St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-23

years since he removed to this city. and all
| these long years he has lived here. He was
born iii Pennsylvania in 1918; learned the
trade of carpenter; came to st. Paul in
1852; was architect in those early days and
builder, his first work being the erection Of
the judges seat in the old court house;
then the erection of the court house itself;
then ne built the old capitol building in
io09-Durned down; the Old Winslow
| hOuse-buned in 1852: nut the roof
| On the present jail in 1858,
built an addition to the Presby-
terrain church and American house: was a
member OF the Legislature two terms, and
building commissioner in 1857. OF late
years ne has done nothing. exceDt occa-
slonally make sale of real estate He ia
man marching ON to 70 wears. is some
what bent, walks with cane. head turned
toward the sidewalk, and is a very oniet
person. generally wrapped up in his own
| thoughts. ms Wv"
The Wabasha street bridge was COM
| llehced as private enterprise in 1856 but
LOT want OF funds was stopped. In the
1all or 1887 the council voted $50. 900 to-
wards its completion. and il was event
ualIy passed over TO the city. 1t was for
time toll bridge, but was made, ONLY
lew years ago. free bridge
WILLIAM GoLCHER.
| All the old settlers knew GoIcher now o4
California, and before the war all the
| SOutherners who came to this state knew
him, for it was to his store on Third street.
above Cedar, that sportsmen and fishermen
dTifted for their outfits and GOlcher then
was 1.-The king beer' He kept,I believe. the
first legitimate gun store in the city or state
ana held the ribbons for a good many years.
lie was born i'll England in 1884; emgrated
TO Philadelphia with his father in 1910:
aided him in supplying the government
with a large number of flint locks for the
Indians. In the factory he showed his
mechanical skill, and at the age of II years
was foreman OF his fathers shop, and made
a complete rifle and has it yet. He came
TO 81. Paul in 1855, and opened store
on Third street. Here he built up
large trade, not only with the whites but
WIN the indians. He originated the first
SportSmen's club, and it has been remark
able that all through his life he has been
noted for missing just one bird, that is. he
| can shoot eleven birds, but he can't shoot
twelve, which carries off the honors of the
day. In 1878 he leased his property and
went out of business. He was a member of
the hre department for fifteen years, and
was alderman some four years; was at one
time hSh commissioner; invented two guns:
III 1877 visited England; in 1873 made
trip to California and there formed a CO.
partnership, and there is where he now is.
Mr.. Golcher was fine mechanic and very
fond OF sporting. He was devoted to his
business and made but few acuuaintances,
as ne was quiet man. and rarely, if ever,
went outside of certain line of conduct,
yet he was good citizen and man of IL
reproachable character.
LORENZO ALLIS.
Among the leading lawyers in his day in
the city OF st. Paul was Lorenzo AlliS, a
delicate, light-cOmpleXioned gentleman.
who came to this city from the South for
MS health, and who Immediately took rank
as one OF the bright lights in the legal fra
ternity. He was born in Vermont in 1928.
his ancestors having landed at Salem in the
third voyage of the Mayflower in 1910:
graduated from the university in 1915: mar
RED Miss Castle the same year; went to
New Orleans, where he practiced his pro-
1esSlOn and became one of the editors of
the Plcayune, at that time the leading and
most powerful paper in the South, and
from thence he came to st. Paul in 1856,
where he practiced law for over a quarter
| OF century, being engaged in some of the
greatest cases ever brought before our
courts. He was what | would call
"a clean-cut lawyer" that is. he
was analytic in his dissection of a case. and
| moved forward in his argument with ideas
rather than words. He was ALWAYS i'm earnest.
| and L scarcely ever knew him to indulge
in anything frivolous when before the Jury
or the judge. He was an industrious man and
prepared his cases with great care. Withal
he was pure, good man. He was earnest.
sometimes little nervous over delays. and
yet he has left an excellent record as a citi-
zen and lawyer. His two sons Frederick
and Edward Castle Allis, succeeded him in
his law business and keep up the name of
| the father. Mr.. Allis died March, 1888.
aged 90 years.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
Several murders and numerous fires. with
the arrival of great many boats with some
very bad characters, induced the citizens tn
get together and to discuss the question of
Selt-preservation, and out of this grew
vigilance committee, the second and the last
OF the kind ever organized in our CITY. This
committee was so thorough in its work that
i'll a short time vagabondS and criminals
vamooSed the ranch, and order once more
reigned in st. Paul.
GEORGE W. ARMSTRONG.
In 1858, or thrty-two wears ago. the
writer entered the Office of the old Demo-
crat, which was then in a room in wooden
building on the corner of Third and Waba-
sha streets. and there he met a quiet, I'M
pretending gentleman, who, greeting him
cordially, demonstrated that he was SUPER
iOr to good deal of the humanity which
lay around loose. He was Slenderin person.
very quiet in his ways, and aTable in his
nature, and our acquaintance thus began
lasted over thirty years. Mr.. Armstrong
was born in Ohio in 1927; received a fair
education and entered the office of the
Ohio Statesman at the age of Ia
years and learned the trade of
printer. Years afterwards he became one
OF the editors of the Mount Vernon, O.,
Democratic Banner, and subsequently was
one OF the prOprietOrS of the KeOkuk, Ia.
Constitution; came to st. Paul in 1858. and
few years afterwards was appointed ter
TitOrial treasurer and was subsequently,
elected to the same Office by the people.
He then commenced dealing in real estate
and loaning money, and in this he con-
tinued up to his death.
HOW TO MAKE MONEY.
Mr.. Armstrong once said to me on Third
street, and l shall never forget the remark:
''NewSon, don't bother yourself with bust
ness, but when you get 500 put it out al
interest, that pays best, for interest goes on
when you sleep, when you wake, when
you weep, when you rejoice, when YOU
die. 1t is the easiest and best
way to make money!" and so
it is, but l learned the lesson too late.
Armstrong acted upon his own advice and
his estate is probably worth $500, 0OO His
interest money and the rise on the real es-
tate which he purchased made him rich.
He was man with no bad habits, no angu-
lar points, no animosities, but very gener-