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&UiHS, mtKfeS UUUJJS, LXUAJtS, JSTC.
I. E. Corner Jackson and Seventh streets,
ARE STILL GIVING
ON ALL PURCHASES.
This discount of Twenty-five cents on every dollar is given on
everything in stock including all of the new goods just received.
We give this discount until further notice on White Goods of all
kinds, Embroideries, Hamburg Edgings, Swiss Embroideries, in
sets to match, with Insertions; Mull Embroideries, Oriental, Tor
2hon, Spanish and Breton Laces. We have just received several
imndrod new stylos of Laces—styles never before on tho market.
Wo have made a direct importation of India Mull, Linen Lawns,
Victoria Lawns; white, plain and figured Swiss; plain and fancy
Nainsooks, and plain and fancy Jaeonettes. We also offer a choice
lot of lace, striped, plaid and figured domestic and foreign Piques*
at the lowest market prices, less 25 per cent, discount.
SILKS & MESS GOODS.
Sow is the time to select the material for a Dress. 25 per cent,
discount means a 75e silk for 58}£c; a $1 silk for 75c; a $1.50 silk
for $1 12^; as 2 silk for $1.50; a $2.50 silk for 81.87^. Cashmeres
and other Dress Goods at the.same discount.
50 PER CENT. OFF
IN ORDER TO DISPOSE OP OUR STOCK OP
And all Outside Garments, wo have cut down the price one-half,
In Our Carpet Department
Ureal inducements arc offered, as we are giving 25 per cent, discount on the en
tire stock. Our friends and customers will find a very choice and degant line
to select from, in Moquette, hotly and tapestry Brussels, elegant new designs in
Imperial 3-ply and extra super 2-ply carpets; all wool ingrain, single and
lonhle-chain Carpets. The large discount offered on these staple goods makes
lie purchase of a carpet now a good investment, even if you keep it until spring
before using.
Yon will do well to do your shopping in the morning, so as tojavoid the incon
venience of a crowded store in the afternoon.
K^H]M BROTHERS,
N. E. corner Seventh and Jackson streets.
CLOTHIERS.
No. 1 goes to a tailor and has his Spring Suit or Overcoat "Made
to Order;" buys his Spring Hat at an exclusive Hat Store; pays for
entire outfit about $55. No. 2 goes to a reliable Clothing House,
selocts his Suit or Overcoat, tries it on and purchases it; he also
buys a stylish Spring Hat at Clothing House; cost of entire outfit
about $28. No. 2's Suit or Overcoat is made from the identical
same goods as No. 1, and the general make-up and fit is equally as
good. His garments look as stylish and wear as well as No. l's
and he is $27 ahead by being sensible. Spring will soon be here,
why not be sensible?
BOSTONoaePriceCLOTHING HOUSE
Cor. Third anu Robert Streets, St. Paul.
AMUSEMENTS.
OLYMPIC THEATEE!
SEVENTH STREET, NEAR JACKSON.
Monday Evening, February 18th, 1884!
The grand romantic and spectacular play in 4 acts, entitled
TALE OF EISrCHA2SrTMEIS"T!
Surpassing in grandeur the famous production ot
THE BLACK CROOK,
Introducing a Grand Amazonian March, led by the Fairy l^neen, L\E ROSA and 1G Beautiful Young
Ladies.
Wonderful Incantation Scene,
Beautiful Prismatic Fountain,
Palace of the Fairies,
Two Great Transformation Scenes,
A car load of Gorgeous Scenery,
Magnificent Costumes,
■n « mtt •.- t . ™„ Elaborate Appointments, etc.
FAMILi MATFNEES WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY. Every lady visitor presented with an
jlegant Souvenir.
BOOT AND BHOI DKALBBS.
SCHLIEK & CO..
j||| SO. 89 EAST THIRD STREET,
«36i H^BtfSft^ Stii^S2L A Sency for EITRT'S, GRAY'S,
N, OLD's > and Many Others.
a™*Wß»3» tSe Mail orders promptly filled.
STANDARD SCALES.
FAIRBANKS^! ECLIPSE
STANDARD &ELF-HEGULATING
SCALES I I WIISTD MILLS!
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO, 373 Sibley street.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
TENTH DAY!
