St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-31
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.


1iminaries to-day" said Solicitor Nc
Naught, of the Northern Pacific rail
road, land the Red River line will be
turned over to the company with which
1 am connected the 25th of August, 1888
In addition to completing the Red River
road, it is the intention of the Manitoba
officials to construct seventy-two miles
additional of road beginning at a
point four miles south of Winnepeg. II
is not likely that anything will be ac-
compliShed this season in connection
with the Hudson Bay railroad from
Winnipeg to Fort Nelson, as certain
concessions and subsidies asked will
not be granted by the legislature OF
Manitoba. An extra session of that
body has been called for the 2Sth of Au-
gust, when the contract ratified at New
tGork last Saturday between Premier
Greenway and the officials of the
Northern Pacific will be submitted for
consideration"
: ~
= The retirement of Thomas Cochran
from the directorate of the chamber of
commerce is an event of more impor-
.tance than the general public have any
knowledge of. He has been a very
active member of the chamber for a
tnumber of years, and has done more
general work, probably, than any other
tmember of that body. A prominent
member of the board yesterday, regret
sfing Mr.. Cochran's resignation, re-
marked that he could "never under
sstand how Mr.. Cochran could transact
{the large amount of work he had done,
{while his health was so poor. III. S.
rFairchild is probably the best man that
could be put in his place, but 1 am afraid
khe won't put in so much work as Mr..
Cochran did"
"a
Postmaster William Lee-These little
Efeuds and factienal fights only serve to
Fstimulate the Democracy, but when the
proper time comes, all hands will pull
together and do battle against the COM
tmOn foe. Albert Scheffer's position is
"a strange one. The acceptance of a
nomination at the hands of another
Sparty seldom works successfully for the
tone accepting, especially in state and
kAational affairs.
!. ~
Col. Barr, of the street railway COM
fpany, anticipates that the cable line on
9Seventh street will be in operation in
August, 1889. Up to the present, az
engagements for pushing the work have
{made satisfactory progress, and the ma
iterial for laying the line will be par
italy shipped from the East by the end
lof the coming month. The work of lay
Fling the track will be conducted during
lSeptember, and thence on to the time a
tcessation is enforced by "winter's cold
tand dreary blasts"
~
i While the inventive genius of this
;country is getting in its work on labor
fBaving machines, it seems strange that
kno effort has been made to relieve the
wear and tear on physical endurance in
Hicking and sticking postage stamps.
improvements have been made on the
mail box, the pouch, on the lock, on the
stamp itself, but the same old practice
fis resorted to in sticking stamps that
twas in vogue hundred years ago. A
wet sponge is frequently called into
ltequisition, in lieu of the tongue, where
"a number of letters are to be stamped,
but it doesn't work as we'll as the lick
ing process. A patent ''licker'' and
stamper is what is wanted, and there is
q fortune in it for the lucky inventor.
:, 49,
: Deputy Attorney General Childs has
become addicted to the habit of gum
Echewing. Two weeks ago he couldn't
be induced to taste the stuff for love
or money. Carl Judson set him to using
lit. Carl was in Mr.. Childs' Office one
lday while the latter was complaining of
indigestion. "Do you want a remedy?"
Esaid Carl. "Chew gum" And Mr..
;Childs went forthwith and purchased a
inickel's worth of Yucatan. Now he
tsays he suffers no Inconvenience, even
latter disposing of New England din
ner. He swears by Yucatan.
! Dan W. Woodmausee is looking for
ward to spending the winter in Cali
fornia. He reports favorably upon the
financial condition of the Twin Cities
tTrotting club, and says 1.-The recent
meeting just paid its way. This was all
that the patrons of the club desired
that the races should be self-support-
ing, instead of relying upon the gener-
OSity of ardent sporting men,"
-
! ST am we'll satisfied with the delibera-
tions of the Ramsey county Democratic
committee" said DR.. E. X. Amoss.
.s'Albert Scheffer would make an ex-
cellent governor if elected as / believe
he will be. He possesses considerable
attainments, and, more than that, is
liked and respected by the people,"
*.*
Col. a. Allen-Yes, Pm back in the
livery stable business again, but not as
] was a good many years ago., The cir
,cumstances and conditions are different
from what they were in the forties,
when st. Paul and Minneapolis were
mot much better than Indian villages.
Then we staged it. Now we travel in
palace cars and veStibuled traius. The
latter are pleasant and comfortable and
make traveller feel like a Turk, and as
though he owned the whole of Constan-
tinople. But they lack the excitement
and the picturesQueness Of travel by
stage coach.
{ DR.. Murphy When any one comes to
me and begins to talk about politics !
tell them I've no time to talk to them,
and that there is more fun watching the
fellows that are trying to catch Scheffer
and the gang that are trying to keep
him out of the pen. What more enter
tainment does one want? It's too hot to
talk politics, but it's just breezy enough