I
I
E O A
LATSI.T"r«i: DEMOCRAT,"
FvMlshed every Thursday afternoon,
AT ST.'CLOlTD, MINN.
a
a
of iVunhlugto AVCHUH
W I E
KtlTOU AND riiOrRUJTOR.
S S S I
TWO DOLLAR r-* TABLE {X ADVAyCE
A»«xtM-.pywi:!bn..-Ht.,nkUi. t.. the s*««» «r
faclnbot teuitt'jsati k-
S Of A a a S I S
Hqunre I 00 1 3l)f a 00
1 9 75! S30
aM 3 AS *50
8
».,
$J*j OtKI 10 00 1500
5 OJ S 00 14 80 -I'l 50
RJ51 UOJ 18 0
i-j so aa0dooOUoe
JO
I. Uav-al vu.l J*V»raiueat. Iverti-omont 75 cent.per
th* «lr,t iMtfthn. »ua 3 tf*4oU per
'•T\ -vV lorlL l.-frit •WertUoaAfeta arc
renrdeda" "-wr.it vb I tli.- of ths name, ua
.•„• i! -.-«• .:uat charge tSo *uue
i»r»irtr. UMli'.i a to Uo wade in
mlrtrm vi' uvon deliver? ef tbo affidavit.
3 VicV i-•-''••'•'' eonnp-.'t in- to tr.instant, aud
10 -it- llae raSul «-. idvortl««r».
4 N'iti fJentb simple innonaeea»eufJ25cents
oM:V»rv .tices, -'tit- pci line m.irrias* notice,
50eouH. ., .,
VII '.itlcal,religuttS orjthor notices,a conts
»«r.llne.
i. .• i! 'Uco ijrcrtlaemeata tuboiaserted at
r't'.M agreed upon.
7. V.»»rly ilvortisoru to pay quarterly.
8* Str.vtiers muit p.» iu advance, or give :Uis
f.i tory reference.
3 0 I N I N
11 tmU.nlai or colored, ©xecuted on short rio
1 in ths best style, and at St. P:iul price*, ,1'riut
done la German and Norwegian, a* welt tus
•U, and wurrantedto give aatfajhetion,
a a TATLOB.
EDWIN M- WMOHt
A O &. W I
ATTOENET3 & COUNSELORS AT LAW,
(OJic-r over Sims Br-..' Stors.')
si. CIOVD, niyy.
H. 1 GOBDOS.
W
COLLINS
O O N & O I N S
A O N E S A A W
AND RBAL ESTATE AGENTS,
03ce over J. F. BUI rf .t*."* Store
8T. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
Partttular attention giren to tsiness in
adioining Conntiea, T«. Wright, Sher
bume, Beaten, Morrison, Todd, Douglas,
Monongalia, Popo and-Meeker. 4#
WK. 9 MOOKB. COA9
E
MOORE & KERR,
A O N E S A A W
SI/CLOUD, "1 MINN.
Qfict on Washington Avenue—formerly'
McKelvy Kerr'*.
EDWARD O. HAMLIN
A S E E S E
E A I E O A W
IN ST. CLOUD. MINN.
Opiee in EJelbrackt B:o- k. corner of Wash
ington avenue and St. GermHn .ifreet.
QV.Q W S W E E
A1TORXBY 4 0 rorXSELLQR AT LATi
VI TILL attend promptly to Collections.
and payment of taxes in -.teams and
Benon Connties. Special attention given
C!»se»bsS'ora the L??alund iieneral Land
Officn.
935s« on St. Germain St., orer Broiftr's Store,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
W. T. COLLINS, M. D.,'
PHrSlCIAN AND SURGEON
&
flee over Ticknor, Tolman 4" Co.'a Drug
Store,
ST. CLOUD, MINN
J. D. WHEELOCK, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON,
Olice over Edilbroek's Store.
Oftee hours from 9 to 12 A. M., and from
2 to 6 o'clock P. M.
ST. CLOCD, MINX
A E SE2JKJL.ER,
PrjrSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR
ST. CLOUD, .1//.V.V.
OtHcein Alden"sBrickbuitJing, \T*shinatomveune.
B*didencs, Richmond Street opposite Wright's Ferry.
BssnlarofllcahonrslOtol and 2 to 4. v9nll
P. GOETZ, M. D.,
S I I A S AND S E O N
Ofict over Edelbrock's Store, ,7y
Office hours frem 9 to 12 A. M., and from
2 to 5 o'clock P. M.
BJ. CLOUD, MISN.
CHAS. S. WEBER, M.
ST.CI.OVD, MjyV
DENTISTBY.
I am now permanent1, located in
I irln9t
BANK OF ST. CLOUD.
GENERAL BANKING AND EX
CHANGE BUSINESS TRANS
ACTED.
O O A N S I I A
LAND WARRANTS,
College Sci ip anil Foreign Exchange
BOUGHT AXB SOLD.
Particular Attention given to Collec
tions, and Proceed* Promptly
Remitted.
Office open from i) to 12 A. M.
5
P.
jr.
Office over Edelbrock's store.
Maps of Stearns County for sale.
D.,j
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Ml. CLOUD. MINN.
Ofioe on St. Germain street, 3d door east
of Catholic Church
OCeit koars from. 10 A M. till 3.. M.
J. S. BANDOLI^H.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
PATNESV1LLE, MINN.
WM. B. JrlTjNaa. .*.
ii A
ir
A SURGEON
mrtBovn suns
Dr. A O A E A N N
RMidtnot on Washington avenue. n20
yti
A
atbis
plaea in the practice of Dentistry, and hav
ing had over fout teen yars' experience in
my profession, hope "to gain fair share oi
yonr patronage. My
STOCK OF TEETH, (JOLD, &c,
Ii eompltte, and I am prepared to do work
of all kinds as perfect as at any point east
of St. Clond.
ALL WORK WARRANTED,
And at reasonable prices.
Offioe in Broker's liloek, front room on
•econd floor. 1 i*H *.-.
