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3. PART III.
TABLE OF STATISTICS.

1. I. LIST OF POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS IN MINNESOTA.
2. II. LAND OFFICES, &c.
3. III. NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN MINNESOTA.
4. IV. TABLE OF DISTANCES.

I.
POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.

I HAVE been furnished, at brief notice, with the following accurate list of the Post Offices and Postmasters in Minnesota by my very excellent friend, Mr. JOHN N. OLIVIER, of the Sixth Auditor's Office:

LIST OF POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS IN THE TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA, PREPARED PROM THE BOOKS OF THE APPOINTMENT OFFICE, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, TO DECEMBER 12, 1856.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Post Office.	Postmaster.
BENTON COUNTY.
Belle Prairie	Calvin C. Hicks.
Big Lake	Joseph Brown.
Clear Lake	F. E. Baldwin.
Crow Wing	Allen Morrison.
Elk River	John Q. A. Nickerson.
Itasca	John C. Bowers.
Little Falls	C. H. Churchill.
Royalton	Rodolph's D. Kinney.
Sauk Rapids	C. B. Vanstest.
Swan River	James Warren.
Watab	David Gilman.
BLUE EARTH COUNTY.
Kasota	Isaac Allen.
Mankato	Parsons K. Johnson.
Liberty	Edward Brace.
Pajutazee	Andrew Robertson.
South Bend	Matthew Thompson.
Winnebago Agency	Henry Foster.
BROWN COUNTY.
New Ulm	Anton Kans.
Sioux Agency	Asa W. Daniels.
CARVER COUNTY.
Carver	Joseph A. Sargent.
Chaska	Timothy D. Smith.
La Belle	Isaac Berfield.
Scandia	A. Bergquest.
San Francisco	James B. Cotton.
Young America	R. M. Kennedy.
CHISAGO COUNTY.
Amador	Lorenzo A. Lowden.
Cedar Creek	Samuel Wyatt.
Chippewa	J. P. Gulding.
Chisago City	Henry S. Cluiger.
Hanley	John Hanley.
Rushseby	George B. Folsom.
Sunrise City	George S. Frost.
Taylor's Falls	Peter E. Walker.
Wyoming	Jordan Egle.
DAKOTA COUNTY.
Athens	Jacob Whittemore.
Centralia	H. P. Sweet.
Empire City	Ralph P. Hamilton.
Farmington	Noredon Amedon.
Fort Snelling	Franklin Steele.
Hampton	James Archer.
Hastings	John F. Marsh.
Lakeville	Samuel P. Baker.
Le Sueur	Kostum K. Peck.
Lewiston	Stephen N. Carey.
Mendota	Hypolite Dupues.
Ninninger	Louis Loichot.
Ottowa	Frank Y. Hoffstott.
Rosemount	Andrew Keegan.
Vermillion	Leonard Aldrich.
Waterford	Warren Atkinson.
DODGE COUNTY.
Avon	Noah F. Berry.
Ashland	George Townsend.
Claremont	Goerge Hitchcock.
Concord	James M. Sumner.
Montorville	John H. Shober.
Wasioga	Eli. P. Waterman.
FAIRBAULT COUNTY.
Blue Earth City	George B. Kingsley.
Verona	Newell Dewey.
FILLMORE COUNTY.
Bellville	Wilson Bell.
Big Spring	William Walter.
Chatfield	Edwin B. Gere.
Clarimona	Wm. F. Strong.
Deer Creek	William S. Hill.
Elkhorn	Jacob McQuillan.
Elliota	John C. Cleghorn.
Etna	O. B. Bryant.
Fairview	John G. Bouldin.
Fillmore	Robert Rea.
Forestville	Forest Henry.
Jordan	James M. Gilliss.
Lenora	Chas. B. Wilford.
Looking Glass	Lemuel Jones.
Newburg	Gabriel Gabrielson.
Odessa	Jacob P. Kennedy.
Peterson	Knud Peterson.
Pilot Mound	Daniel B. Smith.
Preston	L. Preston.
Riceford	Wm. D. Vandoren.
Richland	Benjn. F. Tillotson.
Rushford	Sylvester S. Stebbins.
Spring Valley	Condello Wilkins.
Uxbridge	Daniel Crowell.
Waukokee	John M. West.
FREEBORN COUNTY.
Albert Lea	Lorenzo Murray.
Geneva	John Heath.
St. Nicholas	Saml. M. Thompson.
Shell Rock	Edward P. Skinner.
GOODHUE COUNTY.
Burr Oak Springs	Henry Doyle.
Cannon River Falls	George McKenzie.
Central Point	Charles W. Hackett.
Pine Island	John Chance.
Poplar Grove	John Lee.
Red Wing	Henry C. Hoffman.
Spencer	Hans Mattson.
Wacouta	George Post.
Westervelt	Evert Westervelt.
HENNEPIN COUNTY.
Bloomington	Reuben B. Gibson.
Chanhassen	Henry M. Lyman.
Dayton	John Baxter.
Eden Prairie	Jonas Staring.
Elm Creek	Charles Miles.
Harmony	James A. Dunsmore.
Excelsior	Charles P. Smith.
Island City	William F. Russell.
Maple Plain	Irvin Shrewsbury.
Medicine Lake	Francis Hagot.
Minneapolis	Alfred E. Ames.
Minnetonka	Levi W. Eastman.
Osseo	Warren Samson.
Perkinsville	N. T. Perkins.
Watertown	Alexander Moore.
