Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29
CITY aLoBULEs.
trio Of stalwart tramps were awarded sever
daYs each on thu rock nile vestardaY

Several members of the county board, to-
gether with two wood contractors, were engaged
yesterday in measuring the wood recently pur-
chased Tor the county poor.
The board of directors of the aims house and
hospital met yesterday and passed upon bills
to the following amounts for the month of
June: Aims house, S266.42; hospital, $196.62;
| poor, $435.l2; total, $500 6.
A couple of trains while being switched at
the Lake Superior depot, yesterday, about
noon, collided. One freight car was SO badly
damaged that the Third street crossing was
blockaded for half an hour, until the debris
was removed.
officer Nygaard ran in party by the name
OF OSullivan, yesterday, for standing off a
Seventh streeth saloonist for the drinks.
O'sullivan proved he only stood by while
another party stood off the barkeeper for the
drinks. He was permitted to leave the station
with the caution not to stand around agoin.
Mr.. A. G. Foster, who returned from Duluth
yesterday, reports lively state of traffic there.
Large fleets of vessels are loading and unload
ing; hour being exported and merchandise i'm
ported. st. Paul wins the day in the way of
imports, as each Buffalo steamer 40 far this
year has brought in fully 400 tons of freight
for this city.
The mayor has appointed the following
special policemen for duty at the Driving park
during the forthcoming races: Louis Marian,
Thomas Lanigan, Lewis E. Hare, Andrew
Defiel, Frank Herman and John Zirkilbach
These extra policemen will report for duty
next Wednesday, and their services will be
paid for by the Driving Park association.
The St. Paul, Saltwater & Taylo1s Falls rail-
| road publish their summer time table else
where, which makes 1t ''just splendid for those
who wish to summer at Lake Elmo. There will
be i've trains to and from Elmo every week day
and three trains each way on Sunday. The
Sunday trains leave at 9:25 A. NJ, P. M. and
7:2O P NJ, and arrive at 2:45 P. NJ 6:48 M. and
10P.M.
The regular weekly social event during the
season, associated with the Metropolitan since
its opening-the Saturday night hop of the
guests-was revived last evening under the new
management of Messrs Belote & Linsley, and
as was to be expected was in every respect q
most enjoyable occasion, not feature to the
perfect enjoyment of the occasion being lack
ing. Seibert's orchestra furnished the music.
Geo. B. Hall, northern passenger agent of
the Ottumwa route, the great through line
South. has issued the neatest. most compact
and comprehensive advertising card out.
Though only about the size of an ordinary Wis
| lting card, it embraces map of the route with
concessions, and full and direct explanation of
the time of arrival and departure from con-
Meeting stations and in fact all the essential
| information to fully post passenger.
The Old Settlers association of Dakota
county .rranging to celebrate the Fourth at
Prairie Lake. nsar Lakeville, with a basket
picnic, to which they invite all Dakota county
ov,1 <ho - - !
some sheet of water surrounded by fine forest
trees, forming splendid shade 1t is proposed
to have music, reading of the declaration of
Independence and address, the latter by Gen.
h. W. johnson. which insures rare treat
The application Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and 4 st. Paul railroad company, for the ap-
pointment of a commission to appraise the
value Of lands for the proposed short line rail
road, came before Judge Brill yesterday morn
ing. After hearing the petition the court ap-
pointed Mr. e.. NJ. Smyth, Mr.. George W.
Moore and Mr.. John harrington, with power
| to act such commission. The compensation
of the commissioners was fixed at 80 per diem
each, and the first meeting will be held in the
office of the district clerk, on July 9th, at ~
o'clock A. NJ. VI
Letters have begun to arrive at the Merchants
for Harry Chaplain, manager of the Barlow,
Wilson, Primrose Il West minstrel Company.
Mr.. Chaplain is kindly remembered by patrons
| of the profession in st. Paul as the manager OF
Haverly's minstrels in the years gone by when
| that manager was laying the foundation for his
present standing rs the most succe ssful and en-
| terprising caterer to public Amusement on
| this hemisphere. Mr.. Chaplain never gives his
name to any but first class entertainment.
The company is booked for the Opera House
early in July.
About ten days ago Land Commissioners
Drake, of the st. Paul & Sioux City railroad
sent Abram Penner, of Mountain Lake. Men,
MONTE colony, to Philadelphia, to meet q mum
Der of Russian MennOnites G ming from the
old world. The representation from Kansa,
! and Nebraska. which States constantly or
the alert to secure new settlers, was both lsrg.
and strong, several Mennonite bishops being
among the number. Commissioner Drake re
inforced' Penner with his German agent il
Chicago, and the two raised through st. Pau
yesterday m orning with eighty-two new settler,
for the Mountain Lake colony on the giouz
City road.
| A letter was received by Postmaster Day
yesterday. from F. T. Brook, sheriff of Mont
gomery county, Kansas, ENDURING for q lawye
correspondent of the latter doing business ii
this CITY. It would appear that member O
the legal fraternity forwarded letter of in
quiry to Sheriff Brock regarding the where
abouts of Frank Metz, Sr.. and Jr., and this
forget the name of the lawyer, in lieu of which
he writes to DR.. Day. Regarding the INCUR
Sheriff Brock writ es that Frank Metz, ST., i
dead, while his son is residing with his mother
about twelve miles from the town of hide
! pendence, Kansas. -
4 Deputy Assessor " lob has completed hi.
list of products grown in the township of Re
serve for the year 1873, the statement being .
follows: Wheat, 1926 bushels; oats, II, IA
bushels; corn. 1888 bushels; barley. $50 bush
| els; rye, Is bushels; potatoes l2,055 bushels
cultivated hay, 537 tons; Wild hay, 847 tone
number Of apple trees growing, 1857; numbe
bearing, 43l; quantity of apples, 18l bushels
grape vides, 2, l45; quantity of grapes, 1853
sheep SHARED A; quantity Of wool, 225 pounds
number of mich COWS, III; quality Of butter
20, TAO pounds; number of bee hives 8O,quantit.
of honey, 200. 4-.gr.s-,.
A lazy kind ola fight amused crowd O
Fourth, near Minnesota street, yesterday after
noon, on and off for an hour. Wallace's black
smith shop, number GA East Fourth street, wa
the scene of the prolonged but harmless en-
counter, and Wallace and an employe tuo
parts in the difficulty. Wallace owed the ma
something and wouldn't pay. The man under
took to take it out of Wallace's hide, but wa
held off so we'll, that mutual rest was callec
Then time" was mutually called, and the
went at it agai until they mutually reste
again. Then time was mutually called an
they went at it again until they mutually resi-
ed. Then time was called-and the bus
ness was continued all day for aught anyon
knows to the contrary, with intervals-of fgh
and rest Nobody hurt.
u Mr.. j. q. Pierce, senior partner Of the fir
Of Pierce & Patton, publishers of the Wester
Magazine. is in the city, and will spend som
. the country with view to the publication of