St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
SAINT PAUL.
Additional City News on Page 3.
MAN ABOUT TOWN.

were being considered, one OF Tue party,
Burwell, 1t is thought, gave a Sneeze
loud enough to wake the dead. 1t
sounded like a blast from the horn of
Roderick Dhu, and many of the notes,
especially the natural notes among the
Is reminded the aStOniShed gathering
of some of Liberati's cornet notes. How
ever, these present were Spell-oound Tor
the instant. Suddenly another member
gave a mutfled SneeZe. 1t was evident
that the proprietor of the nose whence
the second came was too modest TO COM
pete with the champion sneezer, and
had, therefore, with proper decorum,
muffied the high notes. Just now a
third member sneeZed, then fourth.
''Gentlemen." said reporter, la
Grippe has gripped you. The famous
European and ASiatic sneeZe is upon US,
and should the complaint ravage us at
the time the ice palace carnival occurs
woe be to us. 1t is quite evident that one
blast from our friend on the right would
blow the castle into SmithereenS."
ii
\ family in st. Paul rejOices in the
possession of a well, whose sparkling
depths. are sixty feet from the surface.
They also owned a mighty cat or the
masculine gender, whose virtues were
MANY, but whose awful vice was KEEP
topiania, and thereby hangs tale OF
huge dimensions. A weekor so ago the
servant hung Il Goldfish on a nail over
the well, expecting 10 place the nSn III Il
proper receptacle IN Few minutes:
When she desired the cod it could not
be found; neither could the cat. The
next day the eat returned. and believing
the animal to have been RESPONSE
BILE for the mysterious disappear
ance of the the author of goldfish
ball, the man of the house
tied him up in bag and set the NEW
ing article adrift on the broad MlSslS-
Sippi. \ week later Kate, the German
servant. drew pail OF water, ana as
the mOSS-cOveTed bucket reached the
surface and the rays of the moon shown
into the pellucid depths of the water,
she gave a shrek and fed into the
house, eXclaiming: a ghost IS In the
bucket. | saw its white face. and one
eve blinked at me-" The family rushed
i'm trepidation to the well. There hung
the bucket on the windIaSs, and some
thing white cleaned i'll the water. 1t
was the Goldfish. 1t had been soaked -
thoroughly soaked, and disinfectantS
were in order. While pOStmOrtem
was being held the eat walked purrlng
into the midst OF the aStOniShed family.
II is presumed that there was not
enough water in the river to drown him.
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The Selby avenue cable line is at all
times largely patrOniZed by both the
fair and sterner sexes. As a rule all
the ladies sit on the ample cushions,
while the gentlemen hang on to the
straps. MeSSrS. A. b. Stickney. A. 5.
NOhIer. A. b. Wilgus, MIR. Dean (of
Nichols x DEAN, j. c. BOyden and
other residents on the brow of fair st.
Anthony have become muscular as
amateur gymnasts, in consequence OF
their daily exercise in this line. Said
one cf the parties to GLOBE repre-
sentative: Il used to employ dumb bells
and Indian clubs in order to give me
proper exercise, but two rides day on
the Seiby avenue line are equal to four
hours work in gymnasium. Those de-
lightful jOltingS and twitchingS as the
grip suddenly starts develop all the
muscles of the body, and | realize that
the cable company has conferred
upon me, and nearly all other
gentlemen who ride in the
ears, inestimable blessings. If you
desire to 90 through a course of train
ing, either to reduce the flesh or make
muscle, Just move upon the hill, and my
word for it, YOU will soon deYelOpe into
a GrecO-Roman gladiator" Pursuing
his investigation on this topic, the re-
porter encountered a gruff, surly chap,
who remarked: Exercise: by the great
horned owl, I'Ve crossed the Atlantic,
sailed in the English channel, been in
storms off Hatteras, and never had /,
before travelling on the cable. lost my
feet, and did it yesterday i'll great shape.
The car was crowded, as usual; the
women folks had all the seats, as usual,
and while l was trying to get out the
way of lady who was about to secure a
seat, the car made forward lurch, and
the men folks shot to the rear of 1t as If
impelled by catapault. landed in
the lap Of big, fat woman. and at once
apOlogized for the accident. What re-
ply do you suppose she made? You old
brute. owe ruined my bonnet and
she glared at me until / slid out on to
the front platform. COntortiOniSts,
eQuilibriSts, wrestlerS, gymnasts,
and r0pe-walkers can get pointers from
some of the travellers on the Selby line;
but as for Inc walk on fair days."
II
A GLOBE reporter met Maj. Hine-
line. OF the Minnesota Eastern railway,
yesterday, and asked him if he was not
at one time connected with a scheme
somewhat like the Stickney clearing
house and stock yard scheme in Chi
cagO. Yes" said he, Milton Weston,
of Chicago, about eleven years ago,
conceived the idea of establishing a
magnificent "a / DAD transfer system In
Chicago. and knowing my familiarity
with railroad matters. appointed me as
Sistant general manager of the corpora
ton, 1t contemplated the expenditure
of 100000, six on the railroad and
SIX on the creation Of stock yards, lum-
Der district, etc."
Can you give me a few of the de-
tails?''
The companies organized were
known as the Chicago Belt Line Rail-
road company and the East Chicago In
proyement company. The former was
TO build fOur-track road from Shelf
field, Ind, just beyond South Chicago,
10 Lake view, on the northern limits of
Chicago, both ends of the road to rest
on Lake Michigan. Over $3.50, 600 were
expended in securing the right of way
around the city. The East Chicago In
prOyement company purchased a thou
sand acres of land at Sheffield. and
named The locality East Chicago. The
property in question contained two OF
three large lakes, the principal one be-
ing Wolff lake. This body of water
connected with Wolff river, which, 1T
turn. emptied into Lake Michigan. The
projectors intended making the inland
lakes Davigable to large size vessels. Or
this property were to have been located
the lumber district, stock yards of Chi
cagO and the railroad clearing house.
Who, besides the persons named
were interested in the Scheme?''
samuel J. Tilden, w. H. Barnum
Conrad Z. WolfShiepper and other East
ern capitalists; the sydicate being con
trOlled by Alexander & Green. of New
York, and Melville & Co.. of London
What became of the scheme?''
"About the time President Garfield
received his death wound from an in
famous assassin, the project was in
fair way of naturalization. But th
shot which ended Gar6eld,S life ais,
ended the enterprise under eonsidera
ton. The Englishmen who were t
have put up their money on our bond
withdrew their support, as they expect
kaFlf to TO