Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-17
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Gathered by tho Special Reportsrs Of the
Daily Globe.
SALTWATER.

John Dillon tomorrow night in "Our
Next President
The B. T. club have dance tonight at
Charles Webster's.
Water in the lake is slowly rising. The
board now indicates 1.6 feet.
Democratic county convention at the
court house tomorrow at O'Clock P. M.
The walking match is announced to take
place on Monday, commencing at 8p.M.
The Knapp yesterday brought up 225 bar
rels of flour and 5000 bushels of wheat
from Preston for Duluth.
For sale by Matt. Clark, q PAIR of black
mares, 1880 to l, 100 pounds IN aoeSght, one
riding and driving horse and one family
horse. -.-
1t is with pleasure we note the fact that
Geo. Walsh, formerly of Saltwater, has been
admitted to the bar in St. Paul, having
passed highly creditable examination.
The Dispach took out fourteen strings of
lumber yesterday for Walker, Judd & Veazie
to the foot of Lake Pepin, and the Robert
Semple fourteen strings for Schulenberg,
Boeckeler & Go. o.
Miss Edith and Miss Dora Beach are or
ganizing juvenile concert class and intend
to give grand concert shortly. The ladies
are favorably commented on by the press
wherever they have given concert.
The delegates at the Democratic caucuses
last night to the county convention, to be
held on Saturday afternoon, were: First
ward, A. Frederick, J. F. Burke, N. loser,
M. Gillespie, Jos. Malley, Jas. O'Brien, J. L.
Jones and John O'Shauehnessey. Second
ward, Samuel Matthews, M. M. Clark, P. B.
Smith, M. M. Motif, DR.. CARL, Geo. Brush,
and W. H. Brown. Third ward, Robert
Brand, M. w. Murray, P. Clary, Jas. Griffin
and Jas. Foran. ...
OLD SETTLERS.
The following old settlers were present at
tho meeting Wednesday: J. L. Ludden, An
drew Mackey, 10. CARL, D. P. Lyman, J. D.
McComb, Thos. p. Ramsden, Frank Fisk,
Jno. s. Proctor, w. F. Boutwell,, J. G. Nc
Kusick ,iBaptiste Fournia, M. Wilson's, VIM.
Kent, Asa S. Parker, John McAdams, H. L.
Moss and James Rutherford. -.
In the evening the old settlers, accompa
MED by their friends, assembled at the Saw
yer house to partake of banquet. The ia.
bles were loaded with good things to which
the old and new settlers did ample justice.
Supper being disposed of speeches were in
order Mr.. II. L. Moss, president of the
ASSOCIATION, making the opening remarks.
During bis speech, Mr.. Moss took occasion
to inquire as to the whereabouts of bell
brought to Saltwater in 1849 and placed on
the first school-house in the valley. This,
he said, was the first bell that tinkled on
any house top in the valley, and perhaps in
the State, and it ought to be looked up and
sent to the State Historical society.
MIR. M oss was followed by Edmund Rice
ex-Gov. Ramsey, DR.. Day and w. P. Muir.
ray, who delivered short and appropriate
speeches, reviewing the progress made in
this State in the past thirty years.
Mr.. Proctor read communication from
+. K. Delano, who regretted that previous
attending the meeting. At the con-
cluslon of the speeches.. ex-Gov
Ramsey arose and proposed toast in honor
OF Major A. Van Voorhees,, deceased, one of
the oldest and most valuable members of the
old settlers of the St. Croix valley. The
tables being cleared, the remainder of the
evening was devoted to dancing. Among
those present at the banquet were noticed:
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Larpenteur and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. B. Presley and daughter,
Mr.. II. Il. Moss and wife, ex-Gov. Ramsey
Edmund Rice, W. P. Murray and DR.. Day,
st. Paul; Mr.. Mahlon Black and wife, Min
neapolis; VIM. Kent, Osceola; Gen. Samuel
Hartman, Somerset, John s. Proctor
and wife, James McComb, wife and daugh-
ter, w. William, wife and daughter, Mrs.
John McKusick, Mrs. s. Nelson, Mr.. James
Middleton, and a host of others from this
city and county.