„f DR, A. PKLHAM.
St. Cloud, Jan. loth. 186a "n26
ARCHITECT A^^ymym,
T8nans,
P^pared to'rarnfin plans.' speeiiea
and estimates fer buildings also
ZiS* °.?,lr.acl«' »»d k*»» «t car-
Wttik
ST. CLOUD.
ST. CLOUD,
A
the latest and
S^Nt approTed Us. Prices reasonable.
S O S E
St. eermalneatir^Bt -ajJ=*J7
and I to
St. Germain Streoi, St. Cloud, Minn.
J. Q. SMITH. Cashier.
Sr. Clots.:. Sept. 16, 1807 vl
S. I N N E
X&V LICENSED MEALEtt IN
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC EXCHANGE,
Sigbt Drafts lor sale on England, Ire- A complete asscrtment of
Etui *ad
Scolland'
and a11 countries ot
Iris Ports.
Collections made,hand proceeds remitted
day of pay men.
Ojlce oppotnte U. S. Land Office,
ST. CLOUD, .._- MINN.
T. O. McCLURE
J± 1ST E let
AND LICENSED DEALER IN
exchange, Land \Varint«, Agrlcvl
tturnl College Strii», County,
and Statrj Orders,
a a a
Coh«"tions and Remittances promptly
made.
Ta paid for Non-residents.
Also. pent for tho sale of PASSAGE
TICtETS to or from all the principal
GEfffllS, ENGLISH AN IRISH PORTS.
Oihceon Washinaiton avsune, one door
«outh of the Central House. v7n44-tf
O. E. GARRISON,
CIVIL ENGINEER AN9 ARCHITECT,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Flaying had twenty yea-s' experience—
ien-in Gjvernmotit survey,—I hope to give
Stttisfaetion in all branches of Engineering.
Pino and other Lands entered and taxes
paid for Non r»?ident3. and full descrip
tion given from personal examination.
». B. PISSKT. WM. MULLIKEN
P1HNEY &iHilULLIKEN,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Opposite V. S. Land Office,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Will buy and sell REAL ESTATE on com
nission.
Locate Land Warrants and Agricultural
College Scrip.
Paj Taxes, and transact all Business con
nected with such an Agency. v8n44-ly
M. P. NOEL,
SURVEYOR AND GSViL ENGINEER,
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Also, Dealer in Real Estate will give
strict attention to locating pine and other
lands,
PAYING .TAXES FOR N JN-RES1BENTS,
Selling property on commission, &c &c,
and is prepared to give informalit as toImporting
the character of Government land through
out the north-western part of the State to
parties desirous of locating.
Office on Washington avenue, opposite
the U. S. Land Office. v9ii48
VANHOESEN & MITCHELL/
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
ALEXANDRIA, DOCOLAS CO., MINK.
Buy A Sell Real Estate on CommUslon,
Pay Taxes for Ncn-Residentt,
And select and locate Government Lands
for others with cash, scrip or warrants.
UTHR0P & KINNEY,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
GLESWOOD, POPE CO., MINX.
BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE ON
COMMISSION,
Pay Tatzea In muy pnrt of the State,
Select and Locate Government Lands for
Others with Cash, Scrip or Warrants,
Make out Homestead and Prt-emptlon Papers
And Abstracts of Title, and buy and sell
County and Town Orders. m2G
CITY^ RESTAURANT.
E S O S E S
FRESH AND, CANNED FRUITS
ALL KINDS.
And Everything usually
MEALS XT AH, HOURS.
MINN
I N N
OOD assortmentof Watch*!, G%w
Cloeks and Jewelry always on' j£jL
hand. Oalvanixing^one. Itepairing neat
ly done and warranted for one rear, nlv
A Wfe to*fqp$tm*t*/iHM
.. matswea
JOS.«GOYETTE,, Proprietor.
St. Cloud, June 6, 1866. v9n26
DESIGNS OF SCULPTURE WORK,
Monuments, Grave Stones, Mantles. Table
Tops, &e., made and famished to order.
J. E. WEST,
General Insurance-Agent,
Represents the
/E N A
Or Hartford, Comn
A O
Of Hart'orct. Conn.
Also—Life, Aicidcnt and Live Stock In
surance Compatms. Office in
WEST & CO.'rt l?ook Store.
New Goods! New Styles!
I
J. W METZROTH,
E 1 1 A N A I O
jnst received a large lot of
lm
La«i Warrants mid A| rlcnltnral Col- warranted to be of excellent quality.
l?ge scrip. i_
Cloths and Casslmeres,
Of new tad fashionable styles, for spring
aud summer wear—•will be sold cheap.
A large otock of
Ready-made Clothing,
I obtained specially for this market, and
Gentlemen'-s Furnishing Goods
The hts-hest premium paid for Gold, Sil- including
er vad Foreign Drafts. FUR HATS, CAPS, COLLARS & GLOVES,
Agent for the sale of
Passage Tickets to and from all the
principal German E is a
Cloth, Felt nucfother Hats and Caps
of the latest styles,
And the ben KID GLOVES in the market.
Call and examine^py ?tock.
_, J- W. METZBOTH.
_St. Cloud, Oct. 1666. viWU-tf
ST. CLOUD BOOK STORE.
ROSENBERG ER
BOOKSELLER,STATIONER it yEWSDEALi.Jt
Oai always on hand a Fine AitortmentBi
a S a
—ALSO—
THE LATEST PAPfiUS & MAGAZINES
THE STANDARD SCH00LB00KS,
And everything usually found in a first
class iJooksiore. »6n18-tf
NEW LIVERY STABLE.
Chas. E. Foster & Co
have opened anew
UVEKY, SALT, AND BOARDING STABLE
In Hansons stable on Richmond avenue,
whe.-e they will keey at all times,
for the use of th» pub
lie, a splendid
lot of
HORSES. BUJGIE3 CUTTERS,
Which will be let at reasonable rates.
