St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-18
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ABERDEEN, OAK, Dec. I7.-Both the Mil.
! waukee and Northwestern roads have been
more or less delayed during the past week by
snow blockades. With but two exceptions
all mail trains have been delayed. No scarcity
of coal has been reported this week, and as
the roads are giving coal the preference,
there is no probability of a coal famine.
George MacCongall, the brakeman who was
injured in the train accident on the Chicago.
Milwaukee s. st. Paul railway last Wednes-
day, Is doing nicely. The Samaritin hospital,
which has been recehtly started, and which
is in fine working order, provides home for
all meeting with accidents and needing the
care of hospital. Several wards have been
fitted up and several patients are already
being cared for. Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul carpenters are in the city preparing to
erect another round-house in addition to the
one already here, their business on this d.
vision and branches having increased to ne
cessitate the addition. Mr.. Dean, formerly a
passenger conductor of the east end, has been
appointed assistant superintendent OF the
western division, and for the present will
make his headquarters at Milbank. The
Manitoba's extension from Campbell Mimi,
is making rapid strides toward this city, one
week ago being over thirty miles distant,
while to-day it is crossing the Jim river, only
twelve miles northeast. Next Sunday, the
10th, q party of citizens will meet the track
layers on the edge of the city, where they
hope to be by that time, two gangs being at
work on the track, one days and one nights.
miss Kate Cheeseman and Harry NJ.
Brooks, both of this city, were married
Wednesday at the residence of John T. Nc
Chesney. Both are we'll known and will leave
for the East for few weeks trip, after which
they will return to make Aberdeen their
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for another brillisnt wedding, the contracting
parties being well known. The telephone
exchange is progressing finely. The poles
are on the ground and are being erected
in the city, while the poles for
the lines connecting Bath, Columbia and
in position and wires strung as soon as pos
sible. Over fifty bells have been spoken for
in the city alone to start with. The central
office will be located in the free reading room,
while the line work will be III the charge of
S. B. Horak. "A tObogsan club is trytag to
organize, and a slide will be erected if a suit
able site can be obtained The only thing we
will then lack will be St. Paul's ice palace. 90.
Several large land deals were made in land
adjoining the city. one deal OF eighty acres
adjoining the town on the east being pur-
chased by four Aberdeen parties fort$l3, 600.
While land Is rising at this rate, men can be
found who will offer to bet any amount that
over five hundred buildings will be erected
during the coming summer. This season over
225 new buildings have been added to Aber-
deems growth. The pillow factory is now
nearly ready to be occupied by the Dahl Bros,
of Waupun, Wis, who are now shipping
their machinery here, and hope to be running
by Feb. l. Judge Church's action in clos
ing gambling throughout Brown county is al
ready driving the gamblers to greener fields.
This policy seems to have been taken up in
other counties. At Faulkton several were
arrested and fined for keeping gambling
houses.