Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-10

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city after ten days run across the coun-
try to Salt Lake City.
The lumber rate from Chicago to points
on the Missouri river reduced from fifteen
to eleven cents on Tuesday was yesterday
restored to its original figure.
Trains of emigrants' movables from
st. Paul, Minneapolis and the Minnesota
transfer to points on the Northern Pacific,
yesterday numbered an even fifty.
Col. Dick Flournoy, of the Omaha line,
accompanied by Mrs. Flournoy, leaves for
Hannibal, Mo-, this afternoon, where they
Jackson's family.
The morning train of the River road
was thirty minutes late yesterday. A
heavy business caused the detention. The
train brought about fifty emigrants here
bound for the Northwest.
H. 9. Davis, assistant general passenger
agent of the Manitoba line, is preparing a
series of views of the Hotel Lafayette and
Lake Minnetonka, which he says will be
beautiful as the slumbers of an innocent
child.
Commodore Coulson, of the Coulson line
of Missouri river packets, will meet Daniel
Webster Marratta, superintendent of that
line, to-day in st. Paul. They come with a
view to procure a steamer to take the place
OF the big Horn," recently sunk in the
''Big Muddy"
If the Manitoba road runs an excursion
to DEVILS Lake as soon as the road is
completed to that far-famed country,
great many people will see the place, and
it will receive an advertisement larger than
it could Ing any other manner. Devils
Lake is the Mecca of Dakotans.
The Mahdomedi hotel near White Bear
Lake is rapidly approaching completion.
1t is built by a society of Methodists,
which has been incorporated, and offers
great inducements to those desiring &C
commodations for the summer at a resort
where harmless pleasantries shall be the
rule.
A Winnipeg special, consisting of six
coaches of passengers and two cars OF
bonded baggage, left Chicago yesterday
morning for st. Paul, via the Chicago, Mil
waukee q st. Paul railway. The passen
ger business of this road is enormous, their
regular trains consisting of two sections of
ten and twelve cars each.
G. G. Franklin, agent of the Lake Su-
perior Transit company, has been drawn
on jury and is doing time in the capac
ity of juror. He don't think the expert
ence is nice, and will enroll himself in the
militia when his term of service expires,
to the end that he will be exempt from
such annoyances in the future.
At Salt Lake, it is generally believed,
that within very few days the Union Pa
ciic will begin running its through trains
into the Mormon capital, over the Utah
Central road, which the company owns.
The third rail will soon be down on the D.
& R. G., and the Central Pacific will run
to Salt Lake City by that route.
Superintendent Breed, of the Duluth &
st. Paul road, reports that an invoice of
''Swiss cars' for passenger traffic on that
road will reach here next week. They are
said to be the handsomest coaches, archi-
tecturally, as also in their furnishings and
decorations ever built, and Superintendent
Breed with Freight Agent Dodge, of the
Duluth road, are up to their ears in delight
in anticipation of their arrival.
It is said in railroad circles that work in
portions of the Northern Pacific west of
Helena, has not equaled the expectations
of president Willard or vice president
Cakes. These failures are said to have
upset the calculations of officials regarding
the date of the roads being built to certain
termini. However this may be, the facts
IN the case will doubtless come to the sur
face when president Willard reaches the
city, which will be tomorrow or Saturday.