, 1870-08-21
A 8ird's-Eye View.
What it Was, Is, and May Be.
The North Shore,
A Trip to Pigeon Falls.
Thunder Bay.
An Eventfnl Morning,

An EVentful Morning.
To ne Eltor Of The cAiea9o Tribune:
DULUTH!
1he centre OF all eyes, the focus of busi.
ness hyposlecation, the Mecca Of speculatozr
from near and far, sushing to tho hcad OF
Lake Superior by every boat from below, by
every train oyer tho unbal1astcd road from St.
Paul; the shansied pride of Anleeiaus, the
hunting-Ground OF the gambler, tho consumer
o! whiskes, the flower Of which never bios
SONS forty roda away from benzine.
What it Was, what it is, what it usv be !!
These were the three topics OF discussion in the
Free and Easy Club, rs VIC came in sight OF
This latest born Of time and Jay Cooke, rising
out Of the hill rides like gigantic mushroom
among stumps set green and sspsul
First, its location. One hundred yeara ago.
Duluth, French explorer, coasted thes+
shores, and WAS the first white man to resct
the head Of the lake Foolish man that l,e
WAS, he never stopped to take coaple Of son.
out Of Lis pocket and purchase this region for
the benefit Of his postenty, Not suspicion
flashed through his Gal1ic head that there gas
city s'eening under hi4 feet; 10 lii.
crossed tue country to the Upper Miss
i=sippi, ard descended it to St,
Paul, where be and Father Hennepiu,
in the midst Of their cups, probably epecu1a
ted on the future OF St. Paul, both city mi;
apostle. III tho meantime, Duluth kept sleep
ing down in its beds Of slate waiting for the
time Of feuitiou, which came .lont a xe,r .,5
= 1,.,f ,oo r. a.. ...-..-s -,cc ooA Nio
w.. ,Ia.,.,,-.. 7NoA - 4ooot ouatn
sIan;a!E ~; tonh VI one enanty, on thu
Ii'Isp"s i.s th.-taa .. tne northern shore OF the
po;,'t ", ,,,t,;a hal1oM sang Str Minnesota
,hn 8, fn,,;I 1.o1 u. .'o t me MAe oeaind Which
s<,ra .nu o. ;o,,,a. se atsr ~ long. trouble
scms jouInes !n!oosh miles OF casc Adss, hads
peaee1nl ontlet and makes haElor for Su.
i'siao1 a.a Ghs, slA mhes southwest. as the crow
.n' n'ss' H4nE ueaa as = ooof-naf' On ierel pla
IT, 1e Ie tseaS - .ne e2tner 1913 renting IL
.ne FoeAe1s o. Iohn =. breckenridge, bats il.
1e ~ easeS VI Tue houses ahd sQua"a IN thc
l:ont pa1iore-fle entire freight for The cit,
" supc1'qs on the steamer .Heteor, this trip.
pesne. @ aa an a'nner, pocket handkerchief
1An ol cucumGesa.
FELLOW traveller with rs: Time, tho avengez,
mas zone Ais "ofk: Ih's man, handful oi
tesss ago tue asinB man Of Kentucky, the
1c0l or s!le young men Of the South, a great
po!itsca! Leader VIII l.rt s'dential aspirations,
atle, eloquent, and influential! No uan's star
tho eehate. when attacked by swarm Of
NaeEs, and hope lie naVer should forget he
was III the United States Senate, aud By SIM
Fle dignity alone s:fenca his assaitan;s. H.
"as far-rcaeljns etough III bis uu :iaess gra-!,
10 know thai ut soa:e tature day business mus,
It ek an outlet 3: the head OF Lake Superior.
and fIe laid ont Supcrinr Citr. Then cstns th:
betrayal of party, yuu kno%. aud then fol-
Inwed the betrayal Of co3atry, lie plunged
i. T.. the rebellion, aud to-s1ar s III ,ln,iltdo1eJ
sa.aelcr with seal up IL hs lip=. premature.
y gray. making few ac3uaiut auces #, he ,,xr-
+ On tho hoat, lew seeI;na lin Tct Iii III H. H.
n.tied asld impressive, one whom Won wouiI
,.itk tut 10 a thousand, Tia worst nf
| ail catastrcrEcs to political as:,irant
las oversaken Nin,-failurc. Tine. tic
4ye, ger, has striprcd from him tho coudlencc
Of al parties: lime, tho avengsr, has NOT
r.stoso him to citizenship aid loose his lins.
Time, the avenger, has killed his uacnif}ccn.
| city On Lake Superior, and loft him viii, title
a"rds 10 barren 1eachcs Of sand. And Ills
in.n. the organic. Of great parties, the can.
d'datc for the Presidency. the leador of grea,
armts, tile builder Of city, cmp!oyius hi
i1nIl ersive dignity in game of cuch1e n.ainst
rcreg1inc Pickle EorSo iii Koeriiot Win.
aescent! It il en- record in tie annals h
the Free ard Easy Club that John C. Erecieu
Ridge DOES not play cucflre we'll Time. tbt
avenger, recorded four straight games a,.s,,..
