Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-08
RAIL lND RIVER.

General Manager Haupt will return te
st. Paul from New York over the North
western railway this morning.
| p. S. Davidson. La Crosse, Wis, Col. d
C. Honston, u. s. A., w. H. II. Pierce
Chicago, and II. w. Scott, Portland, Ore
gon, are at the Metropolitan,
The weather report for the entire north
ern division of the Manitoba railroad was
| ''clear and coor' for Wednesday night an6
Thursday afternoon.
| Mr.. J. E. French fof the Winslow Cal
Roof company of Cleveland, Ohio, tele-
graphs that he will arrive in st. Paul this
morning and return to Chicago at night on
the S:45 o'clock train.
The coroner's jury which sat upon the
man killed Tuesday evening near Posts
side track, took ample testimony and de-
veloped that the man had been repeatedly
warned and was wholly to blame for the
accident.
A number OF railway officials were absent
from st. Panl yesterday, attending the
Minneapolis fair. Consequently, while
there was some railway news to be had.
there was not what might be termed a
plethora.
A telegram from General Manager Man
vel, of the Manitoba, who is now
in New York, announces that he has pur-
chased of the Taunton locomotive works
two new engines for the Minnesota Trans
fer company.
The tide of through travel east bound
90 cd ri To fbo
attractions of the fairs of the Northwest.
For two days the night express trains over
the Royal Route" to Chicago has left st.
Paul pulled by two engines, on account
of being unusually heavy-laden with pas
sengers.
Messrs. Brown & Knebel, the gentleman
ly ticket agents in the union depot had
the biggest sale of tickets ever known
since the depot was erected, ticketing 49,
600 people, which is 1000 more than on
last 4th of July. The strain upon the
gate-keepers was pretty heavy but, being
of the ittest, they survived.
MIR. G. V. Morford, superintendent of the
Nebraska division of the Omaha line, sent
two stalks of corn Az feet tall, each stalk
holding four ears. They were raised by
Tim Daily, section foreman c., st. P, Nj.
d o. railway at Cal
houn, Nebraska. There were also
three stalks from Dakota City, and two
stalks from Tekamah, on the G. st. P. &
0. railway, Nebraska, Each of these were
over Il feetin length. Mr.. Teasdale sent
them to Minneapolis to be exhibited at the
company's Office there. It is the tallest
corn OF the season.
Rices. Netcs.
Capt P. S. Davidson, of La Crosse, was
visiting in the city yesterday.
The good steamboat Josephine, Of the
Diamond DO line,l will leave this after
noon at 6 o'clock.
The elegant steamboat, Pittsburg, lately
purchased by the Diamond 10 line. left st.
Louis last night for st. Paul
The Grand Pacific, of the Saints line,
left tor st. Louis yesterday at noon
with nice trip of 100 passengers.
The staunch steamboat Minneapolis.
David Asbury master, will arrive on time
as usual, and leave Sunday at noon.
Mr.. W. J. Carlyle.grain purchasing agent
of the Diamond 10 line, with headquarters
at Fulton, Ill, was in the city yesterday.
The old Milwaukee freight depot on the
levee is being rapidly demolished to give
place to a new freight house 600 feet
long.
The beautiful river yacht, Longfellow,
had good crowd of people on her after
noon excursion up the river yesterday after
noon.