Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-01
OUR GUESTS,

Arrival of Party of Distinguished Citt-
ber of Commerce.
A special meeting of the chamber of COM
merce WIS held yesterday morning, at which
the following was adopted. 4-
WHxREAs, The business men ard people of
st. Paul generally have witnessed with the
greatest pleasure the completion of the Wis
consin Central and connecting roads, opening
a new route to the lake. and placing large
section of country in direct communication
with this city. And
WHEREAS, The officers of said company, with
the millers of the Fox River Improvement
company, are about to visit this city.
Resolved, That Messrs. 81. Fl. Sibley, VIM.
Dawson, P. 81. Kelly, Ii. Auerbach, VIM.
Lindeke, B. Beaupre. II. N. Rice, j. 7. Aver
i'll, r. ". johnson, VIM. Lee, w. L. Wilson,
D. B. Noyes, James Smith, Jr., W. +. Mur-
ray and W. Il. Marshall be appointed com.
mittee to whom shall be delegated. on behalf
of the chamber, such arrangements az may be
deemed proper in welcoming our distinguished
guests.
During the afternoon the committee, as
above named, met at Gen. Sibley's Office
and appointed Mayor Dawson, Gen. AverilI
and w. D. Rogers as q subcommittee to
meet the guests on their arrival at the depot.
1t was thought best TO arrange to show them
the city and be governed in general by the
wishes of the guests as to any further pro-
ceedipgs of welcome.
Their Arriral.
The excursion party over the new Wis
consin Central railroad arrived in st. Paul
shortly after IL o'clock last night, in special
cars provided by the company. The party
were received at the depot by Gen. Averill,
who extended to ceurtssies of the city, after
which they took seats in q number of Cooks
omnibuses and were conveyed to the Metro
politan.
The excursionists include thirty-five in all,
representative men, whose homes are on the
line of the Wisconsin Central, between Ap-
pleton and this city,
They are stalwart, solid looking men and
their interests are all to some extent iden-
titled with the success of the new railroad.
The train left Appleton at S:15 O'Clock
yesterday morning and the trip was q series
of ovations all along the route.
They are in charge of Messrs. F. N. Fin
ney, general manager; James Barker, pas
freight agent of the Wisconsin Central rail
4oous = hC lOAfOWi44S - O iicu "a tAo SACu&
sionists as registered at the METROPOLITAN;
Amos Pettibone and wife, Chicago; A. j.
Whidden and wife, De Pere, e. D. Smith and
lady, Menasha; Henry Hewitt and wife, Me-
nasha; s. Z. Wambold and son, Appleton;
III. T. Boult, Appleton; T. A. Willy. Appleton;
Geo. A. Whiting, Neenah; 8. 3. Willy. Apple
ton; j. W. Butler, Chicago; A. W. Patten,
Neenah; A. L. Bostedo and wife, Weysuwega;
Henry Sherry and wife, Neenah,
Edward Smith and wife, Neenah;
Jno. R. Davis and wife. Neenah; John Mar.
der. Chicago; P. Y. lawson and wife, Menasha;
A. Billstein, Menasha; Geo. w. Todd, Menasha;
f. N. Finney. Milwaukee; T. Il. Malone, Mil.
waukee; James Barker, Milwaukee.
PROGRAMME FOB To- DAT.
The party will breakfast at the Metropoli-
tan this morning, after which carriages will
| be in waiting, and at o'clock they will ride
out to see the sights of st. Paul.
AS quite number of the gentlemen are
interested in the grain business, they will
visit and inspect the elevators Of the city,
calling at the board of trade about 10 O'Clock
this morning. After visiting the principal
points of interest, they will board special
train on the st, Paul & Manitoba railroad at
IL o'clock and proceed to Minneapolis. The
party will return in time for supper and
probably visit the Opera House in the even
ing. They will leave for the home trip at
GLIB TO- morrow morning.