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- Office Chiet Signal Officer. ).
Washington, D. C, July 14, 9:56 p. m. J
Observations takeu at thu same moment of
time at all stations named.
PUPrER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Bar. Ther. Wind. Weather.
St. Paul 29.09 00 > Lt. Rain
La trosse 29.95 64 X Cloudy
NOItTUWEST.
liar. Ther. Wind. Weatner.
Bismarck....... 29.96 55 E Thr't'nj?
Ft. Garry....... 3'J.0i 54 - NE . . Cloudy
Mlnnedosa 80.08 54 Calm Cloudy
Jloorhcad 29.09 54 NE Fair j
Eape11e........ 29.07 53 SE Clear
St. Vincent 29.99 55 W Clear
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KOETIIERX ROCKY MOUNTAIN SLOPE. '
Bar. Ther. Wind. Weather.
Ft. Assinaboine. 29.Bß . 03 Calm Clear
Ft. Buford 29.05 50 NE | Fair
Ft. Custer 29.86 70 KB Fair
Helena 29.83 74 SW Clear
Huron. D. T 29.87 (52 NE Cloudy
Medicine Hat... .29.88 04 S Clear
UPPER LAKES.
Bar. Thnr. Wind. Weather.
Duluth -..29.07 59 N\V Thr't'ng
DAILY LOCAL MEANS.
Bar. T:i«.T. Dew Point Wind. Weather.
29.082 68.6 • 57. SW Cl'dy,show'ry
Amount rainfall. .02: Maximum thermometer
07.8; minimum thermometer 00.5; daily range
7.3.
liiver— Observed height 3 feet, 8 inches.
Rise In twenty-four hours, 4 inches.
Note— The "time ball" is dropped daily (Sun
day* except ed) from the Jlagsta.-f on the Fire
.(■ Marine building, corner of Third and Jack
son streets, at noon; "-Central Time," as deter
mined at Carlelon College observatory.
Xote— Barometer corrected for- temperature
mid elevation.
P. F. Lyons,
Sergeant, Signal Corps, U.. A S
INDICATIONS.
Indications for upper Mississippi: Partly
cloudy weather, occasional rain, northeasterly
winds in northern part, southeast winds in south
ern part; higher temperature.
Missouri valley: Local showers; partly cloudy
weather; Slightly warmer; easterly winds.
YICSTEItDAY'S MARKETS.
Wheat declined lc on 'change yesterday. At
Chicago and Milwnukce the markets were weak
er and unsteady. At Milwaukee August closed
%c higher and October %c lower; at Chicago
Angus! closed steady, September He lower: and
October &c lower than on Saturday; corn was
Me easier than on Saturday's close ; oats closed
at 29c for July, '.'lie for Augnst and 25}£c for
September; pork was firm at $23.00©21.75 for
August ami September. Stocks opened irregu-,
lnr and dull, mid there was not much life in the
market during tin- day, and changes in values
were unimportant. The markets cloned firm.
B. FiNANrr: Joxks, chairman of the Be
publican committee, tells the reporters he
'•liß.s nothing to communicate." Steve
Elklua h::.s put a padlock on the smoky old
chap.
'I'm: Boston /Imi'd says: "Billy Chandler
will not have a large corruption fund to use
in the navy yards this year." It seems to
lie generally understood Mr. Chandler is mad
about something.
A.3HECB of President Zactarj Taylor, a
widow aged 71 yoarsy Is living in Muskego,
Michigan In destitute circumstances. Con
gress ought to put her on tin; 'retired list"
rather than v. Wall street, gambler.
Sexatok Bayauu baa been doing some
thing for his country, though his
great services were not fully recognized
at Chicago. I! ■is said to be a first rate
family man, having nine daughters and three
sons.
Wm. Walter Phblps and Mr. Blainc and
General Logan are to have a conference and
consultation over the prospects in a day or
two. Mr. Pbelps says he is going' to work in
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as
he thinks the rest of the northern states
can all be counted on. In the south he says
''wo expect to pick up a sU^or two." Mr.
Pholpa is evidently "whistling to keep his
courage up.' 1 It will be well to look after
the "work" Mr. Phelp3 may Inaugurate in
New York, Connecticut and New Jersey after
"his consultation with Blame and Steve El
kins.r. That trio will bear close watching.
The Democratic county convention a day
or two ago resolved that the county commit
tee appointed to October, 1888, is the com
mittee, In contradistinction from the new
one appointed In June, LBB4. As tbe coun
ty convention making this resolve was called
t by tU<« of June, 1884, it becomes
aa H ..'-..lnteresting scientific quea
-fion^ ';. Low it .can declare
a committee leg*] which would make its own
existence illegal. If a second child, just
hern Bb'ould declare his elder brother the
ouly legitimate offspring of his mother, it
Would look as though he was advertising
himself .is a bastard.
CHAX liI.KH'S TttlCK.
.Chandlor is n:.U. d- la ml l at the Dem
ocratic party because it upset his scheme for
& Bkilne campaign fund, by refusing to ap
prr.vc tbe outrageous Navy appropriation he
lobbied kbma^h the senate. Chandler is
ntad at Individual Democrats because they
stood in the war of bis cruiser jobs and oth
er things he wanted. Ho li out with a letter
attacking Mr. Ilenvlricks for having dared,
in a few remarks .it Indianapolis isiturdar
eveulug, to allude to the rotten ...-. The
rottenness of the Navy administration is
now «0 palpable that Chandler no longer re
pjrJ* it safe to ignore the charges made, aad
be i-» pursuing the policy of "bluff."
"Here. Hole," saie Chandler, when he was
recently brought into close quarters in re
iani to frauds existing in the Navy Depart
ment U-.Ht he had .. undertaken to ignore
i; Here Hale, the devil is to pay. Pitch in
flVr an invssllsratins eatnaiitte* rieht off.
Do it before any of the rai sally Democrats
jr?t hold of it, and head them off."
