St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
AN OLD ST. PAUL PAPER.
And What it Tells of the 0Iden Time :
c. P. Y. Lull as an Apostle of
Temperance.
H. NJ. Rice in Canoe Moving to st. Paul--S
s. Merrill, a Boot and Shoe Dealer, at
Galena--Mr. Bass as a Tavern
Keeper.

We have been permitted by Mr.. Lutte A.
Hughes, OF Ashland avenue, to look over
''1he Minnesota C7ronicle,'' Vol. 1, No. 5, OF
June %, 1849, edited and published in st.
Paul by his father, J. Hughes who also
about the same time kept what is now the
Merchants hotel, which he sold for few
hundred dollars and re-invested in Hudson,
Wis.
On the upper right hand corner is IS. A.
Quay, Printer" and it elsewhere appears
that both the editor and printer also prac-
ticed law
1t contains sproclamations' from Jas. r.
Polk, of February, 1S49, establishing first
land Office in Minnesota at Saltwater; OF
Zachary Taylor, of March, 1S49, of land sale;
OF Gov. Alex. Ramsey, establishing judicial
districts and appointing Aaron Goodrich, B..
B. Meeker and David Cooper, judges; and a
proclamation of 'Joy to the World" by
George Zane who was about TO open sa-
loon. The business of the infant city in
1S49 may be judged by the advertisements in
the Chronicle
Henry Jackson, r. P RUSSELL (''First door
east Of the Rice housei'), Louis Robert, j..
| w. Simpson, D. L. Fuller and Freeman,
Larpenteur & Co., all advertise general
merchandise, H. NJ. Rice, commission and
storage On upper levee, Snow d Bryant, of
groceries, n. Mclean, books,
James Berry & Bros, bakers, j..
Frost, furniture, Dewey s. Cavilear,
druggists, Win. H. Mobiles (the "colonePO
blacksmith, Chas. P. Scott, plasterer, VIM.
Anderson, auctioneer, J. w. Bass, ''St. Paul
house." corner Third and jackson, Joseph
NJ. Hall and j. H. Dagney, carpenters. The
only physicians card is DR.. N Barbour's, and
the only attorneys cards those of David Lam
bert, Morton S. Wilkinson, W. D. Phillips,
]. Hughes and S. A. Quay. S. S. Merrill
also adyertises boots and shoes and dry
goods at wholesale at Galena. OF all these
United States and state officials only Ramsey,
Rice, Goodrich, Wilkinson, Larpenteur and
Bass remain, and of these few three have
since been United States senators.
The paper contains notice Of II. NJ Rice
as follows: "We are happy to perceive that
ii. NJ. Rice, Esq, one Of our most eminent
citizens, has also taken up his residence in
st. Paul with his family. He removed from
Mendoza at the same time with Gov. Ramsey,
both descending the river to this place
in two large bark canoes, from the
upper country, managed with their voyagers."
The paper speaks of the great influx of
population into st. Paul and says: 'This
difficulty will exist no longer, as in addition
to the ST. Paul House, kept by Mr.. Bass, and
the several good private boarding houses re-
Gently opened, the very large hotel at the up
per landing, the American house,
just built by Mr.. Rice, has likewise
gone into operation under the charge
of Mrs Parker, lady of intelligence and
energy, with experience in business. Tray
elers to this region may now rely on obtain
ing good lodging and boarding Immediately
on landing, and at fair prices. Come ahead
there is room for all, and the best chances
are not all taken yet, by any means"
The paper advocates general effort by all
organizations to erect church, to be used
by all till population shall increase so much
that each organization can build
for itself, and also contains
the report of meeting held at the school
house, over which Lot Moffet presided as
chairman, and A. H. Lavender acted as
chairman, for the purpose Of taking steps to
erect public building for the accommoda-
ton of people in general.
Notice is published of a meeting of the
Sons of Temperance, st. Paul division No. l,
the officers Of which are Lot Moffet, B. L.
Sellons, w. G. Morrison, B. F. Irwin, a. Fl.
Lavender, A. R. French, G. P. V. Lull, F. j.
Hoyt, wallace Pateh, Z. Davis.
Independence day was provided for,
a national salute being fired at II M, after
which the Declaration Of Independence was
read and then an Grafton was delivered. The
following are the names of the managers of
the ball: DR.. Potts, Mr.. Crittenden, P K
Johnson, B. W Lott, A. Larpenteur, DR..
Day, G. V. P Lull, S. H. Dent, st. Paul;
VIM. r. Marshall, St. Anthony: s. Nelson,
DR.. G.. CARL, Saltwater; Orange Walker,
Marine Mills; Joshua Taylor, st. Croix Falls;
Robert Kennedy, Prairie.
What change thirty-four short years have
wrought! Where the pretty village then
stood is now rapidly growing city Of 1OO,-
900 inhabitants, doing wholesale business
of Ss1, ZOO, 900, with three citizens worth each
81, 0O0, 900 to $4,000, 900, and a score worth
from one to three million dollars, and rail-
roads radiating to every point of the compass,
reaching from the lakes to the gulf, and from
the Atlantic to the Pacifc-all the work of
half life time, with prospects that justify
the hopes Of many of the pioneers that they
may yet live to see st. Paul and its suburbs
containing near 100000 souls.