St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-10
WHILE AT The REGISTER.
Transients at the St. Paul Hotels
Gossip and Facts.

The Hon J. Young Scammon, Chicago, was
an arrival at the Ryan yesterday. A man
who bears his many years with becoming dig
nifty is the tall and well-formed resident of the
Garden city of the lakes. He is an old-time
settler of Chicago, in fact, is one of the pio-
neers Of that portion of Illinois. He arrived
in what is now the great city of Chicago when
it was village, just merging from the settle
ment about Fort Dearborn, and has seen it
grow from q frontier settlement unto city
of three-QuarterS of million people. In all
the DEVELOPMENT he has taken u prominent
part, and his life and career are closely iden-
titled with that of the Western metropolis.
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,, On more than one occasion he has occupied
public office, and served in the different
public capacities with credit to himself and
benefit to his constituents. He and the Hon.
John Wentworth, known throughout Illinois
as ''Long John.'' on account of his immense
size, were political opponents early in the
growth of the village. The antagonsm then
engendered has never been forgotten, and
crops out whenever the two pioneers meet at
the historical society gatherings. Mr.. Scam
mon was largely interested in the Chicago
Daily Republican at the time Charles A Dana
of the New York Sun was its managing editor.
The attempt at that time, along
in the seventies, to run a condensed
newspaper, proved failure and the Repub-
lican was converted into the Inter Ocean. 1t
some time and finally made into stock COM
pany, which is the case to-day His visit to
St. Paul is in the nature of a pleasure trip,
his companion being William B. Ogden ofNew
York, formerly of Chicago.
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E. NJ Dlckey, Dubuque, is registered at the
Ryan. He is the superintendent of the Dia-
moud 10 line of steamers and is really the
head and front of that transportation system
Although comparatively young man he has
managed to work his way up by industry and
close application to business until he
stands near the top. His energetic business
methods characterize his life in Dubuque and
as result he is one of the live and go-ahead
residents of Iowa's chief city.
His visit was of a business character in con-
nection with the affairs of the line in ST. Paul
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DIR. d. P. Bigger, Brainerd at the Mer-
chants, said that the prospects were very
good for the immediate construc tion of the
dam over the Mississippi river at that point.
as the condemnation board of which he was
chairman, would meet at Brainerd TODAY
when the owners of land which would be
submerged by the improvement would have
an opportunity to set forth their claims for
damages. He was of the opinion
that unless some of the owners of oyerfowed
lands appealed to the county court. after a
decision of the board of condemnation. that
work on the proposed dam would be begun
during the present season. He said that hem
efcal results were expected from the dam and
the water power thus created and that two
companies had been organized to utilize the
water power in the manufactory of certain
lines of goods. He thought that more would
follow anda genuine boom be experienced in
and about Brainerd.
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Charles Fargo Chicago is a guest at obe
Ryan. He is the present general Western
manager of the American Express company
and also serves as vice-president of that asso-
citation, having been agent at Buffalo and
Gerved faithful apprenticeship before his
promotion. He was accompanied by A. An
hsdel, general Western superintendent of the
company, with headquarters at Milwaukee,
Their visit was for the purpose of inspecting
the local Office.
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Col. J HI. Mansfield, the jolly host of the
Mansfield house, Austin, was in the city yes
terday. Although old commercial tray-
eler, be is so quiet and redcent as to pass
anywhere for secret detective, but he did
open his mouth yesterday enough to say that