Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-18
THE COMING GUESTS.
The Milwaukeeans to Arrive Tonight
Action OF the Chamber OF Commerce
Informal Reception at the Metropolitan
To.Night--Drive About tho City To-Mor-


Action Of the Chamber OF Commerce
Informal Reception at tho Metropolitan |
T0.Ni9ht--Drive About tho City To- Nor |
row.
At Gals this evening the special train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, bear
ing the Milwaukee Merchants Association, and
a number of invited guests, will arrive in this
city. The excursionists number about 125 of
the best business men of the city. They will
do the city during Wednesday under the
guidance of the committee appointed yesterday
by the chamber of commerce. The committee
will meet the guests at the depot and escort
them to the Metropolitan hotel, where an in
formal reception will be held at clock. At this
hour the committee desire that as many Of our
/ business men as possible will be present to ex-
tend hearty welcome to the visitors. On
| Wednesday morning the denizens of the city
famed for it's bricks and it's beer will be taken
| in carriages around the city, and the commit
tee requests our citizens to extend to them the
| use of their conveyances for the trip, SO that
all may be provided for. The programme for
the entertainment Of the party has not yet
been arranged, but will be announced in to-
morrow S papers.
A Milwaukee correspondent of. the Chicago
| Tribune speaks of the party in this wise:
| Next Monday morning, at o. clock sharp, an
excursion train leaves the st. Paul depot for
trip through the States of Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Iowa, which promises to be exceed
ingly pleasant to all the participants. It has
been gotten up under the auspices Of the Mer-
! chants association, and the company will con-
sist of about 100 Of our principal business men
merchants, bankers, manufacturers, lawyers,
judges clergymen, physicians, editors, and the
leading representatives of almost every avoca-
ton, trade, or pursuit. The st. Paul company,
with its customary promptness and hberallty
whenever any great public necessity arises, has
generously placed free special train at
the service of the excursionists, pro-
will have the freedom of its lines for the
time being, and the train will be under the
personal supervision of either Mr.. Merrill or
Mr.. Gault from the start until it returns. The
first night will be spent in Lacrosse, where no
doubt banquet pill be given by the citizens,
at which the usual flow of soul champagne
and feast of reason the railroad the telegraph.
the telephone, the photograph, ETC., etc. will
be INDUCED in. The iron horse that takes his
drink in the morning out of the clear waters
of the 'Murmuring Michigan SCI" wetting his
noon oats in the Dells of the Wisconsin, and
shaking his thirst at night with the cooling
beverage furnished by the rolling Mississippi,
or, more appropriately, according to the Indian
legend, the Father Of Waters, is a good sort OF
animal to have around when one is in hurry
and the breed is superior to Rarus or Gold.
smith Maid
After a night at Lacrosse the party will de.
part for st. Paul, where they will arrive or
!, Tuesday night: and the next day will be spent
in that pleasant and enterprising city. Oh
course, the Minnesotians are not going to allow
the double-distilled essence of Milwaukees in
telligence and business capacity to stay day
), and two nights in their midst without treating
them to feast of some Sort and they are NJ
doubt even now preparing the menu and com
. posing their little speeches. caution the st
l'aul boys in advance not to enter the list
against the Milwaukeeans in tongue tourna
ment unless they can keep their temper ate
coming out second best. Some Of our chap
, have a habit of setting their mouths agoin{
and walking off and letting them run on ane
on like the phonograph only worse, for tina
, stops with the stopping Of the crank; but tn
others resemble the drawing of water with tn
\ use of endless chain pump,-the water ma,
become exhausted, but the motion continues
And there is such a variety of topics to discuss
and SO many opponents of the different trades
and the representatives of such diversified &C
equations, all clamorous to be heard, that it i
no wonder that Il banquet never ends.
e But, if no accident happens-and Gen. Mer
: rill always looks out for that-the excursion
promises to be one of the most enjoyable an,
: successful that ever left the city. The weathe
is delightful, the country is now at it's best
: and all the necessary ad iuncts have been force
> will be over 700 miles, going and returning
| and the landscape and scenery presented to tn
) eye Of the excursionists will be as varied an
0 pleasing as it is possible to secure away fro1
e the mountainous regions Of the country. Fo
+ the first 100 miles from Milwaukee to Portag
City the country is one of the finest agricu
. tural districts to be found in the West, wit
e an endless variety Of prairie. woodland, Ga
4 openings, cultivated farms, furnishing village
and stretches of rural beauty adorned wit
J., crystal lakes, sparkling streams, groves Of tin
e Der, and luxuriant fields of growing grai1
e highest point Of land in the State i
e reached, and the aspect of the countr
suddenly becomes more rugged an
e striking, the streams running westward tc
!. wards the Mississippi. The train crosses tn
o Wisconsin river at .Kilbourn City, where
i glimpse Of the celebrated Dells is caugt
!. from the fine iron bridge that spans the strea1
d a hundred feet above the roaring flood below
and the high bluffs and rugged cliffs Of Saul
J. Adams, Juneau, and Monroe counties rise u
in strong contrast to relieve the eye of til
traveller from the monotony of the fiat prairi
of the pine, and the pine delights in rock an
: crag, and waterfalls and barren bluffs TT
a train follows the banks of the picturesqr
: Lemonwiel for many pleasant mile, ard the,
lodging through the only tunnel on the rout
just above the furnishing little villag
70 !
J. after ride of thirty miles, the iron horse pull
: up at the brink of the Mississippi, making 2(
miles in ten hours. From La Crosse to s.
a Paul the scenery is still more varied and int
r esting, and the general course Of the road 70
lows the river closely as to startle the visit<
e with many quick surprises. Here natu1
: makes bold with her rough exterior, and seem
= disposed to put the worst outside.
At ST. Paul and Minneapolis the visitors wi
find warm welcome from class of bushes
= men that have no superior on the American col
: tinent for energy, thrift, enterprise, and Lii
. eral public spirit. They will find much in the
: their two days sojourn-the recent terrib
3 disaster that happened in Minneapolis touchir
It them keenly because it entailed such serio,
l. loss upon ex-Gov. Washburn, of Wisconsin, WI
has recently made the State gift of $1,000
& Near by is the Falls of Minnehaha made in
It mortel by Longfellow's verse, and is as beaut
d full as it is immortal. After rest Of two da,
l. here, the party will set their faces TOWARD
home, and after plunge into the heart
t Iowa, will cross the Father Of Waters Prair
Q du Chen, and arrive at home on Saturd,
night by the way Of Madison and Milton Jun
l. ton. 1t is a six days jaunt that they will q
l. be glad they took, and glad when it was ende
The Visitors En- Route.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
J. LA CROSSE, Wis.,, June 1.-THE Milwauk
,e excursionists arrived on time and are quartere
2 for the night. Their arrival was SO late the
c could not be formally entertained. but the cit
r zens are doing what they can for them in
r private way. Bach's band are playing at Il
r Germania garden this evening.
It Board of Public Works.