has
been appointed by the President COL
lector of Internal Revenue to sue
coed Irving Todd, Of the I'd District
Of Minnesota.
The Russian opinion Of the Amer
ican.C Cuban note is said to be that
Spain and the United States are
alone concerned, and Europe will
have nothing to say in the matter.
MINNESOTA may we'll feel . thrill
Of pride. A Lake City pointer dog,
owned by S. B. Dilley, took the prize |
at Chicago last week ~ the best west
ezn dog At the show. The prize was
. $500 cup.
The Democratic National House !
Of Representatives yesterday, by q
vote Of IA to 106, defeated . pro-
posed amendment to the constitution |
making the Presidential term six |
years and allowing but one term.
YE that have tears to shed prepare
to shed them now" Prince Bagratian
Mouchrausky. Of Russia, is dead.
Alas, never more on earth shall We
Be permitted to clasp that hand and
lisp over il that sweet name!
THERE is \ prospect now that the
Legislature will appropriate $4,000
for the Centennial, to be expended
under the direction Of a commission
consisting Of the Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor and Secretary Of State.
BUSINESS is dull in St. Paul just
now and the people there are putting
in their time signing petitions, remon-
strances, endorsements, etc., which
find their way into the papers with
lists Of signatures five yards long, be
the same more or less.
The Hon. j. G. BURBANK, Of St.
Paul, who has been dangerously i'll
with disease of the spine, has so far
recovered as to be able to leave for
the east Tuesday. He expects to be
absent for some time, hoping that the
change may prove beneficial to his
health.
The jury in the case Of VIM.
Mckee, tried at St. Louis for com.
plicity in the whisky frauds, Monday
brought in a verdict of guilty, very
very much to the surprise Of every
body, who expected either . disa-
or an acquittal.
AT q cost to the Government of
$4,000 per day the Democrats in the
House used up the larger part Of
. week in debating the West Point
appropriation. with an excellent pros
pect that in the end the proposed re-
duction will not be agreed to. It is
the era of economy and retrench-
ment.
STEPS were taken at St. Paul Mon
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Celebrating the Fourth.

The officers of the Louisiana Associ-
ated Veterans of the Mexican war have
issued an address, calling upon the
whole people of the State to unite in a
celebration of the Centennial in New
Orleans. They say: cit is very lmpor-
tant to impress upon the rising genera
ton, as we'll as upon the great number
of our citizens who have, in person or
by immediate. ancestry, immigrated to
the United States during the period OF
peace and prosperity, the sacrifices
necessary to secure the form of govern
ment and immense progress thereby &C.
complished. A very small portion OF
our people can visit the Centennial
celebration at Philadelphia on account
of the cost and distance. A State cele-
bration would, then, unite our whole
people on a practical perception OF the
value of our Union, and especially OF
the sacrifices necessary to establish and
maintain it. They would be less dis
posed to think slightly of the treasure
which they have inherited, and which
they should not waste or barter away.
1t would, indeed, be well if the whole
American people could unite at their
homes in a common acknowledgement,
on the same day and hour, OF the favor
which God has vouchsafed our country,
with a sincere and simultaneous prayer
that he will continue the same protec-
ton for centuries to come, or 80 long as
the public and private virtues of the
American people deserve it."
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
The Largest IrOnclad Yet.

The most powerful ironclad vessel ever
built was launched at Portsmouth, Eng
land, the Princess Louise presiding at
the ceremony. The new vessel, the In
flexible, is an immensely strong ship,
but the ffty-seven-ton Krupp gun can
pierce her through and through at 2, 600
wards distance. When is this thing to
stop9 Even if it should be found pos
sible to build ship which would with
stand the heaviest guns-and guns OF
100 tons, with nineteen inches caliber.
are now being made for the Italian
navy-every vessel is still liable to be
sent to the bottom by wretched Little
torpedo. The Infexible is 320 feet long
and seventy-fve feet wide; she has en-
gines of immense force; she will have
four guns of eighty-one tons each. She
may be described as monitor, seventy
five feet wide and 110 feet long, with
walls Al inches thick, foated by the ad-
dition of an unarmored bow and stern.
The monitor, or citadel, is twelve feet
heh, half above and half below the wa
ter: within its walls are the engines, the
boilers, the base of the turrets, the by
draulic machinery for loading the guns,
and the magazines. Her guns will carry
proiectiles weighing 1850 pounds and
measuring sixteen inches in diameter.
The launch was perfectly successful, and
when the immense vessel took the wa
ter she was not half SO bad looking as
she seemed to be on the ways.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Wanted to Sell.

