Gov. Austin has tendered Hon. Ignatius Donnelly the appointment of representative from Minnesota to the Atlanta Convention. The purpose of the Convention is to consider plans for securing water communication, by means of a canal, between the grain fields of the Northwest and the cotton fields of the South. In anything of this kind Minnesota is deeply interested, and a no more suitable person than Mr. Donnelly could be selected to represent her in this convention.
(Donnelly was a pseudo-scientist, and pseudo-historian who promoted “theories” concerning Atlantis, and questioned Shakespearean authorship. Although largely respected in his time, his ideas are now considered to be dubious. —Ed.)
(Racism alert!)
A party of engineers leave this morning to survey the White Earth Reservation, with an ultimate view of settling the Indians ther-on, to teach them the arts of civilized life. So says the St. Paul Pioneer of Tuesday. If this settlement is not to be a sham, let the Indians be set at work, and taught to raise at least what beef, pork, potatoes and corn they will need for their own subsistence.
A KANSAS HORROR.
A ghastly story comes from Kansas. ON the 8th of March Dr. Wm. York, brother of Senator York, mysteriously disappeared, and a diligent search failed to discover any trace of him until last week, the his remains were found in a plowed field on the farm of a man name Fender, near Cherry Vale, where they had been buried after he had been killed. A further search discovered, under the house, eight more bodies, including that of a child eighteen months old. Other graves have been found on the farm. The excitement is intense. It is supposed this murdering has been going on for years. The Bender family escaped before the discovery, but a number of suspected persons have been arrested.
(Read more about the Bloody Benders here! –Ed.)
Winona County is making for herself a not very enviable reputation.—The latest occurrence is that of a son, Ed. Hegerman, of the town of Rollingstone, who had an altercation with his father on Friday last. The latter struck his son on the arm with an ax, when the young man picked up a club and hit his father on the head, laying him out, as he supposed, dead. He then came to town with his brother and gave himself up. Word was brought that the father was not dead, when the son was released; but the injuries proved fatal the next day.
More Southern blood spilled! On Saturday evening two F.F.V.’s, John B. Mordecai and P. McCarthy, met outside the gates of Richmond, and had a little schultzenfest. Both were wounded, Mordecai fatally. Of course there was a woman in the case.
(F.F.V. stands for First Families of Virginia. —Ed.)
LATE NEWS ITEMS
—Mary Kabal, the young Bohemian girl, who attempted to poison “all hands” at the poor farm, a few weeks ago, has been taken to the Reform School. She requires very careful and vigorous discipline. —Winona Herald.
LOCAL NEWS
—Mayor Boyd’s inaugural is a sensible, practical and business-like document.
—C. Bridgman commenced sawing in his upper mill on Monday.
—Logs are now coming down the river quite plentifully.
—Mr. C.H. Kauffmann, wholesale liquor dealer, has gone into bankruptcy.
—Mr. John Ball is putting a new foundation, of stone, under the City Restaurant.
—Mr. F. Banner is putting a stone foundation under Mockenhaupt’s block on St. Germain street.
—We are indebted to Dr. Schulten for a nice lot of pigeons. The Dr. handles a gun as well as he does a mortar and pestle.
—There is talk of a hook and ladder company. Mayor Boyd suggests, in his message, that the enterprise be suitable encouraged by the city authorities.
—Notice is hereby given that from this date the gate to the cemetery will be locked. Those wishing to drive into the grounds will find the key with the Actuary, S. Marlatt.
(Mr. Silas Marlatt has been a permanent resident of North Star Cemetery—St. Cloud’s oldest—since 1903. —Ed.)
—Prairie fires have burned many of the ties left along the line of the Brainerd Branch. The pile driver near Belle Prairie has also been burned, but that would appear to have been the work of some malicious person.
—A “nice young man” who has been stopping here for some months—one of those bright youths who part their hair in the middle and spell their middle name in full—left for other parts the other day, owing his washwoman a good-sized bill for board and washing.
—Some of the farmers in the vicinity who, last winter, had fully resolved to remove to California this spring, have now changed their minds and sensibly resolved to stay where they are. With such drawback as it may have, Minnesota is unquestionably the best agricultural State in the Union.
Taking Advice.—A spruce young man, of about forty-five, in this city, whose locks were beginning rapidly to thin out, was recommended by a friend to try pepper source as a restorative. He was assured that it was just the thing to prevent baldness—that it gave new life to the hair, brought a healthy glow to the scalp and was generally stimulating to that part of the system. So, this confiding youth purchased a bottle of this well-known restaurant article and made a liberal application. He thought it rather “biting” at first, but considering that that sensation was only temporary, continued to pour on the liquid until his hair was thoroughly saturated.—By this time tears were streaming from his eyes; the healthy glow of the scalp had extended to his face, which was as red as a boiled lobster; and the muscles in his legs and arms were stimulated to general activity. He began to caper around the room, and finally shouting “Fire! Murder!” rushed to a bucket of water, into which he thrust his head as though he felt it to be red-hot coffee roaster. He was discovered in this situation by the excited people whom his cries attracted. His scalp retains a bright “glow” all over, and he is uncertain as to what color the coming crop of hair will be.
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