THE GREATEST RUSH FOR
IN THE
City of Saint Paul!
Thousands of people availing themselves of the
Slaughter in prices, at the great $40,000
Assignment Sale of the
422 Wabashaw.street
Remember that although there has been a
large amount of goods sold, all lines are still com
plete, and you can get supplied with whatever
you want. Look at our SILKS, prices une
qualed anywhere. A general cut in everything.
Prices for the coming week still lower than those
of last week. CASHMERES in all colors, at a
big discount. KNIT GOODS cut in two.
Everything embraced in the great Slaughter.
| We are better prepared for the Rush than ever
before, having a full corps of attendants.
Come early, buy quick, and leave room for
others, and thus enable us to close out the stock
as soon as possible.
Monday, Feb. 18,
We will throw on the market, an Elegant line of
LADIES'
At Less than the Cost of the Raw Material.
■Jin mmsmsmm mmsumsw airr r^- wakm
February 19,
We will place on sale a line of Ladies' and
Children's
AT A UNIFORM
Discount of 5H per et froiii regular pices.
Don't miss this great chance, you
may not get another in a lifetime.
, P. T. KAYANAGH,
ST. PAUL, MINN., SUNDAY MOENLNG, FEBKUARY 17. 1884.
DRY GOODS.
February 18,
And During the Entire Week,
WE WILL OFFER
Exiraorflinary Tallies
IN
Ladies' & Misses' Muslin
Each lot we mention below are j
decided Bargains, and we
have marked so low a price
on all, that it will pay you to
at once buy a full supply.
Lais' Instil Drawers!
One lot with Tucks, good
Muslin, at 25c
One lot with 12 cluster
tucks, at 50
One lot cluster tucks and
Hamburg edge, at 60
One lot cluster tueJcu ,Ham
burgedge and insertion
at $1 00
One lot cluster tuck, two
inch Torchon, at 1 OO
Laflies' Chemise.
One lot made plain, good
Muslin, at 25c
One lot with tuck, Ham
burg inserting at 50
One lot with tucked yoke
and corded bands, at 75
One lot with tucked yoke,
Torchon and emb., at $1 00
Lies' Nitpis.
One lot tucked best Mus
lin, at 75c
One lot tucked, trimmed
with Hamburg, at $1 00
One lot tucked, trimmed
with Hamburg,(Mother
Hubbard style), at $1 OO
Mies' life Skirts.
One lot 12 tucks, good Mus
lin, at 85c
Ote lot 12 tucks, with ruffle,
at 76
One lot 18 tucks,with 4-inch
emb., at $1 OO
One lot 12 tucKB,with 6-inch
emb., at 1 25
ALSO.
A Pine Line of French, Hand
Mm
Ciiemise, anil
taers!
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S
demise, Drawers, ana
llowis,
At Low Prices.
BRIMUETS,
Trimmed with Torchon and Ham
burg, a large line.
Infants' Long M snort Slius,
Infants' Long and SW Dresses,
Infants'LonnMMt Skirts,
Every Garment is made perfect,
the best Muslin used, and any
size from the smallest to the
largest.
10,000 Yards New
Embroideries,
NEW
Tiii, it I
NATHAN
11
E. Third St.
MUSICAL INBTBUMENT3.
HAINES,
The three leading Pianos of the
world, •
special"prices
FOR TBE SLXT 10 DAYS! ,
148 fc 150 East Third St.
AMUSEMENTS.
GRWMPERA HOUSE. " !
L. N. SCOTT, .... Manager.
Three (8) Nights, commencing MONDAY, FEB,
18. Matinee Wednesday, at 2 p.m. I
THE GREAT NEW YORK SUCCESS.
A BOOM OF LAUGHTER. '
llHaifsCijaaj '
Presenting Edward Harrigan's latest success
MiSORLEYS IXFLITM !
With a Company of Comedians.
AH the Original scenic effects. All the Origi
nal Songs and Music. The Salvation Army. The
Charleston Blues. 1 Never Driuic He-hind the
Bar. McNally'B Bow ot Flats. The Muddy Day.
The Market on Saturday Night. Golden Choir.
The Old Feather Bed. Bunch of Berries.
Prices—sl.oo, 75c, 50c and 25c.