Their stock is Till of the vry best, and
they are confident will he appreciate^, as
such by tlieir customers.
Leave your orders for livery with
CHAS. E. FOSTErf & CO.
St. Cloud. Dec. 19th, 1806.. ,v9n22
Livery! Livery! Livery 1
E N A O S E
Livery and Sales Stable.
My friends and patrons are hereby noti
fied that 1 am prepared to furnish them
with
EVERYTHING IN THE LIVERY LIRE,
On the shortest notice and most, reasonable
terras. Office at Central House.
J. E. HAYWARD, Proprietor.
WILLIAM LEE,
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE LEALEIt IN
DRY GOODS & NOTIONS,
No. 156 Third Street,
ST. PAUL, MINN.
My arrangements with pne of thc^pHeel
and J'o'bbitig'H6uses of tfiWrJasV,'
and having a buyer iu the market all the
i'me, and -buying my Goods all for cash,
Minnesota Merch nts will find arjfR.in»i»t
all time* mv* Store. vdnl^tf
Lumber for Me :pKeap
AT
OILMAN'S MILL.
The undersigned are manufacturing all
kinds of f\ r\ 3 7 ,-
And Shingle* of the very beet quality.
Th«B«it Cemoion l^nmlicvr.
The lleiit Clcnr fiiimbrr,
vztjg.
VALENTINE & SPRAGUE.
Gilmanton, Nov. 20th. 1867 n20-6m
E A O
WHOLESALE DEALERIN
Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
107 Third Street,
DEALERS
OF
The Chcleeet Conftrtloaery 4c Pastry
ST. PAUL, MINN.
STRONG & WILLIAMS,
(SUCCESSORS TO R. O O N
»S5 Third .street, at. Pawl,
in Carpets, Oil Cloths, "Mat-
tings, Curtain Materials and Trimsafcigs
Upholstering and Furnishing Goods. Win
dow Shade Wall Paper, MattrMMl,
Feathers, & v7nKwy
E N *W. W E A
CARRIAGES! A E
I
rkept
in a ftrst-elass
Restaurant .and Fruit Store.
A E removed to My*new shop near
the Bridge, where I am prepared to do
•11 kinde of Work in the" Carriagettfiiing-1
ine. Wagons, carriages and sleighs made
a neat and substantial manner at low
ates. Particular attention paid to repair
v8-t/
T)EMEMBER the place to get a nice se
of Silver Coin Jewelry, Brens- Pin«
MINNESOTA MARBLE WORKS, I Sleeve-buttonsandEar-rings.isat BUSII'g
~. 1 Jewelry store. He engraves them beauti
Corntr Robert end Righth streets, near fuuY.
the International Hotel,
SPECTACLES
J. F. TOSTEVN.
P. O. Box 940, St. Paul
IBifc'-.v''..-.
IH*
AND EYE GLASSES
Genuine Pebble Glasses. Double Fo
cus, Periscopie and Convex, worth from*.
octsto $5,00, for sale at BUSH'S. Can
bo exchanged if not found suit after a
borough trial.
fOL. X. ST. CLOUD, ^IfjfE^OTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26. !86S.
J. E.
Keep constantly on hnnd a
fine stock of
BpOf^.^ST^NERY,
WALL PAPER,
CURTAINS,
WINDOW SHADES,
I
FANC GOODS,
PICTimE&^d? B&MBf
TpYS, &v&c,
Also, Ae«ntafor
Celebrated Gold Pensi
•••lj J.
AST)—
GROVERA BAKER'S
SEWING MACHINES.
Cfcll *aftd 8e6 fntexdl
si
AVERILL, SECOMBE & CO
PBOPRIETOKS OP TnK
.• And Wholesale Dealers in
Are now manufacturing! htir
C$LEBHA1E& 8BEEtfNT' PAp£k\
1
WITH AN
Improvement over that'of last Season.
Tho in'provsment consists of iis ricirtp
two-ply and containing anew Jogrediept,
which uro-iuees cferai-cT^ness'of texture
than that formerly niado.
Beneath the outside covering,
Without the, Sh»«£ing^Boerds
our salesroom here and by I
igewtrtrl the principal towns* throughout
A
the State.
AVERILL,..SECOMBE & CO
MELROSE MILLS.
THE KEW
O I I 3 I
At JU«troa», Steartta C»., Minn.,
Has been completed, and is now ready to,
do Custom "Work for the
FARMERS OF SAUK VALLEY.
The ProprietorsXaal confident of givjjng^
Flour, Corn Meal aud Fjed for Sale.
\. 1
We have commenced the erection of a
Fflr^t-Cl^s Saw IVUI!,
And wi'l be prepared in the Spring to man
ufacture Lumber, Lath, Shingles, &c.
E. & W H. ChARK, Proprietors.
McINTIRE & CASTLE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
FARM
A I N E
,*boeO
ar4»
-..iSTOTT^BS
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA."
vl0n2b-tf
BEAVER DAM
BT^o.A.:Da-A.s r. .'
SEED SOWEkW
AND •.*•*:•'JA^:J
JWOUJIE PiOWS
lh
F0R 8ALEBv
O A
sKleilhX3'*Z-% Jk.*3i
FARM A I N E
nil Washington avenue, Cloui
(Successor to Huber & Porter.)
GROCERIES W
Flour,. Grain &Wedt.
Washington Avenue, St. Cloud, Minn..
Goods delivered free of charge in aay
part of tho otCy.-^ft
Produce *f all kjn3s »»k'«n for goor's.v
CHAS. E. FOSTER,
TA^CT^ieNIJJtR^
8T CLOUD,
day cornea up above the rncfn
AH s.ill^w from a ulglt of rain
Tile Bound of feot, oi wheels aud hoofs
In tho huiTivil Btreetn begin npxlii.
The
XI
Tim %ir.!C iinniottniog smuos
It can put upon tat bare Studd,^ po^cr,'to township 122 north, ran^e
'29"we'st thence souih between ranges
29 and 30 to the southwest corner to
section IS in town.,Ij2l north range 2D I
west thence east on the section lino
tolj
if desired, producing the desired result of I the southeast-corner of section in
excluding the cold air and pioteetine the L„™^ i«i .1.
warmth of a room.
