The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-05-30
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Excerpts Taken from St. Paul Papers of
Forty Years Ago.

servant, and is stopping at the In
ternational hotel. His coming was
entirely unheralded and in the most
private manner. Gen. Sherman came
to Minnesota in 1853 as captain of
the celebrated Sherman's Battery.
which was stationed at Fort Smell
ling for several years and after the
sale Of the fort in 1857 he was or
dered to Fort Ridgely. Sherman's
Battery at that time was one of the
finest in the service. Indeed, Just
before the war, so perfect was his
practice and SO experienced and we'll
trained were both gunners and
horses, that it was termed the finest
battery of light artillery in the
world by European officers who saw
it.
Our older citizens will remember
that this battery aided in laying the
cornerstone of the Historical society
building at the corner of Wabasha
and Tenth streets in 1856. At this
event Gen. Sherman commanded in
person. Altho the cornerstone was
then put in place, the structure has
not got any further as yet.
Gen. Sherman was in St. Paul
when the attack on Fort Sumter
was made, and he and his famous
battery hurried to the front. He
lost his right leg at the memorable
assault on Port Hudson while riding
at the head of the attacking column
on May 9th, 1862. The general ex-
pressed himself as gratifed with the
progress of St. Paul (which he calls
his old home) since he left. here.
About July l the cars will be
running over the Superior railroad
to White Bear, where J. B. Murray,
of the Murray house, and Col. Leip,
of the White Bear house, will well
j come all corners. ''Uncle Ross
whom everyone knows will add to
the pleasure of the visitors with his
fleet of sail and row boats. Lake
Como will dispute with White Bear
for the patronage of pleasure seek
ers. There will be two establish
ments there this season, each with
a number of boats. Some time dur
ing the season Lake Minnetonka
will be accessible by railroad, so
our list of summer resorts and
watering places will be greatly in
creased.
Col. John J. Shaw has just pur-
chased the whole of Medill's addi-
ton, AZ lots, lying between Cedar
and Robert streets and Tenth and
Twelfth streets. The consideration
was $4,000, less than $500 lot.
The corner stone for the new ST..
Mary's Catholic church will be laid
tomorrow The English and Ger
man congregations will meet at the
cathedral at 3 p. M, where a pro-
cession will be formed and move to
the location of the new edi6ce on
Ninth street. Here appropriate re-
ligious services will be held, con-
GLIDING with discourse from Bishop
Grace. Rev. Father Caillet will be
the pastor of the new house of
worship.
An extended examination of the
curious mounds on Dayton's bluff,
has long been in contemplation by a
number of public-spirited gentle
men, and they would have begun
excavating yesterday but for the
scarcity of laborers. A few men
were engaged in excavating one of
the smaller mounds and number
of relics rewarded their labors.
Several human bones, curious bowl
and the stem of pipe; also a num-
Der of small ornaments of bone and
shell were exhumed. The success of
this cursory examination will lead
to a critical and rigid examination
of these supposed monuments of
the ancient mound builders.
Capt. John C. Devereux, of the
old Third Minnesota, but more re-
Gently of Hancock's corps, has been