St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

THE RELIEF PARTY +
was successful in making a landing. Ice
fully fifteen inches thick encased all the
landings and walls of the crib, and axes
had to be freely used before the doors
could be opened to admit the relief party.
Not a very nice place to live, you thlnkS
But remember pleasant affair out there
last summer, III August. l think, when
Capt. McKee'S daughter was married to-a
landsman. A small party. easily accommo-
dated by two tug-boats. was present at the
ceremony IT e long shafts OF light from
the cleaning lantern overhead were play
Ing with the waters i'll whichever way the
eve was cast. The bright red of the harbor
and breakwater lanterns the countless lets
in street and house seen but dimly from the
CITY. and the pale, yet distinct. glow that
hung over the brilljantly-lighted thorough
fares of the central town. made a picture
not soon to be forgotten. The absolute
stiffness of the place was oppressive to one
used to the hum and rattle of crowded thor
oughfares-but what place for book
worm or hermit! But, after all it is not
such very lonely place. Evensin winter
little tug ventures out every day carrying
the worthy captain his mail and papers and
needed supplies of fuel and oil. Besides
in very severe weather the trip must
be made quite often in order to keep pas
sageway free from ice between
THE CRIB AND THE MAINLAND.
Cosy quarters and plenty Of the necessa-
ries of life are augmented by piano and a
well-stocked library. and if one can endure
The enforced idIeneSs. there's no reason why
he four or five months of Wintry weather
could not be comfortably endured even on
an artificial island in Lake Michigan. Be
fore leaving this subject. may state that
the restoration of the Lincoln park drive
and a breakwater protection adequate to
prevent a repetition of this disaster will
cost nearly quarter Of million dollars.
The park commissioners will take immedi-
etc steps to secure authority from the legiS-
lature to make the improvements.
Chicago is nothing if not braggart; in
fact the Windy City" as Cincinnati is
fond of clubbing her. is not bad title.
| But then we ChcagoanS generally have
| good grounds for bOaSting and seldom
claim anything until we are sure of being
right. and then go aheadn as Davy
! Crockett would say. Not long since | saw
/ in st. Paul paper statement of the mum
| Der of trains that arrived and departed from
| your union depot daily. The statement
sounded exaggerated. and diseredited the
| figures. But in the Herald not long since
was another statement asserting that more
than 700 trains arrived and departed daily
from Chicago, and that ~z E. at
AN AVERAGE OF CO. 600 PEOPLE 8
were passing back and forth through the
wicket gates that lead to and from traits
at the several depots. One must stop and
! think to realize the full force OF the state
ment; Of tire number Of cars. needed to
transport SO many people; the number of
employees the vast amount of money eX-
| pended for railroad fares. the-oh, well!
enumeration is confusing. Then | endeav-
Ored TO prove the fallacy of the Herald's
| figures, but stopped with the Northwestern
road. Occupying large and handsome
| structure on Wells street, near the river,
and enjoying the distinction Of being the
first railroad ever built out Of Chicago. it is
but little wonder that every week day in
the year 112 passenger trains pass from
under and into the shelter of its huge iron
sheds. First | found the AIilN aGkee divis-
ion alone handles 200 passenger cars each
| day, the other divisions about 300 cars to-
| gether. From a. m. until 11:30 p. m.
| this road has q train out or hrNeVery quar-
| ter of an hour. Its suburban traffic is sim
| ply enormous, and on holidays or special
occasions its patronage is nearly doubled.
| though the average Tor more than year
past has been $4,000 persons each day.
! Two trains run only twelve miles from the
Chicago depot, and they are known as the
''arist0crats" Here the wealth and beauty
OF Evanston, haywood and other northern
suburbs may be found in full force any
/ pleasant day. After ascertaining these
facts from a single road l am not disposed
10 bubble with the Herald's figures, with
! the union depots yet to hear from and a
score of more populous suburbs than
Evanston or haywood to draw III Oh.
| SOMETHING ABOUT MRS. MACKIN.
| Joe Mackin. you remember, went to Jol-
let recently for perjury superinduced by a
weakness for tampering with ballot boxes.
Mackin and his wife lived at the Palmer
house in modest sort of a
way. Mrs. Mackin was the daugh-
ter of a North side butcher, and
neither of her parents were persons
of any consequence, though no doubt hon
est and respectable people. Since Macliin' s
incarceration the ill-will of his mother-in-
law. manifested long before his marriage,
has fallen on his wife. and Mrs. Mackin is
in needy circumstances, her parents refus-
ing to Go anything for her since she dis
graced the family by marrying against their
wishes. Mrs Mackin. so report says was
forced to pawn her seal-skn ciolk to obtain
the necessaries of life. Where Mackin's o d
cronies are (some of whom he certainly
shielded from sharing his present disgrace)
is the question. 1t was Pat Sheedy. gam
bier, tough, etc, that came to the front and
befriended the unfortunate lady. and in his
family she is now guest. Good traits will
crop ont of bad men after all. Sheedy is
not man whose friendship one might be
proud of, but his befriending poor innocent
woman in this way shows he has at least
one redeeming trait. It's a blessed good
thing that the old idea of sheol is abolished.
and the Swedenborgian plan of giving even
the devil his due, has taken its place. 1t
gives one a chance to admire. even gam
bier without questioning IFS motives and
feel that he will get due credit In the re-
cording angels book for his kind actions.
CHENEY.