S
&V™*
rooms 6hoircrrJo ere'ctetTwifliout if. Th«
jost.,ycomparatively,,forbids
••:i».«roUl ti|l—ncWitj!—no It^n,
Riiie vlluyabbhyj my ent»
the s:inii«
Most miserable dearth of farx
r.
OV.'J •ihA
liopfitne vile somiJs tbe gnsnotlull lack
i.u'lustre in thejl'\'bl gray.'
Tt fJi-dlris like AVafr-'rday come back
Villi ii ol.l things, IUKI n..t Today.
«Q». .—
MARCH.
'-=Wss i«lcWt', O'Tinidlorar Mnstorfpg March,
VThfti "Boreiw theKude" holds his court
And ii' .vcu'vo tho least bit uf ieiliu^ for inc,
^Si^i^iJiuucryJiyiilpitB SlW"W .-»
ty I Ion
on
is triflinz,' a!
sompare^y trifl.r.* and its al I
1 7
a
el of the Mississippi river thence
up the Mississippi river to the place of
0,
beg^iu
a 4 a 6 8 & I $
AB*vA.
The area of the county is 1530
square miles—983,040 acres—inclu-
I ing the area of lakes and riveis. Of
this98miount6P5,419 acres, according to
retrfms-oF the toWn assessors are sub
ject to taxation the remaining 377,621
arc United States land, State
md lakes.
aorei
swamp land, railroad land
The separate amounts 01 each I hnvo
not the means at present of dctenvin
ins. About onc^ third, of the area of!
tl
tire satisfaction to their cwtomefc..~-l~ -..
entire
county is prah'ji?, balance brin»
tiuiber and meadoR. a more detailed ac
count of which Will be given under the
»ie^cri*pfion? of
:*ardfi
Ijr
EsliK'iJ* wtJn- siimtatfrto tnsto,
And—I've si particular reason -'Or li'istc.
1 would it were poBsiWo I could arrange
Sj ue luifihvlwve Juno befyro iiny
a Jin'tdoit, 0 olatoft]
Please let me sleep one mouth away.
The reason I wish to have Bummer so soon
Is this—I'm engaged to be married in June.
JtdjJiSiiM 'ii
S I MS COUNTY.
.i«f„r ,Mrrji„,. W
AJTW S 0 1 POpUlatlOn. ***&**, and most of the lime used
in building in the county comes from
___ this source.
I O W N S A N I I E S The Sauk river enters the county
Aff'INHRBSTIirCr SKETCH OF THE
SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
OF THE COUNTY.
I ., BOPSWARIES.
Steams county is bounded as fol
.lows: Commencing at a point in the
Missifesipflji riv&p-, opposite the mctjth of
Platte river thence west to the range
line between ranges 35 and 36 town
jshi| 1 north ^.thence south on range
ltue1 Vetween ranges 85 and 30, to the
South-west corner of township 123
north, range 35 west thence east be
tween t: wnships 122 and 123, to the
south-west corner of township 123 north
raneC'32 west thence*outh between
ranees 32 and 33, to tha southw-st
corner of township 122 north, rau«e 32
Wds^-thetioe east -between townshris
121 and 122 north to the southwest
a
Wages-
Statistical Information.
town 121 north rango 29 west thenee ,,
5« ranges
„„j on ,, .-,, 1
a 0
feact exteiigve use doubandsits
a to its er jUienerj 'down "The'channel of the! western pl.u„s
•tlWIffitolirffireT^*^
fo
o|. thn
town.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
The county was named ..after the
Hon. C. T. Stearns, cne of tho earliest
-settlers and a member of the Legisla-
din
nsj
west bank of tho Mississippi, in what
iii now Stearns and Wright counties,
preVidus'j*to ~f865. Among the first
settler* in the county were IJ Wil
son, S. Lawry, H. G. Fillmore,
d.rnl *,H$^'%Etf£$Z
Partridsre, Alexander Moore, T. Rigby,
"It. M. Richardson, J. Linneman
and others. A more minute account
of turfy settlers will be given in the dc
scfiptloh of lhe* different towns.
(Since writing the above I learn that
Mr. S. B. LoWry had a trading post oil
Watab Prairie, six or seven miles above
St. Cloud, previous to 1851 and Mr.furnish
H. J. Fill more ca.ne with lrm. Mr.
Lbwr*y opened a fai in on what is now
a part of St. Cloud in 1853. Mr. John
Becker, in 1853, plowed land for Mr
Lowry and raised the first crop in
Stearns county
GEOLOGY OF TUB COCSTY.
The county may be described geolog
tenlly as of g«nite formation. The sur
faco is gently rolling, in some parts
"hilly, although the hills rarely exceed
100 to 150 feet above the general lev- I
$7$f
a
Nteonflnflatio^frTOhcftftntrtaiTrwusdi£
'trict horth of Lake Superior, extend-
•jm^in^^sntjtnavt'sfr direction, fofn.inu
ihdlTafls yf the St. Louis liver, fhc rap-
leavin th Stat 0 in
MINN.
iD
tho south-
.western boundary. I have seen out.
oroppings.of the.r.idgc east ofthe JHllo
S »«»immenset waterM
power second on-
to St Authony's Pallj. To the Number of minors, between 5 and 20
1 west anJ north west oi' St. Cloud there I
is a lar-e extent of level prairie bound-
el on the wuuth and etist by this ridge.
which at times approjohe^ to tho ohar
tietcr of perpendicular lodges thirty or
to: ty feet high. Frequent outor oppingp
of this rock between St. Clrud and
Pnynesville, afford excellent opportuni- GPan(i
Ashley, a tiibutary to the Sauk river,
and a little to the north if west from
Sauk Cetitve, I have seen an outcrop
ping of granite in places, but of a coars
I 3r kind than that in the vicinity of St.
