St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-28
PROMINENT ST. PAULITES.


y suss7o 'g1sn Pennsylvania.
eFrom theoEtie (Pa) Dispatch.
In a recent conversation with Mr.. G. E.
Lovett the Dispatch reporter learned many
interesting facts concerning the achieve
ments of some of the young men of North
western Pennsylvania who took Horace
Greeley's advice and went West.
Probably the most striking example OF
what young man of courage and ability
can do in the Northwest is that of Col. W. P.
Clough. Mr.. Cough was brought up al
Edin boro and was educated at the Normal
school, He was in the same class with
George A. Allen, Esq, DR.. A. K. McMullen
and Hon. s. NJ. Brainerd. He and Mr.. AL
len were room mates and very intimate
friends, and afterwards married cousins.
Clough, Allen and Brainerd studied law
about the same time. The three COM
menced the battle of life on the
same footing-poor financially but with a
large capital of pluck and ability, which is
worth more than money to young man in
this country. Messrs. Allen and Brainerd
located in Erie and it is safe to say that they
have been heard from since. Mr.. Clough
went to Rochester, Mimi, and COM
menced the practice of bis profession. One
of his first cases involved an important prin
ciple of law, although small amount of
money was at stake. Without dollar of
compensation he carried the case through all
the courts of the state. and, having been de-
feated at each trial, he took it to the United
States supreme court and won. His reputation
was established, and he soon became a MEM
Der of one of the leading law firms of
st. Paul. He is now the attorney of the
Northern. Pacific Railroad company,
which is destined to become the greatest
railroad corporation on this continent. He
has a salary of some S25, 900 year, with a
private car for his own accommodation, and,
what is better than all, he is one of the most
distinguished lawyers in the West. His
wife is the daughter of Alfred Green, ESQ,
Of Washington township.
Another case is that of Capt. D w. Fisk
now editor and one of the proprietors of the
Helena Herald-the leading journal of Mon
tana. In the fall of 1867 Capt. NJ. E. Dun
lap, Capt. Fisk and his younger brother left
tueir home at Niagara Falls to seek a fortune.
They stopped in Erie for time and Capt
Dunlap located here. But the Fisk
brothers started for what at that
time seemed almost out of the
world-Montana. They were compelled
to travel hundreds of miles in a ''prairie
schooner" Covered emigrant wagon) behind
an OK team. Helena has now become the
Denver of the Northwest, and the Fisk broth
ers have become very wealthy and influential.
Capt. Fisk married the niece of James g.
Blaine, and is one of Mr.. Blaine's favorites
Mr.. E. f. Bailey, son of F. P Bailey, ESQ.,,
of the Marine National bank of this city,
went to st. Paul several years ago. He is
now cashier and one of the directors of the
First National bank of st. Paul, which is one
of the largest banks in the West. 1t has a
capital of $1,000, 900.
Stewart l.. Moore was in Warner Brothers.
store for many years, and had charge OF the
carpet department. He went to St. Paul as
clerk in the freight department of the North
ern Pacific railroad, became chief clerk, and
has recently been promoted to assistant gen
eral freight agent of that road.
George w. Cross, Esq, who is from West
ern Pennsylvania, and has many warm
friends in Erie, by his own efforts won
the position of superintendent of trans
portation of the Northern Pacific
railroad and resigned that position in order to
give attention to a much more lucrative bus
mess. He is very wealthy, and has one of
the most elegant residences in the North
west
John T. Odell was telegraph operator at
Meadville, and at one time worked with
George H. Snyder of this city. He, too,
went West and is now assistant general man
ager of the Northern Pacific. and has become
one Of the most distin guished railroad man
ayers in the United States
Mr.. Lovett says that in order to succeed in
the Northwest, or in any other country,
young man must have purpose in life, and
then, as Garfield said, "a pound of pluck is
worth a ton of luck" Or. in the language
of Horace Greeley, be must determine to
convert obstacles into opportunity, and
wrest achievement from difficulty ANY
young man who has these elements Of sue
cess can succeed in the Northwest, and in
much larger measure than in any other sec
ton of the United States.