St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-29
MINNEAPOLIS.
PHASES OF LIFE.

Col. Charley johnson let slip the
boast in discussion the other evening
that. while he would prefer to ride to
the coliseum OH Tuesday. it was not
because he could not walk. On the
contrary. he was a good walker, and
would be willing to take a contract to
walk against any man in the company
any day. Capt. Rowell Immediately
jumped up and admitted that he was q
good deal of a walker himself and
would be willing to accept Col. John
sons challenge. The subject was
dropped there, but it is understood the
friends of the two gentlemen will en-
deavor to bring them together at an
early day. when a test will be MADE,
either in the ball park, the Minnehaha
driving track, or around the Lake Har-
riet boulevard.
Hon. George Markhus, of Chicago,
passed through the city last week. after
six weeks tour of Dakota in the in
tereSt of his paper, Amerika. the lead
ing Scandinavian weekly of the West.
Mr.. MarkhuS was much impressed with
the push and go of Dakota cities. and
observed that the prospect Of statehood
had given renewed impetus already to
the Dakota BOOM He was sure that if
he was not tied down by his financial
and business interests in Chicago he
would remove to Sioux Falls, or some
other town with good prospects. and en-
courage 1t to grow up around him III a
symmetrical manner.
President NOTthrop and Rev. David
j. Burrell attended the same college,
but not cOntemporaneOuSly, since Mr..
NOrthrop had graduated and was pro-
feSSOr in Yale when Mr.. Burrell came
tr,l nA,
manned right where he was and gradu-
ally rose to an important position in the
Yale faculty. Burrell was more adven-
turesome, and after he had tackled rev.
erend to his name, went West and
preached successfully at Chicago and
Dubuque. and then was called here. His
old tutor had preceded him. and DR..
Burrell found him comfortably filling
the presidents chair of the university
at salary of $4,000 year. The West
minister trustees offered DIR. Burrell
$1,000 year, and he consented to preach
for them for that stipend. At the last
annual meeting, however. they raised
his salary to $1,000 year, making him
equal with President NOrthrop. And,
accurately speaking, he is ahead. be-
cause he has his marriage fees to draw
on, which the president of the univer-
Sity does not have. But President
NOrthrop is rot going to be left: he
never is; he has become one of the in,
cOrporatOrs of an electro-matrix com.
pany, from which his dividends will un,
QuestiOnably be enormous a hundred
years or so from now.
Robert Pratt-The North side has
been doing pretty well in business OF
late. There are few empty houses to he
seen, and building is brisk. Some
move will soon be made to effect com.
promise on the track bridging question
The North side cannot afford to wait
three years if compromise which
would bind the city to build the ap
prOaches something can be done sooner
r. r. Odell-Always when you &C
out riding carry piece of strong cord
or waXed-end i'll your pocket. 1t will
come in handy in case of a break in the
harness. l have made a practice of it
and have helped lots of people on couI.
try roads to rig their teams up again.