Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-12

| cemetery, assessed for $50 including an 1856
horse and $44 carriage; has a piano worth $50
more than all his furniture which IS valued al
$500.
| Joel B. Bassett. lumber dealer, assessed fol
$1,000. (J. B. Bassett is assessed fol
$5,963.)
| Il. s. Corser, real estate, assessed for 1913
including $l6 sewing machine and $3.50 in
$1OO.)
r. II. Hankinson. superintendent telegraph
company, assessed for $42l, of which $500 is
furniture and $ll for sewing machine.
Il. B. Langdon, banker and capitalist, as
sessed for 81, 100, has $40 in plate and 81 $3.50
in diamonds and jewery (above the average
stock in our iewelry stores) 5000 piano and
furniture of the same value, with credit to the
amount of $4,000.
Nelson Williams. real estate dealer not as
sessed.
Mark W. Lewis. real estate and loan agent.
assessessed at 1886, of which 5000 is furniture
and $3.50 credit; has q $ll sewing machine and
800 piano. Lewis 4 Kelly are assessed at
Sl0O).
John DeLaittre, lumber dealer, assessed for
1884; has $3.50 in furniture, $50 piano, 1913
watch, SIG sewing machine, $55 horse, and two
$55 carriages. Eastman, Borey & Co.. are as
| sessed for $27. 7l5).
Loren Fletcher, mill owner, assessed for
! $l,24l; has $500 in furniture, 1872 sewing
machine, but no piano. 1928 in gold and silver
plate, but no diamonds or jewelry; likewise no
manufacturers material, tools, or 'other prop
erty." Il. Fletcher & Co., do not own nickel
save in bank stock).
George B. Wright, real estate. assessed in
Minneapolis township for $1229, but pays no
city taxes; has a $l6 COW, $l7 sewing machine,
500 piano and $500 in cash, but keeps house
without the aid of furniture.
Anthony Kelly, wholesale grocer, assessed at
81 1913, including $500 in furniture and two
m rhs Of t,,rf worth 300 Sn each "A
Kelly & Co. are assessed for SAT ,O99, the State
board having added about $40, 000).
P. D. Mcmillan, insurance and loan agent,
assessed for 1884, including $SS in horsehesh
and 1922 in carriages, has $3.50 in household and
office furniture iMcMillan & Co. are not as
sessed.)
V. G. Hush, banker assessed for 81 ,401, in
Gliding $500 in furniture, a $l5 COW, and 3d.
14l in credits.
w. w. McNair, attorney. assessed for So, 172,
including five $55 horses, a 500 COW, 5000 pi-
ano and $500 in furniture. Lochren, McNair
Gihlllau are not assessed.
w. w. Eastman, lumber dealer, assessed for
81, 1852, including three $llO horses, $l1 sew
ing machine, 1925 piano, 500 in furniture,
$110 in plated ware, and three times as much
IN diamonds and jewery.
George Fl. Keith, postmaster, assessed for
$4l5, Of which $500 is furniture, 1927 plate the
same amount in jewelry, and one dollar more
in q sewing machine.
Nj. G. White, druggist, not assessed. (Talbert
& White are assessed for So, $780, including q
$l7 sewing machine and $500 in household and
Office furniture. store fixtures, etc.
William S. King, editor, assessed for 81, 289
in Minneapolis township, has $50 in furniture
and $2O9 in agricultural tools, balance in car
| riages and live stock.
W. H. Dunwoody, capitalist assessed for
$l,115, has $500 invested in furniture, the
same amount in u piano and $17 in watches
and clocks.
Lest it be supposed that the foregoing are
not Representative men" (and the term is
used solely for taxation purposes) append
a few others, taken at random.
Janney, AIoles, Brooks & Co., (now Janney,
Brooks & Eastman) wholesale hardware, not
assessed.
Ed. A. Stevens, publisher lKi,ror, not as
sessed.