Wyzata	W. H. Chapman.
HOUSTON COUNTY.
Brownsville	Charles Brown.
Caledonia	Wm. J. McKee.
Hamilton	Charles Smith.
Hackett's Grove	Emery Hackett.
Hokah	Edward Thompson.
Houston	Ole Knudson.
Loretta	Edmund S. Lore.
Looneyville	Daniel Wilson.
La Crescent	William Gillett.
Mooney Creek	Cyrus B. Sinclair.
Portland	Alexr. Batcheller.
Sheldon	John Paddock.
Spring Grove	Embric Knudson.
San Jacinto	George Canon.
Wiscoy	Benton Aldrich.
Yucatan	T. A. Pope.
LAKE COUNTY.
Burlington	Chas. B. Harbord.
LA SUEUR COUNTY.
Elysium	Silas S. Munday.
Grandville	Bartlet Y. Couch.
Lexington	Henry Earl.
Waterville	Samuel D. Drake.
McLEOD COUNTY.
Glencoe	Surman G. Simmons.
Hutchinson	Lewis Harrington.
MEEKER COUNTY.
Forest City	Walter C. Bacon.
MORRISON COUNTY.
Little Falls	Orlando A. Churchill.
MOWER COUNTY.
Austin	Alanson B. Vaughan.
Frankford	Lewis Patchin.
High Forest	Thos. H. Armstrong.
Le Roy	Daniel Caswell.
NICOLLET COUNTY.
Eureka	Edwin Clark.
Hilo	William Dupray.
Saint Peter	George Hezlep.
Travers des Sioux	William Huey.
OLMSTEAD COUNTY.
Durango	Samuel Brink.
Kalmar	James A. Blair.
Oronoco	Samuel P. Hicks.
Pleasant Grove	Samuel Barrows.
Rochester	Phineas H. Durfel.
Salem	Cyrus Holt.
Springfield	Almon H. Smith.
Waterloo	Robert S. Latta.
Zumbro	Lucy Cobb.
PEMBINA COUNTY.
Cap Lake	David B. Spencer.
Pembina	Joseph Rolette.
Red Lake	Sela G. Wright.
Saint Joseph's	George A. Belcourt.
PIERCE COUNTY.
Fort Ridgeley	Benjn. H. Randall.
PINE COUNTY.
Alhambra	Herman Trott.
Mille Lac	Mark Leadbetter.
RAMSEY COUNTY.
Anoka	Arthur Davis.
Centreville	Charles Pettin.
Columbus	John Klerman.
Howard's Lake	John P. Howard.
Little Canada	Walter B. Boyd.
Manomine	Joseph A. Willis.
Otter Lake	Ross Wilkinson.
Red Rock	Giles H. Fowler.
St. Anthony's Falls	Norton H. Hemiup.
St. Paul	Charles S. Cave.
RICE COUNTY.
Cannon City	C. Smith House.
Faribault	Alexander Faribault.
Medford	Smith Johnson.
Morristown	Walter Norris.
Northfield	Calvin S. Short.
Shieldsville	Joshua Tufts.
Union Lake	Henry M. Humphrey.
Walcott	Joseph Richardson.
SAINT LOUIS COUNTY.
Falls of St. Louis	Joseph Y. Buckner.
Oneota	Edmund F. Ely.
Twin Lakes	George W. Perry.
SCOTT COUNTY.
Belle Plaine	Nahum Stone.
Louisville	Joseph R. Ashley.
Mount Pleasant	John Soules.
New Dublin	Dominick McDermott
Sand Creek	William Holmes.
Shak-a-pay	Reuben M. Wright.
SIBLEY COUNTY.
Henderson	Henry Pochler.
Prairie Mound	Morgan Lacey.
STEARNS COUNTY.
Clinton	John H. Linneman.
Neenah	Henry B. Johnson.
Saint Cloud	Joseph Edelbrook.
Torah	Reuben M. Richardson.
STEELE COUNTY.
Adamsville	Hiram Pitcher.
Aurora	Charles Adsit.
Dodge City	John Coburn.
Ellwood	Wilber F. Fiske.
Josco	James Hanes.
Lemond	Abram Fitzsimmons.
Owatana	Samuel B. Smith.
St. Mary's	Horatio B. Morrison.
Swavesey	Andrew J. Bell
Wilton	David J. Jenkins.
SUPERIOR COUNTY.
Beaver Bay	Robert McLean.
French River	F. W. Watrous.
Grand Marias	Richard Godfrey.
Grand Portage	H. H. McCullough.
WABASHAW COUNTY.
Greenville	Rodman Benchard.
Independence	Seth L. McCarty.
Lake City	Harvey F. Williamson.
Mazeppa	John E. Hyde.
Minneska	Nathaniel F. Tifft.
Minnesota City	Samuel E. Cotton.
Mount Vernon	Stephen M. Burns.
Reed's Landing	Fordyce S. Richard.
Wabashaw	J. F. Byrne.
West Newton	Austin R. Swan.
WAHNATAH COUNTY.
Fort Ripley	Solon W. Manney.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Cottage Grove	Stephen F. Douglass.
Lake Land	Freeman C. Tyler.
Marine Mills	Orange Walker.
Milton Mills	Lemuel Bolles.
Point Douglass	R. R. Henry.
Stillwater	Harley Curtis.
WINONA COUNTY.
Dacota	Nathan Brown.
Eagle Bluffs	William W. Bennett.
Homer	John A. Torrey.
New Boston	William H. Dwight.
Richmond	Samuel C. Dick.
Ridgeway	Joseph Cooper.
Saint Charles	Lewis H. Springer.
Saratoga	Thomas P. Dixon.
Stockton	William C. Dodge.
Twin Grove	Oren Cavath.
Utica	John W. Bentley.
Warren	Eben B. Jewett.
Winona	John W. Downer.
White Water Falls	Miles Pease.
WRIGHT COUNTY.
Berlin	Charles W. Lambert
Buffalo	Amasa Ackley.
Clear Water	Simon Stevens.
Monticello	M. Fox.
Northwood	A. H. Kelly.
Rockford	Joel Florida.
Silver Creek	Abram G. Descent.