' . TV' imioleut Maine senator '■'■■'■ not "catch
on.'' '-'I *1 wuut to Investigate," he
eaW:*.'it l s iobnot, besides rranot fond of
i:. \yhzV* the matter** 1
"Ifs.nr.t irjv.-«<ij3t£on, but to prevent it,
that ysn nu«: :m»vc." s«U Chandler. "Catch
'iiV thine n.-*t. tiziA behind the sr.iK anil
s.y.:e*-sc tht- brjati: oat of it. ; Don't "you sec!"
I'Lcatjl" UV iuVa," *al.l UaU>. Thereupon
the Maine Senator had passed a resolution
instructing the Committee ua Public
Expenditure ; ■ ta; go aheuO. The
committee was raised but has
done nothing; but as it is now claimed
ithas beem intending to go to work, as
soon as Congress adjourned.. Hale's move
ment, stimulated by Chandler, has had the
effect to head off any movement for a gen
uine investigation. Chandler's idea of a
firm grip "right behind the gills" has been
realized.
Having performed this feat of jugglery
Chandler blusters about and endeavors to
choke' down the little truth that has leaked
out. Mr. Hendrick's did well to speak of the
rotten management of the Navy.
"The rascally Democrats" ought to take
hold of the department presided over by
Chandler and expose its hideousness to the
country. Let Chaudler rave and foam as he
pleases, the more the better, crowd the rascal
so as to get some srlimpse of the real truth.
His scheme, first to ignore, then to stifle ex
amination into the frauds, all the time fig
uring for extravagant appropriations, has
gone far enough. The people have the
power to apply the remedy. Turn the Rascals
out.
POLITICAL REroLUTIOX.
The Philadelphia Times is an independant
rather than a partisan journal, and its direct
or, Col. A. K. McClure, is one of the able
and fearless editors of the country. He at
tended both the Republican and Democratic
national conventions, and took' In their air
and spirit, their modes and changing epi
sodes.
After the nomination of Gov. Cleveland
he forwarded by telegram to the Times, his
comments on the nomination and on the
convention itself, the whole forming a ju
dicial statement of opinion that cannot
fail to attract attention. It will occur to every
reader that the statement is an able, clear,
discriminating and candid comment on the
convention and its work. Col. McClure is a
vetran observer of political events of
rare capacity and experience, rising even to
the altitude of statesmanship. He wields a
forcible and practical pen, and his words
ring. His statements and suggestions are
the product of ripe observation, and are full
of encouragement to the honest reformer,
who like him feel the necessity of a political
revolution, and clearly sees its dawn in the
late Democratic convention, and the irresist
ible sweep with which it is to stir the action
of the campaign, purifying the political
atmosphere, overthrowing a corrupt dynasty
and giving victory once more to the right.
No unprejudiced reader can peruse this
article without being impressed by its truths
and its power, aud inspired by its animating
spirit. The article is given in full in an
other column.
MUCK THE CAMPAIGN AGGRESSIVE.
The Republicans have opened the cam
paign with what they probably fancy to be
extraordinary vigor and effect. They have
discovered that the masses of the voters have
no idea as to whoClevcland is. It is certain
that the Irish, the Catholics, the working
men, and a great many other people will not
support him. The nomination is nowhere
received with enthusiasm. The usual ac
counts of Democratic ratification meetings
are being presented in which it is stated that
there were by actual count eleven men and
twenty boys present, and that the whole was
a "fizzle," But the strongest, in the Repub
lican estimate, of the charges against Cleve
land is that he was once sheriil of
Erie county, New York, and that with his
own hand he hanged two Irishmen. Then
there are telegrams from scores of unknown
towns in which it is stated that the Bugaboo
()rgan Grinder nan determined not to support
Cleveland, and extracts are given from the
editorial in which the important fact is an
nounced. There are also being published
hundreds of letters signed by an "Old Demo
crat" who announces that he has been a life
long member of the Democratic party, and
has supported all its candidates and its
measures; but now, the nomination of
Cleveland is too much, and he will give his
ballot and his influence to the glorious man
from Manic.
There are also letters from a "German,"
an "Irishman," a "Catholic," a "working
man," and dozens of others, all of which an
nounce the unalterable disgust of the writers
with the Cleveland ticket, and their conclu
sion to support the immaculate, nominee of
the Republican party; and there is the old
time stylo of editorials in which it is asserted
that the Democratic party is hopelessly split
on the nomination; that Cleveland is a non
entity, and that he will be defeated with
greater ease than has been any candidate
of that party since the nomination of Lin
coln.
' If the people are disposed to take a proper
view of this Republican distribution of rot,
they will discover that it indicates the ex
istence of a grand, uncertainty in the minds
of the Republicans as to the outcome of the
pending contest. If uncertainty be not in
dicated, then it means that. Republican
speakers and orators have sunk to a level
but a trifle above imbecility, or else they be
lieve that public intelligence is so inferior
that this class of hypocrisy and stupid inven
tion. will be . received . unquestioned as facts.
It is the old, old thing; and Democrats will
not be sorry to find that their ' opponents are
Dot in the least advancing in their morals,
their logic, their decency, or their compre
hension of the good sense of the public.
Democrats should ', understand that this
campaign on their port must not be conducted
on the defensive.- They should understand
from the very beginning \ that all these com
munications from "old Democrats" and
mem of various elates and nationalities
arc mainly conceived, and written in the of
fices of the newspapers in which they origi
nally appear. Tney are the same refuse
which has appeared in every campaign before
the present A. and are only different in the
change of names. Democrats will under
stand that the issue before the country is not
what Pat Malloy, or Nik Opdyke or old Demo
crats may think of Cleveland, or what ticket
they purpose to vote, but shall the present
scandalous, corrupt and remedilessly dishon
est party be relieved from the control of the
government! Let this be borne in mind.
When a Republican asks if it be ' true that
Cleveland^ while sheriff, hanged two Irish
men with his own hands, let it be answered
that if be did throttle a couple of criminals
he is just the man the country needs to ap
ply the noose to the s political criminals who
for so many years have been . robbing the
country and assassinating honesty and de
cency. What is to be settled now, is a matter
which is as • broad as the nation; it
is. shall . the republic live? The
temple of th:; republic has been occupied by \
the Republican money . changers, and the !
only question '■ before the ■ people is . as to !
whether they shall be allowed to ;. remain, or
shall be driven from it to give place for the
priest* and the worship of those who laid its ;
foundation.
