St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-17

police force fortwenty-nine years, and ranks
among
THE OLDEST POLICEMEN
in the city. He is landmark and his star
always wrinkles. Born in Ireland in 1880,
Mr.. Calvin acquired a common school edu-
cation and came to America in 1852. He
spent three years in Connecticut and re-
moved TO st. Paul in 1855; in 1856 he was
appointed on the police force of this city,
and has continued in that capacity for over
4 quarter OF century. Since 1875 he has
been assigned to the railroad depots and has
performed his duties with great moderation
and discretion yet promptly and faithfully.
He married Miss Mary Mullen in 1850. Mr..
Calvin is a well-formed and well-preserved
man; always Self-poised strictly temperate,
watchful, careful, prudent, gentlemanly,
and is never off his beat. He is greatly
esteemed by those who know him, and fully
appreciated by the citizens whose interests
he so faithfully guards.
CONRAD GOTHAM.
Mr.. Gotzian was born in Germany in
1885; landed in America at the age of IL
years and spent three years i'll Philadelphia,
where he learned the trade of shoemaker;
worked at his business in Chicago one year,
lAiCll CftIilc " 81. Itll 1000, hdS
gagged for about two and one half years in
the employment of others, and finally, in
1858, commenced trading for himself in
small store on jackson street; III 1861 he
added iobbing to his retail trade, and five
years later jumped into the wholesale de-
parhnent and from that day to this has in
creased his business largely, and has been
rapidly making money, The transition from.
the little old dingy store on Jackson street,
to his present commodiouS quarters on
lower Third street. is remarkable, and
shows the strength of character and grasp
of the man. He is tall. strongly made
physically; quiet, thoughtful, industrious,
far-Seeing, largely self-reliant, and cOmpre
henSive; that is, broad in his conception of
business reaching out into new fields, and
Yet he is prudent, conservative, and safe in
his commercial transactions. He is Strik-
ing and living Illustration of what good
common sense, industry and faithful atten-
ton to business can do, i'll carving out ones
fortune. And withal he is pleasant gen.
tleman and solid citizen.
FRANCOIS y. GRAVEL.
Born in Canada in 1881 Mr.. G. was edu-
Gated at the common schools of that country;
moved to New jersey in 1851, and after
cal
came to st. Paul in 1855; removed to Little
Falls, MINI, where he engaged in business
until 1864; he then emigrated to Virginia
City, Mont. where he resided five years;
returned to Little Falls and located at st.
Paul in 1872. and has since then made this
city his home Not knowing Mr.. G. per-
sOnally, [ can only give the facts of his life,
and not description of his person.
JOHN HAGGENMILLER
is a native of Germany, born in 1881;
removed to Detroit, Mich, in 1854, and
came to st. Paul in 1855; SteambOated for
a short time on the Mississippi river; was en-
plOyed in restaurant; subsequently en-
gagged in the liquor business for seventeen
years, when, with Mr.. Kuhl, he opened
wholesale liquor house; sold his interest to
his partner in 1880, and in 1881 became as
ISOLATED with George Benz; dissolved with
Mr.. Benz in September, 1854. and is now en-
gagged In no business. Married Laura Pres
ley, and has a splendid family OF children.
HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE IN POLITICS.
In 1859, without his knowledge or con-
sent, Mr.. Haggenmiller was elected dele
gate to the Democratic convention to nOml-
nate city officers, and Immediately there
after his friend, John Wagner. asked him to
vote for Mr.. Gibbs a Republican, for city
justice, and he promised to do SO. King, a
partner of William. P. Murray, was running
for the same Office on the Democratic ticket,
and feeling sure that Haggenmiller was all
right, King called at his place Of business
and took him in his carriage to the cOnven-
ton. but said nothing to him about voting,
so when the members came to act Hagen
miller voted for Gibbs to the great cOnster-
nation OF his Democratic friends, who glared
at him with eyes of fire, and charged him
with being bought, when the fact was,
Haggenmiller being entirely ignorant of the
rules OF politicians, simply carried out the
promise he had given to his friend Wagner.
not being in any degree aware of the con-
sequences which would follow. Gibbs was
elected and Of course the howl was greater
than before, sVld that cured Haggenlniller
of politics, and although he had afterwards
many requests to permit his name to be
used, he invariably replied-nein! He was
member of the fire department from 1857
up to the time the paid department came
into existence: he was first assistant fore
man of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder COM
pany in 1863.
PERSONAL
Mr.. Haggenmiller is a fine looking man,
with tiorid complexion and is one of the
most social and popular Germans in the city.
For long time he kept a favOrite saloon
lust round the corner on Robert street,
and has recently been in upper town, with
Mr.. Benz, though now out of the firm.
While always affable, yet he is good bust
ness man and has greatly prospered, and
deserves it, for he is deserving man and
deserving citizen.
FRANCIS Won HEYDERSTAEDT.
Mr. H. when 20 years of age, emigrated
to America, but was born in Germany in
1882; lived in Illinois and Wisconsin until
1855, when he came to St. Pauls and en-
gagged his services in a commercial estab-
lishment for $3.50 per year; located at Belle
PLANE in 1858, where he married Miss Ru-
dolph; returned to st. Paul III 1866 and
commenced the buying and selling of grain
and dealing in produce and provisions.
which, i'll 1869, led to pork packing, and
in this he was associated with Mr. Saunders.
In 1901 he built two stores on Seventh
street, one of which he formerly occupied
as grain and commission merchant.
Saunders went out of the concern in 1880,
Heyderstaedt went out of business in 1881,
and formed a partnership with Shcutte in
1883.
REAL. ESTATE.
Mr. H. bought two lots on Sixth street,
twenty-eight years ago, for $500; worth
now S524, GOO: lot on Seventh street for
SIS. 900; sold for $50, 900; lot on ST. Peter
street, for S., 200; worth $4,000. He also
owns brick building on the corner of
Broadway and Eighth streets, worth &c.
coo, beside other property of value. In
making these comparisons in the prices of
property, do not say that the parties who
once owned the property own it still, but
simply state the fact that at one time the
lot alluded 70 was worth so much, now it