Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-05
RAIL AND RIVER,

Vice President Hill, of the Manitoba rail.
way, is back again.
General Agent Chandler, of the c., M. &
st. p, road returned to st. Paul yesterday.
The Omaha excursions to Lake Elmo, are
well managed and are getting to be quite
popular.
Newly painted sign boards have been placed
at the railway crossings along the st. Paul &
Duluth line.
The general superintendent of the st. Paul
q Duluth railway left yesterday to examine
the Taylors Falls branch of the road.
The Manitoba railroad has purchased a
grand Sohmer piano, from Mrs. NJ. c. Thay-
er, of st. Paul, for the Hotel Lafayette.
Mr.. Frank B. Mesick, has been appointed
to fill the vacancy on the Chicago. Rock
Island q Pacific road, left vacant by the resig-
nation OF Mr.. Paul Sanford;
Civil Engineer Hathaway, OF the Northern
Pacific railway, is back from the end OF the
track. He says the road will reach Billings
in very short space of time.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
did good thing when they secured Mr.. G. H.
Heafford as assistant general passenger agent.
He will be located IN Milwaukee.
A telegram received by the emigration
department of the Manitoba railway, states
that hundred emigrants arrived a. PnIlsdel-
phia per steamer Lord Give, OF the American
line, and passed through Chicago last night
for the Northwest.
President Stevens and Vice President Angus,
of the Canada Pacific, passed through st. Paul
yesterday, in company with Sir John Rose, the
English capitalist, en- route for Winnipeg.
They will ride to the end of the tracks II
both the Northern Pacific and Canada Pacific
w. a.. Dixon, Esq, formerly Of St. Paul,
but now com missioner of the Western Trunk
Railroad Passenger association, with head
quarters at Chicago, is in the city shaking
hands with the host of old friends who are
always glad to meet him. His family, who
accompany him will remain several weeks.
The land sales of the Northern Pacific COM
pany for the month OF July resch total OF
43.27S.42 acres, aggrsgating s167, s6i 40, di-
vided as follows: Minnesota and Dakota,
81, 57t.54 acres, 1921, 1915; Missouri division
west of Missouri river) 4,39i.57 acres,
$l2, 566.7i; Yellowstone division (west of Yell
lowstone river) ,315.5l acres, 81 ,060.5S. This
years sale.
An exchange informs the public that the
land syndicateIheaded by the duke of Man.
chester which has purchased one fifth of the
land grant of the Canadian Pacific Railway
company, is said 10 have paid to the railroad
company last Saturday S15. 100000. The syn
dictate takes in regular order. without selec-
ton, every fifth section of land throughout
the entire grant and proposes to occupy the
lands with Eng lish tenant farmers.
Mr. j. Fl. Drake, president of the DIkota
Improvement company, has gone TO the great
railroad town of Sioux Falls where the CON-
pany owns 100 to 200 acres OF the best LAND in
the village. The company's ground lies east
OF the river, where the company have an in.
exhaustible quarry of fine red marble like or
jasper-like stone. a stupendous fire-proOf mill
built of this stone an other valuable posses.
sions. Having been importuned by
numerous applications for purchase of the
lands of the company, Mr.. Drake concluded
to go down and make scale OF prices, with a
view to placing the company's land on the
market. He will return this evening.