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

The trains were all close on time yester-
day.
w. NJ. Foster 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 & Duluth
road went up the line yesterday.
Fifty-two car loads OF Montana stock
were shipped from st. Paul yesterday.
Mr.. Hiland of. the Chicago, st. Paul &
Omaha roads back at his desk as fresh as
"a daisy.
R. G. Barber, passenger agent of the
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee road,
Is in ST. Paul.
That portion of The Northern Pacific
road between Billings and Forsythe has
been turned over 10 the operating depart
ment.
Il is reported that Inc Casselton branch
of thc Northern Pacific road viii soon be
transferred to the s.. Paul d Manitoba
line.
John L. Hagan, northern passenger
agent of the Sunset and Star and Crescent
routes, with headquarters in Chicago, is in
st. Paul. -,
One hundred and fifty immigrants for
the Northwest left Philadelphia on the 18th
+s~hey were passengers by the American
line Of steamers: Lord Give.
The crop reports are So uniformly good
all along the Chicago, st. Paul d Omaha
road that they have determined that it is
not worth while 10 take them any longer.
F. W. Woodward, 8 leading farmer of
Marshall county, in the Red river valley, is
n TSt Paul. He has just finished theesh-
ing 700 acres Of wheat and il averages 25l
bushels to the acre OF No. / hard.
Capt. 7. P. Gere, superintendent of tie
eastern division Of the Chicago, st. Paol 6,
Omaha road, IS at Elroy, Wis, making
new track connections with the Chicago
and Northwestern, and extending the yard
room at that point.
Last evening the following officers of
The Northern Pacific road left St. Paul for
the western end OF the track: Geo. ".
Cross. superintendent of transportation: j.
". Haunafor(:. general freight agent; J. II.
Greene. superintendent Of telegraph.
Mr.. johnson. tire immigration agent Of
the St. Paul and Manatol}a road, left last
night for Il trip I'D the road, and he was
accompanied by several newspaper men
of st. Paul. They have gone up TO look at
the crops and see what they can see and
learn WHIT they can learn about farm
ing.
Mr.. Thomas Hudson, Of the American
and Red Star steamship line, with head
quarters in Chicago, is III St. Paul. He re-
ports business splendid. He is going to
the Red River valley for the first time.
He says his line has brought over from Ea-
rope during the last six months $4,000
immigrants.
Mr.. T. 2. Walker, Of Grafton. the town
site proprietor, is in st. Paul, and is
arranging for the construction of
a $4,000 hotel in that place. He rep
resents the crops IN Park river valley as
good. and that the farmers are al thresh-
ing. The wheat is all turning out No.
hard.
The St. Paul and Manitoba road yesterday
received a large batch of dispatches
from all along the line Of the road stating
what the condition OF the crops is. They
are SC uniform that the substance of them
can be readily given. It is 10 the effect
p thatth crop has been harvested and a
considerable portion of it threshed, and
that all the wheat is No. l hard
In one spot the corn was suffering
little from the dry weather; otherwise
everything was all right. .-,--...
Mr. G. K. Barnes, of the Northern Pacif-
il baf him 10 flo nd of
the road yesterday morning. He describes
the trip as a delightful one in all respects.
The company stopped ct 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
10y shooting game of almost every descyip-
tio-. such as ducks, prairie chickens aud
pigeons.
,HME u. u. Dana, from the Devils 1.2Ae
uountry is in 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 il about so 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 the govern
ment does not open up the land to set
Element. They are preparing petition
to have the land put into market and viii
have it presented soon to the proper au-
thorities at Washington.
HicoS NetcS.
The water is at stand still at four feet
on the bar.