Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-24
ST. PETER LETTER.
The Insane Asyzisns Gang Still Stick
Judge Coa-B4siness Depression.
Correspondence Of the Globe.

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Correspondence of the Globe
ST.. PETER, Dec. 21.-To say that the re-
port of the hospital committee was grand
surprise to the people of this city would
be drawing it exceedingly mild. The peo-
pie who know of the loose way matters had
been conducted for years were surprised, for
they had no hope, Notwithstanding that the
| majority Of the committee were Democrats,
that anything like fair report would be rem
dered; and the friends and members OF the
| hospital ring fairly frothed at the mouth,
and were loud in defense of Belts brutality,
and Mrs. Myers criminal carelessness. The
ring is confident that nothing whatever will
| result from the investigation, and that the
accused employees will escape untouched.
Indeed, Belts, the man who is accused of
choking todeath the patient Med onough still
| retains his position at the hospital; and it is
said that there is no movement being made
for his discharge; nor have his opportunities
for torturing the patients been abridged in
any manner.
| The Rev. Kerr, who is accountable for the
deficiency of some Sd 900, has secured for
himself the position of steward of the hos
pital at Rochester. OF course, he claims
that the deficiency is fictitious, and that there
| is not cent that cannot be accounted for.
| he claims that the major portion of the de-
ticiency occurred in the early days of his
| treasurership when the system of vouchers
We're very Incomplete and that the entire de-
fciency can be made good. With all due re-
spect for the reverend gentleman's expiana-
ton, we would say that from time immemo-
| rial, the last resource of the captured de-
faulter has been to offer to snake good the
deficiency and we think that the offer, in
case the defalcation becomes an established
fact, will not save the reverend gentleman
from the penitentiary.
The result of the last Congressional cleo
ton in this district was a surprise to the
members of both parties. The Republicans,
who for years have called TIE Scan
dinayians their 'voting stock" have at
last thoroughly exasperated that, in this
| section, powerful political element, by pur-
suing course entirely selfish and thankless
towards them, and we venture to say, that
With coed candidate this district will elect
Democratic congressman for years to come.
Judge Cox has just closed term of court
here. The principal case was one in which
Henry knauff, Of Renville county, was
charged with incestuous rape, and upon
which the jury were out for two days, re-
turning a verdict of assault with attempt at
rape, and sentence has not yet been pro-
nounced. Mr.. Cox, by the way, becomes
more popular every day by the fair and i'm
partial way in which he deals out justice
throughout the district.
A general feeling of depression prevails
throughout this part of the State. The
farmers of this county, after losing their
crops by grasshoppers for the last five years,
were in hopes of securing large crop this
year, but the thunderstorms this fall. and the
heavy continuous rains that followed, COM
pletely destroyed the prospect for an abun-
dant harvest, and dashed to the ground the
hopes of Nicollet county farmers for at least
a year to come.