Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-29
RAIL AND RIVER.

e. b. Brown, superintendent of the Mani
tooa sleepers, returned from the East yester.
day.
A hundred and eighty passengers will
arrive at Duluth Monday from Canada. They
arc all settlers destined for points in the West.
Mr.. s. r. Stimson, general superintepdent a,
the st. Paul & Duluth, has resigned, and win
go with the Manitoba COMPANY His suc-
cessor has not yet been named.
s. s. Merrill. general manager. of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul. in company with
c. 81. Prior, assistant manager in the denart.
ment, went down the road yesterday.
The GLOBE has seen plat of the new tow,
OF Tiffany, Foster county, Dakota, section 90.
range 149 north, range 81 west. in the Chew.
enne valley. The agent is D. j. Tallant, Grand
Forks, D. L.
A mysterious postal card turned up in the
union depot yesterday, and caused considera.
BILE comment among the boys. 1t was written
IN nne hand, and was conundrum to some.
but 1t was rumored that one of the gate.
keepers held the key to the puzzle.
There were twenty-five emigrants at the
home yesterday. They were from Norway.
Sweden and Germany. They were clean and
| In healthy condition. Warren, on the Mani.
| toba line, got twenty one of them. The 9th
ers departed immediately for various sections
| in the West.
The st. Paul & Duluth Railway company
will, after August 1, operate the road
from Minneapolis to White Bear lake
| In connection with the main line. This com.
pany will hereafter run through traias be-
tween Minneapolis and Saltwater, and regular
| connections will be made at White Bear with
the trains for Duluth. This companv has
likewise acquired the branch line from Wyom.
Ing to Taylors Falls, which they will operate
Mr.. Barnes of the passenger department of
the Northern Pacific railway, has issued
| very unique and attractive flyer, for circula.
| ton In the East, announcing that the sale of
| excursion tickets at very low rates to Mime
sofa, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington
| and Oregon will commence August /, and
will continue till about August 20 for the
benefit OF land seekers, prospectors, farmers,
| and tourists, who may wish to visit the great
| Northwest during the harvest time. The an
nouncement is printed on good paper and is
handsomely Illuminated by cuts OF sheaves OF
wheat, the talismanic sign OF the Northern
Pacific.
Mr.. Van Horn, general manager Of the
Canada Pacific line, went East at noon yes
terday, in company with President r. B.
Stevens, of the st. Paul 81 Manitoba. Mr.. Van
Horn will spend twenty.four hours In Mil.
waukee, where his family lie, and will return
| to st. Paul Monday or Tuesday This is his
| first visit in these parts for several months.
He went to the Manitoba country In last Feb
| ruary, and has stuck close to business ever
| since. Hard work and bad water caused him
to lose twenty pounds in weight, valued at
$4,000. He is going to return, notwithstand.
ing, and push the Canada Pacific road to the
Rocky mountains.
Mr.. P. Brennan, Owatonna, contractor for
| the surfacing and track laying on the St.
| Cloud s. Hinckly road, when met yesterday
| said the work OF construction was progressing
rapidly. The grading is completed for
from thirty to thirty five miles, nearly half
/ the length OF the road, and last
Monday track-lsying was commenced and Is
being pushed forward at the rate of a mile
and half to two miles day, and this rate he
thought would be kept until the completion
OF the road, as the graders thought they
would have no trouble now in keeping out OF
the way of the track-layers. With anything
| like favorable weather, Mr.. Brennan thought
the road would be entirely completed and cars
running not later than the middle OF October.
| RiuerNetos.
| The Centennial will arrive tonight, and
| will leave Sunday at 10 o'clock.
| The river is at stand-still, the depth
| not having varied from feet 5 inches, since
last reported,
The Libbie Conger of The Diamond 10 line
arrived last night. Che will depart this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
The Aunt Betsey, Capt. Smith, master, with
| two barges of wood from Diamond Bluff, ran
| cher nozzle sgIn the bank at st. Paul yes
terday.
The G. z. Knapp, from saltwater, arrived
| with tow of lumber for the ct. Paul yard
| OF Walker, Judd & Veazie, proprietors of the
Marine mills, saltwater.
The river was cool and breezy and blue yes
terday, and several rowing parties who prefer
| running to stagnant water, were out cleaving
the slvery tide. They didn't keep at it too
long, be it said, and when last seen were pull
ing for the shore.
Duluth Lake Netcs.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
DULUTH, Ninn., July 28.-Arrived-Propel-
lers Japan, Buffalo, 100 tons of merchandise;
j. L. Hurd, Chicago, 100 tons Of merchandise
aud 100 tons of iron: barges ID. M, Wilson,