Cloud. In the southeastern part of
the-county there are found ledges of
limestone from which a fair quality of
lime has been made. There are also in
several places in the county, large de
posits of marl, one deposit joining St.
Cloud and oue near Cleai water have
its northwestern corner, and has"
a general southeastern course for some
forty-five miles, when it is intercepted
by this ridge and is turned at almost
right angles, thence running in a north
eastern course about twenty^five miles,
and delcuchfs in the Mississippi a few
yards above tbe commencement of Sauk
Rapids. At the point where the bend
takes place theie 13 a considerable de
pression in the rid»e, with lakes and
marshes, having a general s.-s.-west
course, through which in times of high
water, I have been told the Indians
were in the habit of paddling their ca
noes to the noith fork of Crpw River.
TIMBER.
The country is well wooded except a
stiu.ll part west and south-west from
Sauk Centre, where the great treeless
plains of the West encroach on tho titm
her belt. This timber belt is somewhat
peculiar, commencing south of a line
drawn from Crow Wing in a northwest
Course towards Otter Tail lake itt,
western boundary has a south-e-stern,
and the caste a south-western course.
In the north boundary .f Stearns coun
ty it has a breadth of about twenty-five
miles then is confined principally be
tween the Mississippi and Sauk rivers
down -to the bend ef the S^uk, where
I it ii about twelve miles wide, with a
28'I*
a 8
c, a
the Mississippi.. Th-.s r^r-te was
S a
a
ississippi an: route was
iotig ngo discovered and made use of by
the Red River traders, and through it
Gov. Stevens passed on his railroad sur
vey to the Pacific ocean in 1853. From
here the timber belt widens, extending
t-i the Minnesota river. This track of
country is of course not all heavy tim
ber, but has numerous prairies, inter
spersed throughout its whole extent,
of the richest arable soil to be found
in Minnesota. A few of these prairies
will he considered when I come to de
senptions of towns.
7
MhjmnSs
course of the Saulc, thu fotmin«'
& & easy route from the wester-, 1.S„
exceeded by none
S a
advantages for
manufacturing iu all its various branch
es. First in extent is Sauk Rapids,
jdst above Saint Cloud. Here the Mis-
sissippi river breaks through the gran
ite rocks shose general course and ex
tent was mentioned in a preceding par-
agraph.
ture in 1855, the year the county was where the descent is greatest and theone
ofpihizfa.A 'l^rr€ou6ty/eoftiipiss]6u- ."?er narrowest, having solid ledges of
erslfttfraftin Sh Cloud the firlt Mon- cranite projecting in tho river on each
day in April, 1855:
s»de
,.%\\e site of the present city of St. 'here is a descent of over se.-cneen
Cloud for many year was the scat of a feet and the banks on both sides of
l}'-
From a point in the rapids
down sfeam about 1500 yards,
•t among the Winnebago In-1 "Ter are exceedingly favorable for
tt#tSi%ir reservation on'the
«tmn. of mills. By building, a
uam, which Deed not exceed five feet
if heighty.above the solid rock bed of
tbe river, and excavating a canal on
each side, the whole volume of water
can be used to turn machinery. The
high bluff at the point indicated for a
dam on the right ot S Cloud bank
bears off from the channel of the river
leaving a plateau from 50 to 500 feet
wide. By excavating the canal near
the foot of the upper plateau and side
cuts or flumes to the river, any hized
wheel from five to twenty feet in diam
eter can be used, and the mills built
directly oxer Ino flumes, will allow the
wheels to be placed in situations where
frost cannot pcnetiate. Sauk river and
Us branchop, ABhlcy river, Clearwater
river, and several other smaller stream
a large amount of water power.
COUNTY OFFICERS—1868.
Sheriff— Mathias Mickley.
Auditor—Barney Vossberg.
Treasurer—A. Schroedcr.
Register of Deeds—John Znpp,
Surveyor—Nicholas Schmidt.
Attorney—E. M. Wright.
Judge of Probate—L. A Evans.
Court Commissioner—L. A. Evans.
Clerk of District Court—G. 8. Mattoon.
Coroner—B. Overbeck.
County Commissioners.
1st District—H. J. Fowler, Chairman.
2d Martin Fiedler.
3d Bartholomew Pin.
4ih Herman Terhaar.
6th Truman Parcher.
HRMBKBS OF LBOXSLATURR.
Senator— Chas. A. Oilman.
Representative—-N. II. Miner.
U.MTH STATES OFFICERS.
Register IT. S. Land Office—11. Wait.
Rcewet H. C. Burbank.
U. S. Revenue Collector—A. Curry.
th
t°t,
Assessor—L. Gorton.
STATISTICAL.
Ip 1867 the number of horses in
I
,r •.. ». .. 'cattle, c407j Phicp. OJUo cwine,
Lifo laW, ht a 16?tl« six or seven miles 3 7 S .g at .tal of 20,282 animals,
south of tpp kke, when* the Rum river or i.n increase of 6,701 since 1866, one
breaks through the ridge. Again tbe ycnr- The whole number of acres, ex
West branch of Rum lliver has rapids
1
8 -UH
W
—j -i -i in 1867, amounted to 605,419 value
and at Sauk lltipnls a wide track the
a
subiect to taxation
..m oo.-. I ..
*1, i^ ,!oo. iotal valuation of tiixa-
unifl ridge is laid bare by, tho abrasion bid ptop.rtv, 81,916,635 Valuation
W tbd Wuters tho ississippU fotm-
0
property *not laxetly $171,3-27. Val
uation
of town and cit, lots. $288,856,- Andrews'
a a 7 9
8
tora
i' Th"c 'creiB5M„
A
wc proceed in a north tve terly course. I *nct Court ii. I8fi7 1H7
Deeds
females 1784 to-Wttjden
UJJITBD HTATKS HEVENCE A
Tas on 8,ileS)
Sc^0«l.
