St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-16

berton held the door in that position until
Flandrau reported the visitors o. r. and
they were admitted. These gentlemen were
"neither naked nor clothed, barefoot nor
shod, - but each were robed in a garment
which covered them. aud after a hearty
laugh az the situation. business was trarsac-
ted, lunch discussed and washed down,
and the guests took their departure The
scene was a ludicrous one but the state of
affairs made the precaution necessary.
MS ARMY RECORD.
Capt Stees was with his regiment the
Sixth Minnesota, until the close Of the war.
Was on two Indian expedition under Gen.
Sibley; then went south 70 that grave yard OF
disease, Helena, Ark.-or, as the boys were
pleased 10 call it, -in-Arkansaw. -
Thence to Missouri and brigaded with the
10th army corps at New Orleans; then
around to Dauphin Island aud up the Mobile
Bay, at the taking OF Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakeiy and the fall OF Mobile
in April 1865. After Richmond
had been taken and Lee surrendered, the
regiment then went To Montgomery, Ala,
and remained there until July, when they
were ordered home and mustered out at Fort
cueiHnE aug. ~, 1900
After this he spent twelve years in Cali
fornia, when, returning 10 st. Paul, he mar
ried and settled down, engaging In the fur
niture business with his brother. When the
Stees Bros, sold out TO Quinby & Abbott, at
the beginning OF the present year, he re-
NAMED with the new firm taking charge OF
the undertaking department. making that
his speciality.
AS regards age, Capt. Stees holds his own
pretty well, and as an old veteran from
Grand Forks remarked to him at the G.. A.
X. encampment at Minneapolis. ''If didn't
know 1t was twenty-five years ago since / did
the first guard duty ever did in my life
under you as Lieut.. Stees at Fort Ridgley on
the night before the fight at Birch COolie,
would say you were not day older now than
you were then" And he. has never forgotten
the barrel of pickles issued TO his men by the
writer, then Major G.. s. L. S. army at Saint
Cloud, on their return from the second In-
dian expedition under Gen. Sibley.
HIS PERSONALITY
Capt. Stees is a man OF fine social qualities;
Of medium size; quick in his movements;
impulsiye; ready to resent wrong
or a fancied injury, aud yet he is brave,
generous and kind-hearted. His large ex-
perienee Of events Of early days in the his
tory OF our state, and his retentive memory,
enable Us 10 give a readable aud interesting
Pen Picture of his life He is just in the
prime of his manhood and is a gentleman Of
more than ordinary ability.
I'D. POLLOCK.
Mr.. Pollock was born in Dearborn county,
Iowa, Of Scotch-Irish parents, In 1925. He
was educated in a log school house and
graduated at the age Of ten years, occasionally
afterwards studying by the light Of hickory
bark fire during the time he worked on the
home farm. At the age of twenty-One he
removed to Cincinnati, and in the spring of
1851 he came 10 st. Paul, expecting to return
in the fall, not deeming it safe for any
one but Canadian Frenchman 10 remain so
far north during the winter.
PROPERTY PURCHASED.
In connection with his present partner,
Mr.. Donaldson, Mr.. Pollock purchased sew
eral pieces OF real estate in block A, Kilt
sons addition, for $500; now worth $50, OO0
also q claim for 100 acres, for $50, costing,
in the aggregate, 5000; now worth $50, 900,
and finding that these purchases kept him
from returning East, he concluded to remain
in st. Paul, and issued his card as an
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
and the handsome residences Of the late
Horace and J. E. Thompson and ]. e. Bur
bank attest his fine taste in this natural line
of his genius.
GROCERY BUSINESS.
In 1851 he entered into partnership with
Mr.. A. S. Ogden, in the general grocery
business, and in the following March formed
the partnership Of the present firm OF
Pollock, Donaldson & Ogden, which has
been continually in business for thirty-three
years. He married the youngest daughter
of the late Maj. n. Mclean, in the year 1855,
and commenced housekeeping in the edi-
fee still standing on the corner Of Broadway
and Fifth streets, where he lived over
twenty-five years, or until he built his pres
ent beautiful residence on Portland avenue.
He disposed Of his old house and two lots,
which cost him $1,000, for $50, 900.
PERSONALLY
Mr.. Pollock is a strongly marked man, the
Scotch in his elements predominating. He
is of medium size; sandy hair and whiskers,
and Is an indomitable worker. He and his
partners fully verify the adage that a legiti-
mate business constantly adhered to, wins in
the long run. He Is a quiet, unObtrusive
gentleman, well fixed financially, and like
his partner, Mr.. Donaldson, is in a con-
dition 10 enjoy a serene and mellow old age,
and he fully deserves all the happiness aud
comfort life can give.
Very Remarkaf,fe Racovary