St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-17
BY T. NJ. NEwsoN.
JOHN ADDISON BERKEY.

III 1871. MS parents having come here Ill
1858. tie was pupil at our public schools
and finished his education at the Polytech-
meal institute, Troy. n. Y. When quite
young Mr.. Berlley entered into partnership
with Charles r. Croft. in the sale of baking
powders, teas, spices, coffee, etc. etc., and
then ran the establishment alone for a year
or 50. when he took in Il partner by the
name of Talmadge, and the firm now con-
tinueS the business.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. Berkey is young man of fine busi-
ness qualities. and is steady, industrious,
worthy citizen He married Miss Minnie
De Graft in 1877. lady of fine personal ap-
pearance, and is himself pleasant and
agreeable gentleman.
JOHN c. DEVEREUN.
Bonn in Ireland in 1881, Mr.. D. received
Il plactical. common school education, and
left his native land in 1889 settling at Pitts
burg. Penn. with his father When 10
Years old he went into business in Evans
Vile Ind. and from thence came to st.
Paul in 1855: clerked for Mr.. Berkey that
year. but in 1856 opened up trade for HIM
sell and continued until the breaking out OF
The war. when he enlisted in Company G.
Third Minnesota regiment. and was soon
after commissioned second lieutenant, then
first lieutenant, then captain. After his re-
uun from the war TO the city, he started the
Northwestern Chronicle" a Catholic
journal and the first one of the kind this
side Of Chicago. and continued it up to 1876,
when he disposed of his interest and en-
gagged in various occupations, among which
was that OF deputy register of deeds in
1S9S-9. and deputy county assessor for
1851. In January. 1885, he became the
general manager of the Chronicle, where ne
now is. He was a member Of the first board
of immigration f0ury earS-nO fee orreward.
Sent :. 1000 pamphlets to Ireland. Married
Agnes f. Coulter in 1864.
IMPLEMENTS OF LIFE.
There are some roads full of ruts, and
some people are obliged to travel over them
whether they will Or not, while there are
other roads smooth and delightfully."- pleas
ant. and on these roads the lucky ones drive
10 success. tits generally the kind-hearted,
the sympathetic, the generous, the noble,
the phiIanthropic, and even the learned, the
wheels of whose life'S carriages stick in the
mud holes and the rutS on the thOrOughfare
of our existence, and not the selfish. or the
cruel or the mOney-getting, or the hard
hearted men of the world, who, as it were,
by mere chance, glide into the good things
of this life. The better the man, the deeper
the mud, the nobler the purpose, the more
difficult the rut; the greater the struggle, the
less success. And Yet, just over there, on
that other road, Whiz go the lucky chaps,
and there are no mud holes or ruts to impede
their progress, though they may reel in
drunkenness and tester in corruption. This
problem of life is yet unsolyed; perhaps it
h,,+xr no
true, and the manly, and the virtuous, and
the honest, are checked in their careers of
success, and the bad and the indolent, and
the vicious are permitted to prosper, is an
incomprehensible wonder to the thinking
mind. And so Capt. DevereuX and many
others have had impedimentS in their paths
of life, not Of their own making, or grow
ing out of any seeming neglect on their
part, but insurmountable barriers have been
thrown in the way of their progress and
their success, whether for their good or their
injury, the end of life only can tell.
The subject of my sketch is pleasant
gentleman, with a flowing beard and kind
heart. He has fought LIES battle bravely
and has left a record that he can carry with
him into that unseen land, which is the
destiny of all, for all are marching slowly
but surely marching to join that grand army
gone before.
PETER JOSEPH DREIS.
Mr.. DreiS was born in Prussia in 1912;
came to America the same year; landed at
Chicago and was educated there; removed
to st. Paul in 1855; learned the drug bust
hess and entered the store of DR.. J. W.
Jarvis, who being succeeded by Mr.. Schroeder
lie remained with him two years; attended
tie Adams school, and in the spring of 1859
took a position in the drug store of Day &
jerks, and remained there up to 1871,
when. in company with George Mitsch, he
commenced business under the firm name of
Dreis d Mitsch, and continued the partner
ship for several years, and then the firm
was dissolved and Mr.. Dreis opened a store
OF his own. He was secretary of the Pioneer
Hook and Ladder company from 1864 to
1869; was president Of the old Exempt Fire
mans organization; treasurer of the St.
Paul Fire Department association in 1879;
alderman of the Third ward in 1889; since
1884 he has been treasurer of the ST. Joseph
German Catholic Orphan society. He mar
ried Miss Mary Schneider, who has borne
him ten chilGSen-seven living.
PRONOUNCED DEAD!
On the night of Feb. 3, 1868, the old In
ternational hotel, which stood on the corner
down, and the equally old building which
then existed where j. P. Aliens drug store
now is, took fire, and piece of cornice
falling struck Mr.. Dreis on the head and
felled him to the earth. He was taken up
as dead, and the papers so announced, but
although very seriously injured. he recov-
cred. Mr.. Dreis purchased a lot on Tilton
street in 1868, for which he paid $500;
worth 81, 600; he has lot and brick block
On the corner of Ninth and St.Peter streets.
worth S4S, 600; also a farm of 343 acres in
Big Stone county. Joe" is a bright, ac-
tive, honorable man, not large but full of
business, as active as cat, and well posted
in his special department as druggist. He
is kind, pleasant, affable gentleman, and
good citizen.
NJ. D. FLOWER.
Born in Ohio in 1871; received an AGA
demic education; came to ST. Paul in 1855;
left school and joined the army as private;
served as such two years; was promoted for
meritoriouS services to the rank of captain;
was assistant adjutant general of Minnesota
by Gov Austin, and served during his adj
ministration; was reappointed by Gov.
Davis and served during his term; was elect
ed chief clerk of the house of representa-
tives OF the Minnesota legislature in 1878;
Ie-olecteu Ill Iot51 WAS appointed COLLECTOR
OF customs the same year; in 1880 was APP
pointed supervising inspector of steam yes
sells; which position he has held until re-
Gently. He formerly ran the hotel at Lake
Elmo and also the hotel at Lake Osakis.
A POLITICIAN.
Gen. Flower is a natural politician, and
in the past has taken very active part in the
counsels of the Republican party. He was
elected to the Republican state convention
in 1873 and hoe hoor, for q lo,,cc +i,,,n s-oo,.o