Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-24


structures to serve the purpose until per-
manent buildings can be erected; has its
livery stables, saloons gambling and
dance halls. and all the other elements of
frontier town and population of about
5OO. AS the train drew up to the stopping
place, 1t was boarded by the reception and
entertainment committee, while nearly
the entire population we're assembled to
give the visitors greeting. The reception
committee was composedlof j. Il. Parsons.
chairman, Col. W. A. Ferris, Col. G. S.
Uline, o. B. Orossette and b. c. Hams
brugh. Entertainment: E. E. Nangle, L.
Council, 81. B. Farwell, DR.. j. o. Carson
and IL. L. Prescott. Immediately the Wis.
ltors were escorted to the steamer Minnie
H., Captain Herman, screw steamer,
with capacity to carry several hundred ex-
ourslonlsts, upon which a trip of some
fourteen miles up the lake, banquet ar
ranged for in the evening, preventing
longer sail. On the return the party
were escorted to the Lake
View house, Allen & Co., pro-
prletors-the three story hotel
structure before mentioned-where at 1920
they sat down to long tables handsomely set
and fairly loaded down with substantials
and deEcacies, After these had been done
most ample justice to, the Hon. 81. M. Lord,
register of the land Office, as presiding Off
Ger, called upon Judge j. w. Bennett, toast
master, to inaugurate the literary feast,
which he did by calling up Mr.. j. Il. Par
sons for the welcome, which he did most
feeIingly and pertinently, President Her
bert, of the association, responding very
happily. Then came the regular toasts, az
follows: "The Press of the Northwest, ~
responded to by Hon. Il. W. Hill, formerly
of ST. Charles, Winona county; s'The Ed
torial Association of Minnesota" Mr.H
E. Hoard, of Montevideo;' The Minnesota
railway system and President HILL" Mr..
o. B. Crossett, of DEVILS Lake; s'The
twin cities, st. Paul and Minneapolis"
Frank E. Hessler, Minneapolis; ''The
Ladies'" Judge O'Brien, formerly
| of st. Paul. The responses
were most happily conceived, and kept the
banqueters and visitors, and citizens in
| the best of humor until o'clock in the
morning when good byes were said, and
sleep, natures sweet restorer" was sought
and by most successfully courted.
ON THE WING AGAIN.
At o'clock next morning, Friday the
goth, the visitors were aroused, and after a
taken for Grand Forks, and thence on
to the north. At Arvilla NJ ''Dud" Hersey
ca e on board and accompanied the party
to
THE FORKS,
which was reached at 1890 o. m. Here
the party was met by committee of citi-
zens and of the press with the silver cor
net band, and escorted to the Grigps
house, where at p. m. a splendid dinner
was served, the visitors ia the interim put
ting in the time visiting different points of
interest in this, one of the liveliest and most
| thriving cities Of northern Dakota. At
$40 the cars of the excnrsionists were at
tached to a mixed train and the trip
northward was continued. Nothing of i'm
portance occurred until the thriving vii
lage of
GRAFTON,
Walsh county, 366 miles from st. Paul.
was reached, though at every town passed
| large crowds were at the depot to give the
excursionists greeting. At Grafton the
entire populace was out, headed
by the local band. A procession of the
visitors and reception committee was soon
formed and escorted to the principal hotel.
where supper was served. Grafton is stu
ated in one of the best wheat growing Sec
| lions of the Northwest, the growing crop
promising twenty to twenty five bushels.
| 1t is a we'll built town for one onlv
eighteen months old. 1t has population
of from 400 to 600. 1t is situated on the
Park river, heavily timbered stream,
which empties into the Red
river some twelve miles west of the town.
1t has four elevators of capacity of $780,
600 bushels, and a Touring mill which is
now turning out $50 barrels.daily and has
capacity of 400 barrels. The principal
| general store of the place is that of Fisch-
er Hammer, (Ald. Fischer of the Third
ward and August Hammer of st. Paul,
both of which gentlemen CHANGED to be on
a visit there at the time, the store being
managed by Mr.. Jacob Hammer, son of
August Hammer. The reporter was also
so fortunate as to meet j. T. Duffy, form
erly of the Hastings Union, now real es-
| tate dealer and banker of Grafton. The
reception of the visitors here was, while
entirely informal, one of the pleasantest
of the trip, and when the party left all
| Joined with will in "three cheers and
tiger" for Grafton and it's whoIe-souled
| citizens. After leaving Grafton nothing
occurred until
NEECHE
was reached. This is the last station on
the st. Paul & Manitoba road, located just
this side of the boundary line, and where
connection is made with the Manitoba &
Southwestern road to Winnipeg. Here
the excursionists we're met by acting
Mayor Wilson. of Winnipeg, and Assistant
superintendent Brown and Mr.. B. B. HAIRS
tom, news and advertising agent of the
Canadian Pacific road, by whom the party
were taken in charge, and given cordial
welcome to Manitoba and the courtesies
of the road and the city of
WINNIPEG.
The city was reached at O'clock Satur-
day morning. 1t had been arranged by
the citizens committee and railroad Off
Gals, to entertain the party by a ride
about the city in the fornoon, to be fol-
lowed by banquet in the Queens hotel in
the aftarDoOT INIT min Oh