St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-25
So Is the Red River Valley
Flowing, Says Solomon
Comstock.
Interesting Gossip From the
Men Who Throng the
Hotels.
Musical and Reeitative Num-
berS for the Babies
Home Benefit.
Chemistry Will Play It's Part
in the Critic Poisoning
Case.

Case.
EX-Congressman Comstock may be a
poor politician and not much of a
| statesman, but he is a first-class all
around Red River valley boomer. Long
| residence in that fertile section has
made him familiar with the country, its
productions, resources and people, and
few minutes conversation with him
will convince any one that he believes
the Red River valley 10 be the richest
and most desirable spot in the whole
country. In his glowing pen pictures
of that great valley he does not stop at
the state line and talk only of the Min
nesota counties along the Red rives, as
one might expect from so pronounced a
McKinleyite, but includes all that part
or North Dakota lying on the west side
of the river, Boosting quite as much of
il as he does of the Minnesota counties.
I'VE are going to have a repetition of
the prosperity we had in the seasons
from 1889 10 1882 in the Red River val
ley," said Mr.. ComstOck enthuslastical-
ly. Minnesota and the Dakotas will
have over 80, 100000 bushels of wheat
ibAo Cells anu OCllCNC liiuCS dlO s,Olf1H
70 be great, with the Red River valley
Fight in front. People who have not
been in the Red River valley can form
no idea of the crop. There is one North
Dakota county, Fraill, with population
OF only 5000 people that will have about
three and half millions of bushels of
wheat. This means that that many dol
lars will go to the people of that county.
Hon. E. G.. PAIL, the New Ulm states
man, spent some time about the hotel
lobbles chatting with friends yesterday
and went home on the evening train.
Col. Hugh Thompson, of Fisher, is
one of those careful, quiet and persist
ent men, who obtain success because
they work for it. He has been in the
city for several days, but it was not until
yesterday that the object of his visit
came out About two weeks ago he was
appointed register of the Crookston
land office, and before qualifying for
that position he decided to come down
to the state capitol and resign
his stale Office, surveyor general
of logs and lumber for the
Crookston district. Col. Thompson's
appointment to the land Office seems
to have been received with satisfaction
by the Polk county Republicans. The
reason of this is probably largely due to
the great part Mr.. Thompson has taken
IN building up Polk county as we'll as
to his answering Republicanism. The
name of every candidate named for the
place before him met with ygor-
Gus opposition, which was not the case
when Col. Thompson was brought out.
Mr.. Thompson is largely interested at
Fisher, Polk county, where he has long
been in the milling business. He will
take charge of the duties of the land
Office in few days.
Capt. A. II. Reed, the well-known Re-
publican stateman from Glencoe,
dropped into the lobby of the Mer-
chants yesterday afternoon and spent
some time chatting business and poll
tics with his numerous friends. The
captain is suspected of being in the
field for the Republican congressional
nomination in the Third district al
though he declines to say whether or
not the suspicion is correct. His con-
verSation yesterday would seem to in
dictate that he is looking forward to just
that thing. He is now an advocate of
the free coinage of American silver.
This can hardly be regarded as in the
line Of sound Republican doctrine as
preached by John Sherman, but the
captain evidently thinks that it will
about strike the voters of the Third
district.
Il believe" he said yesterday, in
speaking of the silver question, 'that a
bill providing for the free coinage of the
product Of the silver mines of this coun-
try will be passed at the coming session
of congress, and that President Harri-
son will sign such bill. believe this
should be done. The country needs the
money to carry on its business"
Thomas Simpson. the veteran Wi
nonan, was at the Merchants yester-
day.
Hon. John F. Norrish, of Hastings,
spent yesterday at the Merchants.
A. q. Foster and wife, of Helena, are
spending few days in st. Paul.
M. B. Harrison, the Zenith City's
member of the worlds far commission,
dropped into the city yesterday and
spent the day attending to business
matters. In the evening he attended
the performance of ''Geoffrey Middle
ton, Gentlemen" at the Metropolitan,
in company with Odin q. Clay, of this
city. Mr.. Harrison is confident that
Duluth is on the eve of another big
boom and predicts great things of the
next two years.
l.. S. Press, one of Gencoe's leading
merchants, spent yesterday in the
SANITY City visiting the varions whole
sale houses with whom he deals, pre-
paratory to stocking up for his late fall
and winter trade. Mr.. Press does bust
ness in as wealthyaud prosperous COM
munity as there is in the state, and will
probably follow the example set by his
father and make a fortune out of his
business before he retlreS.
At the observation-disclosures Simpson. Wi
mona: Walter Courtney, Brainerd; c. f. Nc
Nair. Little Falls; Charles G. Reynolds, Lar
imore, n. D.: Charles NJ. Marsh Mankato;
A H. Reed, Glencoe; A. G. Foster and wife,
Helena; John f. Norrish, Hastings; NJ B.
Harrison. Duluth; $. C. Comstock Moor
head; NJ. Hagbery, Charles Hagberg and
wife, Brainerd; II. II. Phelps Duluth; James
II. Matthews, Larimore, n. d.
At the WINDSOR: H. Morrisey, Gales
burgh, ILL.,; E. d. Thorne, Boston; r L.
Strahorn. Fair Haven; W. W. johnson, Al
bert Lea.
At the Clifton-E D. Dewey, Duluth; A.
T. ingalls,, Portland, Me-; j. Lowry Omaha:
j. A. Lawrence, Northfield.
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