Sule of seats commences Saturday, 9 a. m.
Comming attraction—Sam'l of Posiu Feb. 21,
22 and 28.
Grand Opera House!
THE POPULAR COMEDY SUCCESS!
THREE NIGHTS ONLY,
TfIIRSDAY. FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY!
FEB. 21, 22 &23.
America's Accepted Coniniedian,
MB. M. B. CUETIS,
In his inimitable creation,
SAiL OF POSEB!
The Commercial Drummer, supported by his own
specially selected company. i i
Special extra engagement of
M'llo Albina De Mer. ~
In her own creation of Dumas' "CAMELLB '
One performance only, Saturday Matinee, Feb. S3.
Sale of Seats commences Wednesday, Feb. 20,
9a, m. Prices $!, 75c, 50c and 25c,
EDUCATIONAL.
lit Sat Joseph's
ACADEMY
For flte EtaM of.. Ynv Ladies
DUBUQUE, lOWA.
Parents desirous of placing thflir daughters in
a first class school, will do well to inyeetigate
the claims of tnis institution. To the present
building, which is both spacious and beautiful,
a large addition is being erected, which will con
tain music, exhibition and recreation halls. The
course of studies in the different departments is
thorough, nothing being omitted that is neces
sary to impart a finished education. Tho musi
cal department comprises a thorough course for
graduation in Theory and Practice. Every ad
yantago is afforded to those who wish to pursue
a special course in painting; general instructions
in drawing are given in oiase-rooms. For par
tionlar apply to HIBTER 80PEBIOB. 8544
We will furnish Material and Labor from this
date, as we are called on to do all repairs: and all
material we will put in at half the list cost, and
furnish a man and helper for $5.00 a day. Please
come and be treated right, no underhand work
with architects.
mVi & HUMER,
120 & 122 West Third St.. St, Paul, Minn.
47*
NOTICE"
TO
ARCHITECTS.
Office of the City Hall )
and Court House Commission, >
St. Paul, February 3, 1881. )
The special commission appointed and acting
under the act of March Bth, 1881, being chapter
370 of Special Laws of 1881, and the act of Feb
ruary 26th, 1883, being chapter 102 of the Special
Laws of 1883, will be glad to receive from such
architects as may desire to submit them, plans
and estimates for the City Hell and County
Court House contemplated in said acts, on the
first day of May, 1884, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, at tbe office of the County Auditor of this
county,jf)ut with the distinct understanding that
no compensation will be made for any such plan
or estimate unless adopted.
By order of the Commission.
J. J. McCARDY, Secretary.
47-48-54-50-61-02
I
I am retiring from the Fancy Goods business,
and offer my entire stock of Embroideries,
commenced and flcishei, and Material for all
kindß of Embroideries. Zephyrs, Yarns, Hand
Knit Goods, etc., with my entire stock of tine
Holiday Goods, at and below cost. I wi'.l give
you good bargains. Call and see me.
MRS. O. HERWEGEN,
i No. 37 West Third street, St. Paul.
PEN PICTURES
OF
SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA.
ndian Camp Kires--The First Sunday School-
John Dobney—Simeon P. Folsom—A Canoe
Ride of 800 Miles-Tin First Cooper-
Charles T.Kouleau, Sen.—Personal Mention
-Charles Rouleau, Jr.-An Old hand Hark
-The Wild Hunter's Hotelrßenjamin W.
Brunson--As We See Him—First Regular
Fhysiciun-Dr. .1. J. Dewey—lint Tailor
—Parsons K. Johnson—So We tio.
BY T. Bf. NKWSON.
ARTICLE IX.
I^-17—INDIAN CAMP Fllir.s.
Miss Bishop, who came to St. Pan
n 1847, alluding to the embryo
sity at this early day, writes: "It must be
iorne in mind that St. Paul was a small tr.ul-
Dg post giving yet no si^'ii of it- unprce
leuted growth. The council tires of the red
nen were but just extinguished on thi
tide and were .still brightly blazing on the
Test of the river. Our village was almost
laily thronged with Indians, where they fre
[uently encamped in larger numb rs than
he entire adult male population Of the terri
.ory. Tragic scenes were often enacted by
hem when intoxicated and provoked by
fraud practiced upon them by unprincipled
ivhisky sellers.*' These Indian continued
:o dance and to beg about the city up to, and
ucludiug the year 18
JOHN" DOBNBT.
