St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
MEN AND THINGS.

Speaking of coming legislation, Sena-
tor A. j. Whteman says that several
very important bills are being prepared
by the Duluth chamber of commerce,
board of trade and Judge Stearns.
These will probably be presented this
week, and cover such matters as the
riparian rights of property owners on
st. Louis bay: appointment of new
district Judge; extension of the terms of
Office and increase of pay of some OF the
prepared by Duluthians to regulate
logging on the st. Louis river.
C.P. Maginnis, receiver of the Du-
luth land office, tells good story of
Judge. Brown. of the Twelfth judicial
district He had to do good deal of
travelling around, and lived g great part
of the time in hotels. The Judge often
said that III case of a fire he would be
the coolest man in the building; he was
sure he would not lose his head OR get
excited One night he was staying at
a small hotel in a country town. He
had been asleep for few hours, when
the fire alarm rang, and Springing ont
of bed he discovered that the hotel was
burning and the fire was close to his
room. The Judge smiled Scornful
smile and proceeded to dress himself.
When his toilet was completed he gath
cred the bedclothes together, tied them
up in sheet and thew them out of the
window. Then he walked down
ladder, his face wearing a calm look of
superiority. He gaZed upon the frantic
crowd around him and wondered why
they had not had the sense to dress, as
he had done. Presently his feet began
to feel cold, and looking down he dis
covered that he had omitted to put his
boots aud socks on. Shortly afterWard
he found that he had left his watch,
500 gold repeater, hanging at the head
Of his bed.
When Walker Blaine was in st. Paul
he once gave dinner to a number of
his friends. Among those was d. s.
Hall, now congreSsman-electf from the
Third district, but then regiSterof deeds
at Benson. Before dinner ended the
whole crowd was considerably eXhiia-
rated, and numbersof wild speeches
were made. Mr.. Hall favored the guests
with a TRADE against the army, and
somebody asked who he was. HAL, of
Benson" answered another. "Who in
h is Hall of Bensen?" was the query
which passed from one to the other.
The question at last reached the ears of
their host, Walker Blaine, who stag
gered to his feet and said: "Genlem'n,
] don know who IN h Hall # Ben
shon iSh, but If he ish one 4 my
gueshtsh hemusht be r'shpected.'
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Judges Lochren and Young, of Min
neapolis, are preparing a new lien law.
They have been at work on it for some
time and propose to make it conStitu-
tional one this time.
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Representative Crossfield says that
the Browns Valley district is one of the
widest and most difficult to canvass
in the whole state. During his canvass
he frequently had to drive thirty miles
i'll pouring rainstorm, only to speak
in barn to an audience of farmers. At
times he was almost tempted to give it
up, but having put his hand to the plow
he would not turn back. However, he
says nothing would induce him to make
the canvass again.
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Darius F. Reese says that the ''Will-
Jams bill'' is supported by the young
men of the bar and that the old ones are
opposing it. The reason the young men
are in favor Of it is that when they first
hang out their shingles, municipal
court practice is what they have to COM
mence on, whereas the old firms leave
that to their clerks. Il don't care about
the bill one way or the other, person
ally" he said, 'Ebut when l see that it
is the kids against the old men, / am
with the kids, every time"