St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-04
SAINT PAUL.
HOTEL HOMILIES.

Among the guests at the Ryan hotel
yesterday was j. o. Ferrtwell, proml-
nent farmer of Plymouth county. Iowa.
When asked question regarding the
crop yield in his native county, Mr.. Fer
riwell replied that the largest crop had
been threshed in Plymouth. Woodbury.
and Sioux counties this year that had
ever been known since the country was
first settled. Business is picking up all
over the state, and especially the small
towns are enjoying a boom the more
satisfactory because unexpected. MI.
FerriWell is here with small herd OF
thoroughbred HerefordS, for which
breed of cattle his ranch on the Floyd
river is rapidly becoming famous. Inc
herd will be placed OH exhibition at the
State Fair, and will form one of the
many fine punches of cattle from the
Hawkeye state.
IL
Calvin W. Vrooman, of Greenville, s.
c., was in the city yesterday, and in the
course of a conversation regarding the
progress of religion in his native state,
related a queer story about the recent
Etir-up in the Methodist churches of
Greenville, and the causes which led to
all the trouble. 1t appears that several
Baptist ministers were recently invited
TO preach in the Methodist churches OF
GreenviIle, the result being that several
Methodist brethren were converted to
the Baptist faith. This has so aroused
The ire of the MethodIsts that
manifesto has been issued
In which the latter refer to
the Baptists as falSifiers and liars. The
row has been in progress for some time,
and the more orderly members of the
congregations of both churches have
Bignifed their diSapproval of the UNI
Seemly squabble by refusing to attend
church at all. At present there is no
indication of an adjustment.
IL
Charles B. Huntley, of Melbourne,
Australia, who has recently sold his
property on the other continent and is
temporarily a resident of st. Paul, was
seen at the Ryan yesterday by GLOBE
representative. Regarding his reasons
for abandoning the broad acres he for
merly possessed in West Australia, Mr..
Huntley says: "The only thing l have
against Australia is that man is never
sure of his holding. / owned about
5000 acres of the best land in West Aus
tralia and lived OH it all my life, for it
was nv fathers before me. Atthis late
date, however, it is discovered that the
land belongs to titled EDglishman on
q grant from the crown. As soon as |
heard a rumor of the state of affairs eX-
listing l went into Melbourne and sold
out to some dealers. The idea OF COM
ing here is that man can get an lndlS-
putable title to his land, and there is no
crown to override the title anyway.
There's queer system OF land lease
and purchase in Australia. The total
- ba land oil Inv fhn arOVO
in Western Australia up to the end
of 1887 was SIT. 045 acres, the average
price being 10 shillings per acre. This,
of course, is in addition to vast areas
which have been leased. The long list
of persons to whom land has been sold
or leased is we'll worthy of study. Many
of these lucky people have hundreds OF
thousands of acres. One man. for eX-
ample, has 1914, 1926 acres, which ap-
pears by the arrangement to be leased.
He, however, is selling it in lots OF TO-
600 acres, and is many times a million
aire as a result of his leasehOld. 1t
would be interesting to thousands OF
small holders of 5000 or 1900 acres to
know upon what terms these leases are
granted and why individuals get such
large Jumps and so many of them. l
am negotiating for the purchase of a
stock farm near Woonsocket, Mimi,
and shall probably invest i'll that local
ity."
Elmer Howard, of New York City,
was at the Ryan yesterday. Mr.. Howard
has relatives in India, and exhibited
copy of the Indian Spectator, published
In Bengal, which he had lately received.
An interesting item contained in the
locals of the publication refers to the
case of the high priest of HindOO tenn
pie in Bengal, WHO has recently been
charged with an assault on young lady
of that city. The item adds that the de-
tectives of the city have discovered
bad record for the alleged priest, he
having been arrested in one of the
provinces of America called MenoSoto
for similar crime seven years ago.
The name of the clOaked miscreant in
straightforward English is said to be
George Renfrew Hamilton.
Charles j. Filter, of Los Cruces, n.
NJ, who has been staying with friends
In St. Paul for the past week. speaks in
glowing language of the wonderful sill
yer mine recently discovered at Snake
valley, the same locality in which the
famous Bridal Chamber cave was dis
covered, from which ever 100000 worth
silver was taken. The new GolcOnda,
says Mr.. Filter, is literally veined with
pure silver in every direction. and will,
in his opinion, prove an even more mar
velous find than the other one men,
toned. Mr.. FitZer is in measure in
terested in the find, and will leave for
Los Cruces tomorrow morning. A
number of ST. Paul capitalists have been
greatly interested by the account given
Df the wonderful cave,