Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-09
"lROVE THE CLOUDS"
How st. Paul Went Above the Falls to Get
There.

How st. Paul Went Above the Falls to Get
There.
The excursion from st. Paul to Minneapo-
lis and ''Above the Clouds was honored more in
the breech than in the observance.
From some mysterious ramifcation of mis-
takes, Indifference or conspiracy, nobody fur
nished the press of st. Paul or to the public
through any other means any definite data up
on which the announcement as to the time,
place. or object of the proposed excursion,
hence the force that went to Minneapolis last
evening was about as large, and as fully met
the public expectation Of our neighbours as
did the memorable rally of our fire depart
ment Cor rather railroad company when the
tocsln of distress was sounded last Thurs
day evening. At $50 last evening the managers
of the Milwaukee Il St. Paul road exhibited
their readiness to carry out their part of the
original programme by holding in waiting at
the foot of Jackson street a train of three or
four splendid coaches. smoking car, ice cream
car, ETC., and when the train moved off up the
valley of the Father of Waters there were just
3311 excursionists on board, composed of 81 men,
two ladies and a boy. Nothing was lacking to
insure the comfort and perfect accommodation
of three hundred passengers. MIR. h. NJ Car
penter, of the wellknown firm of Averill Rus
sell & Carpenter, of this city had been chosen to
offciate escort to the excursionists, to convey
the money realized here from the sale of tickets,
private subscriptions and from the Adah Rich
mond benefit, and also to furnish all who
should go from st. Paul with checks for re-
| served tickets at the Academy of
Music in Minneapolis Mr.. Carpenter
discharged his various duties with as
much grace and faithfulness as though there
had been throng of hundreds instead of the
| meager party that it was. He bore with him
to the relief committee at Minneapolis total
remittance of $40, as resulting from the
sources above stated, accompanied by the fol
lowing letter from Gen. Sibley, with relation
to portion of said fund:
LETTER FROM GEN. SHELLEY TO MAYOR RAND.
ST.. PAUL, May 49, 1878.
Hon. A. c. Rand, Mayor, &C., Minneapolis
Mimi.
DEAR Sir: -k have the honor to remit here
with, for the needy families of the suffering
from the late accident in your city, thesnm Oh
two hundred and twenty five ($225) dollars. be
ing the net proceeds of the performance Of the
Adah Richmond company in this city, and
subscriptions of individual citizens.
Please dispose of the same where it will DE-
the most good. Very respectfully, your obcdi
| ent servant, H. II. SHELLEY,
President Chamber Commerce st. Paul.
| The proceeds from the number of ticket,
sold here some one hundred and eighty-nine
made up the amount to about $41O, above
| given.
| On the arrival of the party in the great mil
| city, there was very cordial welcome. All OF
the visitors were escorted to the choicest O
seats in the Academy of Music
and after witnessing amateur
performance Of ''Above the Clouds,
not excellcd in excellence of execution any
where, the excursionists enjoyed very pleas
ant moonlight ride back to their homes, reach
ing st. Paul few minutes before midnight.
Though very few in numbers there was ncv
ertheless a unanimous and hearty expression o
appreciation Of the generous action of the NJ. 4
st. P. company, the courteous attentions o
Mr.. Carpenter, and the more than neighborl,
welcome and hospitality of those having il
charge the entertainment at Minneapolis
| EXPLANATORY.
Of course many bought tickets to aid tn
sufferers without expecting to attend, blu
as nearly two hundred were disposed of. proba
bly, more would have gone if the train ha,
been duly advertised. There have been quite
number Of individual subscriptions sent direc
to Minneapolis, and considerable number o
subscriptions have not yet been paid in.