Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-16

The trains were al close on time yester-
= day.
IN. Fos1er of the Milwaukee road is
IN ST. Paul.
The Northern Pacific agricultural exhibit
car attracted crowd OF visitors yester-
day.
The pay car of the ST. Paul 6 Duluth
road yVent-pp the line yesterday.
Fifty-two car loads Of Montana stock
were shipped from st. Paul yesterday.
Mr.. Hiland of. the Chicago, St. Paul 81
Omaha roads back 81 his desk as fresh As
daisy:
R. G. Barber. passenger agent of the
Detroit, Grand Haven i Milwaukee road,
Is in st. 'E5ral. ..-.......
That portion Of the Northern Pacific
road between Billings and Forsythe has
been turned over 10 the operating depart
Enent.
It is reported that The Casselton branch
of the Northern Pacific road VIII soon be
transferred 10 the st. Paul & Manitoba
line.
John X. Hagan, northern passenger
agent of the Sunset and Star and Crescent
routes, with headqu quarters il Chicago, is III
st. Paul.
One hundred and fifty immigrants for
the Northwest left Philadelphia on the 18th.
They were passengers by the American
line of steamers, Lord Give.
The crop reports are so uniformly good
all along the Chicago, st. Paul q Omaha
road that they have determined that it is
not worth wkile to take them any longer.
T. W. Woodward. leading farmer of
Marshall county, IN the Red river valley, is
in St. Paul. lie has just finished thresl-
ing 700 acres Of wheat and it averages %
bushels TO the acre OF No. I hard.
Capt. L. T. Gere, superintendent of the
eastern division of the Chicago, St. Paul &
Omaha road IL at Klroy. Wis, making
new track connections with the Chicago
and Northwestern. and extending the yard
room at that Foint.
Last evening The following officers OF
The Northern Pacific road left St. Paul for
the western end Of the lacl: Geo. ".
Gross. superintendent Of transportation: j.
NJ. Haunaford. general freight agent: J. II.
Ames, general purchasing agent; Q. c.
Greene superintendent of telegraph.
8fr. Johnson. the immigration agent of
the S.. Paul ana Manatoba road. left last
nightCor a nip up the road, and re was
accompanied By several newspaper men
Of St. Paul. They have gone upto look at
the crors ara see what they can see and
learn what they can learn about farm
ing.
Mr.. Thomas Hudson, OF the American
and Red Star steamship line, with head
quarters in Chicago, is il St. Paul. He re-
ports business splendid. lie is going 10
the Red River valley for the first time.
He says his line has brought over from Eu-
rope during the last six months 22.000
Immigrants.
Mr.. z. P.>AYAlker, Of Grafton, the town
site proprietor, is in St. Paul, and is
$4,000 hotel in that place. He rep
resents the crops IN Park river valley dis
good. and that the farmers are ali thresh-
ing. The wheat is all turning out No.
hard.
The st. Paul and Manitoba road yesterday
received 9 large batch of dispatches
from all along the line of the road stating
what the condition of the crops is. They
are so uniform that the substance of them
can be readily given. 1t is TO the effect
that the crop has been harvested and a
considerable portion OF it thTeshed. and
that all the wheat is No. l hard
In one spot the corn was suffering
a little from the dry weather; otherwise
everything was all right.
Mr.. G. X. Barnes. OF the Northsrn Pacif-
&c road returned from the trip to the end of
the road yesterday morning. He describes
the trip as q delightful one in all respects.
The company stopped at all the largest
places along the route. The bad lands
were visited and also the burning coal
mine. All along the route
they supplied the commissary department
by shooting game of almost every descrip-
tiou, such as ducks, prairie chickens and
pigeons.
Mr. L. D. Dana, from The Devils Like
uountry is ia st. Paul. He reports that
the land five or six miles back has been
taken up by settlers and that large numbers
of them are pouring in. There is, at the
present time, almost a continuous string
of settlements all around the
lake. He has broken about 20 acres of
land and put IN about 80 tons of hay. He
claims that the soil Is very rich and well
suited to the raising Of wheat. The people
who have settled in that far off country
are very much dissatisfied that tine govern
ment does not open 10 the land to set
Element. They are preparing 3 petition
TO have the land put into market and viii
have it presented soon 10 the proper aU-
fhorities at Washington.
R;reT Meas.
The water is at stand still al fcur feet
on the bar.
The Grand Picifc Of the Davidson clio
tic light line viii be the boat Tor Sunday
morning for St. Louis.