St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-11
SAINT PAUL.
CASUAL CHATTER.

is JUST HOW IliuCU %,
said Secretary r. Miller, there is a
constant flow of politicians. Among
the visitors to-day were Hon. j. M.
Spicer, Willmar; j. W. Lambert, Ar
thur N. Jordan, Minneapolis, and
Charles Canning, of Norman county.
There are no new developments in the
situation, excepting that this morning
President Atwood, of the Farmers ALI
ance, and Gen.. Barrett visited the
Scheffer headquarters"
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"Attractions will be furnished un-
equaled in the previous history of the
state" So spoke III. r. Denny, secre-
tary of the State Agricultural society,
in reference to the forthcoming fair.
"We have added $4,000 or $4,000 to the
premium list, and negotiations are in
operation to secure some good running
horses for the races. l expect we will
be successful, and, if SO, the running
races will meet long felt want in the
Northwest. Racing enthusiasts have
long yearned for running races to re-
lieve the monotony of the trotting races,
and they are now within measurable dis
lance of obtaining their hearts desire.
Horses, cattle, poultry and grain are
certain to be larger and better exhibit
ton than anything we have had hither-
tofore."
il. Beaumont, County Assessor-We
are hard at work in this Office making
arbitrary assessments on the personal
property of those who failed to make
proper returns before Jnly 1. This is
the only recourse we have. If the peO-
pie pay 10 attention to the written noti-
ces served on them, they must be con-
tent with the assessments as they are
made in this Office. OF course, there
will be some tall kicking done by
many of our citizens when they come to
pay their personal taxes, but they have
no one to blame but themselves.
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S. r. Ainslie-I never saw the coun-
try along the Northern Pacific look as
well as it does now. All through the
apring, as everybody knows. the
weather was cold and the rains album
dant. The result has been that every
thing has been held back so that the
roots have strengthened. Now, there
fore, when the sun comes out with
vigor and warns the earth, it causes
everything in the vegetable kingdom to
jump right forward and grow luxu-
riantly. Crops contiguous to the line of
the road, and the grasses, are growing
in wonderful manner. Unless some
calamity fall upon the wonderful land
between st. Paul and Helena all will
have an unusually heavy crop of every
thing that is being cultivated out there.
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Bruno Beaupre-I was exceedingly
Sorry that was compelled by business
engagements to be absent from the city
during the whole period covered by the
meeting of the Twin City club. l had
both my PAGERS in very good condition
for fast mile, and would have been
pleased to have given an exhibition OF
speed, for think conld have reduced
their record. Both are faster this year
than they were last. 1t is pleasant to
know that there was large attendance
on several of the days, and particularly
on the Fourth of July. l do not know
but it would be better to hold the meet
ing later inthe season. Possibly, though,
a change like this would cause the time
of the meeting to conflict with Eastern
meetings.
F. B. Clarke-I cannot understand
the apparently determined warfare that
is now being made upon the railroads.
If it is continued there can be but one
result. The roads will be forced to cur
tail expenses. 1t cannot be otherwise.
The number of trains will be reduced,
the luxurious parlor cars and the vesti-
buled trains will have to be abandoned
and primitive accommodations will be
substituted in place of them.
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J. n. Spicer, of Willmar, was quietly
seated on the porch of the Merchants,
putting cigar Yesterday afternoon.
He came to st. Paul on railroad bust
ness, and felt pretty well satisfied with
the progress being made, for the track
of the WIllmar & Sioux Falls has
reached Granite Falls. Referring to
Third district politics, he said Judge
MacDy nd would surely be nominated
Aug. 1. There was no opposition to him
whatever"
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A party of Dakotians, consisting of L.
M. Thomas. postmaster, H. ?. Parks. S.
B. Thomas and Glen Castle, are visiting
the Capital city. AT the time Mr..
Thomas was appointed to the Office of
postmaster he was the proprietor of a
Dakota sample room. The position of
postmaster not being consistent with
that of a dispenser of a preventive for
the injurious effects of alkali water, he
was requested to choose between the
two. Being good Democrat, and be-
lieving that to the victor belongs the
spolls, he chose the former, but says
till November he will live on the plank
of the Republican party favoring free
whisky.
j. j. Hill, the railroad magnate, was
member of the old volunteer fire
brigade. The members of the associa,
ton are going to approach him with the
view of securing cheap excursion to
Lake Minnetonka, and believe he will
meet their wishes for "Auid Lang
Syne's" sake.
The room now used as the district
court was the ''hOok and ladder house,
of the old fire brigade. "Yes." said j
G. Donnelly,an old member, "Many are
the kegs of beer we drank
in there on the Fourth of July"
The Exempt Fire association is the
name by which the members of the ole
volunteer fire brigade are now styled
There are slXty-fve members in
the association, which is worked
upon the basis of friendly so