St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-26
CORRIDOR CHATS.

Log driving on the Mississippi is at the
best tedious and costly piece of business
for the lumbermen. but this year it seems 10
be rather worse than usual, and 1t now looks
as though nothing but very heavy rains will
prevent about 15G. 000, 900 feet remaining i'll
the tributaries of the upper Mississippi until
next year. Ex-senator Buchanan is one of
those who have logs hung up" apparently
for nearly year. which fact does not appear
to disturb him very much. In speaking of
the situation at the Merchants yesterday, he
said
There is nothing new in the log-driving
business, although some progress mas been
made above Grand Rapids the past week l
understand. Bear river has been cleaned out
completely. This was done by the aid of the
government dam at Winnebegoshish, which
was used for five days to store up and
hold wate'. The chief trouble has been in
and about Goose lake. but this is now about
over, and 100000 feet of logs that have
been hung up for two years are now co ming
through. The government officials have
been asked for three days more of the dam at
Winnebegoshish to bring out the one drive
yet behind. The logs on the Platte and Rum
rivers are undoubtedly hung up for the sea-
son. 1t is safe to say that 125, 0000 900 feet will
be left to drive another year, unless unex-
pected rains should come"
Maj. Gen John NJ Schofeld, commander
of the regular army of the Unitad States, will
arrive in St. Paul early this morning in a spe
cial train over the Northern Pacific. He is
accompanied by his wife, formerly Miss
Georgia Kilbourne. of Keokuk, Ia, to whom
he was married little over month ago, his
aide, and portion of his staff. After short
in Do will itc
trip East. The only demonstration that Will
be made will be the reception of the dis
tinguished soldier by detachment of soldiers
from Fort Smelling.
j. E. Staples clerk of the district court of
Morrison county, came down from Little
Falls yesterday and is now at the Clarendon,
Mr.. Staples is one of the Democratic wheel
horses in old Morrison, and has usually been
regarded as invincible before the people
when candidate for office. At the last cleo
ton the Republicans did not consider it
worth while to put up a candidate against
him for clerk Of court. Mr.. Staples is firmly
convinced that Little Falls is the coming city
north of Minneapolis and west of Duluth.
The Weyerhauser syndicate is now con
structing saw mills there, and in the course
of the next two or three years promise to be
manufacturing lumber on a very large scale
indeed. More railroads are needed by Little
Falls says Mr. Staples and the indications
are that another, the Great Northern, Will
soon turn its attention in that direction.
Hon. r. L. Mccormick, of Hayward, Wis,
is in the city. Mr.. Mccormick comes of a
race of Sturdy Scotch-Irish farmers down in
the old Keystone state, and formerly resided
in Waseca county, Minnesota. Being raised
on a farm, and in later years doing business
with farmers, ex-senator Mccormick has
right to take an interest in the Donnelly
Muller discussion as to what the farmers had
best do with their present wheat crop.
st would be just as reasonable" said Mr..
Mccormick, for the grocers of city like to
St Paul to unite ana form a compact not to
sell their goods below certain figure as it is
for farmers to hold their wheat as suggested
by that so-called Alliance circular. Each
farmer has necessities that must be satisfied.
He needs money and has wheat to sell, and
will sell it in nine cases out of ten when he
has the chance. He has a note to pay, or
wants wagon, buggy or something else, or
perhaps the crop may have been mortgaged
IN the beginning, and he has no alternative.
To any man at all acquainted with the situa-
ton of the Western farmer such combina-
ton as that suggested by Mr.. Muller is i'm
possible. 1t would be sad and serious
thing tor this country if it could. y
W. D. Willard was a prominent young
business man of Mankato at the Merchants
Yesterday He is the son Of Hon. John A.
Willard. the present mayor of the city, and
is thorough man of business. although
ocr WhpO no grad
uated from the state university, in 1885,
young Mr.. Willard at once took position
in the Mankato linseed oil mill and proceed
ed to learn the business. This was rather
surprise to those who did not know the sort
of stuff the younger Willard was made of,
as the great wealth of Mayor Willard would
have permitted the son to have followed
different course. AS a well-known Mankato
citizen put it yesterday: will Willard is
promising young man"
Capt. A. H. Reed. the Republican war
horse of the western end of the old Third
district has been in the city for day or two,
attending TO some business matters. In years
gone by the captain has been candidate for
his party congressional nomination more
than once, and it is said that he would not
object to making the race next year against
Congressman Hall, if the Republican leaders
will allow him to have the nomination. OF
course his chances of winning would be
small, but if they were good the Republican
party could not do better than nominate
Reed. He is plain-spoken, gruf
man, but he is q loyal Republican,
too loyal indeed, for his interests
as a business mainland he deserves some re-
cognition. A year ago he accepted the Sena-
torial nomination, and made spirited fight
for the seat so ably filed IN the last senate by
Senator S. P Brown, III that staunch Demo-
cratic county, Mcleod. He did not like ex-
Congressman Oar" Hall, and verify properly
resented the manner in which the Renville
man was nominated at Red Wing in 1888.
The Republican party owes A. II. Reed some
thing.
William Irvine, Chippewa Falls lumber
magnate, dropped into the city yesterday
afternoon, and dined with ex-senator Nc
Cormick before returning home.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Suppose Quaker Bardsley should let
Marsh 90 and "talk right out in meet
I'M" how many other Quakers there'd
be!
Mr.. Harrison's efforts to negotiate a
reciprocity treaty with the Indiana
blacks have failed. and they are now
more eager than ever to HippClytize
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