St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-24
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PEN PICTURES.
The Early Days of st. Paul. with BiogTa-
phies and Anecdotes of Old
Settlers.
Andrew r. Kiefer--
Henry BeIland.
John Nichols--SlaveS Liberated
Jacob Manner William MintZer
Thomas McArdle.
BY T. NJ. NEwsoN.
ANDREW Il. KIEFER.

country i'll 1882: LETT there III 1919. and al
rived at St Paul in 1857 was engaged for
some years in the millinery business, and
soon after the breaking out OF the war, in
1861, was appointed captain of Company q.
Second regiment: was Tor several months
stationed at Forts Ripley and Smelling; III
1861 started South with his regiment and in
1865 participated in the battle of Mill Spring,
the first battle which resulted i'll victory for
the Union troops; was also in the fight at
the battles OF Corinth, Springfield. Perry
vile and number of others of minor con-
sequence; was for time provost marshal
of Tennessee and was subsequently pro-
moted to the position OF colonel; was en-
rolling clerk of the Minnesota house of rep
reSentativeS in 1859; member of the legis
lature in 1864: was in the wholesale liquor
trade as Kiefer & Heck: ran Il distillery
near Post Siding; was clerk of district court
of Ramsey county i'll 1878; was one OF the
OriginatorS off the Hail Storm Insurance COM
pany and is now principal officer; deals
largely III real estate, and is a stirring bust
ness man.
PERSONALLY
Col. kiefer is very popular man, and
has very taking way with him. He IS full
of vitality and magnetism, and attaches
people to him by IL peculiar politeneSS,
blended with the best of good humor. He
is like SunShiny day, throwing out Shim-
mering rays of warmth wherever he goes,
and yet he is energetic and strong business
man. a good deal of politician and a gen
tlenan greatly respected, not only for his
moral worth, but for his social qualities.
HENRY BELLAND.
y tall, strong, muscular man, is Mr..
Belland son of the old and noted scout who
died only L short time ago. and man who
clearly shows his familiarity with frontier
life He was born in Lac qui Parle i'll this
state. III 1910. and came down the Mime
sofa river in 1871 in birch bark canoe to
Mendoza and thence down the Mississippi
to Pigs Eye below st. Paul, where he re-
manned seven years. removed to Crow Wing,
but the next spring came back i'll another
birch bark canoe. with II. ". Rice down
the Mississippi to Mendoza: attended a
French sch0ol-the first school OF the kind
in the state-at Mendoza; came to West st.
Paul in 1851: attended the Cathedral school
three years and also college at Canada;
worked for Louis Robert, NIyrick and
Forbes; in the Indian outbreak he was
special messenger for Gen. Pope; in 1864. III
charge of party of scouts. he accompanied
Gen. Thomas, who was ordered to locate
Fort Rice: in 1865 traded with the Indians
at Yellow Medicine.
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
While on his scouting mission he found
two Frenchmen who had been fighting
twelve Indians two days and two nights,
but he came to their relief, drove them away,
and saved them.
DISCOVERED THE MURDERER.
He was the first to discover and point out
the murderer of the Jewett family, near
ManhatO, who proved to be Campbell, the
half-breed Indian, and who was subsequently
hung Mr.. Belland has been in charge of
scouts at various forts and places but is
now a resident of West st. Paul. He is
vice president of the Junior Pioneers,
and is good deal of politician, dealing
largely in thatcommOdity. When consider
ably aroused. his extreme heighth enables
him to pick the stars out from the skies and
throw them at his adversaries with telling
effect. and if he should fail in this be would
make his enemies flee from the wrath to
come by his immense proportions.
RoLLIN A. LANPHER.
Mr.. Lanpher was born in Illinois in 1913;
was educated in his native state and COM
pleted his studies in a commercial college at
Chicago: came to st. Paul in 1865; enlisted
in the Second Minnesota regiment in 1861
and served three years; in 1864 was EN-
ploved in the office of the adjUtant general:
in 1867 entered the service of Forepaugh 4
Co.; in 1868 began business for himself
under the firm name of Hines 81 Lanpher,
which is now r. A. Lanpher & Co.; in
1871 he married Miss Lolita NJ. Taylor.
AS 4 MAN.
Mr.. Lanpher is small, slender person,
with high cheek bones. yet possessed of great
energy and excellent business qualities.
He is q self-made man; prompt, decisive,
and honorable III his dealings.
JACOB MANNER.
\ sQuare-built. short, chunky man, with
the cOurtly bearing of a member of the inn
perial family of Kaiser William, Mr. Main
yer is an exception to the general rule of
men. The inherent quality of politeneSS
bubbles all over him. and is as much part
of his nature as the life-giving principle of
his existence. He was born in Germany in
1884; was educated there, and especially
in gymnastics; came to America in 1858,
landing at New York, and to st. Paul in
1855. where he has ever since resided. He
studied law and was admitted to the bar in
1860; was elected justice of the peace in
1859: at the beginning Of the war, in COM
pany with Col. Kiefer. he raised the first
German company in the state; was APP
pointed lieutenant and continued in the
service for over two years. and resigned in
consequence of i'll health; i'll 1868 was
elected county commissioner for three
years; elected register of deeds for Ramsey
county in 1865. which Office he held four
years; in 1873 invented a system of book
keeping, embracing abstracts of titles to
property III Ramsey county, and
in 1868 married Miss Caro-
line Gendron of Canada East.
PLEASE SHOULDER ARMS
When in the army Squire Manners po-
likeness made itself visible in various ways
One day when in command of the company,
he cried out in his softest and sweetu<;
strain. Twill the company please shoulder
ar1nS?' OF course the ''boys' broke ont
into a giggle and cheerfully complied with
the request, for it was rather an unconl-
mon thing to find so much politeness in
first lieutenant, especially in time of war;
Squire Manner is square man. He
is kind-hearted, and has helped many "a
poor soldier to get his pension papers
through the office at Washington He is
industrious and &c cal, and with the
practice of law az abstract business
contriyes to feed the -'yrow'' and the little
''bairns,' who so politely ask him for bread
and butter, while a new house seems to
show the prosperous sea in which he is
sailing. We hope at the proper time he
NAV be able to climb jacobs ladder of
old and reach the promised land. 1
THOMAS w. MARBLE.
Born in Ireland in 1927, Mr.. McArdle
came 10 America when eight years old
locating in Philadelphia where he learned
the trade of carpenter and joiner, and re-
moved to st. Paul in 1855. He commenced
contracting business in this city in 1861, his