The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-09-09
BY AIKEN & SCHMAHL.
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Excerpts From st. Paul Papers of Aug
10Th, 1853.

The growth of the fur trade in St.
Paul has been enormous, and it's
future Importance to our city can
hardly be overated. ST. Paul is
now the second largest fur market
in the United States, St. Louis be-
ing the first, and with increased
facilities for trading with the Red
river colonies we will soon take
| first place. The fur trade consti-
tuted almost the entire wealth OF
our city in it's infancy, as is shown
by statistics beginning with 1914,
when 81, 400 worth were exported
up to the present year, when $3.50,
600 worth were sent east The
houses controlling the business
here are J. & G. NJ Daley, J. Ull-
man and H, Bromley. Among the
exports for the season of 1863 were
$500 buffalo robes, which cost
about 81 apiece; about 900 bear
skins, at so to 500; 1850 skins OF
red fox at $25 each, and many
thousands of the smaller animals,
such as mink, otter, etc.
A wagon train left town this week
with 30, ZOO pounds of hard bread
and large number of beef cattle,
for Ft. Abercrombie, for the use OF
Gen. Sibley's forces.
Mr.. Lampson, to whom, with his
son, belongs the distinction of hav-
ing rid the earth of Little Grow,
was in town yesterday. The state
bounty for killing hostile Sioux is a
very inadequate reward for so i'm
portant public service.
The work on the Minneapolis &
Cedar Valley railroad is progress
ing finely at Ft. Smelling. The tun-
mel is sure thing and work is be-
ing driven forward on it energeti-
cally. A plle-driver has been re-
ceived to begin operations on the
bridge.
The First Minnesota arrived in
New York City Aug. 9th, where
they will assist in enforcing the
draft.
A surveying party of nineteen
men started yesterday for Pine
river above Grow Wing, between
that place and Leech Lake, where
Messrs. Gates A. Johnson and A
L, Thornton have a contract for
some government surveying 10
the party are Mr.. Goodrich and our
young friend Pat O Brien, who will
spend his vacation with the party.
If any of them are drafted we will
send them notice of the fact.
That man must be sadly disloyal
and stubbornly deaf to patriotic i'm
| pulses OF the times, who does not
hear coming in on every hand the
cheering words and evidences of
the speedy and complete overthrow
of the rebellion. Not alone Vicks-
burg and Port Hudson and Gettys-
burg bring the thrilling tidings,
but the opening doors of Charles
town and Chattanooga are thunder
ing the glad anticipations.
I*
Capt. Atchison, of Gen. Sibley's
staff, reached the city yesterday.
He reports that Gen. Sibley left Ft.
Abercrombie last Tuesday, taking
his entire command, except two
companies, and is now marching
towards Fort Smelling. At Sank
Center Col. Baker with the Tenth
regiment will leave the main body
and move south through the Randi.
yohi region to Fort Ridgley.
The stars and stripes once more
float over Fort Sumpter, where the
first shots of the war were fired
Fort Wagner has also been cap
tured and blown up by the union
forces.
The boys of the First Minnesota
have forwarded to State Treasurer
Scheffer 81, 033 of their allotment fol-
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