St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
TIRE RAMBLER's REvERY.
Some Things He Has Seen and
Heard Within IL Week.


At Mankato one may see huge
pile of building sand 10 be used in the
erection of the new hotel building at that
place. Also the MesSrS. SaulSpaw, who
will put in money, energy and all that
is necessary to carry forward business
enterprise. Judging from look at the
men they are solid, substantial fellows
in more ways than one, and if the
people of Mankato do their part they
will have an hotel building worthy of
the town and something more than the
wind castles built within the last three
or four years by men of means but far
less enterprise. The building will be
modelled after the West of Minneapolis,
will contain 100 rooms. and the whole
structure will be fitted up first-claSS,
steam heat, elevators, ETC.; nothing
Shoddy about it, and the MeSsrS. Sauls-
paw will have the common horse sense
to see that Il good hotel man
is put in charge after completion.
Then if a little reformation could be
worked in the way of bus service ii. e.
reduction of tariffS) anew impetus will
be given to hotel life at Mankato.
How would it do to give the street car
lines a benefit?
I'll. II. Sabin, who represents Lyman
Eliel Drug company, was seen out at
Sleepy eye trying hand at new game
of solitaire as a relief after booking a
large order for catnip and SIGH.
At Springfield the drug man reported
boom in trade, and should it keep up
he would at least want one box of pills
thirty days hence.
r. E. Burbridge, of George r. Newell
& Co., was drinking in the rich ozone
peculiar to Sleepy Eve, at the same
time doing something in the way of
business. He was headed for Morgan
and Redwood Falls. Besides this, r E.
has clear head, always fitted for bust
ness, and one of the most angelic tenn
peramentS.
At Brookings we saw John Lunn.
There is only one of him. Since Adams
time there has never been another, and
probably never will be. John can
give you, paragogical!y, speaking,
all the exigencies compatible with the
constant evolutions, ETC., etc., of the
various questions of the day, if it don't
rain-but words fail me. John was a
dear friend of John A. Lovely during
his trials as a congressional candidate.
He sells boots and shoes for Chicago
house, and is known by the multitude
in localities he visits. AS boot and
shoe salesman he is large success.
There are one or two railroads in this
great and free country that without adj
Vertising have earned wide regulations.
One is the New York & New Haven,
which suspended traffic for six
weeks because some tramp had
left tomato can on the
track, and they were waiting for
the April winds to blow it away. An
other is the Minneapolis & st. Louis
which abandoned its passenger train a
few miles westo of Redwood Falls, where
1t has remained for the last six or seven
weeks almost buried in snow. A few
days since this enterprising road sent
out two or three hand cars, and half
dozen ShovelerS to clear the track and
release the stalled trains; with the
assistance of old Sol traffic will prob
ably be resumed in June or July. The
former road should be accredited with
a little the most enterprise as it ex-
pended in one week during the Eastern
blizzard $4.T5 for shovels and Italians.
We would be the envy of all the world
If our entire network Of railroads all
possessed the same energetic spirit and
indomitable will of letting the elements
have full sway.
Frank Dennis was making tracks for
Mankato, Il. e. the Northwestern was
doing the track buslness(, and Frank
was entertaining his travelling COM
panions with tales Of life as drummer,