Let it be distinctly understood that it will
be a wretched waste of : words to reply to a |
single one of the slanders which the Repub
lican organs will invent and circulate. Let
it be understood that there is not a Haw in
the life of Cleveland ; that ■, be is a 'man of
the highest order .* of intellect; whose
faculties are trained 'to perfection ;' that
be has shown himself to be a statesman and
a patriot, and that beyond all question he is
one of the best and purest of the men whose
names have ever come before the public as
candidates for a national office. It Is folly to
admit that he needs any defense. Let the
Democrats r attack from the very beginning !
and never cease till the campaign is ended.
if .deemed best the attack can be conducted
against the personal record of the Republican ;
esndMat-' : but the '. main defenses of the ;
enemy lie in the capital.; Here are intrenched \
incompetence sad corruption, r aad'acalnst ;
these r should tie assault; be constantly di
rected.
THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE. TTfE[)AY MORNING, JULY 14, 1884.
THE JOBBERS' TRIP.
A EevieAv of the Notable Excur
sion Just Ended.
The Towns Visited and the Advantages
Which the Country Affords.
A Memorable Visit and How it was Conducted
aud Received.
The formation of the St. Paul Jobbers
union, designed for the mutual benefit and
protection of the wholesale interests of St.
Paul, was of itself a very wise and fortunate
step. The concert of action and unity of
purpose necessary to secure the best interests
of this most important branch of business
which has built up our city, and which, with
the aid of the great lines of railroad canter-
Ing here, has made St. Paul the great focal
center to which the eyes of the people of the
northwest ull turn, could be accomplished in
no way as surely as by the uniting of all the
great commercial institutions that have their
home iv this city.
To this organization of men who represent
such vast and important interests must St.
Paul in the future, as she has in. the past ,look
for her prestage. and importance and the ex
tentlon of their territory and enlargement of
their business, means the enlargement and
increased importance of St. Paul.
The late excursions of tills Union, first over
the Omaha and Northwestern systems of rail
road in southern Minnesota and Dakota, and
second over the Chicago, Milwaukee <fc St.
Paul system covering the same section of
country but striking other towns have been
something more than mere junketing or
pleasure trips. True they have furnished a
sort of relaxtion to those who have been
shut up in their counting rooms
aud behind their desks, but the
object which inspired their organization aDd
accomplishment was of a far different na
ture aud the practical results accomplished
will be felt by* each of the great commer
cial houses which formed a part of these ex
cursions. The meeting between the members
of these houses and their customers (though
necesarily brief) in many instances for the
first time, the interchanse of courtesies and
the mutual acquaintance thus begun can not
fail to prove of benefit to all concerned. But
by far the most Important result achieved
has been the demonstration to the business
men of the section visited that St. Paul, and
that her representative business
men feel a keen inteSfest in
the section of country in
which they live and that they desire closer
social and business relations with them, and
that they fully appreciate the vast importance
of the great region of southern Minnesota
and Dakota, its enormous latent wealth and
unparraileled resources and desire to aid in
its settlement and development.
That this latter idea has been accomplished
in a very great measure by the late excur
sions any person whatever conversant with
' the way 3of business men, who accompanied
the Union could not fail to perceive, where
ever a halt was made the interest manifested
by the leading men of each town who were
met all vicing with the other in extending
fraternal greetings and courtesies attested it.
It was one continual series of ovations
from beginning to end. The approach of
the Jobbers' Union train was heralded by the
booming of cannon and the music of bands.
The platforms were crowded with people, and
the depot buildings garnished with the pro
ducts of the field, farm and wood. The
towns, many of them, were decked with flags
and bunting, while appropriate words of wel
come were seen everywhere upon signs and
banners. Wherever the Union went the
word "Welcome!" met them in mottos and
streamers, and in tbe beaming eye and cor
dial hand shake of the first afld best men of
each city, town aud village, and a "God
speed" followed them at their departure.
The complete and exhaustive description
contained in the mammoth issue of the
Globe of July 8, thousands of copies of
which were distributed along tbe road, leaves
but little to say of a descriptive nature con
cerning the magnificent territory through
which this second excursion, which left St.
Paul on the morning of the Bth and returned
on the afternoon of the 12th, passed. The
progress of the train from day to day, and
the leading incidents which occurred from
point to point, were also daily reported by
telegraph. The inadequate telegraph facili
ties afforded, however, at distant
points, coupled with the fact that the
great convention in session during
the trip, at Chicago, the exbauslMJ
accounts of which sent over the Glob^
own special wire required so much of its
space that much interesting matter and
many facts and incidents of the trip were
necessarily left out. To cover this a partial
resume of the occurencos of the trip may
not prove uninteresting.
Tlie Chicago, Milwaultra & St. Paul Rail
road.
And, first, the Globe will but voice the
entire sentiment of every member of the ex
cursion expressed in the hearty cheers with
which they parted with the officials who had
accompanied them, lv saying that from first
to last not a thing that would conduce to
the comfort and happiness of
their guebts was Emitted by
the management of the read who accompani
ed us. Not an accident, not a detention for
which they were chargeable, nor an inconve
nience can be cited. Each division super
intendent, each conductor and every em
ploye of the road outvied each other in at
tention to the management of the train and
the safety and comfort of the passengeis.
The excursion was over the Hastings <fe
Dakota division from Farrnington to Ellen
dale and Mitchell, D. T., of which William
M. Kellle is superintendent, which, with the
Ipswich and Whetstone branches, and the
new Hne from Minneapolis to Cologne, em
braces a distance of 570 miles. The South
ern Minnesota division, F. D. Underwood,
which we traversed from Woon
socki't to Ramsey, the lowa
and Minnesota division, H. R. Williams,
superintendent from St, Paul to Austin, and
the Cannon Valley branch from Nortbfteld to
Red Wing, and the river division from Red
Wing to St. Paul. Mr. C. W. Case, superin
tendent of the river and Dubuqne division
had the general supervision of the train and
absolute control of it while on his division.
