St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-29

before Thursday morning. Thus Thanks
giving passed without a single mill in oper-
Automatically and tomorrow FRIDAY and
Saturday, there will be four mills running
with a combined capacity of 2,725 bbls.,
but 2, 600 bbls. or more of this will probably
be cut off next week. This will come the
| nearest to complete idleness for the mills
| that has ever occurred since Minneapolis
assumed any Importance as milling center.
| This state of affairs has not been brought
about by concentrated action, as some de-
signing parties would make it appear, but
| by force of circumstances, Mondays adj
vance in freights leaving the miller no other
alternative than to stop neutrality-suspicious.
western Miller.
The Palisade and Dakota were shut down
Saturday night, Nov: 81. the Excelsior and
| Zenith having been down previously. The
Pillsbury A and B, Anchor, Minneapolis
and Union went down Tuesday night, and
the Washburn A, B and G, the Humboldt,
Petit, Northwestern, Cataract, Standard,
Holly, Crown Roller. Columbia, st. An
thony, Galaxy and Phoenix on Wednesday
| night The last four named started mp
again Friday and may run during the week
on small orders for particular grades.
William de la Bare agent for the Mime
| atus for raising the heavy gates of the
canal by hydraulic pressure. He will have
| a cylinder, the piston of which will be at
tached to the gate, and as it is moved up
! or down, the gate performes like move
ment. At the center of the cylinder will
enter pipe, through which the water will
| be forced. If it be desired to raise the
| gate, the water is let in below the piston,
and if the gate is to be lowered, the water
is let in above the piston.
The Danes will hold fair at Market hall
during the holidays, and among the attrac-
! tons will be voting for the manufacturer of
the best brand Of flour. When it is deter
mined who the lucky miller is, barrel of
his -four will be sent to the Princess Alex
andra of Wales and another to the En-
press of Russia, both of whom are Danish
princesseS.
Alexander McHardy who went to Canada
last summer on account of i'll health, has re-
turned to the city and resumed his old posi-
ton at the Crown Roller mill.
The storehouse adjoining the st. An
thony mill, which was torn down at the
time the canal was repaired, is being re-
built by Morse & Tammis.
George L. Bradley, formerly identified
with the flour trade in the East, is now in
the Office of the Side, Fletcher 6 Holmes
company.
William Humason, head smiller at the
Zenith mill. was recently called to Roches-
ter by the death of his grand parents.
G. II. Wood, manager of the new mill at
Mandan, OAK, was married to Miss Madge
S. HOPKINS of Minneapolis, recently.
The Grinmell sensitive automatic sprink-
Ter has heen introduced at the Pillsbury A,
Holly and Cataract mills.
II. T. Emerson, millwright at the Pali-
SADIE mill, is a proud father; boy weighs
eleven pounds.
j. R. Thompson from Stoughton, Wis,
has secured position as grinder at the
Pillsbury B.
The Humboldt mill is putting in a new
wheat elevator and large Richmond sepa-
rator.
Fl. Williams has lately taken position
at the Pillsbury A.
J. L. Willford is expected to return from
Oregon shortly.
A. j. Hart has left the Petit min.