Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-10
RAIL AND RIVER

General Manager haupt, OF the North
ern Pacific, has returned.
Mr.. A. Anderson, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific, with headquarters at
Brainerd, is in the city.
The II o'clock train on the Omaha line
was two hours late owing to extremely
heavy passenger travel.
Assistant president Winter, of the Oma-
ha road, has returned with fattering crop
reports from the southwest.
Hereafter trains leaving st. Paul on the
Milwaukee road at $40 a. n, - noon, and
2:45 and p. M, stop at Union Park.
The special train of the Milwaukee road
that has been running between Wabashaw
and the Minneapolis fair was discontinued
last night.
Mr. j. H. Whitman, general western pas
senger agent of the Grand Trunk railway,
is in the city completing arrangements for
the Winnipeg excursion.
Sir Richard Kean, the wealthiest COM
moner in Ireland, is enroute to st. Paul
from Chicago. He is going to look after
landed interest In Southwestern Minnesota.
General Superintendent H. T. Simpson,
of the Duluth road, is entertaining as
guest Mr.. Homer G.. Hartman, leading
legal practitioner of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
who arrived in the city yesterday.
Commander Gorringe of the Fender
party, teiegraphs from Billings that PEN
der and Hewitt are not going through the
National park, but will return via Northern
Pacific, while he viii proceed without
them.
Mr.. 4. IL. Welles, recently the railway
editor OF the Minneapolis Tribune, but now
principal of the public schools at st. Cloud,
was circulating among his multitudinous
St. Paul friends yetoerday. He is looking
fat and saucy.
S. Weslpon, wrote a letter in Hebrew
characters to Brown & Knebel, Union de-
pot ticket agents. The clerk who under
stands all the dead languages was absent,
and the letter was referred 10 Mr.. Brown
OF the Milwaukee road, corner Third and
jackson.
The emigration department OF the Mani
toba road yesterday received box OF Irish
potatoes from Peter Days farm at North
cote, Kittson county, in the Red river val
ley. They were raised III black soil and
are of unusual size, considering that they
were planted so late as May 10. They are
| clean and spotiess, ana cook dry and
! mealy.
A pretty eight-year-old boy, named Fred
Heymer, came IN with Conductor Sibley
on the Milwaukee road at 1915, Friday
| Attached to the urchin's coat was q tag
with the name of \. J. Heymer, Darwin
! Minnesota, inscribed upon it by the con
| signor, Henry Kissner, of Terre Aaute
! Indiana. The precious freight left at
| o'clock p. N. for Darwin, where his fathe
will meet him. The child said all the train
! men had been kind TO him, and that h,
had had pleasant trip.
The Northern Pacific railroad compan,
/ have been for the last week engaged il
| fittingup an exhibition agricultural ca1
which they propose to send out through tn
! Eastern and Middle states, The exhibition
will be of the most elaborate description
| in fact, perfect fac-simile Of the celebrate
! carsent out by Mr.. James 3. Power. III
former land commissioner of the roaC
two years since. The idea, as conceive
and carried out by Mr.Power, was the mos
novel aad sagacious advertising schem
ever thought OF, and the progress of tn
car, under the direction of Mr.. J. Fl. Han
son, in its 4.SC0-mile journey, was a mos
remarkable success. It is hoped that til
present car will perform educational wor
equal to that Of its predecessor.
Next weeks issue Of the FoIkeblade
published at Minneapolis, the official orga
of the Norwegian Lutheran church
America. viii contain an exhaustive artic
!, on the Red River Valley, written by Re
ID. Paulson, vice president of the confe
ence, who has recently made an extensi7
trip through the valley as far as Pembin
on the Dakota side, and St. Vincent on Il
Minnesota side, the object of his trip ha
ing been TO visit, organize and inspect Il
churches in the Red river valley. under h
immediate charge. The article in que
{ ton is Mr.. Paulson's official report OF ii
conference, and shows q gratifying spiri
, ual condition OF his peopl
and general and universal prosperity
their temporal affairs. Several he
churches are being built this season IN V
5ious parts of the valley, some of yhi'
viii cost several thousand dollars wht
completed, showing that the settlers a
p prospecting III every way.