St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-30

O mOdel man. For many years he uOOk
pride in preserving, in a scrap book, impor-
tant events which had transpired in this city,
but when he sold out, this scrap book, with
other important papers, were accidentally de-
stroyed, very much to his regret and his sor-
row. About two years ago his eye-sight be-
gan to fail him, and now he is almost entirely
blind, yet with this terrible affection upon
him, he is philosophical, cheerful, hopeful,
manly All the old settlers we know have,
and we trust many new ones will have,
kindly feeling for NJ. n. Kellogg.
FIRST REAL ESTATE DEALER.
Charles R. Conway hung out his shingle as
a real estate dealer, in little small white
office, which stood on hill. where Mr..
Schurmcier's building now stands, on Third
street, between Cedar and Minnesota, in the
wear 1850. He claims to be the first real es-
tate dealer in the city.
FIRST DAGUERREAN ARTIST.
George C. Nichols took daguerrean pictures
in the old American house, in 1S49, and was
the first artist of this character in the city.
He sold out to c. T. Whitney, who carried on
a gallery for many years, corner Of Third
and Cedar streets.
FIRST MARKET WOMAN.
The hundreds of market women who now
vend vegetables at our market and else
were, will regret, as well as we do, that we
can't just now recall the name of the first
market woman, who came from Little Cana
Ga, twelve miles from st. Paul, with single
OK hitched to cart, and who sold her pota-
toes, cabbages, pumpkins and other vegeta-
Dles, in as approved style as do our market
wo,.en of to-day. This branch of business
has grown to an enormous extent and it is
quite proper that the pioneer of this trade
should have place among the Pen Pictures
Of to-day.
FIRST BURIAL GROUND.
From all we can learn, the first burial
ground was that owned by the Catholics, and
occupied quite space back Of the Stees' fur
niture store, on Minnesota street. a small
log stable stood where the Pioneer Press office
now stands, and directly in the rear of this,
on the bluff, was the first chapel, erected by
Father Gatier. The bufying ground belonged
TO the chapel, and is the same piece of prop
erty upon which Stses' building, after being
erected twice, fell beth times.
THE VERY OLDEST HOUSE IN THE CITY.
1t is now claimed by some of the most
that the house on Fourth street, between
Minnesota and Robert, which has the card on
it of the Ramsey County Old Settlers asso-
citation, as the Oldest house in Saint Paul, is
not correct, but the Oldest house is that on
Sixth street. now owned by Uri LampreY.
1t stands just back Of the boarding house of
Mr.. Brewster, on Sixth street, and was orig
inally the property of Louis Roberts His
first house was burned; this was his second.
1t would be well to have this question def
ntely settled, so it could pass into history,
for ''when doctors disagree, what are we go
ing to do?''
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS ONE CITY.
Thirty-fve years! Reader, stop thinking of
business for minute and ponder over the
march of events! What will be the future of
the country west of ST. Paul in the next 80
years! What will be the status of this city!
We will anticipate your reply by prophesying,
that st. Paul and Minneapolis will then be
united as one city, with a population of
500, 600 people, and these cities, thus united,
will supply an empire beyond of 10000
inhabitants. ooh, but" you say, 'this can
never be done" Not SO fast, my friendl
Look at the past! st. Anthony has been
swallowed up on the one side and West st.
Paul on the other, and street cars and motor
cars, and railroad cars and other appliances
are now at work drawing together slowly but
surely these two cities, and when they come
together, as they certainly will, it will be like
the swapping jaws of the mud turtle
ALL AT ONCE.
Then the new capitol building, costing several
millions of dollars, will be located on 100
acres of land midway of the one great city,
and grand hotels will invite the world at
large to partake of food unparalleled in
sweetness and delicacy, and luxurious beds
will beckon tired bodies to sweet repose
The superficial thinker, who never gets above
his nose, may and no doubtwill scott at these
ideas, but he can't change either the immu-
table laws of nature or the immutable laws of
God; and Just as sure as the cars rumble to
the Pacific ocean, just so sure will st. Paul
and Minneapolis, not many years in the
future, be united and march to power and to
greatness under the banner of one city.
The only objection to the union, is the
name. Shall it be Minne-Paul, or Paul. po-
lis, or some name not yet mentioned. A
friend in Chicago, who formerly lived at Red
Wing, Or. P. Nichols, ESQ., writes us as
follows: ''Allow me to respectfully recon-
mend the name of Lincoln for the con-
solidated city. No candid man, either in St.
Paul or Minneapolis, will deny that the name
of Lincoln would honor the twin cities as one,
far more than the city would honor the
name. The name would be commensurate
with the development, progress,
prosperity, wealth, population, great
ness, and grandeur of city
destined to be one of the first
and foremost on the western continent. If
at some future time after the two cities have
been consolidated under the name of Lin
coin, our national capitol should be trans
ferred from the city of Washington to the
city of Lincoln, in Minnesota, the people of
the United States would then have the high
and proud satisfaction of knowing that their
capital had been removed to city honored
with name as great and as grand as the
name of Washington and like his-im-
mortal.'
Lincoln, with a population of 500, 600!
Think of it!
Il Fair Offer.
Detroit Free Press
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