It was while risking the run from Hastings
to 3t. Paul that the party was shown what it
was to ride fast, the distance (twenty miles)
being covered In twenty-three minutes. To
Mr. Caae, whose courteous attention to the
wants of those who composed the party and
whose practical, experienced eye was ever on
the alert during the entire trip, tbe cordial
thanks of the party are due. Superintendent
Wm. M. Kellie also merits the warmest praise
for his indefatigable attention to the man
agement of the train during the run from
Fannington to Mitchell, D. T.. and the ex
cellent time made despite the many stops
was a matter of great surprise. On the
Southern Minnesota tte same vigilant super
vision of the train management was had by
Superintendent F. Underwood, and for
special favors granted to the representative
of the Globe it !■ our pleasant duty to make
this acknowledgment. Superintendent H.
R. Williams also deserves our thanks for \
special courtesies rendered and for his Tigi- I
lant and careful management of the train
while under his care. To Conductors Cbas.
Dean, of the Hastings jc Dakota, B. J. j
Lewis, of the Southern Minnesota, R. Lavelle. ;
of the lowa Jc Minnesota divisions a word of j
praise may be fitly spoken, and to all of tbe
officers mentioned, the conductors and train
men and oar faithful engineer. Wm. Mow
der, do all who held a seat on the train owe '
thanks for the aafety with, which they were !
trim sported over the 1,000 mile ' road, and
that without an accident to ma ie pleasure
which tho trip furnished.
To General Freight Agent J. Chandler,
too, the guests of the road feel cry kindly
for hi 8 tine social qualities wli added so
much to the pleasure of the es rsion, and
also for the many happy speech he made
when the talking timber seeme< be scarce,
and to W. 11. Dlxon, ge ticket
agent, whose efforts n the
social ii ue were mc heartily
appreciated, and who presente< *eh mem
ber of the party with one of th( gant bills
of fare of the company's dinin »r attached
•to the train as a souvenoir of tl rip, a com
plimentary word would fall liss. The
fact is the C, M. & St. Paul m gement is
ever3'where in the bauds of pi leal, com
petent business men and thosi whom any
one would recognize for railrot men at a
glance aad never has this been ' clearly de
monstrated as during tho late lp- Long
may they wave each and all of m and be
come presidents, every one of j m, of the
great corporation which they n so faith
fully and ably serve.
Farmington.
The beautiful prints of bper stamped
"St. Paul Jobbers' Union. J' from the
creamery of W. B. Straight jjj Co., which
were presented to the Union y Mr. J. 11.
Hargrave, and which were ccftigned to the
dining car for use during thejpip were certi
fied by the Steward, Charles ]§ler, to be of
a most superior quality, and Sere consumed
by those on board of the tra| with a degree
of relish that evidenced thdjj appreciation.
The novel reception awaitinfjs, which it is
supposed is due to the invejrive genius of
R. C. Judson, the irrepressjke secretary of
the state agricultural soefty, at this the
first place on onr l|t of towns,
was fully appreciated by all^on board of our
train, and the cheers with thich the traction
engine drawing its train ol'arm wagons was
greeted by the Jobbers shofed how they rel
ished it. The sport was e rfoyed to its fullest
extent when Mr. Tallmafce mounted the
steering apparatus which guided the engine
and ran the train down to the depot where
T. W. Ingersoll, special artist of the excur
sion photographed the unique outfit. The
business part of Farmington which is dis
tributed over two sides of each of four blocks
in the shape of a cross, was fairly thronged
with people, a large proportion
of whom were ladies, and the waving of
handkerchiefs and the enthusiastic cheers of
the men as our train moved off gave us a
grand send-off.
One of the laughable features of the first
day's run was the marching through the train
of the amateur band composed of Messrs. D.
B. Finch, N. Singleton, F. B. HoweU and C.
C. H. Smith, each armed with a band instru
ment, upon which they performed with a
greater attention to quantity than quality of
tone, but which was quite successful in pro
ducing fun, which is just exactly what the
lively gentlemen named intended.
The mosl amusing and entertaining inci
dents of the trip was the "panorama" given
at the Brunswick, at Faribault, by two. rail
road gentlemen who certainly possess the
most talent in the way of dialect sketches
ever seen off of the board?. A wire screen
door was mude to do duty as a canvas, upon
which the inimitable genius of the perform
ers literally made the pictures to appear. A
large audience was entertained in a manner
which was highly appreciated by them.
One of the most pleasant features of the
excursion was the presence of so many ladies
upon our train who, in response to the in
vitation of the gentlemany jobbers, would
come aboard aivl ride a few miles along the
road till the return passenger was met, when
they would take leave of their hosts and re
turn home, their places being filled, in turn,
by others from the place where they left us.
Iv the splendid drawing room cars with
which our train was furnished nothing re
mained to make! them look absolutely en
chanting but the presence of "lovely
woman," and this want the bright, vivacious,
handsome ladies of Dakota and
Minnesota furnished, air' our
sumptuous traveling palaces as nothing else
would. The honors of the occasion were
about equally divided between President
Finch, Manager Tallmadge, D. D. Merrill,
Esq., (whom none of the younger men of the
party could exceed in gallantry), E. F. Os
born, D. B. Finch, Will C. Willson, F. P.
Howell and others, who played the part of
hosts in such a manner as to do themselves
everlasting credit and to produce a most
favorable impression upon their fair guests.
The presence of Gen. J. H. Baker, the
"silver tongued orator of southern Minne
sota," was a most fortunate thing, for while
many of the members of the Jobbers' Union
are good speakers, yet practical business is
more in their line than oratory, and when
the fiery eloquence of some of the noted law
yers and public men along the line was
turned upon tbe party the general was al.
ways loaded for a reply and, never failed to
win from the appreciative Dakotians enthu
siastic applause. But when we crossed the
line into Minnesota, and he found himself
upon his native heath, it became manifest
that his friends and neighbors knew in ad
vance what they were going to get by the
way in which the clamorous calls for "Baker,"
"Baker," rent the air. The well
chosen words, In which he responded on be
half of the St. Paul Jobbers' Union, will lons
be remembered by all who heard them, and
will not fail of their desired effoct.
