Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-03

Prettie's immigrant train, which came in
yesterday morning from the East, was sent for
ward to Manitoba with SO little 1elay here that
several of the passengers were left, but follow
ed in the regular train an hour later.
party of French Canadians, fifty to sixty
in number, arrived here yesterday over the @. :.
st. P. q NJ. road, and will 60 forward to-day to
Crookston and Grand Forks, over the st. P. Il
nj. road.
second sleeper had to be attached to the
Northern Pacific train which left here last
evening and the regular business of the road,
both freight and passengers, is not only larger
than ever before but exceeds the anticipations
of the officers of the company.
Mr.. j. 81. Drake, land commissioner OF the
st. P. & s. @. company, returned
yesterday from Chicago where he
sold small block of the
company's lands aud was welcomed back by a
small host of land seekers who propose to make
their homes In the southwest counties.
Editor Wise has sent to the st. Paul d Sioux
City land office two samples of amber cane SUI
gar made in Blue Earth county. One is too
fine grained and decidedly acid but has good
color. The other, while little darker in color,
would be preferred by refners on account of
the crystals being much larger and less acid.
Either would be accepted as fair to good
quality of raw sugar for refining, but neither
would be graded equal to Southern.
Judge Chandler was cheerfully busy yester =
day.
HORSES AND CATTLE BURNED.
By one of the freight trains on the Chicago,
Mil Waukee & st. Paul river division which ar
rived here yesterday morning James White and
family, from Zumbrota, started to found a new
home at or near Crookston. While Mrs. White
and eight children were made comfortable
as possible in the caboose Mr.. White and his
eldest son, boy of about 16 years, rode in a
baggage car, in one end of which was
packed the household goods of the family and
some farm implements, while in the other end
was their span of horses, two COWS and three
yearling calves, dog and about forty hens.
At Newport Mr.. White went back to the Ca
boose, and his son, lying on top of the house
hold stuff, fell asleep when the train was again
in motion. A few miles out from the city he
was awakened by noise made by the animals,
and saw that the straw at the bottom OF the
car was on fire, and the flames were taking
hold of the car and the goods. He quickly
clambered through the car window and made
his way along the tops of the cars to the ca
bose, and told that the Car was on fire. The
train was near a watering tank, where the hre
was soon put out, but not before 1T had burned
through the top of the car and burned or dam
aged most of the goods. The animals and
fowls were all dead-suffocated and then baked
to char, all parts exposed to the fire. The car, in
the upper levee yard yesterday morning, was an
object of considerable curiosity. The poor
animals, scorched and burned by the fire, with
their lips parted and their teeth contrasting
with their blackened faces, lay in huddle,
distorted by their last agonies, and the dead
dog lay upon the body of one of the COWS as If
he had crouched there to sleep instead of to
escape the fire. The fire is supposed to have
tod loo0rnofiua aparE
through the window into the straw under the
animals. About all of the property of the
family was in the car and the loss to them
would be severe one. Doubtless the railroad
company will recompense Mr.. White. but,
meantime, with his large family, the situation
is hard one.
MINNEsoTA's LAKE PORT.
Mr.. Albert M. Eddy, general freight agent of
the St. Paul & Duluth railway, returned yes
terday from visit to Duluth. He reports the
prospec Is for through business by his road and
the nor thern water route as very good. The
official freight rates, it is understood, will be
the same as last year, hut the facilities for fast
shipments and opportunities for sail charters
will be better than ever. The only steamer
which wintered at Duluth was the j. l.. Hurd,
of the South Shore line, but five lines of steam
ers will ply to and from the port this season,
viz: The Lake Superior Transportation line,
from Lake Erie; The Northwest Transporta-
ton line, from Sarnia; the Collingwood d
Lake Superior line, from Collingwood; the
Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Transit line,
from Chicago; and Leopold & Austrian's South
Shore line. These several lines will make up
eight or nine boats to leave Duluth each week;
but intending travellers may as we'll bear in
mind that salt water notions rule the fresh
water sea, and no voyage will be begun on FRI
day.
new era of prosperity has come to Duluth,
and its people are buoyant with hopes and full
of plans of improvement and business
enlargement. The blast furnace, on
which work was suspended in 1873. after the
expenditure on it of $175, 900, is now ready for
beginning operations. The engine, which was
last put in motion when Gov. Davis visited
the place in the winter of 1873 has again been
put in order, tried and found 20 work satisfac-
torily. A large number of charcoal pits are
being made at Mahtowah, thirty-six miles this
| side of Duluth, to provide the charcoal to be
used and the furnace will be put in blast as soon
after the resumption of navigation its sup
| plies of ore can be brought from LAnse and
| Marquette probably about the LIST of June.
| foundry and machine shop is about being start
| ed, large sawmill is being built; the st. Paul
| Il Duluth company is completing large add
tions to its docks; the Northern Pacific elevator
| com pany is building million-bushel elevator
altogether not less than million dollars will
be expended this year at Duluth on buildings,
docks, mills, furnaces, etc. Solid
men are coming in to take
| hold of the new enterprises
| with cash andl cred it to back them; and, in
short, the ''boom" has struck Duluth. If the
| boom was only some sort of a hard fact which
would knock common sense into the land and
| lot owners, all would be well with Duluth.
SEVEN MONTHS BUSINESS.
| The stockholders of the st. Paul Duluth
railroad, having voted last June to have the
company's fiscal year end Dec. 31st instead of
May 31st, as heretofore, the company's report
for the seven months, June 1st to Dec. 3lst, has
! lately been printed. The total earnings for the
seven months were as follows:
| From freight. 1853, Do %
| Passengers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6l,5oI 63
Mails. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000 w
Express, rent, etc.. 4,0zf 90
| Government transportation 4,265 "a
Total receipts. ..................$4O o, 5O2 81
The total expenditures, including $144, AS. 30
| for the maintenance of roadway and equip
| ment was $275 791. 56-the net receipts of
the road being $13z, 72O &c. The net receipts
of the land department, from sales of land
ans