Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-27
THE DAILY GLOBE SATURDAY MORNING,
c1rY aLoBULEs

CITY aLoBULEA ii
Reeatta this Afternoon.
strawberries. 500. per bssket
Tho district court has adjourned sine az.
Weather odace changed to Ingersolrs block.
There was no civil business transacted in the
municipal court yesterday.
Officer De Corsey picked mp stray, driver
less hack on jackson street, last evening.
The State auditors Office was crowded again
yesterday with anxious inquirers for State
lands.
Scarlet fever is said to DO on the increase in
the city, especially upon First street and that
vicinity.
crew from the Minnesota boat club took
spin up the river yesterday evening in six
cared galley.
Does the sheriff Of Dakota county know the
real name of John Hayes and his present
whereabouts?
The tickets for the Pioneer Relief association
ball in the Athennum, on Monday night, are
going OH like hot cakes"
Business is so brisk in the judge of probate's
department. that the judge and clerks have to
put in extra hours to accomplish the work on
hand.
During the week the daily soliciting commit
tees of the chamber of commerce have done |
elegant work, as the secretary of that body |
phrases it.
Yesterday, the Governor appointed John A.
Jacobson judge of probate of Kandiyohi coun-
ty, in place Of E. Holmes, who has resigned
that Office.
H. L. Marks, formerly with Messrs. Ingersoll
& Co., and of late with Messrs. Manheimer
Bros, died to-day of pneumonia after very
short illness.
Four actions at law will be tried to day in
the special term of the district court, which
involve mortgages for $13, 100000 held against
the st. Paul 4 Pacific railroad.
The thud of horsepower drill re-echocs
daily from the corner of st. Peter and E1-
change streets, where the contractor is sinking a
man-hole with painful tediousncss.
Mrs. Croft, aged 70 years, having been adj
judged insane, was yesterday taken to st. Peter
and placed in the insane asylum there on the
commitment OF the judge OF probate.
The annual opening regatta or review of the
Minnesota boat club this afternoon at four
o'clock will be we'll worth witnessing, and will
| doubtless attract many to the bridge.
| Like the proverbial highway to Jordan, Ex-
! change street, from Cedar to Ninth street, is
just now "a hard road to travel" in conse-
quence of the partially completed grazing.
Every day presents its one or more bankrupts
! before the district court. 1t ia evident that
shaky debtors are Fastening to avail themselves
OF tue relief afforded by the bankruptcy act
before Its repeal.
H. Fo.ey, of &C Chestnut street, sustained
broken leg, at Northfeld, yesterday, while
working with croW-bar. fo1ey was brought
to his home In thls city, last evening, when Ur.
Murphy attended to the fracture.
The disciples of Isaak Walton will be de-
lighted to learn that the fishing at Prior Lake
is most excellent. The Indians are having de-
| hghtful sport there with the huny tripe, SO
geG your tackle III order.
In response to the Governors proclamation
&, in the GLOBE upon the subject, applications OF
pre-emptors and other claimants OF government
lands Un the Brainerd branch OF The ST. faul q
| faclnc railroad, are daily pouring Jnlckly INTO
the Governors Office.
George w. Becht, son of Sheriff Becht, will
leave for Europe on next Sunday week. in COM
pany with Frank Hankey. George Will most
PROBABLY be absent months, spending per-
ZION OF the time at the Paris EXPOSITION, and
the balance at school In Germany.
layed and played through fully 1,40O feet OF hose
pirt OF which stretched upa hill of about ninety
leet IN helgnC, the latter portion, owing TO the
extreme Inequality ana steepness OF the ground,
being feat UlaJ Taxed the nose-cart horses to
thelr extreme or strength.
The St. Paul delegation to yesterdays Min.
neapolis Odd Fellows celebration, left this city
shortly before 10 A. NJ. yesterday by special
train, returning in the evening at about z P. NJ.
In going to and from the depot the fraternity
marched in procession, headed by the Great
Western band, and presented an excellent
street parade.
Judge Young, as special master in chancery
to report the facts to the United States court
is taking testimony in the Greiser case, suit
discrimination while Chas. Mc1lrath was 70
ceiver. J. G. Easton, of Chatfeld, w. G. Var
Horne, general manager of the road, and 9th
ers interested are in attendance in the city.
A stray boy. about three years of age, and
apparently German, may be found at the
residence of Thomas Cochren, Jr., 1873 SUNNI
avenue. The child wears straw hat, BLACK
jacket, gray paats, gray striped stockings, anc
!, aplaid shawl pinned around his shoulders. The
; youngster can be obtaided at the above ad
dressed upon proving property.
The Southern Minnesota Extension company
yesterday officially notified the secretary O.
state Of it's acceptance of the act, passed by tn
, late legislature. by which certain lands wer,
granted in aid of the construction of the com
: pany railroad. The acceptance was decidee
upon at meeting of the directors held at L;
Crosse, Wis, on the 22d inst.
The rivalry of two or three buyers yesterda,
was the means of several farmers putting
. money in their purses more than they ex
pected. Prices at one time in the day yver
: run up to S1.l4; but the gentlemen finding re
market, and the price subsidized to clio, the1
$l.O8 and Sl07, but ultimately recovered itself
closing at clio.
As Polonius said of Hamlet, 'Still harpin,
on my daughter, $50 Col. Hewitt keeps peggin
8 away at the Como avenue assessment. an,
i affirms that the board Of public works ha
/ adopted all of bis sixteen suggestions in tn
new assessment roll. while he has plenty NOR
! to submit. All objections, however, must no,
q be presented in writing before the 10th prox.
t as the matter will be closed on the following
. day.
On inquiry yesterday at st. Joseph's hospital
it was ascertained that Ed. G. Canterbury, tn
!. unfortunate sufferer from Wadena county, wa
9 wonderfully improved. He sleeps better look
brighter, feels less pain, and is altogether in al
J, excellent state, considering his nntoward attic
}, ton. For this he may thank the skill of Dr.
Murphy, the attending physician, and the n
}. less important and expert nursing of the goo,
!. sisters of st. Joseph's.
!. At the inquest on the body of ]. d. Smith
4 j whom the i,a,,r .,,nrdoroa u.a