Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-01
At THE GATEWAY.

Entering the Wonderland Through LlV-
insston, the Youngest and FaIrest City of
the Northern Pacific-Population Grown
in Seven Months from Fifty Souls to Three
Thousand-A Railway Center-Agricui-
tural and Mining OutIet-A Wonderland
not less Remarkable than the Great Vel
IowstOne Itself.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe.J
No. Ill
LIVINGSTON, Aug, 1883.
''Well, this is live town, for fact"
said an eldely English gentleman of the
Hatch party, as he aighted from the train
at Livingston. ''All along the road l have
been told wherever we have stopped" he
continued, swat until you sec Livingston
if you want to see the brightest
town on the Northern Pacific" only
seven months old did you say Mr.Fogarty,
this is most extraordinary" and as said
our English friend, so said we we all of US.
Livingston, at the gate of the Snow
mountains, lies upon thu north bank of the
Yellowstone, and is eighty-four miles from
the National hotel in Yellowstone park,
the objective point of our travellers.
in the midst of thrivin agricultural
country in the valley of the Shields and
Smith rivers, as well as the Yellowstone.
As promised in previous letter there is
here given hasty sketch of the young
city, which so enchanted the entire party
of tourists who were donnie lied within its
gates.
The Northern Pacific Railroad reached
Livingston in January, 1888. The town
takes its name from Johnston Livingston
Esq, formerly director of the Northern
Pacific railroad, and a large share
holder of the Adams Express Com
pany. Crawford Livingston, of st.
Paul, a nephew of the first named
gentleman, became the owner of the town
site, and named it in honor OF his relative.
Six or seven months prior to the advent of
she railroad, at the date above named, the
sold town." as it is now spoken of had been
started, and christened 'Clark City,"
though in December 1882 its population
was but fifty souls. With the spirit of vigor
which the Northern Pacific has impaired
all along the line, the new town of Living
ston was born January 81, 1883, and natur
ally absorbed ''Clark City," though that
portion still remains, an emblem of small
beginning, not to be despised. The Liv
ingston of to-day, city but seven months
of age, presents a growth, and represents
an aggregation of capital, s0lidity and
permanence which is marvel even, in
these days of new towns and rapid growth
in the far west. Here We are Il thousand
and thirty miles from 81. Paul, and more
than three thousand mics from New York,
in territory, not yet, though soon to be
one of the states of the union, and we have
an embryo city, with an actual population
Of three thousand people. The rapidity of
the growth of Livingston may be seen
from the fact that a census taken in Feb
ruary exhibited its population at 900, and
at this writing it has the number first
stated. The real test Of the stability of a
town or city is in its business resources,
and as it is my good fortune to have here
aperio6 of leisure, the opportunity is i'm
proved to group together few statistics
of historical value and interest to the pub
lie. In the
DRY GOODS TRADE
are G. w. Savage & Son, Smith, Hagy &
Go. Wholesale and retail dealers in dry
goods and groceries,) Thompson Bros, G..
H. Carver & Co., Wholesale dry goods and
groceries whose sales have run for several
months upon an average of $1,000 per
day. F. G. Winston & Co., house furnish
ing supplies to R. R. employees as speci-
atty.
CLOTHING &C.
Henry Frank, (including Merchant tailor
ing) Silverman's st. Paul clothing house,
G. NJ. Gilbert, Phillip Z'merman, lin
Guiding merchant tailor
GROCERY is". y
M. H. Matthieson, DO. 80, J. F.
Mann, Burr & Park, M.s 80.
FURNITURE & oRUC-.-S-.
+. A. Crieger, G. NJ. Bingham.
HARDWARE.
This trade is represented by three as fine
houses as are in that line in the North
west, Babcock & Miles, Lawrence & Stuff
6. T. Chambers & Co.
DRUGGISTS.
Douglas & Weirick, Campbell 81 Merrill,
Wright Il Bartlett.
WHOLESALE LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Ia this branch of trade, which is an i'm
portant one in this region, Livingston is
exceptionally fortunate in the extensive
houses which have been established, as
well as in the quality of goods carried.
z. r. Dean & Co. is the Oldest house in the
line In addition to a large and we'll
stocked store, this firm has its own ware
house upon the track of the N. P. R. R.
and fills its generous orders in many in
stances therefrom without the expense of
carriage of goods to and from the ship
ping station. Mr.. Dean has been in this
trade in the territories for fifteen years
and has wide acquaintance. Mr.. G. j.
Babson of this house is a most genial and
accomplished gentleman, who is an acqui-
sition to any city. Mr.. B. is member of
the Board Of Trade committee for the re
cepion of strangers, audi the right man
in the right place.
M. Wetzstein & Co, is young house
which opened its doors July +th, 1888, and
carries as fine a stock of wines, liquors
and cigars as ever came into this western
world. This house has the sole agency
for the Cincinnati "Nonpar1er' beer,
Ross's Royal Belfast ginger ale, and makes
bar fixtures and glass ware speciality.
They give particular attention to supply
ing tourists, and to what advantage to
customers may be seen from the incident
that a company of tourists going into the