Judge Chandler.
The most humorous speech of the entire
trip was probably made by Jmlge J. A.
Chandler at the Howard City banquet, in re
sponse to the sentiment, "Our Lady «Host
esses." His allusion* to the father of our
race was ■ not terms
entirely complimentary to that
individual, but which were successful in
bringing down the house again and again,
nis closing remarks were uttered in a tone
full of sincerity and sentiment. The
sweetest words man ever learned to say
to woman, ever old and yet ever new.
Which have been uttered by the noblest,
bravest and best men of alleges and nations
and which I myself have uttered more than
a thousand times (principally to one woman)
and which I now most sincerely and rever
ently say to you ladles (extending his hands
toward the Howard ladles) I love you."
Nothing on the whole trip exceeded the
dramatic effect of this speech, passing in
one moment from some burst of pleasantry
to the tenderest expression of pure senti
ment as when he alluded to bis own wife
and grown up daughters and the little grand
daughter, the idol of his heart.
The following ;s the splendid speech
entire of D D. Holdridge, of Howard, de
livered at the banquet:
Gentlemen of the St. Paul Jobbers' Union :
I have the honor on behalf of the citizens of
Howard and vicinity to welcome you to our
young village. We are glad, more than glad
to greet you. We cannot meet yon with
great pomp and display; we have nothing
elegant or grand to show y= !>nt we meet
you with the warm hearts a"
of the pioneer. We have no :-.nr
or great stock to exhibit, but in
wooden row, you will find enterpri:'..
ligenee and honor. We have no
residences for you to admire, but ie ILls!.
humbie frontier homes you will find con
tentment, hope and Spartan purity. We
have no parks where we can drive you be
neath cooling shades and by the side of
crystal waters. Ton will see no great wealth
in our midst, but all about are evidences of
comfort and thrift.
Gentlemen — We are not rich, but we are
all honest and eminently respectable. We
are not homesick or despondent, but we are
happy in the present and feasting on the
future. Our hopes are not built on the sand,
neither are they founded on a rock, bat they
are founded on our healthful air. and the
biack loom and clay subsoil of Miner coun
ty. We know our broad wheat fields, our
corn fields and meadows, are to make ws rich,
and you, gentlemen, richer. You may be
amazed that we are happy and content on
these western wilds, but go Into our wheat
fields, so high you can scarcely get a glimpse
of the farmer's roof, and you will laugh' with
us, to see the bread we are. growing for you.
Go Into our corn and out fields and you can
almost taste the sweet beef and pork we are
making for you. Go into our grass lands
and be convinced that Miner county can
bury St. Paul under our vast hay mow.
I tell you, gentlemen, no heart can con
ceive or tongue describe the great future of
this country.
Three years ugo, when we had but just
sprouted this town away out on this western
prairie, it was a great relief to sco a man
come along on foot or on horseback. Now
you come among us with palaces of oriental
grandeur drawn by steam. When another
decade rolls round what will you see — this
wooden row will be built up with brick and
stone; in the place of these small shanties
will be homes of elegance and comfort;
these pruirles will be shaded by groves and
covered with flocks aud herds; the Tanners
will have torn down their burstintr barns and
granaries and built larger; the county will
swarm with a happy and prosperous people.
Gentle'meu, if you keep pace with us how
will you come among us ttien. The train
you now have will be a yery common-place
affair; it won't be up to the times; more
style will be neccessary. Nothing less than
coaches Inlaid with gold, and engines spark
ling with gems aud diamonds will satisfy
the pride and growing ideas of our people.
But will not detain you, yoci' time are
short.
Gentlemen, St. Paul and this country are
one in interest, one in sympathy, in short
one and inseperable. We must travel the
future together, like the bride and groom,
hand in hand. The prosperity of oue is the
prosperity of the other. St. Paul helps to
clothe our bodies and furnish our houses,
while we help to fill your larders and spread
your tables.
Wo are proud of St. Paul, we hope yo# are
not ashamed of us. Sever the ties between
us, cut the interests of trade, and if death
does not ensue it would at least make us
both very sick. We trust that a kindly and
fraternal feeling will be fostered by us all;
that each will recognize its dependence on
the other. We hope and beiieve that as
great as your city now is, it is as but the
day of small things as compared with the
future. We trust and believe that yours will
become a mighty city, that will gather in and
distribute every article known to man. And
we promise you, gentlemen, that we will
pour into your city an ever Increasing stream
of grain, of beef and pork, of butter and
cheese, and all the products of our unsur
passed soil.
And may these mighty streams, that ficv
into your city, and out into the country, carry
upon their bosoms the happy greeting and
the mutual affectious of our people.
Gentlemen, again we thank you for this
visit. You have come while we are small.
Come when we get biggdr.
As the girl wrote to her aunt: "Dear Aunt
— Come and see us. Come quick, before my
kitten gets to be a cat." Come,' gentlemen,
when we get to be a cat, and whether you
come singly or collectively, you will always
receive a hearty welcome.
Appleton.
This thriving village gave the Union a
rousing reception, a drive about the village
and a hearty cheer at their departure. A
band of music was playing at the depot as we
came in. In addition to the eloquent ad
dress of A. W. LathropEsq., the Union were
presented withCcopies of the following ad
dress, headed;
GREETING.
VILLAGE OF APPELTOX
to the
ST. PACL JOBBEK3 UNIOX,
July 8, 1884.
To the Union : The village of Appleton de
siring to acknowledge the honor of the visit
of the St. Paul Jobbers union, on the occa
sion of their excursion over the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, July 8, 1884,
and appreciating the fact that the necessary
brevity of their stay here will prevent their
being able to see and examine the present
status of our town, its surroundings, natural
advantages, future prospects, etc., we re
spectfully present a few brief statistics show
ing our present business capacity and a few
of the facts which foretell our largely in
creased business importance in the near
future.
