Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-30

D6lOr0 O6pIomDer1 SLs
The cornet band is making arrangements to
inaugurate series of open air concerts.
Mrs. Dr. Weloh, of Winona, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. W. D. King, of this city.
Muller Bros. are putting up an addition to
their extensive boat building establishment.
Will Chambers, head bookkeeper for Durant,
Wheeler & Co., has returned from business
trip to Chicago.
The steamer Aunt Betsy was raised on We'd
nesday and is now at the South Saltwater
docks for repairs.
Flisburg, Opsahl & Go. is the name and
style of the firm that is soon to open drug
store in the Green block.
Oak street, between Third and Fourth, is be-
ing graded and fixed up for travel. A two
plank sidewalk is to be constructed on the
north side. 1t is a much needed improvement
Gnik & Ruomyes have placed an deliberately
painted Chinese sign in front of their drug
store on Main street. Grick is said to be of
Mongolian extraction, while Ruomyes is of
Ten-tonic.
The Democrats of Washington county will
hold a county convention in this city on Satur-
day, the 18th day of May, 1880, at IL o'clock
A. NJ, for the purpose of electing nine dele
gates to the Democratic stare convention to
be held at st. Paul, May 20tn, and such other
business as the convention when assembled,
may elect and consider.
Notwithstanding the Indictment inclemency
and the awful awfulness of the weather, We'd
nesday evening, the vestry of the Universalist
church was thronged by delighted and jolly
crowd. The various articles on sale we're
caught up with remarkable fluency, and the
various devices for obtaining shekels were cor
daily endorsed. Mayor Proctor held the lucky
number in the dictionary scheme %. When
interviewed by committee of ladies, few
days ago, during which a remote allusion was
made to the propriety of his investing a small
sum for ticket, Mr.. Proctor remarked, with
smile that was childlike and bland, IF should
buy fifty-nine of the sixty tickets. and tyou
should hold the other one, you would draw the
dictionary" The next time anybody asks us
to buy ticket in any kind of scheme we
know exactly what to say. The sofa pillow,
very handsome one, was drawn by Miss Eta
Brosious. Everything passed off satisfactorily
and tremendously, netting the society about
300.
MUNICIPAL COURT.
The case of the City VS.. Hank Farmer,
charged with disturbing the peace, came up
Thursday. Farmer plead guilty and was fined
$3.50.
A similar case against Eugene Thomas re-
suited in the defendants being discharged and
case dismissed.
Michael Mitchell was up Thursday morning,
charged with being disorderly and resisting an
officer His case was remanded to o'clock in
the afternoon.
Christopher Kaiser was also before his honor,
and plead not guilty to charge of assaulting
Officer Jack Shortall. His case was also con-
tinued to o'clock.
DRIVING NEWS.
Perkins & Linfest finished sluicing at Mud
lake Tuesday night.
Nelson & Tozers Groundhouse drive was in
Snake river at noon on Wednesday, with clean
rear.
futile & Mckay have not got sluiced at
Knife lake.
Andy McGrath sent four million feet of
Staples Ann river logs into Snake river
Wednesday night. Warren Wiley and his crew
worked three days and two nights to do it so
they could come with Groundhouse.
No logs have come from Upper Snake for
three days.
There are eight million feet of logs in one
jam on the Swede bridge.
Danforth Brothers d Beans Mcmillan and
Knife river logs are through the cutoff below
Greeley farm.
Head winds makes the driving slow, but
everything is progressing nicely
BOARD OF TRADE.
A regular meeting of the board of trade was
held at the secretary's Office on Thursday, at 81
o'clock. The following members were present:
D. Bronson. Ed Brown, Smith Ellison, E. W.
Durant, A. Gillespie, E. L. Hospes, James
Mulvey. f. Bean, j. s. Proctor and Isaac
Staples, being full board of directors except
ing two. The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. The price of scatter
ing logs was fixed for the past month at 616@
715c. The price for May was also fixed at the
same rate. The meeting is in session as we
send our report.
LOG SHIPMENTS.
Five strings of logs from Durant, Wheeler
Co. to Gardner, Batchelder 4 Co., Lyons,
Iowa.
Durant, Wheeler & Co., by steamer Jona- |
than, fourteen strings of logs, to Page, Dixon |
& Co.. Davenport, Ia
By Durant, Wheeler & Co., 100000 feet, to |
Ct. M. Grunnis, Lake City.
BY steamer Dispatch, two strings, from Kelly |
81 O'Brien to O. N. Clark q Co., Dubuque.