At the tir.-t election ever held iv St. Paul,
(says Mr. Folsom,) in the year 1847,forty
nine votes were ea>t, and one of the judges
of the election, after announcing the i
stated that John Dobney had received the
full number, and was duly chosen. As some
of the judges were Bomewbat Bet up by copi
ous drinks of water from the Mississippi
river, they wanted to know who this John
Dobney was, when the aforesaid judge eon
ducted them to a closet nearby, and point
Ing said: "There he is." which proved to
be a demijohn filled with whisky. In those
days such candidates invariably received the
full number of votes, aud of course were al
ways elected.
TUB FIRST AN'I) OLDEST SI '.DAY SCHOOL IN
MINNESOTA.
On the 25th of July, i^!7, thirty-seven
years ago, Miss Harriet E. Bishop opened a
Sunday school in a lou, house, corner of
Third and St. Peter Btreets, udh .-.even
scholars. They were from parents of all
nationalities, and great Bkill was required by
the then young and Inexperienced but
perserving teacher, to make
them comprehend her meaning;
but she succeeded admirably, and finally had
twenty-five children about her. The school
was continued several years and Increased
in numbers, and at last became connected
with the First Baptist church of this city.
Miss Bishop died In 1883, ami a biographical
sketch of her life appeared in Article Five.
SIMEON P. lolsoM.
Mr. Folsom was born In lower Canada in
Ist'.i, and is consequently 65 years old,
which will greatly surprise most of his inti
mate friends, who presumed him to be a man
not much more than 50 years, lie studied
and practiced hnr, and then took op tb ■ pro
fessiOn of civil engineering. He left his
home in 1839, and came to St. Paul in I s IT.
or 37 years ago. lb- early enlisted in the,
Mexican war, as did Edmund Rice and M.
N. Kellogg, and also served in the Union
army for a term of three years during the
war of the rebellion. He was also on the
.staff of Major-General Bodfish, in 1839,
ranking as major, and In l s."ii-:i was clerk in
the legislature. He was also the :
surveyor of St. Paul, in Is:,!, and has I < n
a continuous resident of St. Paul, or near to
It, and Identified with her Interests, for ;si'
years.
A CANOE RIDE OV 300 MII.ES.
In IM2 Mr. Folsom, having been
appointed by the United States gov
ernment to take t!ie cei,-us in this then
almost unknown region, and having per
formed his duties, purchased a birch bark
canoe of the Indian-, and alone, started on a
voyage, from Menominee, down the Chippe
wa river to the Mississippi, and from tie nee
to Prairie duChien, a distance of 300mOes. He
mad.' a Bail out of one of bis undergarments,
and thus floated on the broad bosom of the
great river, sometimes stopping with fur
traders, sometimes with Indian-, and ime
times alone. Then there were no farm,-, uo
Villages, no towns, no cities, and very few
whites. He came west when nineteen years
old, and has lived to see wonderful changes.
He speaks of visitinlt the old government
mill, near where Minneapolis now stands,
and between the mill and Fort Snelling, on
a wide stretch of prairie land, stood a loin
tree, and beneath this lone tree the sentini I
soldier would sit at noon day to shield him
self from the hot rays of the sun. When
that lone tree then stood, Is now a bustling
city.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Folsom is a man of a great deal of in
telllgence and has led an active, busy life,
We remember him in the palmy days of reii
estate, when he dealt in broad acres an
drove about the city as a nabob; then we re
member him again, not so rich; in pooi
health, ready and expecting to die any mm
ute, and yet he has outlived a large numbei
of his old friends, and is as active as a kit
ten. Very few- men know more about rea
estate in and about St. Paul, than Folsom
He has surveyed it; he has owned it; he hat
sold it. He has been on the top-most rounc
of the ladder, and at the bottom, and jus
now he is in the middle of the ladder of life
and is as tenacious as an old hickory tree
He la social, kind hearted, generous; has an
excellent memory, and delights to revel in
the incidents of the past. Withal, he has :
vein of humor in his composition, whicl
makes him popular as a companion and likec
as a man. Mr. Folsom is in the best ol
health, and looks younger than he did twenty
years ago.