ACTUAL FIGURES.
Appleton is situated on the Pom me De-
Terre river, four miles from the Minnesota,
and has three magnificent waterpowers, two
of which are improved. With a population
of 1,000, Appletou is the leading town of
Swift county.
The amount of wheat of the crop of 1883,
marketed at this point is 490,000 bushels, an
increase of 150,000 over 1882.
Increased acreage of 1884 over 1883, 25
per cent.
Total number of pounds of freight re
ceived at Appleton Station for the year end
ing June 30, 1884, 10,207,430 poifnds, nearly
double that of last year. Total freight
shipped from this station same period, 25,
--364,580 pounds, including 89 cars of oats.
More building improvements are in pro
gress and projected for the present season
than for the four years preceding.
Government lands surrounding are all
occupied; and the sales of railroad lands in
the vicinity for the past blx mouths are 500
per cent, greater than for the same period
last year.
The fourth page of the address contained
a complete business directory of the place.
Montevideo, Minn.
The following very comprehensive write
up of one of the best towns on the Hastings
& Dakota was distributed among the excur
sionists:
Beautifully situated upon the east bank of
the Chippewa river near Its confluence with
the Minnesota, and upon the Hastings &
Dakota division of the Chicago, Milwaukee <te
St. Paul railway, 125 miles due west of St.
Paul, is found the young and thriving city
of Montevideo, the county seat of Chippewa
county and the commercial center of a large
section of the very finest agricultural lands
to be found in three of the best counties'in
the upper Minnesota valley. Montevideo is
a town of 2,000 inhabitants, the business
portion of which lies along the Cbippcwa
river, while the resident portion and public
buildings are located upon beautiful bluff?
that command a magnificent view of the two
valleys and of the adjacent country. A fine
court house, built in ISB2 of brick manufac
tured here, adorns a public square, and a
magnificent school house, also of brick, oc
cupies an adjacent block, while five
church edifices are found in the
immediate vicinity. In the business portion
of the town there are three banks, three ele
vators, three lumber yards, four hotels, five
machinery warehouses, four hardware stores,
three drug stores and a large number of dry
goods, grocery and provision bouses, many
of them of the first cla6i, with a proportion
ate number of harness, leather, millinery,
clothing and furniture houses and numerous
manufactories, machine shops, etc. Thr; (
new Montevideo Roller mills, located at the
head of Main street, are of the first class and
utilize the splendid water power of the entire
river with a nine foot fall. Other important
manufactures are also carried on. including
inilliuz. carriage factories, marble works,
etc. The educational and society advan
tages of the town are excellent and the peo
ple are intelligent, enterprising and public
spirited.
Within radius of twenty five miles are
found over a million icr^s of the very choic
est agricultural lands of this most remark
able valley, with scarcely an acre of waste
land in the entire region. Owing to the
rxcellence of our country roads that
radiate from town in all directions,
to the superiority of onr milling and
shipping facilities, to the reliability and su
periority of our markets and to tbe enterprise
and bnsiness sagacity of onr merchants and
tradesmen, these lands have been rendered
easily accessible and are, for tbe most part,
tributary to our town and markets, and as
they become more fully occupied and are
made productive, the bnsiness of onr town
will be very largely increased. As it is, the
commercial bnsiness of tbe town has been
closely estimated at very nearly $2,000,000
per annum. More than half a million bush
els of wheat were purchased from farmers'
wagons in ISB3. Tbe milling business for
the coming year will aggregate 1200,000.
The dry eoods and grocery trade at leut
1300,000. One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars worth of fat cattle, hogs and young
stock was purchased here in 1883. More
than $100,000 worth of farm machinery was
sold and nearly that amount of hardware.
The lumber business of ourtown will approx
imate $100,000 por annum, the drujj business
$25,000, and the tobacco and liquor business
as much more. The harness and leather
business amounts to $15,000 and $12,000
worth of hides and furs are purchased annu
ally. Fifteen thousand dollars per annum is
a low estimate of our expenditures for public
buildings, stores and residences, and not
lees than $500,000 is annually paid out to
the farmers In this vicinity for wheat, corn
and other i^rain crops. Aud yet, it is esti
mated, that not one-eighth part of our tilla
ble lands have ever been turned by the set
tler's plow. To estimate then, what the
traflic of our town shall be in the near fu
ture, is not a difficult task. O£ the vast
amount of business ulready done, we have
the evidence that only a small portion, al
most insignificant in comparison, has been
done with the merchant business men of
St. Paul. Minneapolis, La Crosse, Milwau
kee, Chicago, New York and other cities
have secured by far the greater and more
profitable share, and we are convinced that
tho tendencies of our trade aro away from
the commercial metropolis of our 6tate.
With a view to a better understanding of the
business relations that surround us, we
solicit a better acquantance with the Jobbers'
Union of St. Paul, and hope for much mu
tual benefit from this their first visit to our
town.
MilbnuU.
The following paragraphs, taken from the
Grant county i2rtwif,presents a good showing
for a good town :
Milbank, on the H. & D. division of the
C, M. & St. Paul R. R., west of Minneapolis,
is three years old, has a population of 1,200
to 1,500, is the end of the division, has a
solid brick round house with ten stalls, a
flouring mill, three churches, all fine edifices,
a large graded school building, a public
library association, owning its own building,
a neat structure 20x34, with 400 volumes of
the best works on its shelves, and all the
principal magazines and papers iv its read
ing room. The town is surrounded by fine
country, which is a gently rolling prairie,
and is well watered by numerous streams
coming from mountain springs in the
Dakota hills lying about ten miles west of
the town. The county was settled mainly
in 1879 and 1880, with the best farmers from
Minnesota and Wisconsin and states further
east. The population is about 7,000, and the
intelligence of the people is shown by the in
terest manifested in the erection of school
houses; it is estimated that there are on
an average three school houses in every
township.
