Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-12
SALTWATER NEWS.


Municipal court officials had rest yester-
day.
People on the North hill are pestered con-
siderable with tramps.
The Lulu Will go up the river soon, after
the remainder Of the railroad ties.
The installation of officers of the Bayard
Commandery will take place Tuesday even
ing.
A German lady had fit OF fainting spell
in the City drug store, yesterday. DR.. CARL
succeeded in restoring her.
The steamer Alex. Gordon has changed
hands, and will be used for towing wood
barges from Taylors Falls and other points
to this city.
Frank Seymour, G. P. Gregory and o. E..
Lee departed for Rice lake, Thursday nj ght,
with complete outfit for two days of hunt
ing and fishing.
We are informed that Wolf stepped on q
dogs tail yesterday, and the angry dog turn
ed and bit him. The dog died fifteen min
utes afterwards in strong commissions.
The cornet band has received an invita-
ton to participate in a band concert to be
given by the Hudson band. The band will
probably accept the invitation and charter
steamer for an excursion to Hudson that
evening.
Now there is trouble in the camp. Judge
Crosby has appointed G. P. Gregory as a
referee in the case of Isaac Van Week vs..
Robert NJ Cole AS Cole aud Gregory had
fight in the municipal court last fall, there
was blood on the moon when the notice of
the appointment was served on Cole. If
Gregory accepts, Cole declares his determi-
nation to appeal to Judge Crosby for relief.
Fritz Jarchow, farmer residing near
Carnelian lake, sunk we'll on his place
which is Curiosity. The we'll is $50 feet
deep, the first fifty feet winding and the re-
mainder bored. After boring about twenty
feet the drill gave back hollow sound, and
almost Immediately went down several feet.
At the same moment rush of air came up
the pipe, powerful enough to blow whistle,
and has continued since. A subterranean
cave was probably bored into with height
of several feet. Mr.. JarcLow continued
boring until he struck water. For the first
fifty feet pipe six inches in diameter, sur
rounds the pipe through which the water
comes up. Through this outer pipe the air
still rushes up with unabated force.
A copy Of the New York weekly Tribune,
dated Saturday, March %, 1857, was left in
our sanctum yesterday. The paper, by its
appearance, has been we'll read. In the
copy we notice correspondence
from the Territory of Minnesota by person
signing his initials G. W. P. His article is
several columns long, praising, in glowing
terms, the fertility and richness of the soil,
the salubrity of the climate and the oppor-
tunity offered for poor laborers in the East
to make comfortable homes in the territory.
We clip the following on the weather in the
months of January and February, from the
article "Jan. l and itsnowed nearly all the
time Sd, thermometer "a degrees below zero
9Th, 20 degrees below in the morning, be.
low. at noon; 7th, so degrees below; 9th
warm and pleasant, and thawed in the sun;
18th, 40 egrees below; 18th, 40 degrees be-
low or more 22d, intensely cold, and has
been for several days; oath, 25th, Goth anc
9th, mild and pleasant; 2Sth, goth and 3Oth
heavy snow-storm, the wind blew gale fol
three days, terribly cold and piercing on tbs
prairies. Feb Sd, mild and pleasant; 9th, 4(
degrees below zero; 18th, men at work il
their shirt sleeves" The population of Tx
Territory in that year was 10000. The article
is very interesting one, and contains much
| important information on the condition oil
tho territory as regarded population, educa-
| ton, etc.