Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-22
RAIL AND RIVER NOTES.

Voyage Across tho Ocean Solely to Visit
the Red River Country-Northsrn Pro-
ducts-More Colonists- Carriage Of
Relief Contributions The Steamers for
St. Louis this Wssk-Personals, Etc.
W. 81. Riley, travelling passenger agent
OF the G. B. & G., is on business visit
to st. Paul and Minnesota.
During fair week the st. Paul sales of
tickets to Minneapolis amounted to :, Al
single and 6,453 round trips.
]. 81. Porter, western passenger agent
of the Great Western of Canada, is in st.
Paul on business Of his company.
The c., st. p g. o. and M. s. st. L..
companies will make special low rates
for visitors to the fair to be held at Chas-
ka the 23d and Oath.
Col. r. M. Newport, land commission
er of the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany, has returned from his visit to New
England, which included pleasant trip
to she White mountains.
Mrs. j. Page, wife of the assistant gen.
eral passenger agent of the c., M. & St.
P. railway, accompanied by Mrs. Nc
Leod, of Pittsburgh, Pa, is visiting the
points of interest in and about st. Paul
The dead body of an unknown man
was found alongside the railway track
near Langdon, Tuesday morning. The
man did not appear to have been struck
| by train, and the cause of his death
was not ascertained.
The St. Paul s. Duluth company Fri
day, tomorrow will withdraw the $50
a. m. train from ST. Paul for White Bear,
and the trains which leave White Bear
| for st. Paul at 1850 a. M and 1890 p
m. 1t also suspends all Sunday traiRs to
| and from White Bear.
The trains due at noon yesterday from
Chicago were both several hours late,
probably on account of softening of road
beds by the late rains. The western roads
are troubled the same way, the prairies
being, as railroad man expressed it, lit
orally covered with water.
| Charles Larson and Charles Holman,
travelling agents of the st. Paul 6 Mani
toba company, arrived here Tuesday even
ing with thirty seven colonists, who pro-
ceeded to Warren, Stephens and Halliday,
while Larson and Holman returned to
Iowa and Wisconsin to bring on another
party of colonists next Tuesday
An agreement, taking effect next Sat-
urday, has been made, by which the Kan
Nifu o. r.
railway is consolidated with the Chicago,
Burlington g. Quincy, the latter company
taking full control and operating the K.
G. MIR. W. j. Davenport has been made
general western agent of the consolida-
ton
| Judge Chandler, general agent at ST.
Paul of the Chicago, Milwaukee s. ST.
Paul company, received dispatch yes
terdsy from Geo. Odds, the genera
freight agent of the company, as follows
Contributions for the relief committee.
in Michigan, will be billed free from al
points on our lines. Circulars issued to-
day to this effect"
| w. S. Alexander, general freight anG
passenger agent of the st. Paul & Mani
toba railway, accompanied by his wife
left for st. Louis Tuesday to attend the
convention Of general agents, and ther
to take an excursion into Colorado. With
in the memory Of railway men of St
Paul, Mr.. Alexander has never befor,
taken an excursion.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis company
will receive early the coming month ter
new locomotives. This, with what tn,
company will gain in other rolling stock
by the withdrawal OF construction trains
and suspension of its summer freigh
route over the Duluth road, will enable i
to handle its winter business in gooC
style; but during the fall 1t will continu.
to be crowded close to the neglect of To-
cal traffic.
! A. E. johnson, emigration comm1s
sioner of the st. P. & M. railway com
pany, left for the north Tuesday evening
in company with Mr.. N. A. Lea, the gen
eral agent in Norway of the CunarC
steampship line. Mr.. Lea has come tt
this country solely for the purpose oil
visiting the Red River valley and inform
ing himself so that he can intelligently
answer the questions of intending emf
grants of Norway, regarding this land
of promise, which Mr.. johnson has lib.
orally advertised throughout the Scandi
navian countries.
The st. Paul & Manitoba land depart
ment has on exhibition few more fnt
specimens of the productions of the Rec
River valley. They include eight-roweo
flint corn, mammoth turnips and grea
white rose potatoes, from the farm Of II
| w. Danielson, which is near Kennedy
station in Kittson county. Also, a stoo
of oats showing seventy-three stalks
from one kernel of seed and handsome
punches of wheat heads, from the farm
Marshall county. This wonderful stoo
of oats has been spread on canvass EN-.
bellished with the wheat heads, framed
and hung up prominently in the lane