Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-23
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Gathered by the Special Reporters of tn,
Daily Globe.
SALTWATER.

The st. Croix Juniors go to Roberts Station
to-day to retrieve their lost prestige the base
ball field.
Henry McManus was sent up for thirteen days
yesterday FIR abusing an officer. Henry grew
very lachrymose as he protested his innocence
but his tears produced no effect on the finty
bosom of the Judge
The funeral of Michael McCann took place
yesterday from ST.. MichaePs Church, the re-
mains being inferred in Baytown Cemetery.
Mr.. Mccain died Thursday Of old age, being
J over eighty years old.
Austin T. Russell, of Mortified, has been Wis
| iting Saltwater the past few days. His brother,
Salma Russell, built the residence now occupied
by y. ). Butler, and left here for Northfeld
about eighteen years ago.
paid $3.50 each yesterday for N't sbe
pleasure of rough and tumble
fight in which they INDUCED Thursday night
and considerably to the detriment of Mackey's
physiognomy.
| A Saltwater man while up at Pine City
Thursday was pleasantly surprised by meeting
A. B. Gorgas formerly of this city and now of
Pottsville, Pa. MIR. Gorgas was mayor of this
city in 1858, during which the we'll remem-
bered riot took place. He left Saltwater in
59 and served during the war in an Illinois
regiment.
Peter Plummer, engaged in running logs
from the boom for I. Staples, had narrow es-
cape from instant death yesterday. He was
Stumbling" his load of logs on a wooden pin
two inches in diameter and the current being
very strong the pin suddenly broke, being
thrown half way across the river in it's flight.
1t grazed Mr.. Plummers head and such was It's
force that if it had struck him it would have
undoubtedly killed him. The pin had been in
use two years and partly rotten, which &C
counted for it breaking SO easily.
Benjamin Galway, employed as cook on the
Isaac Staples, INDUCED too freely in the ardent
Thursday night and was accordingly arrested.
BE resisted The officials under the delusiou that
| they could not take him. but finally concluded
! to go to the lookup. BENJAMIN was brought
up before Judge Norgord yesterday morning
and fined $3.50 for drunkenness, which be
paid. Imagine his surprise when arraigned
for resisting the officers and fined $l5 and
costs, in default Of which he was committed
for eighteen days. Benjamin's only regret is
that he paid that $3.50.
THE RAILROAD TO TAYLoRs FALLS.
The committee appointed by the citizens
meeting short time since to ascertain the
| likelihood of obtaining the right Of way
through the city tor the Saltwater & Taylors
Falls railroad, and to take action thereon, held
an animated and interesting meeting at the Of
ice of the secretary of the St. Croix boom
| and the question in all it's bearings fully dis
cussed, but it lacked unanimity of opinion
relative to the ACCESSIBILITY of constructing the
| road.
Mr.. E. W. Durant advocated the building of
the track, $50 feet east of Simpsons alley, and
gave god reasons in support of building the
| line there.
The other plan was to widen Simpsons al
| ley. and opening it to locomotives.
OF the two plans, Mr. Durant's is unjoubted-
| ~ the best, and received the warmest support.
| A committee consisting of David Bronson,
Isaac Staples and Z. W. Durant was appointed
to ootain "a chart of the lake front with sur.
roundings and profile from the mayor and city
surveyor, and have them ready for the mex,
meeting to be called by the chairman.
The committee intend at their. own expense
to engage the services Of competent man and
| astertain the entire amount of freight business
of the city.
RIVER AND LOG NOTES.
The /. E. Staples went out yesterday fol
Coon's Slough with mixed raft for Schulen
berg, Boeckler g. Co.
Water in the St. Croix is rising, the increase
being quite perceptible at the boom, where tht
rise is much needed. Operations at the boon
will close the latter part of next week.
Samuel Matthews, of the firm Of Matthews
q Jordan, yesterday disposed of 400, 900 feet oil
logs to Libbey &Co., Hastings.
The log sales of Durant, Wheeler & Co.. YES
terday, amounted to 100000 feet to Libbey 1
Co., Hastings.