1 9 3 9 5
income tux, c79 7§
Herenue stamps told, 4183.75
4Mfit *. §9,838.48
&c,
average yearly increase to be
.86^-
cl
m.",rr
-,.^ li 2
recorded in 1807, 920 con-
sideration ?678:175. ort^zes in
1867, 182 considerations 126.347.
lhe vote according to official returns
bj towns i„ 1867,
as
7«"
a S in
2120, but there
1866,2134 votes, and in
1»05, 1147—being an increase in one
year of 887 votes whereas there was
a decrease
1 4 8 6 7
in 1800. The following is the number
1867°
6 S a ear us t0
Votes in 1862, 858.
1863, 948, increase 01.
1864. 1444, 495.
1865, 1147, decrease 297.
1866, 2184, increase 987.
for four years, making 2453 as the
of voters in 1867. Assuming
that the proportion of inhabitants to
voters to be tho same in 1867 that it
was in 1865, viz Gi— will give 15,944
as estimated population in" 1867, By
census of 1865, there was a population
of 7,367. The vote the same year was
1147, giving an average of nearly 6.'.
inhabitants to each voter.
TOWNS.
The county at present is divided in
to twenty-wx towns, which will now be
considered.
SAINT CLOUO.
Town 124 north, Range 28 west.—
This is the first town settled upon above
Minneapolis on tho west or right bank
of the river.
John L. Wilson squatted on Section
11, in 1855. Previous to his settle
ment the point was an important, one,
being on the Missi-stpni where a line
of small prairies reaching from the
great treeless plains of the West through
the timber It to the Mississippi, form
ing a natural highway which had long
been used by the Red River traders in
their annual trips to St. Paul with fur
ind skins. Here also after the gov
ernment assigned tL Wincebagoes
their reeervatior in lboO, was estab
Ijs'htfd a trading post, but after the
change of the reservation to the Min
nesota river, the country west of the
town, previously but little known, was
explored by hardy bands of emigrants,
Geo. F. Brott in 1855, claimed (un
der the law ol Congress giving to mail
contracors land for stations) three hun
dred and twenty acres pf land joining
Wilson's on the south, and luid out a
town. In a'few months sixty-five or
seventy houses weie built, araor'g them
the Stearns House, costing about ten
thousand dollars. Mr. Brott's right
the land was contested and carried
from court to court, and it was not un
til 1866 that he finally received the ti
tle. In the meantime Wilson's survey
having undisputed title, advanced with
gigantic strides in a career of prosperi
ty winch bids fair to make the town the
second in importance in the Stattv
CITY CUARTERS.
In 1862 the first charter election was
held, and a city government organized,
with the following officers
Mayor—L. A. Evans.
Aldermen—II. C. Burbank, Joseph Bro
ker, J. W. Tenvoorde and B. Overbeck.
Recorder—A. B. Curry.
In 18(56 anew charter with extend
ed boundaries and new privileges was
adopted by the voters t'nd the following
oflber- chosen in 1867
Mayor—A. B. Curry.
Aldermen—J. H. Owen, 1st Ward.
J. H. Kelly. 2d Ward.
From th* -k ui I unemployed at wages from 32 to So per
From the above table I deduce the day_,he average is about «2.75 per
..„.„.. day. Brick and stone masons 84.—
31o
9 votes
.nii.:~t^*^ZSZ2!J"±per..
tie country becime thickly settled.—
Mr. Wilson luid out a town in 1855.
A few months after an author otc
genaaf
ll.. A
1
as loll i«s "But^che date of its start I
St.the
Paul daily papers contained advertise
ments of about fo'ty different firms or
individuals in St. Cloud, which is a
sort of index to the business of the
place, A printing press is. already in
town, and a paper will in a few days
be issued."
The paper hinted at above was the
Advertiser, issued in the fall of 185(5,
but it was short lived. .Mrs. Jane G.
Swisshelm started the Visitor in 1857
but changed the name to the Democrat
in 1858, which she continued to pub
lish until 1863, when she went East on
a lecturing tour and fina.ly to Wash
ington, as a clerk in the War Depart
ment. The paper was continued by
Mr. W. B. Mitchell, who changed it to
THE.JOURNA in 1866, and ft is now
of the best conducted journals in
the Northwest. Mr. J. H. Siiuonton
started the Times in April, 1864, sold
out to Mr. N. F. Barnes in i860, and
iri'1'867 the present editor assumed con
trol, and it now forms a spicy sheet.
Joseph Broker. 3d Ward.
L. Endvrle, 4th Ward.
Recorder—John Zapp.
rorrt.vTiotf.
The population of the city and town
I estimate to have been 3250 in 1867.
of which 1 should judge 2,000 are
Germans, about 1.000 American born,
the balance Irish and English. OP the
German citizens it is no disparagement
to any cLss to say that for intelligence,
industry and thrift nono better can be
found in any community.
CHCRCHH.
St. Cloud has five churches, vis
Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, Con
gregationol and Episcopal. The Bap
tist, formerly were tho most in8uenti»l
and among the first the field oft«r
the German Catholic. The Cnthol'c
cathedral is a large beautiful structure
ol brick, and is probubly seeond to none
in the State. Tho Congregationalists
have also fine church of cream-colored
brick. The other three churches are
Minnesota and Dakota in 1S56 C.
NO. 36:
wruaurcs, nhh ample aecom
uiwdatiotis foi their respective cotmreKa
lions
STOBE8.
There are 62 stores in St. Cloud, viz
12 dry goods, annual sales about §335.000
12 groceries and provisions 480,000
5
77,002 26
hardware, 200,000
(i
boot8
and shoes, &e., gS.000
4 drugs and medicines, 100 000
5\lfX'"^ft-'"M'"^1-^
tu,nit
ur«. i5.oo»
n»«Jt «md butcher shops, 60.O0J.
