St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-08

outside of the city limits, in 1860, -four
acres of land for about $500, worth now
close to $50. 000 He has adorned his place
with beautiful trees and it is very lovely
and very desirable home.
MI. Wakefield is a slender man, UMPIRE
Ieiltlous and undemonstrative, very consci-
ehIlo'is III his beliefs and always anxious to
uo r'ghI. lie lives quiet life and in his
o"h nome circle finds pleasures the world
o"ni'o n give; and well he may, for he has
oile vi tle hnest home surroundings in the
Guy anu al amlable and lovely wife.
NJ W. BROWN.
"a Iaii' muscular man with a powerful
physique Is Mr. Brown, who was horn in
CaHada III 1913, and came to st. Paul in
1896; engaged in building and CONTRACTING
but OF late years has aided in totng the
children OF the kindergarten TO and from
school. Mrs. Brown established the fret
school OF this character in this citv or state
ana III connection with home school now
runs 1t. Her husbands black covered
wagon, with the little tots in il. il a fan,iI
lar and pleasing sight, and when gathered
about him one is reminded of Gulliver and
the little people who tried to bind him with
ropes. Mr.. B. could tell some interesting
stories Of the early days Of st. Paul and Of
some of the people, but he says he will
drop the mantle of charity over these mat
tiers and forget them, if the other parties
will do the same. and thus he goes smiling
along, cheered by the group of innocence
and beauty which delight him on his way.
A happy man.
JOHN ROCHE.
Comptroller Roche was born in Ireland
in 1881 and arrived at New York city when
three months old. He has English, Scotch
and Irish blood Ill his veins, which may ac-
count in measure for the bulldog vigil
lance with which he guards the public
treasury. He received a good academical
education in the empire city, and becoming
interested i'll ancient pottery, took up the
profession OF terra Gotta and manufactured
II Oh quite an extensive scale. The beauti-
Jul designs over the windows of the Cooper
institute. New York, were made by Mr.
Roche. as well as the lions head over the
side doors of the Trinity church. the terra
Gotta being made durable and elegant by an
Ingredient known only to Mr. Roche. He
also manufactured sewer pipe. He continued
the business until he was burnt out when. in
1886, he came to st. Paul and entered the
employ of Culver e Harrington, as book
keeper, where he remained nine years. In
has been III this Office twenty-one years.
Every dollar of St. Paul's financial obIga-
tons has been signed by Mr. Roche, except
about 81, 800 in bonds, issued before he
came into Office. There are no Autographs
of his signature, and the labor of signing
thousands of bonds has been great. but
there is much satisfaction III the reflection
that when Roche goes out of Office he will
be able to detect the genuine signature
from the spurious. He is man of good
proportions, straight. deliberate in his
movements, with full, sandy beard, quiet,
yet impressive in conversation. cool, de-
cided. Obdurate. when necessary. and al
ways self-pOssessed. Nobody can drive
him. He is methodical in his accounts. and
correct, but he must take his own time
He looks much younger than he really is, and
possesses one trait of character not usually
found in public officer, viz: Courage to
resist a pressure to do wrong. He is a
quiet. undemonstrative man, and moves
along in his daily duties like the everlast-
ing revolutions of machinery, and will
probably run full quarter of a century in
office before he comes to a halt.
PATRICK BUTLER.
Mr.. Butler is an eXemplficatiOn of the
fact that it doesn't require whisky or beer to
has come out ahead of the heap. and is
away in advance of many others who in
dulge in the creature" He was born in
Ireland in 1929; educated in that country;
came to America in 1851; resided some
years in Philadelphia, and then in Illinois
up to 1855, when he came to st. Paul and
pre-empted land in Scott county. He
drove government mules to Forts Ripley
and Ridgely in 1856. and he remembers 60
ing through snowdrifts thirty feet
high, it being impossible for the
mules to make the trip. but
oxen were placed on the other side of the
drifts to draw the loads through them by
means of chains. On returning to st. Paul
Mr.. Butler became the transfer agent and
he continued in this business for ten years.
and then retired from active service, and
is now engaged taking care of his property.
He had charge of the old wharf-boat in
1868 and 1871, and was wharfmaster in
1S69'70'71. He married in November
1860. He is temperate, manly. frugal,
industrious, quiet, steady, worthy man.