Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-22
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
6ashered By the Special Reporters Of the
Dolly Globe.
SALTWATER.

A new platform and floor is being put in
Staples mill.
The water company have the pipes laid out
on Second street for the mains. The digging
will commence in day or two.
Achten & Kheiner have finished their contract
for grabbing Isaac Staples l6O acres on the top
of the hill on the Wisconsin side
For the Downer and Bemis Brewing Stakes
run yesterday, Mr.. Staples Athelstane sold low
est in the pools, and Fortunate the lowest.
Baron Proctor, an old settler, and father of
Mayor Proctor, left here yesterday for Yankton.
D. T., where he will fill position for Uncle
Sam.
Florence Payne ran Saturday in tie inaugural
dash at the Chicago races and came In nth.
The other four horses were almost neck and
neck, she being only few feet behind.
Sheriff Clark Chambers, of Steele county,
arrived yesterday with a prisoner named VIII
liam Collins, Who for one year and SIX months,
will occupy quarters in the State prison, for
having been convicted of assault and battery.
Durant, Wheeler & Co.'s boats go out as fol-
lows: Pauline yesterday, with raft for Cat Tail.
A. T. jerks to-day, with raft for Gardner
Batchelder & Co., Lyons, Ia. r. J. Wheeler
to-day, with raft for Lindsey & Phelps Daven-
port, Ia. Brother Jonathan tomorrow, with
raft for Odds & Lord, Alton.
Some of the leading spirits of our city met
in J. n. Castles Office last night to organize q
base ball nine which would scoop any other
nine adj aCent to this place. The result will
be known soon. The club, like all good trees,
will be known by its fruits. The first crop will
probably be harvested about July 3.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning, as Mrs.
Harvey, who is a sister of Mrs. j. Hitchcock, of
this city, was driving out for her health-she
being an invalid-when at the corner of Third
and Chestnut, the horse became frightened at
something and started to run. The lady had
not the strength to control him, and he ran
down Chestnut street at q fearful pace, and
those who were locking on thought the lady
would surely be killed. She, however, showed
great nerve aud presence of mind, and when
the runaway reached the corner of Chestnut and
Main, instead of allowing him to turn down
Main, she kept him straight on, and by the
time he reached the approach OF the bridge,
she had succeeded in stopping him. The
wheel barely grazed the post which supports
Thomas sign on the corner OF Main and
Chestnut. In all it was an escare from death
which Is more directly attributable to the nerve
and presence of mind of the lady than the in
terposition of Providence.
party by the name of Collins, who acted
as steward IN hotel in this city, insulted
young lady, an attache of the house, few
days ago, and, as was stated in Saturdays
GLOBE, was promptly discharged. Inasmuch
Rs the proprietor OF the hotel dld not
knock him down with fire shovel and then
set the dog on him, but merely informed him
that ne had tired man to take his place, Col
Inns did not consider himself discharged; and
inasmuch as ne only used the most insulting
language that man can use TO a Virtuous and
respectable young lady and did not offer per-
s0nal violence he considered that he had not
insulted aus enc. Furthermore, he was for
tunate enough b get his contemplate carcass
ont Of the town before the enraged friend of
she young la'iy, (who had already knocked him
down and was only restrained from mauhng
the worthless lire ont of him by the inter
ference of frlends), could find him. Taking
all these facts into consideration, he took the
liberty of going to the GLOBE Office and causing
to be Published in the department of the town.
which he had di5graced by his presence,
statement to the effect that the reporter had
made mis-, axe. In the former allusion to his
outrage his name was not mentioned, and had
he not proved himself an ass as well liar
and insulter of women, it would not be now.
LOG SALES.
Durani, Wheeler Il Co. to DImock, Gould &
Co., Moline, III, 100000 feet.