Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-28

mil ably kept by Mr.. Cliff and his worthy
sister. Mr.. Cliff is an attorney and does a
large collection business. A meat market,
with james Elliott as proprietor, takes its
most necessary place in the business of
the town. W. II. Murrsy, who keeps a
restaurant, also carries line Of groceries,
| as also does James Donovan who operates
bakery and -four and feed store.
Messrs. Angus Clark, Martin Furlong,
and Cenen and Cauley each operate a
blacksmith shop, and have all the business
they can severally attend to. Messrs.
James Morgan, James Mullooly and N.
B. Canty, are also among those engaged
in real estate and other business whom l
met in looking over the village. The
Catlin Bros. are engaged in the livery bus
mess and run q frst-clsss establishment.
LUMBER, COAL AND WOOD.
Under this head John McCrea does
very large business. During the past year
he has sold over 100000 feet of lumber
1900 cords of wood and 500 tons. of coal.
Prices have ranged at about S. per cord
for hard wood, 81 for soft, and So per ton
for soft and $13 for hard coal.
FIGURING MILL.
This most noticeable feature of all the
business interests which are to be found at
Graceville, is owned and operated by the
three Strong brothers, before alluded to.
Their building is 40x60 feet and four stories
high, and contains the most modern and
perfected milling machinery in existence.
The mill has three run of the "Baker Sys-
tenn chilled steel burrs, six sets of rollers,
three run of common burrs, a feed run
and corn-sheller in the basement. Their
machinery is driven By a Reynolds Corliss
engine of ninety horse power, and although
it has only been in operation one month,
the mill runs as smoothly from top to bot
tom as if it had been in operation for
years. It has capacity for 200 barrels
per day and is to be run for all there is in
it. The mill completed and equipped cost
its owners 100000 fifty thousand dollars,
and is credi: to themselves and the town.
The Strongs make four grades Of -four,
each of which is as good in quality as the
same grade made anywhere.
YEARS BUSINESS.
As an indication OF the importance Of
Graceviile as business point the fact that
the receipts at the railroad Office of that
place the past year were over $4,000 and
that over 10000 bushels of wheat were
takes, IN here for manufacture or ship
ment speaks volumens. A neat Catholic
church and q distric: school house, both too
small for the purposes for which they were
designed, have been enlarged the past sea-
son. What Graceville most needs now is
a frst-class hotel building which, well con-
Quoted, would pay we'll.
BOOM FOR MoRE..
More business men in each line now rep
resented at Graceville, could find ample
room to conducta good business, and with
country SO extremely productive and so
rapidlyflling up with class of industrious
intelligent farmers at its back, and sur
rounding it on all sides, no fears need be
entertained of OVERRIDING business for a
long time to come. AS an evidence of
the demand for improved farms here,
might mention the fact that quarter
section, one-half mile east of
the village, sold day Or
two since for $500 cash. Desirable
farms, near the village, partially improved,
can be had at figures ranging from $40 to
$40 per acre. In this connection might
mention the old Dunlap property, which
comprises $50 acres adjoining the village,
and which embraces the fines. part of the
belt of timber between and north Of the
lakes, forty acres in extent, as well as the
famous Indian garden and can be purchased
On this garden, which had ~ acres
in onions this year, over 1000 bushels
were dug. The entire garden now
covering four and oRe-half acres grew in
addition to the onions, 100 cabbages, Is
bushels Of beans, IS bushels Of beets, Is
bushels of parsnips, 80 bushels OF potatoes,
10 pounds of onion seed, and other vege-
tables The place will make very f ne
stock farm.
What Graceville wants to become a
booming town, is few good stirring men
with capital, who will come there and in
vest their money with a sure prospect of
reaping rich reward. Said Mr.. M. Della
ney, formerly well known contractor of
st. Paul, but who has lately in
vested his means at the village
and who is doing much to build up the
town: "What we want is a few more live
business men with little means to help
us out, and to keep pace with the advance
ment of the country"
Of this point my careful examination of
Graceville and its surrounding country has
convinced me, and when l see the spirit Of
open handed iberality with which all clas-
ses of people and all public objects are
met, can not fail to recommend it to any
one seeking good business location
When I see man like r. A. Costello,
a well known Catholic, come for
ward with 500 to head SUI
scription for bulldog Protestant church
I say to myself this cannot be community
which wishes to make itself exclusive as to
creed or nationality, but where freedom of
thought, speech and action are as free as
the wind that blows, and where any honest,
industrious citizen is thrice welcome to
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