TUE FIKST COOPER —CHARLES T. ROULEAU
SENIOR.
Mr. Rouleau was born in [Canada in 1807
and is consequently seventy-five years old
He came west in 1829, or lifty-live year
ago, and was in the employ of the America:
Fur company for nine years, or three terms
was mail carrier from Point Douglas to Tay
lor's Falls in 1844; lived at St. Cnix an
removed to St. Paul in 1845. HI
family consisted of fourteen chil
dren, eight of whom are Btill living
A carpenter by trade, he was the fir
in the city; made casks for tb:- governmi a
hewed the logs for the first hotel—"The 81
Paul House," —later worked for the Lam
Brothers, but is now livinsr upon the weig!
of his years. He also built the firat fen
boat at Anoka, and slsol ■ house I
Fort Snelling; made the £r.-t barrels in th
state, and labored in the s u w mill of John i
Prince. He now resides with a rnarrie
daughter, in an humble dwelling in tb
Sixth ward, or West St. Paul.
PERSONAL MENTION.
We visited Mr. Rouleau on Wednesda
last. He is a bright, cheery old man, abot
medium height, clear eyes, thin face, y<
sprightly and polite. He is pleasant in coi
versation and philosophical ia bia couch
.V>. 1-
enuurea many n.inn
t
year ht i in
fifty-fo i
ti.iu —"flow man -■ 1 i-1 you i f
' •
rest ar • (i. ad." W !...••
he m
and deaf, and ben
well, and did sing for him. "Oh, I •!■ ■ •
rowful tone, "
This ag Ida
■
Of a fi
that when a little girl she used 1 00l
In the log hnt which tb
street, h was the fact. Mr, R
lean Is a pleasant man, and a j
. of
him, he thro
. on I we trust he may
.
CHARLES ROULEAU, •!',:.
11 a - m of Mr. Ri v eau of « him «c
hay: been v,riting. He \\.:s b :i
in St. Paul in 18
ago, and \.as in the lumbering
business from the age ol is years
up to IS7I, stnee which time he has bei i
the police force of the city of St Paul, and
ranks among the old
.'!■■ Is an excellent of a well pre-
I physical man; large,wellproportioi
with a line, clear complexion, Indicating
sobriety, and is one of the b >n
the force. He may well be proud of his
father, and bis father may well be proud ol
him.
AS OLD LANDMARK—THU w 11.1) 111 M'.:i:'S
HOTEL.
A. T.. Larpcnteur, E
hitherto spoken, boughl of David Faribault,
In the year 1845, or 33 years ago, eventy
; land on Jackson street, running to
fourth,now the property of Henry. Hale, Esq.,
and paid for it the Bum
ent worth i- • $150,000. He
was offered another seventj I Ing,
for $45, but Larpenteur was too shrewd a
man to Idad bimsi If down with real estate at
ruinous prices, and so di clined tha
offer. In lv.V he concluded to build on this
1 it, so timber was pn cured ..
Band, and carpenters were be! to work,and In
due course of time, what is now known
the Wild Hunter's hotel, sprung into being
as a i i iv-1 cla b city n id m , costii
owners9oo. It was ereete I i»n the corner of
Third and Jackson si i
office novi Is, but In 1855 waa
moved to its pre lent 1> c ition.
Mr. 1. - nteur lived here
years, and in this honse five of his cli
were born, and here he passed some of tho
hours of his life. The hotel of
the Wild Hunter was kepi for man
a Mr. Mueller, v. ho died in ! -in;, i \
peculiar building, made so i ad
ditions which have been added to it, and
while it has stood the bla ts of 37 winl
this is its last, for in the spring, like a
many other old Bettlers who bave : me bo
fore, It will probably ;-.i~ s mil of existenuo
forever, to make way tor an Imposing block
of brick stores.
BENJAMIN W. BRCNSON.
Mr. Branson la a sou • f Rev. A. Bran
of Prairie dv Chien, and is a brother ot Mrs.
