St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-31
# the North Chicago Rolling Mill company
roc ouiatly yedded m Miss Elizabeth Thomp-


son, his young housekeeper. This is tne Sc
que1 of the social ebulition noted IN your
correspondents letter of January ~. Ineie
was some talk then of whispering IN nls'
circles over the propriety of recognizing the
prospective bride: but it was talk, pure and
simple. There is no organized aristocracy III
Milwaukee. and the prevalent respectful 81
lence on the part of Mr.. Burt's wealthy
friends is creditable to them, to say the
least. Miss Thompson is said to be young
lady of superior qualities, and there is no
reason why she should not be accorded all
the respect due her as the wife of gentle
man of Mr.. Burt's standing. Mr.. Burt came
here from Boston five years ago, on business
duties, and was so favorably impressed with tne
city that he Immediately brought his family
here and settled down as permanent resi-
dent. He purchased for $4,000 the neat
residence and fine grounds of Capt. +. NJ.
Peck, on Prospect avenue, just north OF Chas.
Rays fine stone mansion, and made room
for
SPACIOUS HOME
of Queen Ann architecture, by removing the
Peck residence to vacant lot on the west
side of the street and occupying it pending
the completion of his new home. Somewhat
over year ago, and not long after work
on the new home was commenced, Mrs.
Burt suddenly sickened and died, and IN
short time thereafter Mr.. Burt himself was
Frustrated by serious and prolonged illness.
1t was probably during this season OF sorrow
and suffering that the kind ministratlons OF
the young housekeeper to Mr.. Burt and his
little daughter commended her as lit sue
cessor to the wife and mother who was 10
have adorned the palatial home in process OF
construction. At any rate she is now Mrs.
Burt, and will soon preside over one OF the
finest residences in Milwaukee. When COM
pleted and furnished, the house will have
cost Mr. Burt somewhat over 50,000 The
newly welded pair are now absent from the
city on bridal tour.
JOHN PRITzLAFF.
Last weeks letter contained reference toa
lottery pool in the hardware establishment OF
John Pritzlaff. Lotteries and chance deals
are so widely at variance with the reputation
of the head of the house that your cor
respondent cannot refrain from involving
him in the gossip of this letter. Mr.. Pritz-
latf's wealth and his position at the head of
the largest hardware house in Milwaukee are
due to persistent application to business. He
came to America from Pomerania, Prussia,
where he was born in 1920, and settled in
this city in 1S41. Four years after he en-
tered the employ of John NaZro, once Mil
waukee's hardware giant, andin 1891 started
in business with partner on Third street,
near Chestnut street, backed by Nazro. From
a small beginning he has worked up to his
present position, changing places with Naz-
70, who went down in the crash of 1873, and
is now selling iron on commission in Chica-
go. Some years ago PritZlatf removed his
business to new store, built by himself, on
West Water street, just below Fowler. 1t is
100x130 feet in size and four stories high
Mr. Pritzlaff possesses the confidence of the
Pomeranians and German Lutherans to
such degree that he is made
PRIVATE BANKER
by a large number of them. They will run
to him with their savings and feel easier than
if they had deposited them in the strongest
bank. AS result his financial resources
are unlimited. A good story is told of Pritz-
laff in connection with a run on the Second
Ward Savings bank, ten or twelve years ago.
The frightened German depositors fastened
to the bank drew their money and with equal
haste sought Mr.. Pritzlaff and placed it in
his hands. This current of wealth Mr. Pritz-
laff quietly turned into the bank, which kept
I'D an endless circle of disbursement and re-
ceipt, day in and day out, until confidence
was again restored. This neat piece Of
strategy saved the institution, as the run was
a tremendous one. Mr.. Pritzlaff is assisted
in his business by three sons-in-law and an
only son. He is a happy grandfather, hav-
ing no less than sixteen living grandchil-
dren.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Lieut. John E. Coogan has been elected
captain of the Sheridan guard, to succeed
Capt. w. P. O'Connor, resigned.
Miss Lizzie Plankington is now said to be
the donor of the statue Of Gen. Washington,
to be erected in Grand avenue park, and
Edward Sanderson, of the statue to adorn
Seventh ward park, on the lake front. The
last named work of art will be a representa-
ton of the late Matt H. Carpenter.
Mrs. Lathrop, the revivalist. has been do
ing good work in Summerfield Methodist
church, during the past week.
L. S. German, of Oconomowoc, died at
Tampa, Florida, on the 18th inst. He was
half-brother of Mrs. D. P. Hall, of this city.
He left property valued at 5000 to Mrs.
Hull and Mrs. W. J. Adams and Mrs. H. H.
Albright, of Green Bay. Deceased was son
of Lieut. Lewis German, of the famous
frigate Constitution, and was born on the
man of-war Superior, at Sackett's Harbor, on
Lake Ontario.
Robertson James, son-in-law of E. D. Hol
ton, and brother of Henry James, the novel
list, has been elected curator of the Milwau-
kee Museum of Fine Arts, vice Wendell