St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-14
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

"This building will be closed to-day"
ran written announcement attached TO
the main entrance of the capitol yester-
aay. Not an official was to be found
within, and from the governor to the
lanitor all had laid aside their work and
we're upon pleasure bent. A few
strangers ventured into the building on
tour of inspection, and as they wan-
aered through the corridors and up and
down the house of representatives their
aeaseleSS chatter Teverberated AGAIN
and again. When they had departed
the solemn stiffness of the vast pile was
simply OverpOwering.
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alt is true that the Minnesota Boat
club has not figured very prominently
this season" was the remark OF Capt.
W. S. Getty. "but the general condl-
ton of the club was never more pros
porous. Our membership is strong, we
have a number of promising young
Oarsmen, and the financial portion Is
satisfactory. There will be no more
public rowing this season, but private
practice will be INDUCED in to the end.
Next season the club will probably
make a better show, there beng dlih-
culties of an unaccOuntable nature
which prevented our senior four from
competing in but one regatta; that Is,
at Lake Minuetonka."
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O. II. Nyaard. Superintendent OF
Mails-No one has an idea of the
amount of mail that we receive from the
suburban towns of South St Paul'
North st. Paul, st. Paul Park and lnVer
Grove. At the latter place there is
tannerv that fairly floods us with cir
culars every evening. going every dlrec-
tion-north. east, south and west. The
pOStmaSterS make no pretensiOnS TO
making up mail. and we often receive
stacks of postal cards turned upside
down and every way they shouldn't be.
Iintend making a trip 10 these places
and giving a few instructions to the
rural pOStmaSterS.
"After an absence of eleven years"
said Assistant Adjutant General Thomas
NJ. Vincent. L. S. A., Il am packing up
preparatory to returning to Washing
ton, d. c.. for duty in the war depart
ment. l will leave st. Paul Thursday
for my destination, and will relieve
Col. Sheridan. Nothing has been said
to me concerning promotion in the
event of the retirement Of AdJutant
General Drums That is question
which probably will not be considered
for nearly year, as the general Will
not be eligible Tor retirement until May,
1889. Col. Wood, who will relieve me
in charge of the affairs of the depart
ment of Dakota so FAR as the adjutant
generals office is concerned, expects to
reach st. Paul about the 20th inst"
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One of the leading business men Of
Chicago. NJ. WOlf-waS resting COM
fortably in his apartments at the Ryan
Yesterday, and was inclined to be com
municative about the business outlook
generally, and politics particularly.
''While collections are quiet" he re-
marked, 1.-THE banks have plenty of
money, and all fears of a financial
Stringency have disappeared. Business
was never better than it has proven this
season, and in my line sales have far
exceeded my most sanguine eXpecta-
tiOns. Within the past month / have
travelled extensively throughout Iowa
and Nebraska, and was surprised to
learn the strength that the Prohibition
lists are developing in those states. 1t
would not surprise me If Gen. Fisk
polled upward of half a million votes
this fall, and he Will draw largely from
the ranks of the Republicans. Iowa
need not be put down too surely in the
Republican column, for the contest there
will, to say the least, be probematical,
with changes favOring the Democracy
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Yesterday was st. PauFS day at the
State Fair which fact was evidenced by
the deserted appearance of the streets.
A death-like stiffness pervaded the old
court building, and those DESTROYS OF
tranSacting business turned away in
sadness from the doors of the Offices
upon which in every instance was the
placard Gone to the Fair"
Aside from the duslly janitOT, Gus
Limberg was the sole inhabitant of the
court building. and he amused himself
coming over some old files that he had
unearthed from the vault. Sheriff
Richter was OH deck, seemingly Obliv-
i0us to the fact that it was ST. Paul'S
day. Frank Dana, his clerk, is not
stuck on races, he says. and ''wouldni
cross the street TO see one"