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

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THE CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
DR.. Murphy, the treasurer of the asso-
citation, read the report showing the con-
dition of the treasury, and in doing so did
| not forget that little balance in favor of
the Glencoe bank, and the same was ap-
| proved.
THOSE WHO HAVE DIED.
The committee on obituary reported,
through its chairman, the names of those
| who have died during the year as follows:
Maj. L. A. Hatch, st. Paul. died Aug.
| Is, 1882.
E. Greeley, Saltwater, died Sept. IA,
1882.
Daniel D. Williams, St. Paul, died Oct.
Is, 1882.
VIM. B. Dibble, Point Douglas, died Oct.
| =, 1882.
Alex. Faribault, Faribault, died Nov. %,
1882.
Maj. John Kennedy, Hastings, died Dec.
| l, 1882.
John Holton, Red Rock, died Jan. %,
1883.
j. W. Babcock, Kasota, died Feb. Is,
1883.
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| May 7, 1883.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The following officers were elected to
serve during the year:
| Observation-Disclosures w. Brunson.
Vice Presidents-R. P. Russell and Geo.
W. Street
Sscretary-Judge Aaron Goodrich.
Corresponding Secretary-J. Fletcher
Williams.
| Treasurer-Dr. J. II. Murphy.
| Upon the announcement of the result of
the election Mr.. Brunson returned his
thanks to his friends for the mark of kind
ness and expressed the hope that all his
| comrades were old enough to know how to
| behave themselves. He then appointed
DR.. Day as chairman of the obituary COM
mittee and 1eappointed the old executive
| committee.
COLLECTION.
The regular annual collection for James
Thompson, the oldest of the old settlers,
was then taken up, and resulted in a con-
tribution OF 81 So. Thompson is colored
man and was brought to Fort Smelling in
1923 as a slave of one of the officers, and
enjoys the distinction of being the only
colored member of the association.
ADJOURNMENT.
This constituting all the business before
the association the members adjourned to
meet again at the Merchants hotel at 8
pm.
| The Banquet.
At 3 o'clock the old settlers gathered to-
gether in the ladies' ordinary at the Mer-
chants, and in numbers they were suffi-
cient to fill two tables extending the whole
| length of the room. These banquets of
the old settlers are always interesting, quiz
ct, dignified and pleasant. This one was
particularly so. There was not much
speaking but there was genial and gen
erous hu'nor pervading the whole assem-
5'ag- end5 s7erybody was happy.
! fre=ica.- -ron59n presided at the head
cs i.'a r table with that graceful dignity
! a... ce."a.a,oi ng presence that so well be-
CONES ac CID settler. Col. Allen always
has kim, and pleasant side for the old
settlers. and always sets up something a
| little extra for them. He did not forget
them yesterday but arranged matters very
pleasantly so that when they sat down to
the we'll filed tables they we're brought
very near to each other and to q banquet
that was in every way worthy
of the reputation of the
Merchants hotel. After they had disposed
of the good things set before them, they
| fell into general conversation in regard
to the olden days, and story followed story
in rapid succession. Judge Baker referred
| to Judge Goodrich's connection with the
bench of the state, and asked him to say
few words about the early days of the bar
in Minnesota. The judge, not by way of
making a speech, as speeches were not in
order, proceeded to state that Horace
| Greeley was the cause of the legis-
| lature in New York changing
the form of the pleadings and abolishing
those we'll known forms that the people
and the bar were all familiar with, and
about which there was no question. Hor-
ace Greely's bad advice was afterwards
followed in Minnesota, which the Judge
condemned. There were lawyers in Min
nesota in early days who, he said, knew
more than Justinian and the great Roman
barrister Trebonius, and these knowing
Minnesota lawyers swept away the old
| forms without the least ceremony, and
introduced others that led to end
less litigation. In closing his re-
marks, he illustrated what he
said with several stories that woke up the
laughter among the old settlers.
DR.. Murphy told few stories and gave
Capt. Blakely several left handed compli-
ments for his generosity and iberality in
bringing people into Minnesota in the
early days.
Judge Foster, of River Falls, spoke of
the character of the early settlers and
claimed that while he might not have as
much book knowledge as the college ed
ucated people of the east, there was a
sturdy manhood, courage. and a per-
sistent determination that made him sue
cessful in opening up new states in the
wilderness. The valley of the Mississippi
and the territory west was producing the
men of the nation now. This was the
most formal speech, and at the conclusion
of the judges remarks the remainder of
the banquet took an informal and CONVEX
sational tone and form, and for half an
hour or so the old settlers enjoyed each
others society in free familiar way, till
at last on motion they adjourned, the
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