St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

yesterday by r. r. Williams, OF the
Minnesota Transfer, who stated nthat
during February and March large num-
beers of immigrants are transported.
"Few of them see the union depot he
continued. 'but go west over the North
ern Pacific and Manitoba roads. Ihere
has been great change OF late III the
transfer of household goods. Formerly
these were brought with them, but nav
ing learned beforehand that they can buy
as cheap in the West as in the
East. consequently they do not bur-
den themselves with the freights or
long hauls. Travellers from illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa are best posted on
this subject, and they generally sell
their household goods at their former
homes, visit the cities of the West as they
travel, and buy whatever they want at
the end of their journey. Thus we are
relieved from handling household Ell
fects, which was so noticeable III form
er years"
The Clarendon hotel was the scene
last evening of one of those pleasant
little episodes which 60 so far towards
alleviatlng the cares incidental to the
tourney of life. Chief Clerk j. II. Lang
ton, who for time has been identified
with the interests of that hosiery, was
was on the point of leaving, to accept a
similar position at the Clifton. He was
standing his last watch behind the
familiar counter. when he was informed
that lie was wanted in the parl0r. with
a view to tempering the wounded vanity
of a guest, or deadening the effect Of a
vigorous kick on the part OF a sample
man, he hurried in the direction lndl-
Gated, but found that about forty OF the
guests of the house had preceded MN.
Before he had recovered from his aston
ishment, Chairman Burris stepped for
ward and. in behalf of the guests, pre-
scented him with sapphire and diamond
scarf pin, in recognition OF his urbaulty
during eight years service. The Dene-
ficiary made a suitable and happy re,
Spouse. and one of the most graceful
and happy affairs of the season was re-
corded among the things that were.
General Manager S. f. AinSley, of the
Northern Pacific, who has been absent
for the past few weeks engaged in
protracted tour of inspection over that
line, returned to the city Thursday, and
has been buSily engaged ever since i'll
dispoSing Of the mass of correspondence
and Incidental business which has &C
cumulated during his absence. Il
found the entire line in excellent con-
dition." SAID he. I'VE mediate max
ing no sweeping changes in construc-
ton or in the rolling stock as the result
of our tour, but are putting down new
steel rails wherever necessary, and re-
pairing or replacing culyerts or bridges
when such repairs seem necessary. The
new Billings branch will be completed
by spring, and we will be ready TO do
business upon it by that time. The
mild weather has been very beneficial
to the cattle in Montana; they have
been able to Craze all winter. AS con-
Sequence. the farmers are happy also.
for they have saved their hay, and been
able to maintain their live stock at COM
paratively snlalt expense"
A. G.. Anderson, cashier of the st.
Paul National bank, is heartily in favor
of legislation which would tend to reg
ulate the responsibilities of building
associations. In This city," he re-
marked, there are associations which
state that they have issued $4,000 shares
of stock within the last six months,
which means that they have 100000
at their command. Whenever these
shares mature this money must be paid
back, which will in itself indicate the
enormous responsibilities connected
with the proper management of these
societies. There should be provision
made for an examination by the bank
examiner. The patrons Of these soci-
cites are generally poor men, whose
earnings are placed therein for invest
ment and they have but little time to
look into the. merits of matters which
concern them. The heads of the socie
ties in this city are all respectable, hon
est men, but in case there was change
of officers, a dishonest man could con-
duct his peculations with impunity if
there were no check placed upon him."
my friends seem to think that If
Senator Sabin is admitted into Gen.
Harrison's cabinet, | will probably re-
tain my position as United States mar
shall, and if not, my chances for emf
grating are very promising" said
United States Marshall Campbell as he
paced the floor of his Office. How
ever, am not alarmed about the mat
ter, as the expression would suggest. If
Gen. Harrison proposes to deal with
Democrats as President Cleveland dealt
with Republicans, then | expect to
serve my term out, at least. But if he
intends to make a clean sweep of all
Democratic officeholders Immediately
upon his Inauguration, why then | want
to 60 with the rest of the boys. Our
predecessors were permitted to remain
in Office until the expiration of their
terms, and am inclined to think that
Gen. Harrison will reciprocate.
''By vetoing the seed wheat bill Gov.
Church has done the Woodworking
farmers of North Dakota a serious in
Jury said P. b. Groot. of the Northern
Pacific, 1.-The unprecedented early
frost last August not only destroyed the
seasons crop, but killed considerable
wheat. and the farmers were in conse-
auence seriously embarrassed. There
we're several possible solutions to the
problem of temporarily bridging over
the difficulty, but the most feasible one
invoked the aid of each county. By the
provisions of the late bill each county
was allowed to bond itself for the pur-
chase of seed wheat for the farmers,
and this loan could have readily been
paid back by the time the next crop had
been realized upon"
THE LATEST FAD.