St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-07

the family circle, than Mr.. Donaldson; and |
thus in declining years he has become mel |
lowed with contentment and is satisfied with |
a life well spent.
FINDLAY MCCORMICK.
Full many flower is born to blush I'M
seen" ETC., and this seems to be the case of
Mr.. Mccormick, who, though an old settler,
is scarcely ever found posing before the pub
lie. Born in Pennsylvania in 1918, he
worked on a farm for a few years; then at
tended a common school; became a teacher
and taught school; was employed as book
keeper for four years in an iron furnace es-
Enlistment in Armstrong county, Pennsyl-
vania, and came to Minnesota in 1852.
OFFICES.
Was city comptroller of st. Paul two years;
receiver OF the Wabashaw bridge seven
years; engaged in the city and U. S.
engineer department for nearly three
years; has been and is now secretary
OF the board OF managers OF the Reform
school, and has held the office since 1869, or
fifteen years. His family consisted of a
wife and two children; wife and son dead;
has daughter living.
IPRESSIONS-INDIANS.
Mr. Mccormick says he never expected to
see st. Paul what 1t is to-day. He remembers
it as small village with huts, Indians,
French and haf-breeds, and with no out
ward evidence of its ultimate growth TO its
present size. One OF the events which i'm
pressed his mind most thoroughly, was the
sight of dozen Chippewa Indians coming
over Baptist hill in 1852, near the old
church, in war paint, with tomahawks,
knives and guns, ferociously in pursuit of
the Sioux. Their wild, fierce looks and de-
moniacal wells haunt his memory yet, and
why should they not? Then. not knowing
their motive, he supposed they were making
raid upon the whites, and one can conceive
what feelings man would have under such
circumstances.
QUIET AND UNDEMoNsTRATIvE.
A more quiet and undemonstrative man
does not live in st. Paul, than Mr.. McCor-
mick. Of ordinary size and of pleasant
nature, he glides in and out among the busy
throng almost unrecognized except to the
few who know the beaten paths he has trod
for the past thirty-three years. He is man
of unblemished character, retiring in his ma
ture, strictly attentive to business, honorable,
unambitions, and an excellent type of an
honest man. Mr.. McCormick's long con-
nection with the Reform school renders him
an important spoke In that great wheel of
youthful reformation, which is one of the
grandest institutions in the state of Mime
sofa.
THOMAS W. BoUREs.
Born in Canada in 1888, where he learned
his trade; came to St. Paul in 1851; engaged
q,
then in their Touring mills; then had charge
of the old Winston mill; then worked in the
Government mills at Winnebago agency;
went to California in 1858; returned to st.
Paul in 1866, when he continued to follow
his trade in different parts of the state up to
1878, when he engaged as head miller in
the Brainerd mills, where, we believe, he
now is. He is man who thoroughly knows
his business; is industrious, and is an active
worker in the great, busy beehive of life.
EMANUEL GOOD.
Mr. Good was born in Pennsylvania in
1927; received a common school education;
came to st. Paul in 1850; when he arrived
he saw a large crowd of Indians on
the leYee, even greater in numbers than
the whites, which startled him; commenced
his career here in the numbering business;
worked in
THE FIRST SAW MILL IN ST. PAUL,
And has studiously followed his business in
the lumber trade for upwards of thirty-two
years. He has accumulated fine property
consisting of houses and lots, and had
family of nine children, six of whom, how
ever, are only living. He is a very quiet,
industrious man; acquired his property by
saving, and is a substantial citizen, really
Good man.
WILLIAM s. COMBS.
A small, delicate, slender, exceedingly
pleasant young man, then only twenty years
old, came to st. Paul thirty-three years ago,
and who does not remember him? His
pleasant smile, his affabe manners, his
genial ways, how like warm rays of sun
shine they come back and knock at the
door OF memory! The little slender youth
has grown into manhood now and has filed
out physically into fine proportions, has
passed the meridian of life, is stepping
down into the valley of old age, but the
geniality Of the past is still there, the old
smile is still there, the old warm and
generous heart is still there, the sincere real
man is still there.
| William s. Combs was born in the city of
| New York, in 1881; was educated at the pub
lie schools OF that city; removed to Ken
| lucky in 1S43; resided in Lexington five
years: in st. Louis in 1913, and located in
st. Paul May 1, 1851, opening book and
stationery store in the fall of that year; broke
his leg when at st. Louis purchasing goods;
returned to st. Paul, sold out and kept books
at Mendoza for Gen. Sibley, in the winter of
| 1S51--2; married Miss Carrie White, May 10,
| 1852, while at Oxford, Ohio; took an
active part in the public schools and served
as president of the board of education as well
as secretary for several years, and as chair
man of the building committee gave his per-
sonal attention to the erection of some of
the largest and most expensive school build
ings in the city, among which were the JEFF
ferson, Madison and Lincoln schools, and
was connected with the school board over
sixteen years, giving his time freely to the
public good to the detriment of his legitimate
| business.
THE FORT SMELLING CLAIM ASSOCIATION.
In early days body of men associated
themselves together TO protect each other in
holding their claims, and of this body of men
H. NJ. Rice was president, and VIM S.
Combs was secretary. Very often it
happened that valuable claim would be
taken possession of by some
interloper, and then the power of the
association was called in to evct him. On
one occasion a man and his family had
erected shanty on the claim owned by a
Dr. Bidwell, of this city, and as ne would
not go off, the members of the association
met and commenced tearing down the build
ing. When the shanty had become nearly
Invested of its outer covering, Dominick
TrOver q large and nowerful man seizad tha
uprights that supported the roof, aud then