II.
LIST OF LAND OFFICES AND OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.

SIR: Your two letters of the 6th instant, asking for a list of the land offices in Minnesota Territory, with the names of the officers connected therewith,—also the number of acres sold and the amount of fees received by such officers, during the fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1856, have been received.

In reply, I herewith enclose a statement of the information desired, save that the amount of fees for the fiscal year cannot be stated.

LIST OF LAND OFFICES AND OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.

                 

LAND DISTRICTS.	Name of Register	Name of Receiver.	Number of acres sold during the fiscal year ending 30th of June, 1856.	Amount of purchase-money received therefor.
Stillwater	Thos. M. Fullerton	Wm. Holcomb	103,141.31	128,930.23
Sauk Rapids	Geo. W. Sweet	Wm. H. Wood	49,712.44	65,355.41
Chatfield (late Brownsville)	John R. Bennet	Jno. H. McKenny	238,323.26	298.920.90
Minneapolis	Marcus P. Olds	Roswell P. Russell	139,188.96	186,651.77
Winona	Diedrich Upman	Lorenzo D. Smith	264,777.38	335,845.66
Red Wing	Wm. P. Phelps	Chr. Graham	206,987.32	265,173.84
			—	—
			1,002,130.67	$1,280,867.81

Since the 30th June, 1856, the following offices have been established and officers appointed.