2O,0J0
Tolal,
There are 18 beer saloons. 3 billiard
saloons, 4 restaurants, 13 hotels and
lodging houses, 1 bowling alley, 2 ex
press offices, 5 lumber jarus, 2 steam
sawmills, 3 sash, door and blind fac
tr.ri«s, 5 wagon shops, 5 painters shor,?,
10 carpenter and joiners shops, 2 brick
yard-. 2 lime yards, 1 plow factory. 10
blacksmith shops and 3 bakeries.
WAGES OF LABORERS.
The wa«es of laborers vary consider
ably in different years and seasons.—
During the building season good car
penters and masons arc bard to be found
Farm laborers get from §15 to $35 per
month, and during harvest the demand
isso great that frequently from 83 to
85 per day is paid.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
Stone of good quality, but hard to
work, is found in inexhaustable quan
tities. There are also very extensive
beds of clay, making excellent brick farms
two kinds, one-a white or cream-color-
ed, the other a red, and sells from 86 to
812 per M. The latter price being for
choice lots of cream-col red brick, man
ufactured by H. Fowler, from an
extensive bed of clay a little south of
the city
Lumber of the best quality is manu
factured by the steam saw mills in St.
Cloud, from logs cut i:i the extensive
pineries up the Mississippi and its
brioches, and sells from 812 to 840 per
M. ..
Lime of a good quality fa manufac
tured irom a large marl bed joining the
city, and is sold at from one to one and
three-quarter dollars per barrel.
Scone is quarried Irom th extensive
beds of granite in aud near the town,
and sells at from 88 to §10 per eord in
the streets.
PRICES OF PBOPERTT.
The piice oi I »ts in town 13 from
850 to 8250 each, bat in the main
business streets rangei from S2.» to 85'
per front froot.
Land near town sells for from ?50 to
810(1 acre, and that from three to
S25 per ..
O A W I N rnriT GAME, S
VT?
2
usuallyvabout pesr
as a town is not more than six months per da in first clas hotels
ago, since when it has been advancing
with unsurpassed thrift, on a scale of
affluence and durability. Its main
street is surely a street in other re
spects than in name tor it has on eith
er side several neatly built three story
blocks of stores, around which the gath
ering of t?ams and of people denotes
such an activity of business as to dis
pel any idea that the place is got -jp
under false pretenses." "The
a 8 0 LS
week two dollars
TRASSPORTATIOX.
St. Cloud is one of the most im
portant points for starting overland
expeditions to the western and north
western forts. It is from here that
Government trains for the forts on
the north-western frontier start. The
British Hudson Bay Company has
for several years made this point a
station for oi'er three* hundred tons ol
goods annually shipped to Pembina, a
fair share of the transpertatiop of which
has been performed by our citizens.
RAIUtOADS.
The St. Paul and Pacific branch
road has had cars running to a point
opposite the city for more than one
year, making two trips each way in
summer and one in winter. The
amount of business done in J.--unary,
1868, was as follows 4,532 passen
gers 1,818,830 lbs merchandise
478.970 bu wheat 347 bbls flour
27 bbls lime 26 bbls salt 16 bbls
headings 800 bundles staves 133 064
ft lumber 240 m. lath 50 shingles
1,050 cords Wood 145 ties 143 piled.
Ol this amount perhaps two-thirds may
SCHOOLS.
St. Cloud has six school districts,
and the assessors report 705 scholars
between 5 and 20 years. There are
h.ur or five school houses, three ol
several private schools, u«.u«.lly '•o*
the three State Normal Schools, M»
bondB are now in »he market. !ifc
Normal School Board hag »0ted ii tit
St. Cloud and select a site for the pro
posed buildiog.
SACK.
This is one of the original towns of
Stearog county. Settled in 1854, when
Addison Gillmore, Peter ScbaScr, Mar
tin laily, G.
A
ica
have succeed wed. dollars. Farms bring from three to
Venison season is brought to
mirket by the -'cord," when most
plenty it sells at from three to b\
cents per pound, but usually sells at .\Jethod,st. Clearwuter lake, fonnim
same price as pork and beef. Prai-
1
by competent teachers, furnishing su-
penor advantages for preparation either j,,
tor the common duties of life or for the
li^her brancius tauyl only in JJcol
ifg 8. St. Cloud has also appropriated
85.000 as a commencement for one of
TJphatn and others
^penf farm,. But a small part of this
town
18 pra-lrie. W a
northern part or, the Missisiipw has
some fine farms. Th re ig a W
jmount of excellent Umber i„ the town.
lhe bank river enters the Mwisriptri in
•tosouth eaBu.n cor-r, wh
ere tr,ere
njrlernent=. 75.000 acre. I estimate the papulation at
70.000 1 .' .ut 350, ui 1867. about three-quarters
of whom are Germans.
Sl,400,C0o
HOTELS, &C.
is
a good saw and grist mill. Watab
river also firnishes a» excellent water
power TfaU was well improved, a
«aw mill having been in operation at its
mouth 1857-58, bat tbe aam beio^
carried away it lias not since been re
paired. Thefirstschool was taught in
1859, at Sauk river. There are now
four schools in the town. Corn yields
from 20 to45 bushels per acre wheat
15 to 30, 4v have been raised from oue
acre oats yields 40 to 50 bushels per
9A1ST AU0U8TA.
This town was settled in 1355. Mr.
Join L. Wilson. Landrew, and
others settled near'the mouth of a large
creek, where Mr. Wilson built a saw
mill in 1858-59, and l^d out a town,
naming it St. Augusta. The land is
hardly oi" average quality near the
Mississippi, being of a sandy loam,
with scattered scrubs ?nd burroaki,, but
the middle and western portion is a
rich black loam, and excellent crops of
all the usual grains and vegetables are
raised. There are only a few small
prairies in the town, most of the land
being open timber, with brush and
meadow land.' Estimated population
in 1867, 650, nearly all Germans, an
industrious and thrifty class of farmers.
SAINE PRAIHIB.