II is understood in England that the
real object of Queen Victoria's visit to
Prussia was to sell out the Duke OF
Edinburgh's inheritance in SAKE Co.
bure.Gotha. Bismarck offered about
SIS, 600, 900 for it. The queen wanted
S15, 900, 900. Probably she may get
$4,000, 600. Bismarck at first proposed
SIS, 600, 900 cash and an annuity of $780,
600 charged upon the revenues OF the
duchy, which would be about the value
of the capital sum of the $40, 600, 600 In
dispute, supposing it to be invested In
the English three per cents; and Bis
mark, seizing the ostensible advantage,
shrewdly argued in that sense, showing
the queen and her son that they would
not lose any income by accepting the
proposed arrangement, and that, mas
much as the Duke of Edinburgh had
children, he would feel naturally bound
to preserve the capital of his fortune In
tact for them, because they could not
absolutely count on being provided for
out of the public taxation either OF Eng
land or Russia. Queen Victoria, how
ever, is said to have inquired "whether
the chancellor really considered the
English three per cents a desirable In
vestment, and whether higher interest
could not be obtained for money with
out mourning serious risk" If it can,
madam" the chancellor is said to have
replied, "your princely son might be
satisfied with less capital" }"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Funerals in 1875.

Funerals in 1776, says Edward Alb
bott, touched weddings at the point OF
feasting, and were often very expensive,
snowy, and pompous occasions. In
some parts of the country, especially
among the Dutch of Long Island and
New York, it was the rustomfor young
man to lay by his earnings after coming
of age, until a sufficient sum bad accu-
mulated to provide for him respec-
table funeral when he should come to
die. Often the young burgher would
reserve half of the portion OF wine
which he had literally laid in for his
marriage, to be used at the funeral OF
himself or his wife. Special invitations
were sent out for funerals as for parties.
The clergyman, pallbearers and physl-
clans attending were provided with
scarfs and gloves, and sometimes each
with mourning ring; while the feast
which followed the interment at the
house of the relatives of the deceased,
elaborate with cold roast meats, wines,
liquors and pipes, was not unfrequently
an occasion of coarse excess, sometimes
descending into hilarious and noisy
demonstrations. A funeral of this de-
scription might cost perhaps thousand
dollars; while the funeral OF the first
wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer, is said
to have cost not less than twenty thou
sanl dollars.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
How to Go to Church Properly.

A match has been broken off in Chi
capo between the male and female sclons
of two promising families, who, 1t had
been thought, would have made an e1-
cellent marriage, since she was young
and handsome, and he was old and rich.
It appears. however. that they had an II
reconcilabie quarrel on very vital sub,
iect. He was very wise man, VINO USED
to say that time was money, and un-
nnncfnality was the thief of time, and
so on, and, when they. were discussing
their married life, she said: Mex
Easter, you'll give me the lovellest nat
and dressi in Chicago, won't you, pretty T.
He said he would. "And," she con-
tinued. "you'n take pew in the very
front of the most fashionable church !"
"I will" he said. "And," she said,
"weu always go to church nice ana
late, won't weY "Nice and early, my
love" he said, correcting her. "No.
mean nice and late, of course" she an
swered. "But, my dear" he remon-
strated, "time is money, as Solomon
saw. Ii L aefe seen. going to church
late peopl6 wda think I was slothful IN
business serving she hank. Why do you
wish to cultivate the unlovely habit OF
unpunctuality2" "Ob, because, she
replied, when you go to church late
every one turns round to look at you
and see what you have on. Do you
think I'm heathen, and don't want to
90 to church properly" Alas to De
wroth with one we love doth work IKE
madness in the brain, and the match ia
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
The Little Man of Norwich.