]
evening. July g.
Eu:, to my muttons. You have seou wl,a
Duluth was-one stumt-surrouu.lc.l s..an;1
two years ago. with CITY OF great cxpcc:a
t'sns sns ill ti1 niss away. To-day, Duluth ba
':e,. ICY a9us Ne dwelling about forty deep IN u,l
men and la7s en- who have llockel Lare 1ik,
scltnres to the casrion, have got pain,e,
httis GU, and make SOME pEuscncct to ciyiliz,
tion. These $500 FOULS are Germa.
roulr, Laying the foundations Of Dulut!
IN lager beer: Norwegian souls, rct!olent o
tbs railroad; Mi'eEian soule,. elaatting i,
thanties Oh Miunesota Point, tliFiy or fort
~ shanty. III miscellaneous conglomerat,
Of pige, hens, squaws, dogs, geeee, and lum
bcr pills. with the favorite green puldlos i,
FROM Of the maneions. oach shaatr propne,
up on 6tiltt, ~ il it had rolled u, tie les q
It's treeches to keep out Of the tilth in Wlic,
| it ia lccated Indian souls. WIN .nent tho;
time standing on tho docks, boldinE 10 tb
balcony warehouse Ike b1o,zcI Cxrystijee
"r building t1tir wign ANS in the main stree
Don't you know that when Ma:e,iamAlss hs
rtylisll cali and places heseolf mon aIi RI
dignity tlsrzc i. IN the household fnr nels.
tai, that tho ufT cl,i,tl Of the bous. riH nersis
in rushing into tho parlor, ledaubed Wit
tFaaclo and bcsmouched With mud, aud inais
I upon performing acrobxtic Eeats On tbn "a,
pet? Just 20, whcn tic papers here .r
nou1ce that Brown, Smith & Jpucs l,svn i,.
finished their - paiatial store. excc,letj !,
nothing Nest Of S-w York" aud tha visitor
, 60 to see il next morning. 4 foadstnnl of
,, Wigwam has sprung up in tho nigh
| on the auioini,1o lot and Nj.
il cooking her morning rations Of notasno.
Then theFoa are Ame1ican souls. nil, sn..c,,sss;o
: in their ever, aud camblers' rn,,t.' and u,
: eouls Of I'll u,auucr OF rn,1rh of,tls nd cr.t,
witch IN arm into new plas..s, but ,i,ert. \,
I few souls worth saving. Dulutl. l,as Que ne
. chu,c!1 III l.ucsss OF erection, bu,li by j.
l Cookies colnr,eur. ~ho travel. III tho inter ~
Of J. e. and tho Episcopal denoulina,ion III
rest OF the preaching il done in The s.Eec:
a1t Ibis Aft r'oon stood for fifteen ,ninats
= AID i'stcntd to lo,ul-tt roatr.l, Ycsl-llaire
. tlaa1e-j2"et, shepherd Of mo,ley I-rae
eon-iguinG cvtry Fl. thcs.s son Of them /
= tscrral damDatlon. The1s is macu1,ic !,
y echo here. and ,hs distant hills rensats.i III.
wcrd damrstinn 40 often that !, 81 IN II - - ~
all ustur. lad eot into = sSearin; it. Tae, Il q
~ !sss eIsd!tat!s hotel here: tho onls bnil'
..,,s,,,.1- ~ ,es,,,.a. - ss "acn mas els tn
;.si;ls nree",e .ra ~ tvoAS u 20 go our nj
itia in 1 s,c,9 sis,% :. anere ~ ;: sns:s'
: neM ~ ~ so.u, Nne1e standls star comMn
: !leH tton. lug leaa!ng tn:atfes o. the EAs
+ r1s4hs .ne W" senea11on. Cnder II
Lifa', Fsououncen ~ press and rn
/. ue !" ~ T 'ae s!ea9 otanaac etc Or e. II
i ~ 'ss ase TWO hc"sparets hers. "he
| ~. :. - s - |s41th noA1e ba1
= hlef iii sire corner, lie is singing ink
' w o1.su.f TUTOR VINO burns the nidnsg
g gu oss1 laS'f reef saloon. The ISSUE OF +
+ das co: se'Ae leader 70 donb'e-le brevie
;, psosus coLcinsise!y OF that Duluth in ye.1
i time vii outstzip Chicago. and euaAuger Ne
|, York, eein: tho nearest point to rveEywher
r. and destined to canEeE the products Of II
y Leo iasef sal'eE and the Saskatchewan. u
i s1!ks o. LUCIA. and the teaa Of China, to eyel
g halnlet in Ne" England, and that small subj
=, IAN Ilaces nke iialadc!phis, Cincionati, La}
foseet, i!H"1uhee* ana .Ansmo34- are alfeAt
left out in the cold. presume thai = Il