Three elevators in Milbank indicate the
importance of the wheat, interest in this
rapidly growing town. Much interest is also
being manifesfed in the raising of stock, the
country is peculiarly adapted to this industry,
the native grasses being very nutritious
and running streams throughout the entire
extent.
The tone of society in Milbank is about
the average of the rapidly growing western
towns, as evidenced by her fine churches,
and library, and elegant school building.
Any one in search of a prosperous, healthy
location, could not find one combining more
of the requisite qualifications.
The Hon. J. C. Easton, of La Crosse, a
director of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad and a former heavy owner of
Southern Minnesota railroad stock joined the
party at Woonsocket and concluded the trip
with them.
Grot on.
The reception of the Union by the citizens
of Groton, as telegraphed at the time, was
enthusiastic, and the preparations
made, the display of grains, corn,
vegetables and grasses which adorned the
depot, and the flags and banners with which
the town was decorated, was only rivalled by
the cordial handshakings and personal greet
ings which met each member of the party as
they dispersed about the place and visited
the stores and places of business of the warm
hearted citizens. The subjoined address was
handed to. members of the party:
BUOWN COUKTY, D. T.,
was discovered in June, 1880, by that noted
traveler, Charles H. Prior, who immediately
took possession of all the surrounding terri
tory in the name of his Illustrious master, the
C, M. & St. P. Mitchell. But little was done
during the year 1880, except to drive from
her nest the last representative of the flocks
which once sailed in undisputed majesty on
the bosom of the "Jim." The noble "Drift
ing Goose," with his whole feathered tribe,
bad to go.
■In 1881, the discoverer having laid out a
exeat highway through his new dominions,
proceeded to take possession thereof, and ar
rived at Groton on the last of May. In June
he took possession of the site, and proceeded
to erect a city thereon. Having heretofore
issued invitations to the nations of the east
to send delegates to his dominions, the
spring of 1880 found thousands knocking at
his gates for admission. They were Immedi
ately admitted and furnished with transporta
tion—at the rate of £30 to $100 per car. The
immigrants proceeded to go-pher the wild
animals, and in a few short months the coun
try became inhabitable and peace prevailed.
1882, the people becoming dissatisfied be
cause their wheat only brought sixty-seven
cents per bushel, began to inquire into the
cause, and learning that the millers could
not afford to pay more because flour was only
$7.50 per barrel, freight paid to Milwaukee,
thnv Invited that great rival, C. N. Hughitt,to
relieve them from thraldom. The rival
sent forth a force for their relief that was met
and opposed by the conquerer, at the head of
a large force of Chluamcn, rod men, etc.,
who insisted on his prior claim, checked a
compromise and the rival withdrew. The
people were in despair until the Rock Island
was contemplating a western raid, they sent
him an embassy prayina for relief, which
they are now praying forr In the meantime
they have established commercial relations
with great emporiums of the east, principally
St. Paul, and In return for silk
woolen, cotton and other fabrics, spices,
teas and office holders, they ship wheat, oats,
corn and potatoes.
Groton was platted June, 1881; lies on the
open pruirie 295 miles west from St. Paul
and eighty miles east of the James river. It
was incorporated as a city in 1883 and has a
population of 700, mostly Americans. There
are 345,600 acres of tillable lands tributary to
Groton, and 60,000 into crops this year, all
of which will be marketed at Groton. An
artesian well is being driven by Gray Bros.,
of Milwaukee, at a cost of $4,400. There is
a good school house which cost $3,000; three
elevators, three churches, a lodge of Odd
Fellows, Masonic and literary societies, a
brass band of ten pieces which cost $ 350, and
a public library under the management of
the literary society.
J. H. Chamberlain, representing the tea
department of the P. H. Kelly Mercantile
company, joined the excursion at Egan and
continued with it to Its close.
Osmoa Lunn, vice president of the St.
Paul Plow works, joined the excursion at
Aberdeen.
Ash ton.
At no point on the line was the reception
offered the Union more hearty or enthusiastic
than at Ashton. A band of music and tbe
whole town turned out to give the welcome
which they extended,force aud volume. The
j subjoined address was presented to tbe Union,
together with a map of Spink county, show
ing tbe acreage In wheat and oats of each
I township, tbe total of which is embodied In
the address. When tbe speeches by c. W.
Andrews and J. J. Cushlng were ended the
visitors were invited to taste the water from
! their artesian well, a barrel of which contain -
I ing a large cake of ice, stood upon the plat
! form at the corner of the depot. The repre
sentative of the Globe being the only one
on board the train competent to judge of
the particle, drank a pint cup full,
and found it most ajrreeab'y delicious, and
j contrary to all expectation and prophecy lived
j to reach home with the rest. It was here that
we met the largest delegation of ladies thus '
far enroute, aud their grace and beauty cap
tared thr- hearts of tbe susceptable Jobbers
! who pr cd upon over thirty of them to
enter tbt-ir splendid train and ride till tbe re
turn regular tpin was met. This favor and
their gentle presence proved so enjoyable a
part of the trip that the experiment waa re
peated at intervals throughout the entire Jour
ney. Mr. J. J. Cushing,of Ashton, came aboard
upon invitation aud remained witn us
throughout the entire trip, us also did Mr. J.
H. Marshall, of Ipswich and Mr. F. A. Daw< •--,
of Redfield.
The following address was distributed:
To the Jobbers' Union of St. Paul:
Welcome — The undersigned business
men of the city of Ashton, are
glad of this opportunity to become
acquainted with you and in order that you
may become better acquainted with our re
sources, we present to you the following facts:
The total number of acres of deeded land
in the county is 412,180. The number' of
acres sown to wheat ay.d outs this year is as
follows: Wheat, 101,914 acres; oats, 25,504
acres. The total assessed valuation for the
county is §3,200,000, distributed as follows:
Real estate outside of the towns, t1, 950,470;
real estate in the towns. $279,5:50; personal
property, $9(31,000. The total population of
the county, according to the assessor's
census, 9,120. Placing the average yield of
wheat this year as low as fifteen bushels per
acre and oats at fifty bushels per acre, Spink
county will produce this year 1,528,741)
bushels of wheat and 1,2*80,200 bushels
of oats, which will be distributed
among the various towns of the county for
shipment in the following ratio: Of wheat,
Mellette, 257,790 bushels; Northville, 117,
--810; Athol, 8,300; Ashton, 419.325; Red
field, 156.930 ;Tulare, 57,510; Crandon, 130,
--120; Frankfort, 207,145: Dolland, 97,200.