David Blakely, editor Tribune, assessed for
1891, of which 5000 represents piano and
$500 furniture. (The Tribune Company is as
sessed for 81, 400-its 1000 t. legraphic fran
T. F. Andrew, capitalist assessed for 1856,
including $75 piano, 800 COW and $16 sewing
machine.
A. M. Arson, cooper, assessed for 81 65S; has
a large shop, but tools, moneys credit.
Coe Bros. d Long, wholesale fruits, etc., not
assessed.
r. J. Baldwin, retired banker, assessed for
$1,22O, has a $50 piano, but no bank other
stock
M. L.. Higgins, capitalist, assessed for $57l,
of which $500 is furniture and $50p late.
&. M. Loring capitalist, assessed for 1856,
viz: $500 in furniture and watches and clocks
worth $55.
G. B. Heffelfnger, boots and shoes, assessed
for 1866, including four watches and clocks
worth $l1 each, sewing machine worth 1922,
and $500 in furniture.
Frank J. Mead. editor, not assessed.
T,l~ Ill ~
escaped also.
w. w. Huntington, ex-treasurer. assessed
for $735, of which 5000 is in furniture.
George A. Camp, mill owner; assessed for
1882, of which $500 is furniture and $17
watches and clocks. Camp & Walker are as
sessed for $40 1907
J. G. Whitney, insurance.; not assessed.
E. A. Harmon, grocer; assessed for 1887, of
which $3S is plate and $3.50 furniture. liar
mon & Co. are assessed for $l5,333
s. W. Farnham, mill owner; assessed for
ST., 1856, including two 1919 horses, 500 cow and
$3.50 piano. furniture worth $500: (Farnham
d Loveioy are assessed for 1892, 360O
f. L. Morse, capitalist, assessed for $12, 297
of which 5000 is in furniture and $11,550
clssedl as 6 other property"
Baldwin Brown, livery, assessed for So, 292,
of which $3.50 is in horses, $500 in carriages,
$500 in furniture and the same amount in a
piano.
O. G. Merriman, lumber, assessed for 1894,
of which 5000 is furniture, the same amount
in piano and $55 in watches and clocks.
(Merriman, Barrows & Co. are assessed for
1871, 07O.)
G. NJ Hardenburgh capitalist, not assessed.
Wyman and Miller, Wholesale notions, not
assessed.
Globe Gaslight Co., not assessed.
Fl. G. Bracket, Clark House, not assessed.
E. b. Bond Bonds Hote., not assessed.
s. G. Daniels, Bellevue House, not assessed.
j. B. Ames National Hotel, not assessed.
Herrick Bros, real estate, not assessed.
! B. B. Marshall, jeweler, not assessed.
| Bardwell, Robinson & Co planning mill, not
assessed.
| And SO we might so on to the end of the
! chapter. Some errors may have occurred in the
foregoing-the assessors returns at lines
so badly mixed that it would be strange if mis-
| takes did not occur.
| Believing it the intention of the committee
| to do something, and that that something
should have practical bearing the question
of retrenchment and reform, your sub-commit-
tee have been reading law, and quote, fol
| lows, from the tax law Of 1878:
SECTION 112. The county auditor, if he has
! reason to believe, or is SO Informed, that any
person has given to the assessor false state
ment Of his personal property, or that the as
SCISSOR has not returned the full amount of al
property required to be listed, or has omitted
or made an erroneous return Of any property
which is by law subject to taxation, shall pro
coed at any time before the final settlement
with the county treasurer to correct the return
of the assessor, and to charge the owners Of
such property on the tax lists with the proper
amount of taxes, to enable him to do which
he is hereby authorized and empowered
to issue compulsory process anc
require the attendance of any person
whom he may suppose to have knowledge O.
the articles, or value Of the property, and te
examine such person upon OATH = bu
he should in case reduce the amount re
turned by the assessor without the written con
sent of the auditor of State.
Section l13 provides that if any tax is no