Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-24
CITY GLoBULEs.
For . day Of pleasure 60 to Lake Elmo.

CITY GLoBULEs.
For day Of pleasure 60 to Lake Elmo.
The water in tho river measured two feet ten
inches, and falling.
The flooring Of the stalls OF tho hook and
ladder team was relaid yesterday by '.the boys
running wild der machine"
Mr.. Bernhard Zahm died yesterday in this city
at the advanced age of eighty-one years. and his
remains will be inferred tomorrow at $3.50 AM,
from Assumption church,
To-day at IL III. the Cheever will leave the
levee to connect with the X. N. packet Red
Wing for st. Louis. The st. Louis packet
Thursday will be the Clinton.
Sixty feet of Rice street sewer were yesterday
keyed under the superintendent of Aid.
Grace. while operations were extended upon
the Tenth street end of the abutments.
A Copeland patent fire escape has been erected
on the Warren house, corner Of jackson and
Fourth streets, and will be exhibited at s
o clock this afternoon and at o'clock in the
evening.
MIR. NJ. e. Kornreich has so far recovered
from his too intimate acquaintance with the
heated term as to be able yesterday to devote
a little attention to business, although he was
still quite feeble.
The swimming trains will depart for
Lake Elmo this evening at sos and 7:40
o'clock, and will leave the Lake depot at 1915
| o'clock. Judging by the su ccess of Saturday,
| the excursion will be largely patronized.
| John Kleiner says he never had a fox in his
| life, and hence he never had fox killed. as the
| Dispatch falsely stated. John says he don't
| like to kick at nothing, as Barney Armstrong
did, but he advises silence on the fox question
! The board of equalization assemblies again
to-day at 2:30 p. H., when all vino feel them
selves aggrieved as to their assessments had
| better appear and state their objections, 8,
that their matters may be adjusted before the
levy is made.
| Sheriff johnson, of Washington county,
passed through the city yesterday with Boelter,
accused of assaulting young Lindbaum some
| two weeks ago with hammer in Oakdale
'ownshp. The defendant was captured by the
Sheriff in harvest field back of Red Wing.
A ten foot sidewalk is being Lid on the east
side Of Sibley street. between Fifth and
Sixth. With cOmmendable sensibleness, ar
| rangements have been provided for future
D anting of trees on the edges of the walk.
This in an innovation worthy Of imitation in
future similar improvements.
The lecture room of the Young Mems Chris.
tan association entirely filled last evening
by the Union Sunday School Teachers Bible
class lately inaugurated. The exercises were
of the most interesting character, and Rev. E.
s. Thomas. of st. Pauls Episcopal church, was
; listened to with marked attention as he ex
pounded the lesson for the evening.
A telegram received in this city brought the
, intelligence of the death yesterday, at Sta
. Prairie, St. Croix county, Wis. of Cen Lyman
Kidder, the eldest brother of Hon. j. P. Kid
der, delegate to Congress from Dakota. Gen
Kidder was one of the oldest settlers of Sta
Prairie, and was highly respected for his ster
? ling qualities of head and heart.
. Manager Farley, of the St. Paul Pacii
railroad, who returned from Melrose yesterday
says the wheat harvest along the branch line
: nearly half completed and that the CROP
, promises to he fully average. He also re
ports over four miles of track laid west from
!: Melrose toward Sank Centre and that the raj
will be laid through to that place by Saturda
night of this week.
The announcement in the GLOBE of yeste,
$ day that Andrew Christmann, with Fetsc
Y Bros, 71I East Third street. had found
e pocket-book. within an hour brought in j. g
Donnelly who claimed it for Mr. Gillispie, O
II
contained s73 in cash. with receipts and paper
5 proving the ownership. Mr.. Donnelly LIBERAL
rewarded the finder $40 and forwarded the re
mainder on by express to the owner.
J.P. Bligh, of this city, yesterday receives
notification that he had secured letters paten
for IN envelope intended to contain CONNIE,
cial SAM les for transmission through tn
mails. The class of goods for which the in
vention is intended is such -four, seeds an
the like, which are apt to sift through an OF
binary covering. MIR. BEgh's envelope, Will
preventing this spilling of its contents on othe
mail matter, yet permits of their instant an
complete inspection by the postoffice author
e ties without breaking the package.
special meeting of the common counci
!; was held yesterday afternoon, the oficia
: proceedings of which appear on the fourt
: page of this issue and to which attentio
: is hereby directed. The chief business &C
< conplished was the letting of the Jackson stree
> pavement contract to James Starkey. hi
bondsmen being John NJ. Gilman and Jane
= Burris. The widening of Jackson street, an
q the Strengthening of Cedar street betwee
a Ninth and Tenth were referred to the board q
: public works, and an order was directed to b
! drawn in favor of Gustav Willius for $94.86 t
= redeem certificate No. COL, because of it
a erroneous issue.