A Norwich correspondent of the Utica
Observer says: the other night your
correspondent was late at church. He
had good cause, for he had been to see
the smallest specimen of humanity that
trods the footstool. His name as he
gave it to us is "Master Frankly Flynn. /"
His age is four years and a half. We
went to see him expecting a Tom Thumb
or Commodore Mutt to walk in before
us. Imagine our surprise when his
grandmother brought him in as one
would good sized cat. He is not so
large as one of Tom Thumbs legs. In
Tom Thumbs carriage he would look as
lonesome as an ordinary man in a circus
band wagon. To sit upon one OF Tom
Thumbs easy chairs would be to him
what it is to the ordinary boy to perch
upon gatepost when the spring comes.
he is smaller than any one can conceive
who has not actually seen him. He had
on two pairs of stockings, and even then
the smallest sized baby shoes were too
large for him. His wrist is of the size
of an ordinary mans thumb. his ankle
but a slight increase. He was dressed
in full suit like a man. He stands
twenty-three inches in his shoes, and
weighs, clothes and all, twelve pounds.
This is the most he ever weighed in his
life. Still he is a lively, sprightly boy,
very active, climbing into chairs and
getting down; walks around with his
hands back of him, "like his grandpa,
and talks and laughs, and is as cute as
any boy of his years. he is no larger
than he was when one year old.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
freed by a Flood.

The Leavenworth (Kan.) Times has
the following account OF singular ana
perilous misadyenture: Saturday even
ing, about six o'clock, as a gentleman
named Samuel Jacobs, who had been In
the city, was returning on horseback TO
his home, about twelve miles west OF
here. he attempted to cross Big Stranger
near Mr.. Samuel Stewards residence,
and after riding quite a distance into
the water, which was rising rapidly,
found that he would be obliged to re-
turn, as the water was getting deeper as
he advanced. Endeavoring to turn his
horse around in order to retrace MS
steps, he noticed huge volume OF wa,
ter rushing right down upon him, ana
before he could get out, the seethlng
mass struck his horse, and causing 1t to
lose its footing, placed the life OF It's
rider in most imminent peril.
The force of the stream was 30 strong
that the animal could not recover, and
both horse and rider were swept down
with the current. While passing large
tree Mr.. Jacobs grasped one OF It's
boaghs, and succeeded, after mucn
effort, in drawing himself up from his
horse and clear from the raging torrent.
He climbed up into the branches OF Inc
tree, and was forced to remain there all
night, in the uncertainty OF what hls
fate might be before morning. When
daylight arrived he discovered that the
water was still too high for him to es-
cape from his position: He then en-,
deavored to attract the attention OF
some chance passer by calling tor help,
but his efforts were not successful until
about twelve O'Clock on Sunday, when
he was discovered by gentleman named
D. n. Young, who happened to be pass
ing near the scene. Mr.. Young gave
the alarm and succeeded in procuring
boat, and with the assistance OF some
other gentlemen rescued the unfortunate
man from his position. His horse was
found at no great distance on the oppo-
site bank unhurt. Mr.. Jacobs eighteen
hours of sleepless experience in holding
himself fast in the branches OF the tree,
with the din of the raging torrent be-
meath him, can be better imagined than
described.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Detroit Free DRESSINGS.

The New York Sun is writing against
expensive funerals. It somehow never
did look right for q man to spend $1,000
burying the wife who could never get
anything better than delaine dress out
of him while living.
Butter is four dollars per pound at
Custer City. Most men deem it dead
swindle, and are eating axle grease on
their cold biscuit to show butter sellers
that the spirit of '76 is not yet dead.
It appears that many of the New York
lawyers who make business of securing
divorces could be kicked from that city
to Boston and back before their profes-
sional pride would be damaged any.
When great man can't find anything
else to do he can lay in a stock Of fools
cap and write a centennial history OF the
United States.
Every newspaper of any standing has
it's items for the Centennial about very
old people. It may be mentioned in
this connection that the Siamese twins,
when they died, were the Oldest men IN
the country-adding 'em up.
The crows out West are eating up the
eggs left in the ground by the grasshop-
pers, and aged farmers get up early to
call the homely birds pet names. A
month hence, the crows will be dodg-
ing buckshot.
The Cincinnati Commercial is
authority for the statement that Ole
Bulls wife, who lives in Wisconsin,
left him because of Ill treatment.
Dear sir, will you please put your
hand on the man who would like to run
for Vice PRESIDENT Where is that mani
Everybody wants to be "bsg rooster
or nothing.
A child five years old was drawn into
paper mill at Iowa City, but was
rescued just in time to save him iron
appearing before the world as brown
paper.
One way to be happy and to study
angles at the same time is to hold a sun
shade over pretty girl while she plays
croouet,