St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-20

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Dennis Hennafin is character at Bis
marck. He is very tall and very original.
He has quaint and peculiar way of ex-
pressing himself that is fOrcible if not al
ways elegant. He and the late Stanley
Huntley, the brilliant and erratic humOrist
and newspaper man, were great cronies
during the latters residence at Bismarck
years ago. Huntley moved To Brooklyn.
and, as a contributor To the Brooklyn
Eagle, began his Spoopendyke papers,
wherein he described the troubles of a mar
ried man. Dennis was the original of
Spoopendyke. He came down to St. Paul
yesterday. He remarked that Dakota was
great territory; while other portions of
the country were troubled with strikes, Da-
kota remained a stranger to such troubles
He said that now and then there was "a
good deal of killing in Dakota. but L guess
killing, once in while, is a good thing"
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d. II. Hersey, Saltwater, has lust re-
turned from California, where he spent the
winter. He is of the opinion that if the
coming season does not witness any gen
eral strike, that there will be some money
in the lumber business. lie said that the
cut in the ST. CroiX valley would not ex-
coed 225, 900, 900 feet, or hardly up to the
average. He, speaking Of the general con-
dition OF the pinerles, said that the waste
system. which had been carried on through
out the Northwest in nothing more than the
logging interests, was now showing its re-
suits. and that logs were now cut which
a few years ago would not be looked
at. The pine lands were being thimned
out Of good lumber, and the poor timber
was now taken. A few years ago, three
or four trees would turn out a thou
sand feet OF lumber. but the present
season he had seen logs that required ten
to make that number of feet. His esti-
mates of the yearly cut. i'm 1850. was equal
in area to piece of land one mile square
and 100 miles long.
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Gen. Allen, the ex-United States marshal
of Dakota, arrived from Washington en-
roHte to his home at Fargo. He said that
tile contest between the senate and the
president beng the chief topic of interest
in Washington, he heard little or nothing
about the admission of Dakota. Some of
the friends of the territory expressed them
selves as believing that the territory would
be divided but not admitted. while others
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whole. Gen. Aliens visit was Of a semi
official character. as he is closing up his ae-
counts as marshal. IL is his intention TO
practice law at his old home. Fargo. when
the affairs OF the marshars Office are closed
up.
J.. p. White BTainerd. came down. Mr..
White is the oldest white settler i'm that
thriving little town. He located the town
site and has witnessed the growth OF its
present proportions. He said that the peO-
pie Of Brainerd are very much interested i'm
the bill now before congress allowing them
10 construct dam across the Mississippi
river at that point. The measure has passed
the lower house and is now before the SEN
ate. Ii is proposed TO flood some 1900
acres by means of the dam and use II for
lumber booms. The people were reasona-
bly, certain that the bill would pass during
the present session of congress and believed
that the dam would prove great benefit to
Brainerd.
G.. G. Hartley. Brainerd's ex-representa-
tive in the legislature was a transient guest.
He and Lieut.. Gov. c. A. Gilman OF St.
Cloud held an interesting conversation IN
one of the hotel Hobbies. liz related to the
bSNt piehi vi lhililtliA Il AOlNtillbiaS
and working up Gilman's boom for governor
were not mentioned.
Hon. E. w. Durant Of Saltwater gave
his usual salutation of GOOD afternoon.
children" to two or three reporters In the
rotunda of the Merchants. Mr.. Durant had
more time than usual, and stopped to talk
for several minutes. He entered into an ar
gument on the labor oueSfion saving fbot
he was not believer in the eight-hour sys-
TEN. Il know all about the hardships of
lahoring men," said he. ''for have been