St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-14

George ID. Barnard, the Wel!-hHo"u u
head OF the firm of George ID. Barnard
a. Co., of st. Louis. dealers i'll station
cry. is stopping AT the Hotel Ryan Tor a
few days. Mr.. Barnard is very mucn
pleased with the weather of the state or
Minnesota, and he is of the opinion
that his chest measure is expanding at
the rate of about one inch per hour
while he remains in st. Paul. He says
that it has been warmer in st. Louis
than in ST. Paul. but the weather there
is so damp and the atmosphere so moist
that it seems really colder than III
more severe climate. Mr.. Barnard VIII
remain in the city for several days.
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With an assortment of goloshes,
ScarfS and winter OVercOatS In prepara-
ton for the severe climate of the North
west. Robert Kerr, general passenger
agent for the Canadian Pacific railroad,
filled his lungs with the spring air or st.
Paul Yesterday morning, and SAID ne
was glad to get into climate where the
weather was like summer. He had just
returned from q trip into the n0rthern
portion of Canada, where the weather
is so cold that if man is not careful
his feet will freeze to the ground Whlie
he stopS 10 light a cigar. Mr.. Kerr will
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to the business OF the Canadian Paelic
line in this city. He is stopping at the
Ryan,
c. Baldwin and party of other Chi
cagOauS are stopping at the Ryan Tor
few days while an exploration is being
made by them of the amusement faclll-
ties of the city. 1t is not their intention
to invest, but their object is OF strictly
personal character. AT last reports they
were not disappointed III the result or
their researches. They will return to
Chicago after amusement pals on their
appetite.
c A. Eastman. NJ. d., the full-blooded
Sioux warrior that graduated with such
high honors from the Boston university,
bears all the facial characteristics of his
race He is also tall and thin, but he
was born of the Santee tribe that made
It's home in RenVille county, Minnesota.
His wife is good looking, has high fore
head, dark hair and eyes, straight. aqul-
line nose, and is as white as any OF the
Massachusetts girls. She was the girl
pOetess of the Berkshire Hills. in the
Bay state. Their cute little baby girl is
as bright as a dark-eyed baby can be.
,Herjet- black hair falls in graceful lines
over her forehead, and her complexion
is like that of a Spanish creole. The
family is evidently a happy one, and
the doctor is an energetic, we'll advised
member of his profession.
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The Twin City Clerical club dined
last evening at the Metropolitan hotel.
The reverend gentlemen exercised their
colloquial talents while the menu was
being served and discussed subjects of
interest to the clergy in formal way
after dinner
Those present are Bishop Gilbert,
Rev. 5. &. Smith, Rev. c. E. Hanpt,
Rev. W. G. Wilcox. DR.. Bridgeman,
Rev David Morgan, Rev. f. B. Doran,
Prof. Davis and DR.. Ringland, of Mac
alester college: Rev. Carson, Rev.
Carnahan, Rev. Hutchinson, Rev. G. g..
Reynolds, Rev. j. A. Stemen, Rev. j.
ii. Chandler, Rev. lngersoll. Rev.
Dickinson, Rev. Millard, Rev. Samuel
w. CrotherS, Rev. Edwards and Rev.
Ketchem.
Talking of snowbanks," said j. j..
Tyler, of jamestown, n. D.. in cOnVer-
sation with party of travelling men i'll
the lobby of the Merchants last even
iug,"l saw one last winter in our section
of the country that was dandy. 1t lay
in cut about Two miles east of Bis
marck and was fully half-mlle loug.
They sent an engine and SnoW-plOW up
there to dig it out, andEthey did not find
the engine for two days. You see, the
engineer headed for the drift, pulled
opOn the throttle and let 'er go for all
she was worth. The snow was soft, and
tho fpron of tba oorrjn1 nlnN an a
all into the drift for distance of about
200 feet. If the men on board
had not had shovels with them
they would have been compelled to
stay there until relief came. They sent
out West for one Of the new revolving
ploWs, and it arrived on the second day.
accompanied by three engines. All of
the men who had been on the old ploW
which was lost in the drift laughed at
t8the new machine, and asked whether
they were going to start sausage fac
tory there. The crew of the new plow
said nothing, but went to work. The
location Of the lost engine was shown
by flag, so that they would not run
into it, and they started. They backed
up about quarter OF mile, the signal
was given, and away they went. You
ought to have seen that neW-fangled
ildClIilS tdl Illdb SuON' IL uCN OuG III
solid chunks, and went through that
drift at a speed of about eight miles an
hour 1t did the work of 100 men for
two weeks in about half an hour"
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Judge Calvin S. Brown, district Judge
for Morris. Mlnn., and also having the
credit of being an excellent judge Of a
number of other things, registered at
the Windsor last evening. He will be
an interested spectator at some OF the
sessions OF the state lawmakers.
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DR.. j. j. Buckley, of Missoula. Mont.
arrived in the city yesterday, and after
registering at the Windsor hotel he
jingled a quantity of the principal
product of the state n his pocket and
went out to take look at the city. He
will be in st. Paul for number OF
days.