Previous to I855 Httic nothing
was known about the land of this town,
but in that year the prairie now known
as .Maine Prairie was discovered, and in
1856 Dam, I A. French, M.
Greeley, D..Spaulding and others opened
tfte
P^neand soon its exceed
I 8 8 a
attracted an in
teliigent and substantial class of farm,
ers who have made the place one of
the very best neighborhoods in the
County. The first public school was
taught in 1859. A Baptist church was
formed in 1858 Elder Innman pastor,
with is members, the next year in
creasing to Fcrty. The Methodists also
established a church tbe same year,
Elder Sterritt preaching in 1859-60.
There is a lyceum, and public library
of about 400 volumes, and lecturers are
frequently employed as a means of in
struction and amusement. Estimated
population in 1856, 750, exclusively
Americans, principally from New Eng
land. There are in the town several
beautiful lakes where large and excel
lent fih are caught and the forest
abounds in deer, hundreds of which are
killed every fall. The game laws are
strictly enforced.
FAIR HAVEN.
This town wa«firstsettled by Rev.
T. C. Partria^e, in 1856. is
mostly timb3r, with a part of Maine
Prairie extending into the western por-
«'!. a «fa.-«6 £|Z,i,S^n?f rtft.^c£
wnter river, eleven miles from tho
Mississippi, and eighteen from St.
as
pr are in operati«»n. The forests surround
7 plums grapes, strawberries, famish lar^e quantities of «nod
blackberries, raspberries and blueberries hard wocd for manufacturing parrSses.
are- brought to market in great quanti- The estimated population of town is
ties. A lew of the farmers have coin- foar hundred, nearly or Quite all Amer
menced cultivating garden fruits, and
water »ower, which
Unproved, a grist and saw mill
ns. Lots sell for from ten to fifty
twunt3--ave dollars per acre. Building
materials are cheap and plenty. There
a Baptirt (Free wili) Disciples and
a a
ii-i chickens, patndges (ruffled grous«) conntv, is a fine large body of water,
quails, geese, ducks,
mpe,
fish, Ac fir6 miles long by about two wid*.
are plenty in their season. surrounded by heavy timber, consisting
BRIDGES. of oak, maple, elm ash Ac and abound"
St. Cloud has now completed or in iug in fLh easily caught,
coure of coestruction two bridge1, both
of which will be an ornament to the
town and lasting monuments to the
energy and public spiritedness of the
citizens. The bridge over the Missis
sippi it is intended shall compare
favoiably with the best bridges in tho
United States, an-1 is one ot the largest
structures of the kind in the Western
country. The total length from bank
to bank is 660 feet, in two spans, of
the Hcwe truss principle, ^supported
by three first-class masonry piers of
stone, and will cost about 840,000.
This oridge is built by a company, most
of the stockholders bsing citizens ot
St Cloud. The other is a free bridge,
buit by the town ov Saak river, about
three miles from the Mississippi, on the
main traveled thotoughfare from St.
Cloud to Fort Wadsworth, Fort Aber
crombie and the North-western route
to Puget Sound. This bridge will
also be on tho Howe truss plan, of two
spans ot 130 feet contract price 86.000.
LYNDES.
This is the extreme south-eastern
town in the county, tbe souhern and
eastprn boundaries being the Clear
water and Mississippi rivers. The
western boundary is range line between
ranges 27 and 28. There is little or
no prairie in the town, but good timber
and meadow. The Clearwater river
forms an excellent water power, which
is improved to a considerable extent at
Clearwater village, that part of tho
village north of the river being in
Stearns county. There are two sash,
door and planing mills, two flouring
mills, one saw mill, and one stave mill,
all run by water. There is also oce
steam saw mill, a short distance above
the mouth of Clearwater river. There is
manufactured here a good quality of
stone lime, and two or three miles above
the town there is a deposit of marl,
which has also been to some extent
used Estimated population in 1867,
four hundred, about one-third of for
eign birth.
BOCKTILXK.
This town was settled in 1857 by
Germans. The town is principally
timbered, a part scattered brash.
but there is a fine prairie near the Sauk
river, at the mouth of Rock creek,
where the first settlers opened farms.
There is a saw and grist mill on Rock
creek, doing a good business. Timber
of good quality is plenty, and building
stone is readily quarried from the gran
ite hills. The land in places is hilly
and rooky the soil is good. Grand
i^ake, in this town, is a nearly circular
body of water, about one mile in diam*
eter, much resorted to by pleasure par
ties for fishing and hunting. It is about
twelve miles from St. Cloud. Estimated
population in 1867,350 about three
fourths Germans, with few Irish and
Americans.
9AIST JOSEPH.
Among the earliest settlers in this
town were H. Linneman, Casper
Capser and otbeis. The town has a
large quantity of good timber and
meadow. St. village, eight miles
be credited to St. Cloud, and this fron, St. Cloud, is on aTprairie eontain
amount cannot be considered an a\er-
0 0
age of what will be done in a more pro- rounded by a large heavy growth of
perious season. One of the routes sur
veyed tor the Northern Pacific Railroad
from Lake Superior to Puget Souud
passes through St. ('loud, and the en
gineer in charge says the route is one
of the most feasible yet examined.—
This line has already a land grant, and
efforts are now being made to obtain
for it the same subsidy given the Union
routo.
thousand acres, sw
oak, maple, ash and elm timber, from
which St. Clond is principally supplied
with fuel. The village contains four or
five stores, a Catholic church, a g.wd
school-house, several blacksmith and
wagon makers, a steam grist mill, and
on the Watab river, a short distance
north ot the village, saw mill. Pop
ulation in 1867 about one thousand one
hundred and fifty, nearly or quite all
Germans, a few Irish and Americans.
BSOCSWAT.
This is the largest town in the conn
y, contains quite 139 square miles, bv
a
which are in the city. There are alsoH ..cft|cd
,j ^nim of whichT.as as yet .been
a tria
principally near the
Mississippi river. Among tbe earliest
W re
J. JJ. Hayward
a
tral House in St. C:oud) Capt. Asa
Liby, Reuben Gray, M. Cetehell, John
ComelwUd Vswtfc P»ft,