St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-16

ON THE WAR PATH.
Great excitement existed in the city on
the report that Ink-pa-dOo-tah's band of
Sioux Indians had been killing some
settlers at Spirit lake, near the Iowa
me. Ihe citizens became very much
aroused; and the Pioneer Guards of St.
faul volunteered to go in pursuit of the
red devils, but no transportation or ammuni-
hon could be furnished. Two fugitives.
however, from the settlement came to the
clty ana were provided for. This year the
water company was Incorporated. and the
Dramatic Joint Stock company. but no other
legislation was had affecting the citv. The
St Paul Episcopal church was Organized.
Rev. A. B. PattiSon.
FRANK BREUER.
Mr. Breuer died in 1884. He was a me-
! dium-Sized man, and very much liked bv
those who knew him, especially in the fire
| department. He was rather undemOnstra-
tive IN his manners, and yet inspired the
| confidence OF his friends. For long time
he was the president of the old Hook and
Ladder association, which kept up its an
nual Fourth OF July celebrations, and when
Breuer died that died also. He was chief
engineer of the fire department for two
terms; was also alderman Of the city. Born
in Germany in 1889, he emigrated to this
country in 1850; remained at Chicago until
1857, when he came to st. Paul and at first
engaged with j. S. DeniSon one year, then
with Nichols II Berkey; in 1880 he went in
partnership with Mr.. Rhodes, and remained
there until he died He was a popular
fireman and much-reSpected citizen.
ANOTHER MURDER.
Out near where StahlmannS S brewery now
IS used to be bad house called ''The Cave"
Ine rendezvous Of the very worst characters
OF both sexes, and one night two parties
became involved in a fight, and a man bv
the name OF Golden killed another by the
name OF Peter W. Trotter. Of course the
murderer escaped, as all others did, eycept
poor Indian and u defenSeleSS woman.
and they, of course were hung. few
nights after this, large number of citizens
held a meeting and decided that the house
should be burned down, and headed by a
DIR. Sperry, Thompsonian physician. the
crowd repaired to the place, entered the
house, took out the furniture and valuables,
and driving out the inmates set the build
ng on ire and, after seeing it burn down,
deliberately walked home, the writer being
one of the crowd. Some time afterwards a
new building was erected on the old ground.
but 1T did not remain there long, and the
old house known as 1.-The Cave"passed into
history. a similar house on the Saltwater
road called the Gotten Farm" kept by
Bond CypherS, has also passed into history.
CYRUS BROOKS.
Rev. Mr.. Brooks was born in Vermont
in 1911; in 1917 removed with his family to
Ohio, where he received an education at the
common schools; was student in the Bap-
tiSt college at GTeenville, O., but was una
BILE to finish his studies in consequence of
mhamed eyes; entered the ministry in the
Methodist Episcopal church in 1888, and
has been minister of that church for forty
eight years. In 1857 he was transferred to
Minnesota, and he became pastor of the
Methodist church in this city; was two years
at st. Anthony, three at Red Wing, and
three at WinOna, having lived in this city
nearly twenty years. He has been a MEM
Der of six general conferences of the Meth
odiSt Episcopal church; was trustee of the
Ohio Wesleyan university, and in 1860 re-
ceived the honorary degree of D. d.
THEATERS.
One thousand, eight hundred and fifty-
seven was celebrated for its theaters. Sallie
st. ClairS varieties opened at Market hall
and was really the go" of the day, or rather
of the night. Then Van Liew opened on
the corner of Fourth and ST. Peter streets.
and subsequently built on Fifth street. He
ran during the years 1858 and 1859, but the
building on the corner of Fourth and st.
Peter streets burned down in September of
the latter year, taking fire while Schuyler
ColfaX and GaluSha A. Grow were address,
ing political meeting
y Mr.. Scott opened q Peoples theater in
lrvine'S hall, upper town, now known as
tiatirOn block, so we had three theaters in
full blast in 1857, as we also had five daily
papers in full blast, but the hard times
weeded them out and it is now found difficult
to support two theaters, with a population
of 100, O00 inhabitants, and only three daily
papers; four with the German.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
This year the constitutional convention
was held and the following delegates were
elected. all being from the De Democratio
party: Moses Sherburne, George l.. 3 ecker
Michael +. AmeS, d. A. j. Baker, John l..
Prince, Patrick Nash, Lafayette Emmett,
William 2. Murray, w. \. German, Will
lam Il. Taylor, William. B. McGrorty and
Paul Faber.
c. f. DAVIS.
Capt Davis died suddenly in this city in
the month of March. 1885. aged about 53
years. He was tall, slender man. decid-
edly straight and military in his bearing.
with an of-hand manner of meeting his
friends, which was always cordial He was
naturally social man, but became misan-
thropic in early life by disappointment in
an affair of the heart. For years he strug-
gled against fate, but finally obtained the
mastery. He came to st. Paul in 1857.
and soon after was appointed deputy
United States surveyor, and in 1860 he as
sisted in the preliminary survey of the Lake
Superior & Mississippi, now ST. Paul &
Duluth, railroad; enlisted in the First Min
neSota regiment in 1861; was promoted ia
the rank of captain in Hancock's veteran
reserve corps, but, in the spring of 1865, he
resigned and returned to ST. Paul; was en-
plOYed in 1866 by Gen. Warren, and had
charge OF the Minnesota river survey: in
1869. with others, surveyed the battlefield
of Gettysburg; was appointed military
at st. Paul in 1877; made gov
ernment surveys about Duluth; was for a
time employed in the office of the surveyor
general, but of late had been doing nothing.
He left widow and several children.
JAMES SMITH. JR.
Mr.. Smith has been so closely identified
with st. Paul and her interests for over
twenty-five years, that to speak of one
without the other would be to produce Ham
let without the central figure. / remember
the firm originally as Emmett 6S Smith and
then as Smith 4 Gilman in the old NIcClung
block, which copartneTship continued for
quite lengthy period, and then Mr.. Smith
became the attorney for the st. Paul & Du-
luth road, in which capacity he has acted
for not less than twenty years. With his
law business he mingled politics, and in
early days had an ambition to go to con-
gress, and just at period when he could
have been successful he threw away his
chance. The writer was delegate to the
convention to nominate a candidate, and
Mr.. Smith had the inside track as opposed
to Ramsey. and it was understood by his
d hot hlr