St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-02


what the result would be-"
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J. B. Chaplin, former mayor and boomer
of Fargo now retired cap italist, is guest
at the Ryan. He wears red cravat and
broad brimmed hat. He SAYS he hasn't
worn a necktie of any other color since he
can remember and don't propose to. He
has been resident of cold country fol
forty years and came down to bask in the
glow of the ice palace for few days.
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Sunday evening, during his sermon on
the ice palace and carnival sports, Dr.
Dana, the well-known Congregational d.
vine, became quite facetious IN MS re-
marks, which had tendency to cause a
smile to play upon the features OF his audi
tors. Now that the ice palace has been
completed OF time" remarked the doctor,
land is ready for the opening, don't think
there is any one who would suggest that 1t
should have been commenced during the
summer"
Mr.. Hutchinson, the architect of the
palace. saws that the enthusiasm OF the gen
eraI public over the sports is way ahead of
ANYTHING that Montreal ever saw. He
accounts for it by the novelty of the forma-
tion of the clubs and the general wide
awake spirit of the northwest.
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Gates A. johnson was at the carnival
grounds yesterday morning watching the
curling match and was invited to partici-
pate. He sent the big stones flying over
the slippery surface with great force several
times. making some creditable scores. He
finally became too enthusiastic, and, send
ing stone swiftly over the ice by an extra
eXertiOn'o1 muscular power, lay fiat down
to watch its course. He recovered a per
pendicular position again with the assist
ance of several bystanders, but withdrew
from the contest and remained passive
spectator during the rest of the sport.
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Late yesterday afternoon many people
awoke from the lethargy in which they
seemed to have been, and realized the fact
that they were ION the hog train" Hasty
preparations were inaugurated and the work
of decoration was commenced in earnest.
A rivalry is beginning to spring up and it
may be safely said the city will present
creditable appearance before the week is
OUT.
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1t required the immense demonstration
and parade of last night to arouse some of
the people, but the outpouring of last even
ing and the impageant of 1000 uniformed
men on the march did it and now the vast
benefits of the carnival to the entire COM
munity are beginning to be realized.
It was a trifle cold last night, and while
the clubs were waiting to be put in the pro-
cession it was pretty hard to keep them in
rank. The mercury registered way down,
some twenty odd degrees below zero, and
bit of breeze at the corners, where there
were no protecting buildings gave the cold
an added sting. The indications were for
a severely cold day to-day. But it's good
for the palace and so long as blanket suits
hold out, the carnival goers will not be dis
posed to murmur.
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The Keweenaw TOboggan club is COM
posed of thirty-five members, TWENTY-FIVE of
whom are relatives, twelve of them being
brothers. The club is named in honor Of
place nearly all of the members were resi-
dents.
After inaugurating the ice castle, several
of the clubs paid the Ryan visit and de-
lighted the spectators with specimens OF
their efficiency i'm drill and bouncing unsus-
pecting comrades. The ladies in the gal
leries and the strangers largely enjoyed the
sight. When the war-whOop was given
seven or eight would suddenly surround the
intended victim, who was soon flying hori-
Zontally in the air. The club organized out
of the employees of Messrs. Auerbach, Finch
d Van Slycke came in with their variegated
lanterns and sky-blue coats sprinkled with
snowfakes and went through the drill with
much accuracy. They were succeeded by
the st. Georges, led by Capt. Munger, under
the eye of the president DR.. Macdonald.
Several neat little speeches were made.
Capt. Bean congratulating them on being
the first to organize snowshoe club in the
United States. He said that any people
who could turn out 8, 500 snowshOers on a
night when the thermometer was 100 be-
low zero, could beat the Russians, the
Canadians and the rest Of the world.
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One of the most fascinating and impress
slve of the many scenes afforded during
che march was that presented by view OF
Minnesota street, looking north from the
corner on Third. The procession hao
turned up Jackson street and only the light
in the sky and the faint blare of the trump
cts in the distance told of the course it was
pursuing. Suddenly on Minnesota street
the advance guard appeared, ascending the
hill towards the ice palace. The stree
lighted up and the torches in the distance
twinkled like stars. Far in the background
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ice taking on a greenSh glow that was a
once beautiful and novel. The spectacle
caught the eyes of the crowd and enchaineC
them, and it was pronounced, with ont
voice. the choicest sight of the evening.
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OF course it was not possible to make III
so large parade of so enthusiastic pa
raiders without some delays. 1t was eX
pected that everything would move on thu
stroke of the clock, but there was a wal
that was long enough to chill through thos
who were not dressed for just that thing
But it was fun to march when the word wa
given and no one was seen to drop out o
the ranks.
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And it is probable that nobody in ST
Paul could have got the procession movin
any nearer on time than Capt. Ed. Bean
But it was cold.
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There is no other city in the country tina
could turn out so large a number OF uni
formed men on such night, or If they di
turn out they wouldn't keep so good ma
tured as was the crowd last night.
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1t was at the south side of the carniva
grounds that three costumed ladies sat upOI
large cake of ice to await the passing o
certain company. They had been seate
about five minutes when they tried to arise
What was wrong? Their blankets wer
frozen TO the ice and they did not depaI
until they had left some wool where the
sat.
The latest gag among the railroad men is
ssHave you given your orders yet?"
What orders?"
ssOrders TO have Yourself naintad rad