Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-03

Col. j. e. Ford, editor of that staunch
democratic paper, the Sank County DEM
ocrat published at Brandon, Wisconsin,
recently visited this city, and on his re-
turn wrote for his paper long article
about our city, from which the following
is extracted. We regret that we have not
space for the entire article:
OUR TRIP TO ST. PAUL.
Last week we paid a visit to our old
Kentucky friend, Gen. r. w. johnson,
of St. Paul, Minnesota. From a hand
some, dark haired, fiery young soldier,
full of life and energy, the general has
been transformed into a gray-halred,
venerable old man, but is the same liber-
al hearted, whole-souled, ch1valrous gen.
tleman as in days of yore. He is demo-
crat, and made the race for governor on
the platform of honesty against repudia-
ton.
General r. W. Johnson is a battle
SCARED veteran-the author of the only
authorized history of that gallant soldier,
Major General George Ii. Thomas. a
handsomely bound and deliberately illus
trated volume, containing steel engrav-
ings of all officers under his command.
RAMBLEs.
Tuesday we accompanied the general
through the city, and inspected the diff
ferent objects of interest The first place
visited was the new market houss, a
handsome structure, which is now used
for the accommodation of the archives of
the state-the state house having recently
burned down. Here the officers are quar-
tered in the stalls intended for the mar
ket men. The first stall
is occupied by the COVER
nor, the second one by the secretary of
state, &c. The stalls are just large
enough for the officers to turn round and
transact the business, without any surplus
room for receptions. In the basement is
stored the historical works, or what is
left of them. Among other curiosities
we were shown the old pCstofice box
used in 1s4S. 1t contained eleven pig
eon-holes and ten boxes for papers
In looking through the historical works
we saw many relics of interest.
The next place we visited was the post
office, and were kindly shown through
the different departments by DR.. Day, the
postmaster. Instead of the eleven boxes,
as indicated above, we found 1880 boxes
besides the general delivery, and were
informed that 5000 letters were received
daily besides the papers, fifty bushels of
registered matter, and in the money or
der department $4,000 were received
daily. This is wonderful increase from
1S4S.
We next visited an extensive dry goods
and notion house. In this establishment
they employ IT'S women and girls and Is
men and boys, making up clothes for
workingmen. There are other similar
houses in the city employing equally as
many persons. The wholesale business
in st. Paul is simply immense in all
branches of business. The wholesale
jebbing for 1881 amounted to $50, 21S, 265,
or an equivalent of $1,000, 900 per week.
POLITICS.
st. Paul is intensely Democratic as
also Ramsey county, and we heard more
sound Democratic talk while we were
there than we have heard altogether since
we left old Kentucky. We were intro
duced to large number of the substan-
tial business men of the city, as well as
politicians and city officials, and they all
speak hopefully of the success
of the Democratic party even in
the benighted state of Minnesota St.
Paul is controlled by the Democrats and
her bonds command premium, and are
paid dollar for dollar.
We visited Minneapolis and found it
very nice place, but did not observe the
hustle and business that we found in St.
Paul. The improvements going on are
of different character In st. Paul
they are building massive wholesale
houses, while in Minneapolis they are
building dwellings and extending their
manufacturing facilities.
On our return from Minneapolis we
visited the Daily Globe, at st. Paul, and
made the acquaintance of Mr.. Hall, chief
editor and manager of the establishment.
This is the only Democratic daily in the
state. 1t is ably conducted and is WELD
ing powerful influence in the state for
the cause of Democracy and good gov
eminent. Long may it wave