The towns of Northviile, Athol, Tulare, Red
fk-id and Dolland, being located near the
county line, will considerably exceed the
figures given of each of them — the estimates 1
here given being confined to the limits of
the county. Comparing these figures with
those of previous years, and the remarkable
and rapid growth of Spink county is ap
parent:
Population. Valuation.
1879 160
IBSO 457 888,000
1881 1,100 84,000
IBS:.' 4,800 700,000
1883 5,900 2,046,803
1884 9,125 8,200,000
In 1883 Spiuk county ranked fifth in as
sessed valuation, but with its rapid progress
a few ycar3 more will place it to the front
rank.
Ist. Ashton has never had a business
failure.
2nd. Ashton will ship over 500,000 bush
els of wheat this year..
3rd. Ashton has the best artesian well in
Dakota.
4th. Ashton is in the center of Spink
county.
sth. Ashton is composed of the most in
telligent, enterprising and successful class of
men in the world.
6th. Ashton has the best wheat growing
country tributary, in the Jim valley.
7th. Ashton is going to have the county
seat of Spink county this fall.
W. T. Scofield, general store.
C. W. Andrews, farm machinery.
Billinghurst ifc Watkius, iuort^aiies and
loans.
C. P. Young, groceries.
Reed & Kelley, drugs.
S. W. Bowman, Bowman house.
I'lpQatititf.
The following address speaks for itself:
A greeting to the St. Paul Jobbers' union and
their invited guests by the Chamber ol
Commerce, Pipestone City, July 10, 18S4.
Gentlemen of the St. Paul Jobbers' union
and your invited guests: In the name of tho
citizens of the Quarry city we extend you a
friendly, welcome greeting.
We feel grateful for the honor conferred
upon us by your becoming our guests for an
night.
We recognize in you the representatives ol
the wealth, industry, enterprise aud geniui
of the great and growing capital city of ou!
state.
We.are glad to greet you here, In the city
of our pride. A city whose name is historic,
and around which cluster the musty legends
of centuries, founded upon a spot for long
ages sacred to aud reyered by the aborigines
of this country.
You will note that we have not only build
ed a city upon a rock, but also out of a rock.
You will see that Nature has done niuA for
us, in surrounding us with a matchless agri
cultural country, the very heart and home of
the diversified farmer. A laud literally flow
ing with milk and honey, where blue grass
reigns as king. Inexhaustible quantities ol
the grandest building stone in the northwest
are here plain to your view. We have enough
to build our city, a thousand other cities, and
to add to the architectural beauty of your
city for hundreds of years. Three trunk
railways, the promoters and developers oi
this mighty age of steam, supply us with tho
means of commercg.
You will behold around you the buds aud
blossoms of promise, the fruit of which will
be a bustling and busy city iv the fullness of
ime.
We again bid you thrice welcome, and
trust your visit will be profitable to you, and
that our fair young city will be ever green Id
y.mr memory.
Very Respectfully Yours,
The Chamber of Commerce,
Pipestono City, Minnesota.
The fact that Pipestone will in a few days
be connected with St. Paul by the 6ccond
line of road through the extension of the
Black Hills branch of the Omaha road from
Woodstruck to that point, and also that tho
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern from
Spirit Lake, lowa, through to Watertown. 1).
T., will be ironed and in running order be
fore the end of the season and which passes
through Pipestone, together with the fact of
the location of the Close Bros, extensive
land owners iv southwestern Minnesota and
northwestern lowa at thut city, has given
Pipestone such a boom as very few cities oi
towns have on joyed of late.
Blocks of n'i'W buildings are rapidly going
up and people are coming In from all points
anxious to secure borne of the splendid land*
with which this section abounds. The en
thusiastic reception extended by their people
to the Jobbers shows how desirous tin. v an;
of extending their business relation.
St. Paul.
The Great Wetttru Jiawl.
Probably no institution in St. Paul has ac
quired 60 general or so desirable a reputation
as the above, and with the name of its leader
and founder Prof. George 81c
bert, has became familiar r*. to
everybody who lives within the great scope
of country of which St. Paul forms the cen
ter. When they marched to the depot on
the morning of the Bth every member of tin:
Jobbers' Union party felt as if they carried
a winning card with them, and win it did,
too. "At every point on the- route wherever a
sufficient halt was made to permit of it, ever
ready at the call they promptly gave their
best efforts to increase the pleasure of tho
occasion, and on two occasions most notably
at Pipestone and at - Faribault, gave such an
exhibition of the marvelous skill and
excellence which they possess as will
be remembered as long as any
memory. of the excursion remains on tbo
part of visitors or visited. Ever ready and
uncomplaining at the severe service required
of them, [trading the streets of places visit
ed In the sweltering sun and playing when
ever and as often as desired without tho
slightest murmur and just as if they were
playing to gain a reputation, which in" point,
of fact was long years ago established, : they
won the continued praise of their employers
and the . applause of the people along the
route. They have the •consciousness of
knowing that . they ' helped to make the ex
cursion a grand success and made many
-fast friends,' among those of tho
party who were strangers to them, by their
gentlemanly deportment . and " excellent
music. . . : ' -
Prof. Geo. Scibert, whose ill health for tbe
past three years has prevent.,.'
most of the time his' active partici
pation in the direction and lead
ership of the band, was able to accompan)
us and returned to St. Paul much to tbe sat
isfaction of his friends, feeling ajyl looking
better for the trip.
The Glee Club.
The excessive modesty at the representa
tive of the Globe, who upon invitation con
sented to become one of the impromptu
"Jobbers' Glee dab,*' would prevent auy
