St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-07
BY t. NJ. NEwsoN.
JOHN H. DODGE.

JOHN H. DODGE.
Mr.. Dodge was born in Vermont Ill 1901
removed with his parents to Mlehigah III
1886. and here he received his educalloh a'
the common schools. When quite young
lad, not more than 16 years OF age he eii-
gagged in steamboating on Lake superior
and followed the business three years, ana
then removed to st. Ste Marie, where ne
engaged in the grocery trade, and winch i ne
continued I'D to 1855, when he came u o.
Paul and opened grocery store
on upper Third street, and continued
thus until, in 1859, he was
elected city clerk, and remained III tilat
office including most of 1861, when he NC.
came the presiding genius at the counter VI
the old American house and held MS posi-
ton until that noted hotel was burned.
When Col. Allen took possession ol ii!e
Merchants hotel Mr.. Dodge became HIS
clerk, and has been fixture tLefe ever
since. now some twelve years. lie was DIT
one time in the employ Of the American
Express company. and think also clerk
for Col. Shaw.
DODGE AS HE IS.
Very few men are better known through
put the city and the state, than john ID:
Dodge. for, as hotel clerk he must Oh
necessity, come in contact Win great
many men, and of course they must know
the accommodating gentleman who treats
them so kindly. Mr.. Dodge's long familiar
ty with human nature and his peculiar
temperament have won him the reputation
of ''the model man. and he takes the I'D
bons as the best hotel clerk III the state.
He is a quiet, even-tempered gentleman,
and can stand volley Of questions with the
same Immortality as the rocks OF Gibraltar
can withstand the never-ceaslng waves
of the ocean as they dash against
their solid base. But he is more
than this-he is an excellent accountant
and above and beyond all-hOnest! lie IS
a man of ordinary size, with good, clear
complexion, sometimes using spectacleS,
and moves as quietly in society as we'll
conceived thought, creating no jar, but
none the less effective in his undemonstra-
tive efforts to make the world better for his
having lived in it.
SAMUEL. J. ALBRIGHT.
Mr.. Albright, the publisher of the old
Daily Free Press, edited by A. G. Smith,
was a printer by trade, and was formerly
connected with the Pioneer. He is man
now rising SO years. In his young days he
was full of energy, and for that matter is
now; short, of ordinary size, with fiorld
complexion and gold SpectacleS, he moves
with the celebrity of light. After leav-
ing the Free Press he became connected
with townsite scheme and newspaper en-
terprise in Dakota, and from thence drifted
to Chicago, where he now is. Hecame to st.
Paul in 1854 or 1856. He is a social,
pleasant gentleman, and great favorlte
with those who know him.
ROBERT HOLMES.
Born in Troy, n. Y, in 1850; came to
st. Paul in 1855; was educated here; learned
the trade of painter; worked eight years
as iOurneyman, then became the foreman
in the paint shop Of the ST. Paul, Mime
apols & Manitoba Railroad company, and
has had large number of men under his
control. He is a good artist, and faith
full, industrious~man. Mary A. NJ. Gregor
became his wife in 1872.
s.f 9fIglasE H. NJ. DODGE.
:. ESQUIRE" Dodge, father of John Dodge,
will long be remembered by those who
knew him. His position as justice Of the
peace for many years in little old building
On upper Third street, gave the public an
opportunity to know the man, his quiet
ways and his peculiar traits of character.
Eyes, yes, yes" with a roll Of the tongue
under the cheek and between his teeth, was
marked characteristic, while his kindness
of heart won him many friends. The old
dingy room, the long benches, the dark,
forbidding desk, the gray headed
esquire" in his spectacles, the
solemn grandeur and the min
isterial wings of justice, all come up before
me like a troop of happy children, romping
home from school-how memory dates
back, but the old esquire" is gone.
Mr.. Dodge was born in Chelsea, Vt. in
1872; received common school education;
kept hotel in his native place for several
years: emigrated to Southern Michigan in
1886. where he was engaged in mercantile
pursuits for ten years: moved to the north
ern portion OF Michigan in 1916, and with
Gen. Stockton collected revenue
for the United States for min
eral lands; came to st. Paul
in 1856; engaged i'll the grocery business for
four years; was alderman in 1853 and in
1861, and part of the time president of the
council; was justice of the peace for MANY
years, and had in trust large amount of
property belonging to other parties. Hewas
esteemed an upright honest man, and an
honest squire"
c. C. MILES
is native of Philadelphia, where he was
educated; born in 1882, came to ST. Paul
in 1855, engaged in business as bell-hanger.
locksmith and dealer in safes; picked the lock
of the first railroad car which came to this
city. and has been picking locks ever since,
and has thus far evaded the penitentiary.
Married in 1858 to Miss Helen A. BedeIl of
this city.
Charlie" Miles is speciality in his line
of business, and good one at that. He is
bright, active man, quick as lightning.
always pleasant, always cheerful. and al
ways the gentleman, and withal he is a
good business man, and has built up a large
trade by straightforward dealing.
d. D. MERRILL.
"Great oaks from little acorns grow" and
so Mr.. Merrill has grown from a small
beginning to huge prop0rtions-I mean
in business, not physically. He was
born in Michigan in 1884; received a com
mon school education; passed through
Kalamazoo college and came to st. Paul in
1855. He was engaged for a time with
Folsom, Rohrer & Banker, who were real
estate dealers, and Mr.. Merrill kent their
abstract books; he then became deputy CITY
treasurer: went to Oneota Lake Superior.
in 1851, and had charge of Mr.. Ely's store
and mill; returned to ST. Paul the same
year and entered the employ again of Dan
Rohrer, who was city treasurer and
dealt in real estate; remained with him
until 1859: was secretary of the Republican
committee and made tour of the state
with Schun, Grow, Colfax and other
prominent Republicans; same year married
Miss Alice A. King; in 1860 opened little
store, 14X3O, for himself on Third street