Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-02
RGiI Notes,

Minnesota division of the Northern Pacific
is in the city.
Thirty-fve emigrants reached St. Paul
by the morning trains, and fifteen by the
afternoon trains, yesterday.
W. S. Alexander, traffic manager, and H.
G. Davis, assistant general passenger
agent of the Manitoba road, returned from
Chicago yesterday.
Every day is Arbor day at White Bear
park, on the st. Paul Duluth road, and
trees are springing up there as thick as
mushrooms after shower.
1t is proposed to increase the speed of
Pacific trains so as the shorten the time at
least one day. Across the continent will
soon be an easy and quick trip.
The Manitoba road will send out its
usual excursion train to Lake Minnetonka
tomorrow. 1t will leave st. Paul at 9:35
a. m. and returning leave the lake at 5:15
p. m.
j. L. Odell,superintendent of transporta-
ton, and Colonel Clough, general counsel
of the Northern Pacific, accompanied the
Dakota capital commission to Fargo
Thursday night.
j. G. Pond. chief clerk of the passenger
department., Northern Pacific, has gone
away to remain ten days. He goes with
the object Of taking rest, and in pur-
suit of that desideratum he will visit St.
Louis.
The completion and opening of the
short line road from junction City, KY, to
Knoxville, Tenn, announced for tomorrow
will afford a new and direct route in con-
nection with the Ohio & Mississippi rail-
way by way of Cincinnati to Knoxville and
points beyond.
1t is stated that the Union Pacific and
Denver d Rio Grande have settled all their
old differences which have been in dispute
for years. Col. Dodge, of the Denver &
Rio Grande, came to Omaha last week and
met Mr.. Dillon for that purpose, and the
adjustment of their difficulties WIS the re-
suit of their conferences.
The st. Louis. IronMountain & Southern
railway, has issued an amendment to the
rates mentioned in Tariff No. 2O6, between
st. Louis and points on the line as far south
as Alma. They run from 60 to 6S cents
per bbl on meal; from 81 to 70 cents per
Dbl on -four and from BOZ to 3615 cents
per cwt. on flour, bran and mill stuffs.
The monthly meeting of the Northwest
ern Railway association was held at the
union depot yesterday afternoon. There
were present, uperintendents Breed, Will
son, Mcfarland, Ellis, Wakeman, Rice. Ca
bic and Guthrie, but as far as could be
ascertained the disposition of routine bust
ness only, taxed the efforts of those in at
tendance.
Reports received by Emigrant Agent
johnson of the Manitoba line, indicate that
crops in the Red river valley are ''bloomin-
fine" At Stephen, Hallock, Ada and War
rem, Minnesota, the weather is clear and
prospects for q rich harvest abundant. At
Grafton, Hilsboro, and Princeton, Dakota,
there have been light showers of great
benefit to wheat and other cereals.
D. w. Ensign arrived from Devils Lake
yesterday and brought with him glowing
accounts of the progress and prosperity
apparent in that section. The extension
of the Manitoba road from the lake to
Bartlett will soon be completed and the
rails laid by the first of July, in time for
an excursion train that is contemplated
will be sent thither from St.
Paul on the fourth of that month.
The train on the Hastings g. Dakota
division of the Milwaukee & st. Paul road.
which has hitherto left st. Paul at 4, and
Minneapolis at 4:45 p. M, will on and
after tomorrow depart from this CITY at
e, and Minneapolis at 7:15 D. n. Return
ing the train will leave Millbank. Dakota.
at 7:l5 p. M, arriving at MINNEAPOLIS at
6 and st. Paul at 7:3O a. m. Arrange
ments are in progress by which a SLEEPER
will be put on between Millbapk and
Minneapolis and vice versa, and every
possible means will be employed that
can in any way contribute to the comfort
of passengers.
QT. W. Teasdale, general passenger agent
of the Royal Route, is nothing if not origi-
nal. He is continually startling reporters
and the public with additional evidences
of his genius. His latest harvest in the
fields of invention is bulletin board oe-
signed to expose some Of the delights IL
store for travellers over that route, and that
his creation has more than exceeded expec-
tations is universally conceded. The orna-
ment is of oak, exquisitely carved, with
looking glasses, card receivers, and orna-
mentatlons without number, arranged
with hangings, cords and tassels. etc.. and
vanished and gilded in manner so TASTY
as to be beyond all criticism. It is. in
short, masterpiece of esthetic art. fash
joned and carved in the studio of ponoskv
d Durb'n of Milwaukee, and ia intended
Tor gratuitous distribution.
Work has been commenced by the Mis-.
souri, Pacific to relay the Kansas Civ g.
Eastern and will be pushed forward TO