The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-12

In 1850 Galena was the great down
river metropolis, and in the Weekly
Pioneer-there were no dailieS in St.
Paul then-of date Jan. 3d. 1850, nearly
a whole page is taken up with Galena
advertisements. George w. Campbell
& Co. appear to have taken the lead in
general merchandising. 1t was the
fashion to list new arrivals of goods by
schedule. and the following announce
ment by George w. Campbell & Co.
will give an idea Of the miscellaneous
character of stocks handled at that
time by one firm. The announcement
states that the firm has just received
per steamers Bon Accord, Doctor
Franklin. Cora and Montauk sugars,
coffees syrupS, nails, salt, glass, geese
feathers, cheese. chocolate, sweet oil,
ink. figs, bath brick, mess pork, soap.
dried apples, peaches, vinegar. candles,
calico, dry goods, pecans, lemons, etc.
They are described in lots as 100 sacks
G.. A. salt; 5 bbls golden syrup; Is hhds
N. o. sugar; 20 bbls tar, etc. Other adj
vertisers from Galena were Edward
Hemstead, B. H. Campbell. H. F. Nc
Closkey and S. Crawford & Co.
st. Paul advertisers were represented
by l.. Roberts, dry goods, groceries and
liquors, corner Water and Jackson
streets; A. r. French harnessmaker,
ION Third Street, J. Holland & Co..
Late of Galena," glazing and paper
hanging; H. Jackson. groceries; John
Randall &, Co., general merchandise; J..
w. Simpson, hardware and groceries;
j. Brooks, 'Galena Bookstore" Mr.. J.
Frost. Late of GaIena," furniture;
Dewey & Cavileer, drugs. and H. w.
Tracy & Co., dry goods, groceries and
liquors. In the same issue of Jan. %.
1850, Freeman & Larpenteur published
a notice to all parties indebted to them
to come forward and pay up.
On March II, 1855, the Pioneer had
become daily and was edited by
Earle S. Goodrich. On that day the
steamer Falls City, built at Wellsville,
O., J. B. Gilbert master, is advertised to
leave Pittsburg, Pa, for ST. Anthony
Falls, Minnesota territory, direct, and
all landings on the upper Mississippi.
The Blaclkhawk is advertised to leave
st. Paul each Wednesday for towns on
the upper Minnesota river, and the
steamer Luella to leave for Mankato,
st. Peter and other points on the Min
nesota river.
Forbes & Kittson. jobbers in Indian
goods and domeStics, located on the
corner of Third and Robert streets,
have considerable of display ad in
the paper. J.C. Burbank & Co. were
doing most Of the receiving, forward
ing and shipping business.
AN ANNEXATION PROPHECY.
In the same issue Editor Goodrich
stumbles inadvertently onto quite re-
markable prophecy, considering the
fact that he was writing before the
Civil war, fortyfour years ago. Under
an editorial heading, "No Mail" he
says:
''Since last Saturday week we have had no
mail from the South, owing to bad state of
roads and the impracticability of crossing
streams on the route. This accounts for the
dearth of news in our columns this morning.
We did think Of manufacturing a quantity
to order in advance of the mail with the
following caption: Highly Important From
the Seat Of War! 'Sebastopol Taken-80. 900
Russians Slain and Taken Prisoners AN
nexation of Cuba and the Sandwich islands !"
FIRST GOOD ROAD MOVEMENT.
Editor, Goodrich appears, also, to
have been pioneer champion of good