St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-26
ABOUT THE CITY.

Lawrence Wehrle, a business man Of
Wheeling, ". Va, was in the city yester-
day, looking about with a view to locating.
He proposes to give a thorough inspection to
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Winona and Duluth
and then decide Thus far, Minneapolis has
pleased him best. ''There will probably
quite 4 colony OF Wheeling men come to the
Northwest in the spring" he said to GLOBE
envoy. ''The introduction of steel in the
manufacture Of nails will entirely demoralize
the nail industry of that city. and drive
many retailers out Of business. These men
will naturally turn their eyes to the great and
glorious Northwest and ! think Minneapolis
will be the objective point OF many Of them. +"
In the substitution of steel for iron, it will
be understood, the entire pudding depart
mcnt of the mills viii be dispensed with,
thus permanently throwing out ODe-third Of
the employees Of the many mills in that great
nail center.
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Eyes, rents are considerably lower now
than a year ago, " said a real estate agent
yesterday, land are now on a Legitimate
basis. | consider the city real estate market
10 be on a particularly sound, healthy basis.
Values are practical and substantial, and
little or no balloon business is being in
dulged in. In the coming season I look for
vast amount Of building, but not of the
character Of year ago. 1t will be regu-
lated more by the demand, and viii be Of
the very kind the city most needs. We once
ran away with ourselves and that little blunder
will not be committed again"
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''High license" said c. /. Smith, ''has
been shown to be a blunder in Minneapolis,
and fraud, delusion and snare besides. 1t
is the panacca, in the minds Of some
fanatics, for the evils of the liquor
traffic, but utterly fails in its oh
ject. High license here has brought
about a sort Of tricky scheming to make up
for the extra prices paid. 1t neither increases
the revenues nor diminishes intemperance.
1t is an Ubiquitous fraud on its face"
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. I am inclined to agree with DIR. Denton, s"
said Capt Hawkins of st. Paul. Il firmly
believe Gov. Hubbard will be succeeded by
prohibitionist, as no one knows what a rev.
oution will take place in the next sixteen
months. We want that kind Of a successor
and We want no repetition Of such scenes in
the capitol as were enacted trere at the ban
quet two weeks ago"
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Wheels are coming into use again and at
the present rate runners viii soon disappear
in MINI capolis. Under yesterdays warm
suu the snow rapidly succumbed and pave
mcnts in various quarters made their first
appearance since last November. In the
various livery barns wheels were lowered
down from their winter resting place and
put in readiness for use at any time, which
time, from present indications, is
not far distant. Fur coats and leggings will
also soon hear the clang Of the retiring
bell
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''The history Of the world proves that
great revolutions were gradual and sprang
from very small beginnings" said one Of
the cold water delegates. a few years ago
none Of the Minnesota papers would give
space 20 our meetings, unless 10 alludc 70 Us
as fanatics, while now Nery paper has q
representative at our conventions. THE
world do move, ami who can foresee the
result. The Republicans are accusing us Of
threatening the success Of their party, and
with good cause, too. We intend being TIE
mountain, in this instance, and If the Re
pub lean Mahomet wants a union he must
the next election" and he moved along.
Yes, unused the reporter, ''eye-openers'
usually accompany elections.
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\ Pole named Bakcrof, employed at
Second avenue residence, entered the Chi
cago bakery yesterday afternoon and got into
a quarrel with the cook. The entire estab-
lishmcnt sat down upon him, and he was
thrown into the street in a sadly demoraizcd
condition, blood running from a aceration of
his neck aud staining his shirt and cuffs.
Tho fracas attracted = gang of news6oys,
and the Pole harangued them until an officer
moved him along. 4 crowd of 4 hundred or
80 enjoyed the spectacle.
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Friends of Gus Hall are Indignant at the
criticisms Of some of the papers Of his Devils
hoof. Il was certainly "touch" on Hall,
when it is considered that he took the part at
a moments notice. The difficult duo with
Miss Seguin aud the quartet afterwarl,
equally difficult, were well sung by him, and
OF course a certain amount of rehearsal
would be necessary to give the necessary
stage familiarity. Certainly, Prof. Hall did
sell, considering.