St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-02
LIFE SEEN AT GRAND FORKS
The New Bridges Over the Raging Red
Are Rushing to Completion.
SOME SOCIAL INCIDENTS.
A Romantic Story of a Stern Thai
Provoked the Righteous to
Wrath.
Special to 1he Globe

river is being pushed night and day.
1here has been some talk of enforcing
the Sunday law in regards to CARRYING
On or the work as it has been done on
sundays, but as every body is anxious
to have the bridges completed as soon
as possible, it is not likely that any
action will be taken in the matter. As
the matter now stands, all crossing of
the river must be done upon the ice.
and the city authorities on both sides
of the river have made driyeways from
the banks of the river to the ice. 1t is
all right for getting across now. but lust
as soon as the ice breaks up the old
ferries will be brought into play. The
WoTk Is contracted To be finished by
August.
The Blossom society of st. Paul's
Episcopal church gave Gypsy Kettle
III Aop'S hall Thursday evening, which
was we'll patroniZed, and considerable
cash realized from the sale of packages
which were IN the kettle. The principal
features of the evening were games.
music and lunch. the latter being very
nicely arranged by the ladies of the So
elety. The proceeds of the evening
were added To fund, already started,
toward tn purchase of stained glass
window for the church.
A reception was rendered Rev. J. G..
Chamberlain, The new pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational church, on
Tuesday evening, by the members of
the congregation, and most pleasant
evening was passed, during which
toasts of witty and religious characters
were responded TO by the guests. On
Thursday evening President Sprague.
upon Shakespeare for the benefit of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
EndeaEor. 1t was masterpiece of
eratory, and has called for much COM
mept by the papers throughout the
Northwest.
THE MARRIAGE OF D. W. LUKE
to Miss Matte Burr was one of the in
teresting social features of the week.
The bride and groom are both well
known, and the ceremony was per-
formed by the groom's intimate friend,
Rev. H. q. Mendenhall. The couple
left for Washington as soon as the SER
vice was over, and will spend some lit
tie time i'll the East visiting all the prin-
cipal cities along the coast and calling
upon the friends Of the groom at his
former home in Pennsylvania.
The correspondent of one of the
Minneapolis papers from this point has
been receiving considerable eondemna-
ton from the citizens for the article he
wired to his paper about a fearful
storm which ragged here on the 21st. AS
Tar as the article appearing in the paper
he represents IS concerned no one
would have said anything, as the paper
Is looked upon as unreliable and nota-
bly, inclined to down the interests of the
territory, but the fact that the same
paper furnished the article to the Asso-
ciated Press. which naturally served it
all over the country, has made the
righteous indignation which now
exists. Hundreds of letters have
been received from points through
out the East asking if the
city of Grand Forks and other places are
still on earth, and in several instances
letters have been received from parties
who had contemplated coming to North
Dakota. stating they would not come, as
they preferred to remain where they
were rather than encounter such
weather as the dispatch had indicated
was common occurrence in this eoun-
try. That the condemnation is Justly
deserved can readily be upheld by the
foregoing facts. That an irreparable
Injustice has been done Grand Forks in
particular and North Dakota in general,
must be admitted when the true facts
become known. In the first place, the
correspondent of the aforesaid blanket
must have obtained his information
from some deaf and dumb person, as he
was net Out during the storm. but at
home and sound asleep. He says the
wind reached velocity of nearly sixty
miles per hour, but the exact figures of
the se1f-Iegistering wind gauge at the
signal service station records but fifty
four miles per hour, and that gait lasted
but five or SIX minutes; the average was
less than thirty-eight miles per hour.
which shows that the statement was in
correct. In the second place the writer
was out in the storm and did not COLI
slider it equal to many storms he has ex-
perlenced right along the Atlantic coast,
except for the Snow, but that was flying
in gusts the same as it does in the East.
AS for houses being blown away and
destruction occurring, it is all a
fabrication, for not even the roof
of hay shed upon the prairie,
upon which the wind would have the
fullest sweep, was moved from its
fastening. 1t will take some time to
repair the damage done by that article
to this country, as all the Eastern papers
have taken the story up and published
it far and wide. No worse storms nor
as bad, have occurred here this winter
as have held sway throughout the East,
SO it can be truthfully stated that North
Dakota is all right.
VARIOUS POINTS.
Quite a number of Grand Forks PEG
pie have gone to Washington to attend
the Inauguration and will take i'll the
sights along the coast.
The outlook for building in the spring
is very bright as several plans are ull-
der way for large Office buildings, but
the exact style. ETC., has not been given
out yet.
Tie Richards d Willard musical
tourists held the boards at GotZiaD hail
Monday night and We're frequently en-
eored. Miss Ripe sang in the Presby-
terian church at the evening service.
One of the coming events will be an
entertainment by Willis A. German G.
A. K. post which Will embrace lecture
by Col. Sprague. president of the uni
yersity. The subject has not been
named or the exact date set. but it will
probably be the early part of this month,
and the Southern Prisons" the sub
jecf.
Base bah matters are beginning to
shape themselves. and the club will be
managed 10y w. l.. Wilder, an old-time
PLAYER and manager of the club for the
last two seasons. VIII Bray will act as
captain, while occupying the pitchers
box. Ike Cardno Will pull down the
balls as they come over the plate and
throw foul tips to Tiff Jones upon first
tase. Harry Adams viii take care OF
''liners'' as they cross the second base,
and jim Lawrence will chase fly balls
from the third base. Mike Lynch, the
ey-eaptain of the Fargo nine, wall
dance the Highland fling while acting
as short stop. Elmer Cooper will gather
the sphere as 1t deseends into the right
field. while Charlie CraRdall will cover
the center field, and Art Rutledge will
look after all the fly tips and pass balls
that may ga the left Horace DnEu will