St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-31

Rail Notes.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis road was
seven hours late yesterday.
The Chicago Il Crank Trunk has given
Commissioner Fink the required sixty days
notice Of withdrawal from the Chicago east
bound freight pool.
Messrs. Cakes and Hannaford have fin
ished the examination of the Cascade branch
OF the Northern Pacific road, and are now on
the main line coming east They will IN
douhtedly reach Helena some time to-day.
The complaints made against the Northern
Pacific road, on the ground that it delayed
the through mail from Portland to St. Paul
for twenty-four hours, is not sustained by
the facts. The car containing the mail
matter was switched off upon side track at
Bismarck, where it was detained for thirty
six hours by order of the postal department
The com mittee OF merchants and general
freight agents appointed a few days ago in Chi
cago to consider plans for the settlement Of the
trouble regarding the adoption of the new
1000 mile commercial tickets by. the Bur-
lington, Northwestern and the Milwaukee &
ST. Paul, will report 10 meeting of the geu-
eral committee on the 9th of February.
The officials of the Wisconsin road IN ST..
Paul express the opinion that the trouble
between that road and the Milwaukee Il St.
Paul road, will be arranged in manner to
be perfectly satisfactory to both. The leading
officials of both roads are holding frequent
meetings for the purpose of conferrlng with
regard to the existing differences between
them. There seems to be no doubt the Wis
consin Central road will get into Chicago
and be able to do through business between
st. Paul AMI Chicago, the only question
being whether it will do it over the Milwau-
kee & st. Paul OVER its own line.
The Sunday GLOBE will be replete with bright
AMI attractive features.
The Country Press "Reminiscences.
From the Kasson Republican.
The Carlton County Press, published by A.
De Lacey Wood, known to many of our
villagers as associate editor of the Kasson
Telegraph, ut time when he was youth of
sixteen years. INDUCES in the following rem
inisrence, friught with the profound scuti-
ment Of the long ago, preceded by an invo-
cation that will 60 home to the heart of every
old ''vct'' OF the state press:
''May they (Hall AMI Castle) be at the head OF
the ranks when We all appear before the great
Final Proof Reader 10 render an account of this
checkered f.-and meet nc oss the clark river
many knights OF the old time hani press of Min
nesota, who laid down the Faber, stick
anil rule in response 10 a solemn
summons served by power bey II human ap-
peal. And they have gone. with Whoe-sOuled
Frank Daggett. after years of Al o 1t service on
the ( ontier at the lever Of the ola Washington
hand press and by the case with stick and rule
causing our rich, virgin prairies and majestic
forests to fairly blossom with happy, thrifty set
tiers, great grain fields and busting towns and
vi ges the memorable old Washington press
being al important factor in inaugurating this
grand transformation era long before the great
iron horse had crossed the boundaries of our
{ o nmonweAth. and when the old Concord
coach ana SIX" used 10 rattle along with our
print paper from Lacrosse However, II number
of the old frontier editors are living, among
VIII, IN We may mention Jeremiah Russell,
Geo. W. Benedict, Julia A. A. Wood, Sank
Rapids Louis \. Evans. W. b. Mitchell, ST.
Cloud; Sam aud Jos. SimontOn, Sauk Centre;
Alec johnson, H. p. Hall, Capt. j. II. Wood,
T. NJ. Newson, Lols +. Fisher, St. Paul; Col.
John s. Stevens. Col VIM. S. King, Minneapolis;
Irving Todd, Hastings; Gen. Jennison, Gov.
IIu bard, Red Wing; W. j. Whipple, Daniel
sinclair, Wnoaa; Morris c. Russell ("Unce
Dudlry') Lake City: DR.. Leonard, Hon. II. Ii.
Young. r. c. Mitchell, DR.. Thos. IL. Foster
D.nuth; Hon. L. b. shaver, Kasson.
II il pleasant 10 observe that many OF these
tireess and veil known old veterans have teen
handled tenderly 10y Father Time, though now
ca rying gracefully in the walks Of life, ''silvery
threads amongst the gol ~ while a number of
the early pioneers are still lin the harness"
working with the same ardor and zeal that dis
tinguished their labors in Territorial days
Tue above beautiful tribute to the long
ago, from the ready pen Of A. De Lacy
Wood, has indeed thrown open the gates of
memory, through which troops host of wei
come "reminiscences. Our first newspaper
venture was eighteen miles west of St Paul,
and dates August 3, 1853, long before the
day of ''patents" or the ingrrss Of railroads;
aud news from the east, during the snow
hou nd season, several weeks old, would be
considered late Paper aud other printing
materials were hauled several hundred miles.
Newspapers were not SO plentiful then as
they are now, and they were much better
supported.
Has not the press Of early days been one Of
the principal auxiIiarcs toward the curly set
tlenient Of this state with class Of hardy,
industrious and intelligent eitzens2 The
former Wild prairies, now cultivated garden
plot the floating palaces on the bosom Of the
mighty river, which, but a few years ago,
rolled on, undisturbed in its lonely beauty;
the large herds Of fine blooded stock. as picn-
tiful as elk and deer in oidcn times; the
church and SHOOT house that now stand where
stood the Indians Wigwam: the steam ears
that Us scr IS the land swifter than the fleet
looted Sioux or the arrow from his bow;
are not all these proofs enough 10
the old journalists OF territorial times that
tair labOrs have beenfraught with SUGGEST
And with that band Of veterans are lcit only
a handful Of the old pioneers OF territorial
days, whose work Is nearly done, and who
are Que by o1c Ike the stars at the approach
81 morning, fading away into their mvsteri-
ols h0mrs. TnrJ' priv4tiOns and hard ships
t.ey have paved me way 10 Opulence and
higher civilization. AdiCu, old vets,
AMI may the rennlnt OF your year,,
re crowned with avery blessing.
That this brief life Of hopes and fears
lie worthy Of possessing
And with your last declining snp
When death lark veil comes Ger Jon
The memory OF work well done
win light the scene before yoa.
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