   

Buchanan	Saml. Clark	John Whipple
Ojibeway	Saml. Plumer	Wm. Sawyer

III.
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN MINNESOTA.

                            

PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT	St. Paul	Daily and Weekly
MINNESOTIAN	St. Paul	Daily and Weekly
TIMES	St. Paul	Daily and Weekly
FINANCIAL ADVERTISER	St. Paul	Weekly
UNION	Stillwater	Weekly
MESSENGER	Stillwater	Weekly
EXPRESS	St. Anthony	Weekly
REPUBLICAN	St. Anthony	Weekly
DEMOCRAT	Minneapolis	Weekly
FRONTIERSMAN	Sauk Rapids	Weekly
NORTHERN HERALD	Watab	Weekly
INDEPENDENT	Shakopee	Weekly
REPUBLICAN	Shakopee	Weekly
DEMOCRAT	Henderson	Weekly
COURIER	St. Peter	Weekly
DAKOTA JOURNAL	Hastings	Weekly
SENTINEL	Red Wing	Weekly
GAZETTE	Canon Falls	Weekly
JOURNAL	Wabashaw	Weekly
ARGUS	Winona	Weekly
REPUBLICAN	Winona	Weekly
SOUTHERN HERALD	Brownsville	Weekly
—	Carimona	Weekly
DEMOCRAT	Chatfield	Weekly
REPUBLICAN	Chatfield	Weekly
RICE COUNTY HERALD	Faribault	Weekly
—	St. Cloud	Weekly
OWATONIA WATCHMAN AND REGISTER	Owatonia	Weekly.

IV.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.

TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM ST. PAUL.

                                                               

	MILES
To St. Anthony	8 3/4
Rice Creek	7	15 3/4
St. Francis, or Rum River	9	25
Itasca	7	32
Elk River	6	38
Big Lake	10	48
Big Meadow (Sturgis)	18	66
St. Cloud (Sauk Rapids)	10	76
Watab	6	82
Little Rock	2	84
Platte River	12	96
Swan River	10	106
Little Falls	3	109
Belle Prairie	5	114
Fort Ripley	10	124
Crow Wing River	6	130
Sandy Lake	120	250
Savannah Portage	15	265
Across the Portage	5	270
Down Savannah River to St. Louis River	20	290
Fond-du-Lac	60	350
Lake Superior	22	372
Crow Wing River	130
Otter Tail Lake	70	200
Rice River	74	274
Sand Hills River	70	340
Grand Fork, Red River	40	380
Pembina	80	460
Sandy Lake	250
Leech Lake	150	400
Red Lake	80	480
Pembrina	150	630
Stillwater	18
Arcola	5	23
Marine Mills	6	29
Falls St. Croix	19	48
Pokagema	40	88
Fond-du-Lac	75	164
Red Rock	6
Point Douglass	24
Red Wing
Winona's Rock, Lake Pepin	30	60
Wabashaw	30	90
Prairie du Chien	145	235
Cassville	29	264
Peru	21	285
Dubuque	8	293
Mouth of Fever River	17	310
Rock Island	52	362
Burlington	135	497
Keokuk	53	550
St. Louis	179	729
Cairo	172	901
New Orleans	1040	1941
Mendota	7
Black Dog Village	4
Sixe's Village	21
Traverse des Sioux	50
Little Rock	45
Lac Qui Parle	80
Big Stone Lake	66
Fort Pierce, on Missouri	240

TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM ST. CLOUD.

          

To Minneapolis	62
Superior City, on Brott and Wilson's Road	120
Traverse des Sioux	70
Henderson	60
Fort Ridgley	100
Long Prairie	40
Otter Tail Lake	60
The Salt Springs	120
Fort Ripley	60
Mille Lac City	60

DISTANCES FROM CROW WING.

     

To Chippeway Mission	15
Ojibeway	50
Superior City	80
Otter Tail City	60
St. Cloud	55