The Dickinson press., 1883-08-11
NEWS GOSSIP.

The long-talAed-of location of the great
hetel-to secure the site for which st. Paul
enterprise contributed $27O, 900 as a bonus
for a $750,o0O superstrucLure-has at last
been determined, and there is now no OBJ
stacle in the way of immediate work upon
the foundation. 1t is to be completed in
two years, the site selected is the tract
bounded by $50 feet on Seventh street on
the north, 300 feet on Robert street on the
west, and $50 feet on Sixth street on the
south, or the magnificent total of 500 feet
frontage on three of the best business streets
in the city, and at a point midway between
the state capitol, the p~ostofice and custom
house district on the west, and the union
depot and the wholesale district on the
east; and the river and levee interests on
the south. and the tend of business north
toward the great terminal grounds of the
Northern Pacific; in fact, the most central
location that could possibly have been Sc
lected.
For improving the harbor at Duluth
$270.651 have been expended prior to Jan.
10, 1881. Since that time $4,000 has been
expended. 1t is believed, from past expert.
ences, that it will be necessary 10 do a large
amount of dredging each year. For dredg-
ing at Superior, Wis, $44, 461 " as available
ANAAA6 oho yV0Ai pGAS1OO VI Wn1Cu Was SA.
pended. The estimated amount to COM
plete the project is 1922, 900, of which no.
600 can be used the next year.
The Cunard Steamship Company has
contracted for the building of the two steam
ers OF a scale which it is said will be in ad.
vance of anything which has yet been de-
vised for the Atlantic service. The ships
are to be of 8, 200 tons burden each and OF
5000 horse power. The price is excess oil
$500, 600 for each, and it Is designed that
the two vessels shall make a speed o fnine-
teen knots per hour. or to cross the Allan
tic in less than six days.
At the recent Mormon conference in
Salt Lake City, some 200 missionaries were
sent out, 800 for the year. OF these, 100 60
to the Southern States, whence 200 converts
have been forwarded recently to Colorado.
Some idea of tho despotism of Mormonism
may be seen in the fact that with a popula-
ton of LIE, 900, there are more than % 1000
church officials.
In connection with the recent failures in
Boston the rumors of the amount of paper
held by banks there have been greatly ex-
aggerated. The total capital of the banks
of Boston is $50, 900, 600 and no single bank
has anything approaching a large percent
age of its capital invested in any suspended
paper. Very many banks do not hold q
dollar of it.
Unless the late departed Mr.. Inkster o.
Grand Forks has been writing letters from
that bourne whence the mails do not run
regularly, he is still alive and not a bad
looking corpse in the Mouse River valley
A. Mr.. Matthies had a letter from him two
days after his supposed death.
Edward Gamble, hosiery manufacturer o
Philadelphia, has made an assignment to
L. G. Beatty for the benefit Of his creditors
and Enoch Blood OF the same city. also I
hoisery manufacturer, assigned to James !
Hay. The liabilities and assets are small
American travellers spend, it is estimated
500, 900, 900 in Europe every summer Thu
$500, 900 inhabitants Of Philadelphia, New
York and Brooklyn spend $l5, 600, 600 dur
ing the season upon the strip of Sand be
tween Caps May Point and Long Beach.