St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-25


- its luster, his memory
fails him, and dissolution and decay be-
come more apparent to others, IT not to
himself. The old settler who came here
when the population numbered less
than 400 has hardly kept pace with the
growth of the. city. Then he received
mail once week, and now, forgetting
that we receive not less than fifty mails
day, is often heard to ask at the post
office, "Is the mail in?'' Nearly all of
the old landmarks familiar to him have
been torn down to make room for i'm
prOvements in keeping With the pro-
gressiye spirit of
A NEW AGE.
HYet there still stand a few of these old
monuments OF the past, upon which the
eye of the old settler occasionally rests.
The newcomer passing the corner OF
Third and Exchange streets would not
stop to look at the old rool1ery which
stands at the southeast corner, yet it
has history we'll known to those who
were here in 1850. At that time it was
an elegant frame building, two stories
high, as good as any in the town, or in
the territory. The first floor was used
as a store, the second as place OF
amusement, and known as Mazourka
hall. 1t is hard to realize that it was
the largest public hall in the territory,
hall that all theatrical and minstrel per-
formances were conducted, all public
meetings held, all balls and dances
given. In fact, it was indispensable,
and the Elicit brothers. the owners and
builders. received the thanks of every
one for their public spirit in catering to
the wants and
NECESSITIES OF OUR PEOPLE.
Generally, after the performance on
OF M low IUh xHynS urnlAf nd
ventilated so as to have it in proper
condition for church services on the
following day. Rev. e. ID. Neill. ID. D.,
usually otficiated, and was among the
first to raise the banner of the cross in
this new country. The seating capac-
ity of the hall was about two hun
dred. Now we have one in which two
thousand persons can be seated, but it
is not large enough. We want one that
can seat from seven thousand to ten
thousand persons.
At an early day the great orator Tom
Marshall visited the town and was asked
to deiivera lecture. He accepted, and
MaZourka hall was designated as the
place for its delivery. Long before the
appointed time the hall was packed.
At the proper time the speaker was in
troduced and delivered one of the
most
ever heard in that or any other hall. As
far back as 1850 secession was openly
advocated in the South. Marshall was
opposed to it, and entered his protest on
all occasions where the subject was in
troduced. One one occasion he said:
lyon think the Yankee won't fight, do
you? 1t may be that he will not on
tri6ing occasions, but if you touch his
Goldfish you will find that he will fight
you TO the very DEATH"
Another old landmark, one-story
frame, stands on the north side OF Fifth
street. near Jackson. In 1850 it was
newspaper Office, where the Chronicle
and Register was published under the
foremanship of our well-known towns
man, John &. Terry. and in 1851 he and
George w. Moore were associated to-
gcther in the same building in the pub
lication of the Minnesotian. At that
time they were young and active men,
who never allowed any rival paper to
scoop" them in the freshness and va
riety of the news they spread before
their readers. The Office then seemed
to be Oh the outskirts of the town, but
regularly
THESE SPICY PAPERS
made their weekly appearance, and
contributed in no small degree in turn
ing the tide OF emigration to this new
country.
At the time of which I write there
w ere two distinct towns, Upper and
Lower. and there was almost as much
rivalry and prejudice between them as
exists to-day between st. Paul and our
sister city. Lower town was nestled
away in the hills near the foot of Jack
son street. while Upper town began at
the upper steamboat landing and had
its center near the Seven corners.
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hOuSn was on Third street, nearly oppo-
site Mazourka hall, and was the rem
devious OF all the enemies of Lower
town.
Burbank & Co. organized the North
western Express company, and had their
wharf boat and st0rehouses at the
upper landing. Nearly all of the bust
ness in the Northwest was transacted
In Upper town. Lower town people.
seeing that they were being outstripped
i'll the
RACE FOR SUPREMACY,
offered some inducement to Burbank &
Co. to remove their wharf boat to the
lower landing, and took steps to secure
the erection of large hotel at the corner
of Seventh and Jackson.
Gradually business drifted in that
direction, and it did seem that the dire
calamity predicted by the people of
LCWGI bOWll, lliStt ~ dSo NOulQ StU slON
in the streets Of Upper town. was about
to be realized.
Mr.. Winslow, the great hotel builder,
erected Oh the site now occupied by j.
l., Forepaugh's block afirst-class hotel,
but that and the American were de-
strOyed by fire, and the neglect of the
owners to rebuild wrought a permanent
injury to that part of the town. But
the magic growth of the city has long
since obliterated the dividing line be-
tween the two rival centers, and the re-
suit has been the upbuilding of
ONE GREAT CITY,
the pride and boast of the Northwest,
Then Minneapolis, Winona, Mankato,
Rochester and Faribault, were in the
womb of the future.
Let us look back over the longer span
Of sixty years. Then Fort Smelling was
the most extreme Northwestern settle
ment. and the country west was as much
unknown as the jungles in Central
Africa. Since that time the vast area
has been divided up into half dozen
states and as many territories, and con-
tains population of not less than
E.QQ0.000.
1t was in 1927 that the first railroad
from was laid in the United States. Long
after This the telegraph was discovered.