Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-30

The Ramsey farm occupies section 21. The
 present limits of St. Paul cut into section 22
 and border on sections 27 and a4. The cor
 porate lines of Minneapolis border on section
 19, and take in sections 30 and 31. Thu3 the limits of the rival cities are,
 at this point, only a little more
 than two miles apart. There seems a
 propriety therefore in having them joined by an inteT-urban park of the sort described, thus setting apart ample grounds that shall be for their mutual and benefit, instead of letting the boundary lines actually touch and perpaps originate unfriendly litigation. Thus the reader will be able to see that we
 people in the Northwest are not wholly
 given up to speculation in wheat and pork, but are beginning to take an interest in questions involving the same tastes and refining influences shat have | absorbed the attention of the older cities of | the East Wa look into the future, and are try l ing to plan generously for the millions yet to be residents of this magnificent heritage
 when the pioneers shall have all been num- 1 bered with the dead, A large-hearted sym 1 pathy with the coming could hardly | find more fitting expression than in these wise and liberal provisions.
 | This is the dull season in real estate, and this year the market is dullef than for several years. One reason, nc doubt, is the low | prize ef wheat and general stagnation of l business, Yet another reason Is that the I rents nave been 50 enormously Q1E4 A5 tO | compel everybody who could build for him
 self to do so. The result is that, with
 8 largely increased population, there are l alsa many vacant houses and rents must come down. Recent careful estimates | based on the late elections, the last directory and school enumeration, give Minneapolis a population of about 10000, which is 10000 [ more than was claimed & year ago. Many 1 fine public edifiees have been built this year. | The most costly of these is the magnificent West Hotel, built at a cost-it is said-of a million and half of dollars, and furnished
 at expense of $1250o0. At the opening
 banquet, the other night, there was pronounced the most elaborate ever prepared in the Northwest. Among the most prosperous buildings here are the thir- teen roller rinks that are in full blast nightly
 and daily and Sundays too, at least some of | them are. All are well patroniz"d, to the
 serieus depletion of the dime theatres and | low concert halls. The effort is said to be ! felt by some of the more aristocratic instftu- | tions. The Romany Rye drew small houses | bere and Stoddard's splendid illustrated lec- l trires, now iR progress, are very thlnly at l tended
 It is otherwise with the Moody meetings | that have absorbed the religious public for the last week. The largest church here, the Westminster Presbyterian, with 1,8O0 sit tings, has been packed at every meeting; and ! remarkable thing has been the crowds of business men that come out. Mir. Moody
 says he hes seen nothing like it since landing | in this country. His stay will, unfortunately 1 be very short, as he has engagements else
 where demanding his time. But there is a determination to go right ahead with the l meetings after his departure. They will be ! under the direction of the Young Mems l Christian association, which is peculiarly | live organization in this city,
 l The winter thus far has been mild and
 clear The mercury has only once fallen be-
 low zero, and stays mostly about the freezing point. Thus favored the workmen have
 pushed ahead with the new house of worship
 that the Second Congregational church, of l which am pastor, has been erecting. The portion now finished, at cost of about $5,-
 ooO on land eestina s1S 900, will be the chapel
 Of the ma.-l -l edifce; and the latter will dI not :, pc begun for another year and will cost so, GOO. The dedication of the chapel will take
 place on the first Sunday of the new year. The PiIorim church will also dedicate their l new sanctuary on the second Sunday, and l tba T.vndaIe church will be dedicated on the | thirdEthree new Congregational churches on three successive Sabbaths.
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