FORTUNE IN A GRIP.

Treasurer Bobleter Carries $1,200,000 to New York.

State Treasurer Bobleter left St. Paul Monday evening for New York. There was nothing especially interesting in this single statement, and only two or three attaches of the capitol and a vigilant reporter knew that the little yellow grip which the treasurer carried in his hand contained $1,200,000. This almost inconceivable sum was in the shape of bonds duly attested and signed by the governor and secretary of the state of Minnesota, and was folded in a small package about the size of an ordinary law book. Rather than trust to the uncertainty of an express company in this age when the train robber is abroad seeking whom he may touch. Col. Bobleter concluded to personally convey the precious package to its destination, where it will be used to liquidate other bonds of a like sum, the advantage of the transfer lying in the fact that those issued will bear only 3½ per cent, while the old ones bore 4½. Col. Bobleter's errand, of course, is a secret one, and had the fact of his going been advertised, the errand would have been by no means a desirable one, as the bonds in their present shape are negotiable paper. But now, that he is practically at his journey's end, no harm can be done by the publication of the facts. Besides, the gallant colonel carried with him certain forcible arguments, which he would readily use to the best advantage were he molested in discharge of his duty; and it would be a very bad man, as well as a very dead man, who would undertake to monkey with that little yellow grip as long as it was in the colonel's charge.