St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-14


in the Pioneer, where he remained up to
about 1866, and then sold out and bought
into the gas company. where he has acted
as secretary and treasurer ever since; has
been trustee in the First Episcopal Meth
odist church. and has been delegate to the
general conference of said church. which
was held at Baltimore. Mr.. Goodrich is a
very unpretentious man, but fills an i'm
nortant niche in the great auditorium Of
society. Mrs. Goodrich is the daughter of
the late Mr. Friend formerly city clerk. and
Is woman greatly esteemed for her many
alniable qualities.
JOHN MATHEIS.
Mr.. Matheis is las plump as partridge"
and as active as a steam engine. he is
man of great energy Of character and has
I built up an immense trade by his irresisti-
/ BILE vim. He is one of ST. Paul's most solid
busintss men and in the line of his goods
leads the column. 1 remember him years
4 ago. small STRIPPING of a lad. clerking
I for Oscar King, and when King became
involved. Mr. Mathes stepped TO the front
and has remained there ever since and he
can We lsty be ranked as among the
oldest in the city. He has a large
head. 10 a by respectfully large physi-
cal or alton. and a large heart, and
these, unuer the control of good judgment.
/ has enabled him to exclaim as did the
/ Roman general-''veni, vidi vici, "-l
came. saw, conquered. He is exceed
ingly social in bis manners and has a keen
/ perception OF human nature and while on
| the one hand he pushes business on the
other he cutivates the amenities of social
| life. He was born in Germany in 1887; re-
ceived a good education at Bierbach, emf
/ grated to America in 1854; came 70 ST.
| Paul in 1857; clerked for Oscar King; went
| into business for himself In 1861, and has
/ been continuously in business now twenty
| four years. Mathies is a full team with
irresistible push.
JAMES KING-A POLITICIAN.
Mr.. King was born in Dublin, Ireland.
| in 1884; emgrated to America in 1874,
landing at New York city, where he re-
manned tenn years, attending school, and
then removed TO LAFAYETTE, Ind, and
clerked in jewelry store four years; came
TO ST. Paul in 1857; opened a restaurant on
Third street in 1858; started a clothing and
auction house i'm 1870 on East Third street.
where l used to see him with his black
hair and energetc movements. In 1870
he was elected captain and chief of police,
which Office he held up TO 1873, when he
was appointed sheriff of Ramsey county TO
fill the uneXpired term of Mai. Betcht who
died. In 1879 he was elected sheriff aud
held that office two years; was a member of
the common council from 1868 to 1869.
Some two years ago he leased
for forty years the property corner of
| Fourth and Minnesota streets, i0Ox125. and
upon this property he built large brick
! building, costing S25 600. called the st.
/ Paul horse exchange, and here is where he
now is in business. Mr.. King mas been a
very active Democratic politician for over a
lnHra rnf nra1 h k.s,a.
| blows and taken blows. He is wide-awake.
energetic, pushing man; moves with rapid
motion, and thinks and acts the same way.
| He is positive in his opinions and agrees
i've in his movements, and though his hair
| is silyered over with age. yet his eve is as
| bright and his step as light as twenty-eight
years ago. King brought with him here
/ 5000, and if this had been invested in real
estate and he had gone TO bed and slept on
/ awakening in 1885 he would have found
/ himself rich man. He is social. pleas
ant gentleman, and an active, stirring citi-
zen.
| JOHN CLARKIN.
Mr. Clarkin is a native of Ireland. born
in 1880; emigrated To America in 1S4S.
landing at New York; learned the trade of
carpenter in New Jersey, where he resided
| five years: lived three years i'm Wisconsin.
aud came to St. Paul i'm 1857, and has since
then been more or less actively engaged at
his trade. lie has worked at Fort Custer,
Lincoln. and Fort Smelling, many times
having had a large number of men in his
employ. Married in ST. Paul i'm 1859 to
Miss Julia Hayes. Mr.. Clarkin is a large.
| hne-looking man. with a good address. and
is now inspector of all new engine houses,
a position he is well qualified to I'll, and
which he will maintain with credit to him
self and the city, for he is a worthy man
and good citizen.
! NJ. LANPHER.
Mr.. Lanpher was born in New York in
| 1914; was well educated and taught school
| eighteen years in Canada West and i'm New
York and in Illinois; came TO ST. Paul in
! 1857; was overseerer of the poor six years,
and has been actuary of the Oakland Gene
terry for fifteen years. During these fifteen
years he has seen many old and some new
settlers pass from life to death, and still he
is at his post of duty. and still listens to the
song of the old sexton, who sings: II
| gather them in; l gather them in" And
! this old sexton is Edward Lot, who, for
| twenty-one years, has been faithfully at
work in the cemetery. Mr.. Lanpher has
seen and made many improvements in the
city of the dead. which now numbers some
s, 900 inhabitants. and from a dark and for
bidding spot in the past it has grown TO be
a place of attraction and beauty, with its
elegant mortuary chapel, its lovely flowers,
its costly monuments. its green lawns, its
weeping trees, its singing birds, its quiet and
serene atmosphere. its subduing influence
Amid all these scenes. and with death al
most daily staring him i'm the face. Mr..
Lanpher ought TO be a good man. and he
probably is. He lives i'm the new and coy
house at the cemetery gate. and almost
constantly travels his daily round of sad
duties. He is not large. yet he is an ac-
tive and industrious man. and takes great
interest in the general attractiveneSS of the
cemetery over which he has presided so
many years.
r. NJ. S. PEASE.
Rev. Mr.. Pease. ex-Baptst minister and
ex-banker, was born in Connecticut in
1922, and educated at the Albany academy;
at the age of IL years he became q dry
goods clerk for one year. for which he re-
ceived the munihcent sum of 81! He then
clerked in Albany, n. Y, one and one half
years; then eleven years was in the employ
of tie Canal bank of Albany, n. Y; then
organized and was cashier for five years of
the Iron bank of Falls Village. Conn; then
note teller of the Metropolitan bank of
| New York; then member of the firm of
Bostwick, Pease. & Co., St. Paul, 1857,
afterwards Pease. Chaltfant & Co., then
r. NJ. S. Pease & Co., which firm
sold out to r. NJ. S. PeaSe, who.
in 1859. together with eight other bankers
in this city, went down Ike row of bricks,
after the state of Minnesota repudiated the
interest on her per cent bonds issued to
help build the railroads of our state. and in
which. relying on the faith and honor of
the state of Minnesota pledged for their
payment, they. the banks. issued the So