St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-07
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

create the rank of lieutenant general for
the successor of Gen. Sheridan, as the
commanding general of the service.
There are three major generals, the
senior being Maj. Gen. j. M. Schofeld,
now in charge of the military division
of the Atlantic, with headquarters at
Governors Island, New York harbor !;
Maj. Gen. George Crook, commanding
the military division OF the Missouri,
whose headquarters are at Chicago; and
Maj. Gen. Oliver o. Howard, of the
division Of the Pacific, stationed at San
Francisco. From these three officers
the president will make a selection for
commanding general of the army,
with headquarters at Washington. Ac-
cording to military usage, lieutenant
general is assigned to the command of
an army corps in time of war, but on a
peace footing, and with standing
force of $1,000 men, this rank would an
Swer all demands and permit a major
general to command a military division,
as is now the case.
"The visit of J. g. Blaine and Henry
WatterSon to the state fair is still a
matter of conjecture" said w. r. Mer-
RAM yesterday. mo replies have yet
been received to the letters addressed
these gentlemen to attend and speak at
the fair, and none are expected for a
week or so. Mr.. Blaine will not receive
the letter until after Wednesday, when
he is expected to arrive at New York
from his European trip. Mr.. Waiter
sons letter was addressed to Louisville,
bull have since learned he is away upon
a vacation. The subject will thus re-
main in allegiance until replies are re-
ceived. We have completed arrange
m2nts with Prof. Baldwin, who is to
perform some of his wonderful aerial
lights, including that of jumping 10000
feet from mid-air.;'
Deputy State Treasurer Sander-The
stringency in business circles this year
is but the natural consequence of the
transportation of last year. l expect
TO see this condition of things for an
other year; then we may look for a pc
riod OF prosperity again. L have seen
worse times than this in st. Paul; in '73,
for instance.
Archie Mcleod is possessed of horse
that to all appearances wouldn't run
away if a cannon were exploded behind
him. He hangs his head and ambleS
@ong as if he had all day to reach a
place. Archie thinks differently, now.
While driving up Seventh street yester-
day about ) p. H., with a friend, he care
leSsly let the lines drop from his hands.
1t would seem that the horse had been
awaiting this opportunity for years, for
no sooner were the lines free than he
was Off at a $40 gait. Mr.. Mcleod had
presence of mind to leap from the buggy,
at the same time calling on his friend to
follow suit. lie injured his thumb and
received a severe confusion on the fore
head in the fall. His companion es-
capped uninj ured.
'"There is a good prospect for the pas
sage of an elevated railroad ordnance"
said Aid. 0. o. Cullen, land the subject
will be discussed at the meeting of the
council tonight. When the PROPOSE
ton was voted upon before there were
ten votes in favor of it, but thirteen
were necessary to effect it's passage.
Promoters of the enterprise say that
they have obtained the other three
votes, and that Aid. Book, COnley and
Melady will be found ON the side of
progress and improvement when the
subject comes up again. 1t is not dead
by any means, and the public is thor
Oughly aroused and interested OIL mat
fn, h. L, -
to the city and its inhabitants in fur
niShing cheap and rapid means of
transit from point to point. Opposition
has been overcome among those who re-
garded the elevated road as being SINH
lar to that now being operated in New
York, and the principal objection was
that such road would mar the streets
through which it was proposed to run
1t, and cause blockade or impeachment
in the way of business. These objec-
lions have been met and refuted by
those interested in advancing our COM
mercial interests, and the elevated rail
road must and will be constructed"
~
George W. MoOre-They'll heal I'D
this fight, and long before election the
lions and the lambs will lie together in
the same political pen, and no one would
dream that there had ever been any diff
fculty. The Democracy is not engaged
IN fight that means anything Serious
Democrats are as wise as Serpents.
They must have meat. and they can't
get it without they unite and work to-
gether. Even if they do, there is no
nprfajntu ohnnt eti1J Al, 4 I
tryit.
The attention OF the authorities of the
st. Paul IL Duluth road was called to
the statement of the Chicago Tribune
that the general offices of the road were
to be moved from st. Paul to New York,
The idea was wholly new to the officers
here, and they declared that the Tribune
must have been rOmancing when it pub
llShed the statement. According to the
laws OF the state the headquarters are
necessarily in the city of st. Paul.
P. B. Groat, immigration agent of the
Northern Pacigc road, says that the en-
lgration to Washington Territory keeps
up this year surprisingly. Heretofore
it has wholly ceased by this time, but
the order seems completely changed
and numbers are still going forward.
This, as well as the fact that emigration
all the year has been unusually good, is
due largely to the favorable reports that
have been made from time to time
throughout the season of the superior
quality and condition OF the crops.
There has been an increased inquiry
for Dakota lands, and many of those
that are r0n.r out Moot will az, IL. III, r.