St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-03

OlllHE - tlit i1fI lildl UOlu swear 10 nay
Ing the largest circulation.
"The Personal Recollections of Min
mes Ia and Its People," by Col. j. Ii.
Stevens. is more compilation of his
toric2l data than narrative. Yet here
and there the staid old colonel has
woven a few little anecdotes of frontier
lie that are decidedly entertaining. lie
tells of one haSty marriage which quite
equals some of the lightning divorces of
to-day. In 1854, he writes. some of the
jurors from the remote parts of the
county. who had been attending court
at Minneapolis. were DESTROYS of
obtaining wives before their re-
turn home. One of them, John
Mann, who had a valuable claim
on the banks of the Minnesota river,
just below Chaska. had been a soldier
az IT. Smelling. He was thrifty man,
and was born in Germany. He went to
st. Paul one Sunday to find out if there
were any German girls coming into this
country. He fortunately happened on
the levee during the landing of down.
river boat that contained many German
families who were seeking new homes
in the territory. In watching them
John espied comedy, healthy-loOking
girl in group of women. There"
Ii
He Immediately introduced himself
to the parents of the girl and to the
girl. He was thirty years old; had
good farm and comfortable house;
lad COWS and oxen, and reasonable
amount of money. He had, in fact. all
20 make him comfortable except a wife.
He wanted the girl before him Tor that.
He prosecuted his suit with much
earnestnesS. Fortunately member of
a prominent German family, who mad
resided in st. Paul for several years.
who knew the parents of the girl in the
fatherland, and who knew John in
this country equally well, made
his appearance on the landing
in the nick of time. He assured the
surprised immigrants that John was all
he represented himself to be, and that
the parents who secured him for a SON
in-law would never regret it. The re-
suit was that on Monday morning John
appeared in count with his new wife.
He was readily excused from further
service on the jury. He Immediately
proceeded to his farm, and from that
evenIful morning that he saw his wife
land in st. Paul to this day he never
regretted his hasty marriage. He and
his wife were among the most respected
pioneers of Carver county. They have
DrUspered, and John believes i'll short
:Ourtshlps.
c. NJ. Foote-The latest information
have on the subject is that p. b. Win
stOH will appoint the chief of police. l
think the least the people might do,
now that they have elected him by the
biggest majority mayor of Minneapo-
lis ever received, would be to consult
him in the appointment, anyhow.
The death of Gen. Hahn's son yester-
day demonstrates that some appliance
like the pilot or ''c0wcatcher" OF the 10
connective, should be added to the cleo
trio motors. If there had been such on
that motor yesterday the little boy
V Ould have escaped with few bruised
The city council could do no better than
pass an ordinance compelling the use of
pilot on the electOr motors. Running
as fast as they do, with the open front,
they are a constant menance to pedeS-
.rianS.
Old animal trainers say that even
donkey, by few well-directed kicks,
can cow the lion, king of beasts though
he be. MinneapOlItanS who have fol-
lowed the course of a recent journal
istic war, and who read Yesterday
mornings Tribune, are sure of it.
The Evening Tribune has discovered
man who has found out that there is
iron ore near Great Falls, Mont. Some
day that paper will discover a man who
has seen the sun rise in the east And,
Of course. that will be ''ScOOp."