The daily gazette., 1880-09-18
From the Lancaster Intelligencer.
THE GREAT NORTHWEST.

MINNEAPOLIS AND ITS MANY MILLS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 10, 1880.
The great state fair closed on Sat-
urday. On Friday there was another
20 mile race between Miss Bella Cook,
of California, and Miss Pinnolo, of
Colorado. This race drew an i'm
mense crowd. Not less than 1000
people were on the ground. The ex-
element was intense. There was
good deal of feeling nantes ed in re-
gard to the race on Tuesday between
Miss Cook and Miss Jewett, and it
was freely reported and believed by
great many that foul play had been
practiced on the latter by Miss Cooks
friends. Consequently the feeling of
the crowd was favorable to Miss Pin
nolo. An equal number of horses had
been selected by each lady, all of them
being thoroughbreds. at the end of
each mile the horses were changed,
grooms having them in waiting. Miss
Pinnolo was unfortunate in the second
round, when her horse gave out, by
which she lost half mile. 1t soon be-
came evident that Miss Cook was the
superior horsewOman, besides her as
sistants in dismounting and changing
horses were much more expert than
those of Miss Pinnolo. Miss Cook
continued to gain, SO that when she
had completed her Goth mile Miss Pin
nolo had only made ~ miles. The
race was made in so minutes.
In company with my friend the late
DR.. John x. Raub deceased, visited
this place in May, 1857, over % years
ago. At that time Minneapolis was
small village. There was an old set
Element at st. Anthony's, on the east
bank of the river, where several large
saw mills were then in operation.
There was suspension bridge above
the Falls connecting the two towns.
The water power had not been devel-
oped, and there was not foot of rail-
road in the state.
To-day Minneapolis has population
of $4,000, with eight railroads con-
Meeting it with all the Eastern and
Western states, and extending west
and northwest with Duluth on the
sessions ON the north, thus tapping the
valley of the Red River of the north,
and connecting with all the lines of the
Northern Pacific.
But the most wonderful thing here is
the development Of the great water pow W.
er of the Falls of st. Anthony. There
has been dam built above the falls by
which the water has been turned into a
canal which furnishes the water power
for twenty. four of the largest Touring
mills of the Union. With capacity for
manufacturing 10000 barrels Of flour
per day besides saw mills which manu-
facture 250,000,000 feet of lumber an
nuaIly, besides mandatory of bag
ging, blankets and -four barrels. There
are also several large foundries and ma
chine shops and very large manufac-
tory of harvesters. %sD --sszaS -
The city is beautifully laid out on a
slightly rolling prairie, with wide streets
Many of the business houses and DWELL
ings are built of light yellow brick, the
almost entire absence of red brick houses
is particularly noticed by an eastern per-
son.
Many of the buildings are being taste
fully built with beautiful grounds in
front. Lake Minnetonka, IA miles west
of the city, is quite resort for invalids /;
the lake has about 200 miles of shore
There are several very large hotels,
which are well filled with visitors dur
ing the summer. Lake Calhoun is a
very pretty sheet Of fresh water, three
miles from the city, connected by a
steam tramway.
A very noticeable feature here is the
practice of driving on the streets BY lad
les. They are splendid drivers manag-
ing their horses with great dexterlty.
Coming in from the fair on Friday we
noticed a spirited black horse driven by
lady running at furious rate on one
Of the principal avenues, with a man
clinging to the buggy shafts. She man
aged to bring the horse to dead halt
relieving the man, who she informed us
had been caught between the shafts and
wheel as the horse SHE'D at wheelbar-
row.. ID.