.1. VV. Bass, "f this city. He was born in
Detroit In 1823. We fit i hear of Mr. Bran
son in the milling business in Wisconsin,
when, In May, 1847, he removed to St. Paul,
where he has resided thirty-seven year . or
near a half a century. He Is a 1 iwyer and a
very competent surveyor and itn Ini ir. Ho
ted In survej Inj Ihe tow v plal of
Saint, Paul, and having secured pr> perty
east of Trout Brook, add 1 •
tion. The original eosl of the land to him
was comparatlvi ly little, bul
now worth many hundred thou taud di i
In 1861 Mr. Bruns< n entered the Union
army, Company X, Eighth regiment, and
served i bree years. He I and his been :i
great Odd Fellow and Via >n, and has proba
bly seen as many aps and A i man
in tin: state. II i has been q
justice of the peace, a mi in bei
of the territorial Ii fo<
two terms, general manager I office,
and is now connected with the govi rnmenl
of the Union depot.
as wi: see ii nr.
Mr. Branson is a quiet, unobtrusive man,
with decided opinions of hi i ovs v, and quite
Independent In character. He never aj
"that's so," hut in- speaks whal he believes)
Is a fact, and othei echo "that's so.'' llu
Is not a large man; moves and
talks in a moderate manner, and thinks
a good deal more than he otters. He and his
Bon arc both energetic business men, and
mfidence of not only thi Ir
elates, but ol the public al large. Perba I
Mr. Branson had bad more policy and i i
manhood, he would, In the common ; arlance
of the world, hi \ > i» □ mor
financially, and perhaps he wouldn't! A
great deal of Hfi ted by luck, and
many tin I tho
meane t get the i 'dr. Bran in
i- sixty one years old, ImL ia bright, cheerful
and a
1 Till; Ii:; t REGULAR PHTSICIAS DR. J. J.
DEWEY.
Dr. Dewey arrived i Pal In July,
1847, and in 1848 c tablished the first drag
n . nol only in this city, bul in the
Atone time he built up quite a practice, hut
of late years has lived a Bomewbat •
life. He is a man about sixty years old,
with a long, flowing beard Icent;
move i over the uitli
measured tread, and has tho
>arance of a person who is
', disappointed with the world, and yet II may
be only the peculiarity of the man. I
quiet, und te gentleman, and gen
erally walks with bis hand- behind him. <'n<)
looking at him would scarcely believe tl
■ was the oldesl phj Icl m In St. Paul, and had
I resided here thirty Beven years. He b
I many changes and has followed man;, an old
- settler to the grave, bul be Ib aw< II | i
- man, and bids fair to live manyyears longer.
Tin: FIRST TAILOR—I
The old saying that a tailoi it the
ninth part of a man, is not true in tb
! i f the subject of our sketch, for
know him, say he is a person with a
' lund of mi d humorist, a law
-1 yer, although never admitted to the bar, a
' good tailor, a farmer, a worthy man. !'e
t uas horn in Vermont In 1810, andisOS
, years old. ilis relatives
nected with the family of Jonathan Carver,
. and when a hoy he was a B
Stephen A Douglas. H'- came to 8L Paul In
1 July, 1847; wasamemberof the ftret terrl
-1 torial legislature; in 1850 m
:i Miss Biveus, sister of .Mrs. Jack
-1 son; carried on the first
! ing business in this city; removed to
t kato in W>i: was subseqn
at that place, justice i;' tbe peace, and
member of the legislature. He still lives
' at Mankato, engaged as a tailor there, farms
a lilt!--, and cracks jo
', He is a man well ad
L for ' can't
bt; I I With this
philosophical turn of n it fate
. and en joys the serenity of a at and
_' matured life.
", An l lowe gi, ci •■iy to
's ' ■
■ in our n ■ - >re uf tha
' events of 1847.
! Good. Rules.
;' Xf.w Fork, Feb. !•'.— ' <■
nge has ado: ted nig tha
v tra le. The m tnt changes
v are that I '
it and controlled by I
So. 1,
J. extra N d fine. K>
d should ir~- known - ;ine.
Can Hold Offli
Montgomery, Ala., F- b. It;— Fudge Bruce
y has decided that Paul Strobach, recently
it suspended for lack of confirmation by the
;t senate, was entitled to hold the office of mar
i- thai until the president makes another ap
i- poiutmeut.