Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-15
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SALTWATER.

WI. Bronson and family started, last
evening, for Bayfield,, Wis, for little pleas
ure trip.
A party with span of grays upset, com
ing in from Elmo Wednesday, while trying
to pass another team.
81 Staples, an old Saltwater boy, but
lately of lie Mars, Iowa, is in the city shak-
ing hands with his many friends.
More than ten men started out yesterday
afternoon to find prairie chickens and to stir
themselves up for to- days shooting.
Mr.. Samuel Atlee, of Fort Madison, Ia,
and Mr.. Berry, of Burlington, prominent
lumber dealers, were in the city yesterday.
W. IS. Conrad, Otto Hospes and George
Haskell returned yesterday from their fish
ing trip to Duluth and Thunder Bay. Has
kell is sound on fishing.
The steamers I. E. Staples and Ida Fulton
came in yesterday with cargo of .water
mel-yuns,' which were captured by the
many friends of the captains of both steam
ers.
The practice of throwing base balls in the
street having become quite nuisance the
police have been watching the parties rather
closely of late and some of them will get
caught before long.
August first Matt Clarke shipped two cars
OF lumber to man named Hooper, at Belle
PLANE, Mimi. and yesterday the same cars
were returned and loaded and sent off to the
same place, making pretty quick work in the
slow month of August.
The marriage ceremony of Michael Gllles-
pie and Miss Mary Burrows was performed
by Father Ryan, and not by Father Murphy,
who is not yet sufficiently recovered to per.
form active parish duty. We trust the cor
rection will be considered sufficient excuse
to the parties interested.
BOLD (D ROBBERY ~ AFFAIR.
Yesterday morning at about O'Clock seven
masked desperadoes made forcible entrance
into the house of Miss Nellie, located near
tho outskirts of the city. Each man carried
well displayed shooting iron, while six
OF them stood guard over the proprietor and
proprletress, who had been ordered into bed
and to keep their heads covered during the
progress of events. They demanded and re-
celved the Keys of the house, and the first
one selected opened a trunk
containing among other articles S. 20 in cash.
which they gracefully appropriated; that is,
the one who was not on guard did so.
Silyerware they did not touch A small
pistol was taken, probably to prevent its pos
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retreat. The face of every man of this
valiant band was concealed by mask ex-
tending from the lowest part of the chin to
the bridge of the nose, go that it cannot
even be stated whether any of them wore
either whiskers or mustaches. It seems that
Larry, the man of the house, had lust in
vested some seven hundred in the purchase
of horses. These men doubtless Thought
that the money was in the house, and this
was probably their object. A man by the
name of Dick Willet, who has been in town
some ten days, was up stairs with some
six hundred dollars in his possession. Hear
ing the commotlon below he came to the
head Of the stairs, and guessing the unwel-
come visitors were rather numerous, he con-
clnded to take position where he was and
act entirely on the defensive. The rob-
bers finally Withdrew with their $40 only,