Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-24
CITY GLOBULES.

CITY GLOBULEs.
A new sidewalk is going down in ff6nt of
the Wigwam.
Stone masons, yesterday, commenced laying
the cut Kasota stone water tables on the new
market house.
Frontier settlers going to their destinations
| with their own teams, usually followed by
stock, pass through the city daily.
Paul & Sioux City railroad company, is lying
dangerously ill at his residence in this city.
Yesterday noon o. 8. Marshal McLaren took
s. J. Comstock, who was held for trial at the
next term of the q. s. circuit court, to the
county jail at Winona.
The officials of the Chicago, st. Paul Oma-
ha railroad take hold of the duties of their new
| them all their lives.
Hon. Isaac Staples will close up his logging
operations for the season this week, with a cut
of sc, DOC, 900 feet, one of the heaviest seasons
cut ever made by him.
Since February 2Sth, 13S owners of property
have paid the penalty on delinquent personal
taxes. Of this number one payment was made
of the delinquent list of 1876.
Peter Tierney, the boy who fell from a shed
in the rear of McIntosh's butcher shop on Rob-
ert street, was pronounced out of danger yes
terday, and is rapidly recovering.
| The only response to the inquiry for news at
the st. Paul & Manitoba Offices yesterday was
that their road was all right and doing q big
ger business than any road in the Northwest.
A large shipment of foreign law books were
received at the custom house yesterday, which
will be admitted without duty under the law.
The books are to be placed in the State library.
| Three invalid pension claims were received
by Adjutant General Van Cleve yesterday.
| They are as follows: From October 16. 1861,
| SS36.S7; July is, 1865, $443. "a; December II,
| 1862, $778.53.
Ex-Alderman Mccarthy yesterday secured
transportation for the seed grain, machinery
| and stock to he used on his Stevens county
| farm, and will leave for that point this morn
| ing to oversee his seeding operations.
Two decisions were rendered by Judge Brill
on yesterday on app calls from taxations of cost
in the cases of Maurice Leemay We. NJ. Prince,
| and Holzheimer d Severance against O. MetZger.
The court reviews the items, of which there are
number, and the decisions generally favor the
clerk of the court.
| The hearing on the claim of Albert Arm
strong, receiver of the Gilbert butcher estate,
| for 1900 against the Culver estate, was re-
sumed in the probate court yesterday fore
noon. The entire day was taken up with the
| examination of witnesses, and the hearing will
| be continued to-day.
Capt. Clark bagged supposed thief last
night at the Hotel to the Wild Hunter, on
days ago, and has endeavored to dispose of a
watch and number of silk handkerchlefs sup
posed to have been stolen. He travels under
several aliases, and it is thought that his iden-
| tity will be established this morning.
| A decision was rendered by Judge Wiki n
yesterday denying the application for divorce
in the case of Clara E. Higgins against her hus-
band, Paul L. Higgins. The action was brought
| on the grounds of neglect and inhuman treat
| ment, and after reviewing the testimony the
court held that the evidence was net sufficient
! to sustain the allegations of the complaint.
The bonds required by law of the five trus-
tees of the Saltwater Savings bank were filed
in the office of the secretary of state, Yesterday.
The trustees are Charles N. Nelson, Harry Wes-
ting, +. A. Seymour, Louis Hospes, and Smith
Ellison, each qualifying in the sum of 81, 5000,
with two sureties approved by F. M. Crosby,
judge of the district court for Washington
county.
Judge Wilkin rendered a decision yesterday
denying the motion for new trial in the case
of James Stinson against the Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis railroad company. The action
arose from condemnation proceedings on the
part of the road, and the trial was asked by
way of appeal from the report of the commits
sioners who appraised the condemned property
at SIS, S12.
Under the act of Congress of 1878. twenty
four full sections of government land were
granted Minnesota to make up the amount due
the State by the swamp land grant. Governor
Pillsbury has now appointed Col. John 81.
Stevens, of Minneapolis, to make q selection of
agricultural lands under the grant. Col.
Stevens will enter at once upon the discharge
of the duty assigned him by the Governor.
AS fast as the workmen get out of the way.
| Messrs. Auerbach, Finch, Culbertsen Il Co.
| begin laying out their goods and fixing up for
business. Nearly one half of the great wig
| VAN had thus been brought into service, last
| night. The vault and the office were also COM
| pleted last night, and in a few days more the
| firm will be ready to receive and attend to the
wants of their customers, be they ever so ex-
haustive.
The Saltwater Steam Heating company is
| the name of new organization, of which ar
| ticles of incorporation were filed with the Sec
rotary of state, yesterday. The capital stock
| is $4,000, with the highest amount of indebt-
edness limited to 5000. The incorporators
are the following we'll known citizens of Still
water, who also form the first board of dlrec.
tors: Isaac Staples, Roscoe F. Jersey, E. W.
Durant, David Bronson, and 81. W. Cannon.
Monday the goth iust., the German-American
bank will occupy the splendid new building,
| especially erected for their business, Ga East
Third street, at which time their safe deposit
vault will be opened for business. That our
citizens may see for themselves the advantages
offered them by this deposit vault system, the
officials of the bank have issued an invitation
| to call at the bank and inspect the same at any
time between the hours of Q A. M. and P. M.
of Thursday and Saturday of this week.
On Monday evening John B. Cook notified
Mayor Dawson by letter that the east wall of
| the Davidson block, which adjoined his barn,
| was likely to fall and injure both property and
life, and that he should hold the city liable for
| any damage that occurred after the notice. The
mayor turned the matter over to Chief Strong
| with the instructions to make an examination
| and if the wall was dangerous to have it taken
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