The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-04-04

extent OF country traversed by these
quartz veins, we cannot but CON
clude that the Vermillion district
will prove as rich as any within the
limits Of the United States.
Great hardships were suffered by
the Ely-Ryerson party who attempt
ed short cut to the mines by way
of Grow Wing, Leech Lake, Lake
Winnipeg and Nett lake. At the
latter point the teams were forced
to turn back and the men had to
haul their supplies on trains, with
out snow shoes. Between the por-
tages they crawled on their hands
and knees through the drifts. For
tunately they got through without
loss of life.
Gen. James II. Baker and family
are now in Mankato visiting their
numerous friends. The general was
mustered out last November, since
which time he has resided on his
farm near Bonneville, Mo.
Messrs. A. H. Wilder and Chan
ming Seabury, have purchased the
old mercantile house known as J.
c. & H. c. Burbank & Co., whole
sale grocers and commission mer-
chants, one of the oldest and most
extensive business houses of the
northwest. Mr.. Wilder, who has
long had its active management, is
one Of the shrewdest and most sue
cessful business men in the state
one of those men whose touch
turns everything to gold while his
new associate, Charming Seabury,
brings into partnership, in addition
to an excellent personal reputation,
a high order of business qualifca-
lions and a thorough business ex-
perience. The dissolution of the old
firm is an incident of some import
ance in the mercantile history of
St. Paul. 1t vas originally estab-
lished in 1853 by J. C. Burbank.
Since then, in the order named,
Charles [. Whitney, Capt. R. Blake
ley, H. c. Burbank, A. H. Wilder
and j. L. Merriam joined the firm. |
The house has done an enormous
business and every member has
amassed a fortune.
The Democrats will have a hard
time of it this year as they are with
out an organ, the Pioneer having
been purchased by H. P. Hall, and
John X. Davidson recently and con-
verified into Republican paper. But
they still have practically all the
city and county offices.
Capt. Fisk will make another
effort to conduct an expedition to
the Montana gold fields this. sum +
mer. He is back home after several
months absence in the east. His
brother, J. L. Fisk, will assist him.
The excitement at Red Wing over
the discovery of an oil we'll has
There was flow Of oil,
but upon investigation it was dis
covered that a nightly supply was
thrown in by unknown persons.
night it was closely watched
and since then the oil has ceased to
Hon. William L. Banning left
New York yesterday on the steam
ship Java for Europe, whittier he
goes in the interest Of the Lake
Superior and Mississippi railroad of
which he is president.
The coming season promises to be
an era of remarkable activity on all .
the lines of railroad through which |
St. Paul is marching forward like
the Dorian Thebes through her
hundred gates, to the commercial
empire of the new northwest. Eight
land grant railroads, in process of
construction, radiate from st. Paul
at nearly equal angles of divergence
like the spokes of a vast wheel,
forming, with their connected water
lines, the most perfect and comDre- Z