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

man OF this city. He also had a Mexican
soldiers land warrant, besides $3.50 in gold.
he left no win and no heirs appeared to
claim his estate, and the question suggests
itseh-'Who got his propertysn
BURTISG THE DEAD.
After the Birch COolie fight with the
Indians, in which Ii stees took a promi-
nent part, he, with the assistance OF Mr..
Bin Hart, laid out and prepared for burial
the bodies Of some thirteen men, mostly
from ST. Paul, who were killed there. He
also took of locks Of their hair and such
souvenirs as they had about them and placed
them in envelopes for their friends Among
the number we're sergt. Ben. Terry and Cor
/ poral Beneken, OF his company, Bob Baxter,
Cobb, Russell and others. VIM. Irvine,
although shot between the eyes and with the
bullet in his brain, lived until after he was
carried TO Fort Ridgely.
PREDICTING coLLAPsE-DIcKERISG..
There were plenty Of predictions In the early
DAYS that St. Paul would never amount to
anything as a town. The channel Of the
river would be cleared up 10 ST. Anthony
and that would be the ''head Of navigation. -
''Real estate is too high now"-said these
wiseacres, when lot fifty feet front on
Third street sold for $500. "And there is
bound TO be collapse, the same as in Chi
cago." There was very little money changed
hands; everything was on the ''dicker."
The carpenter dickered with the stone ma
son, he with the grocer, the latter with the
furniture dealer, and they all snapped
around for real estate; they took and gave
notes TO settle up when the Indian payment
/ came OF. A man came into the store aud
traded 4 gold wstch for furniture, the watch
was traded for real estate, and so II passed
around, Capt Stees paid $3.50 for a lot In
| 1851, rented that lot out so that taxes and
assessments never cost him ANYTHING, and
in 1851 sold that lot for 81, $50, making 100
per cent. in thirty years, one dollar for every
cent invested. The same property is now
worth five times the amount he sold for.
soURKRoUT AND LIGHTNING RODS
Capt. Stees says that when St. Paul was a
village Philadelphia and New York city
were well represented in its limited popula-
ton, and as q sequence the New York
Knickerbockers and Pennsylvania Dutchmen
liked sauer kraut; so in the winter Mrs. w.
NJ. Stees put up large barrel OF what in
those days-shut out from civilization-was
considered great delicacy, and when she
opened the barrel for use, "the boysn were
notiSed of the fact, and they came down the
hill regularly for their mess OF sauer kraut.
There was more sociability then than now.
Everybody knew everybody" and
it is refreshing in these degener-
ate days of broadcloth and plug hats and liv-
cried cOachmen, to think of the genuine So
ciability and honest friendship that existed
then. But the jealousy and rivalry existing
between upper town and lower town"
store keepers was truly amusing; the rivalry
between 81. Paul and Minneapolis to-day, as
q comparison, was mo wharf,
Every old settler knew Parson WIllouChby,
who kept the livery stable on the corner Of
/ Fourth and Robert. One day a lightning rod
man came along and wanted to put up rods
on Willoughby's barn. The latter said:
''I've an old boss I'll give you to put some
up" GOOD enough, 4" said the man, and
to work he went. In about an hour VIII
loughby went out 10 see how he was
getting along, when he found he had seven
up already. ''For Gods sake what are you
doingi Do you want TO tempt the light
ningt'' Come down and I'll give you the
boss"
SCRAPS FROM MEMORY.
a soldier down from the Fort on n fur
Tough, came into Bill Taylor's barber shop to
get shaved; Bill was playing on his violin I;
the soldier gave him half a dollar for the
privilege of dancing ten minutes in his shop
while he played; the offer was accepted aud
the son OF Mars danced away to his own de-
light and that Of the bystanders, and de-
parted seemingly happy and satisfied. Tay-
lor was killed in the Indian outbreak.
The arrival of Rad Rivar - nae anita
feature and brought con siderable British coin
into town. The event was generally cele-
brated with high old drunk BE- those old
voyagers.. Another feature was the arrival
in winter Of dog train with sledges, bring
ing in members Of the legislature from Penn
bina on snow shoes. Col. Goodhue
facehously announced them as ''the arrival
from Pembina of members of the legislature,
Jim Vincent, Teton, and the other dogs;
they are all putting up at the Central
house"
LEARNED THE JEwELRY BUSINESS. AGAIN IN
THE ARMY
Capt. Stees returned to Philadelphia in
1853 and learned the jewelry business; then
went south TO Raleigh, y. c., where he fol-
lowed that business until secession senti-
ments got pretty warm, and he returned to
Philadelphia. When Sumpter was fred on
he joined the army and was major of a
three months Pennsylvania Regiment, and
on the mastering out of his regiment he re-
turned TO St. Paul and engaged in the furni-
ture business with his brothers. but the ex-
citing times OF war rendered him restless
and too uneasy for business, so with a num-
Der of other young men on Third street he
re-enHsted in the Ninth Minnesota regiment.
The uprising OF Little Crow and massacre
Of our people by the Siouxs, requiring prompt
action, Gov. Ramsey issued a proclamation
consolidating the first ten fullest companies
into the Sixth regiment, and thus Young
Stees became End Lieut.. Of Co. G, and the
troops were Immediately sent to the front
After the fight at Birch CoOlie, he started for
St. Paul with Col. Prince, bearing dispatches
for Gov. Ramsey.
RATHER AMUSING.
They arrived at 81. Peter at Q O'Clock that
night and changed horses Below ST. Peter
they stopped at Harry Lamberton's VIII ere
Judge FIandrau was staylng, whom
Mayor Prince wished to see on
business. The latter knocked at
the door and after considerable delay, n
light appeared aud a voice from the inside
asked, ''Who's Therei'' ssMayor Prince,
from St Paulr' was the reply Presently
the door was opened about foot by Mr.
Lamberton, with lamp in hand. revealing
Judge Flandrau al the head of the stairs.
with double barrelled shot gun cooked and
bearing upon the untimely visitors Lam
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