Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-25
CITY GLOBULES.

ILL.,, Tuesday evening.
The Iibbie Conger, of the Diamond 10 line
will be in tonight from below to leave Tor ST.
Louis at noon Monday.
The United States circuit court spent yester-
day in hearing witnesses in the case OF Claflln
& Co. vs.. Insurance Company.
The Northwestern. Capt. Geo. Davis, will
arrive here at an early hour this morning and
will leave for St. Louis at II NJ.
1t was reported last night that man had at
tainted to commit suicide. An investigation
revealed the feet that the party was simply
dead drunk.
Gradually the waters are subsiding' still the
river is in splendid boating order, and boats OF
the largest size arrive and depart from our port
with great regularity.
The river fell another inches in the twenty
four hours ending at A. NJ. yesterday, and at
Up. NJ. was four inches lower, or II feet inches
above low water mark.
An employe of the Saltwater branch of the
Chicago & st. Paul railroad had his foot
crushed at the Saltwater junction yesterday
morning while coupling cars.
Mr. Charles A. Mann, it is re ported, viii
build business block this season on his lot at
the corner of Fifth and Sibley streets, opposite
Noyes Bros < Cutters store.
Chief Weber was engaged yesterday in
making out his report of police matters in st.
Paul, to be forwarded to the chief of the cen
sus department at Washington.
The Red Rock camp meeting is fairly under
Roadway, with large attendance. Tomorrow
Saturday will be the big day. For means TO
get there see advertising column g.
The sheriff of Wright county arrived in St.
Paul yesterday, having in charge 3 man named
Waldo, arrested on the charge of horse stealing
he was lodged i'll the county jail for safe keep
ing.
Lindley was at the police court yesterday
charged with keeping bawdy house on Waba-
shaw near Seventh street. She was fined $40
or twenty days in the bastile.
John Wann has begun the excavation for a
new block of two stores, to occupy the Fourth
street lots between the new building being
erected by Dir. Wharton and the st. Paul d
Manitoba company's building.
Pat Kelly, the contractor, had the first con-
tract on the removal of Baptist hill, and is now
about beginning the work of taking away the
last of The hill-the towering pile of clay and
rock remaining behind the Wsnn block.
Mr.. c. c. Bergh. the diamond dealer, re-
ceived an importation at bis house yesterday
upon which he has not thus far paid duty. 1t
weighed ten pounds and is Of the musCaline
gender. Where the vig!ant custom mouse
officials?
The bridge over the river above the falls of
St. Anthony is 30 Low as to interfere very
seriously with the navigation of the upper
river IL should be raised or removed. At
present il is hindrauce to navigation and a
nuisance.
The district court was engaged yesterday in
hearing the case of Mary Ann Madden against
the st. Paul & Manitoba Railroad company, in
which an appeal WAS taken from the award OF
the commissioners. who assessed 1900 for DAM
ages done plaintiff property.
The Nathal English Opera company now
filling an engagement at the Opera House, will
give a sacred concert at White Bear Lake on
Sunday for the benefit of the new Catholic
church now in process of erection there. Trains
will be run at convenient hours for the con.
venience of all who desire to attend.
Herr Frederick Won Bodenstedt, last even
ing, received few friends who called to bid
him farewell previous to his departure for his
native land. He will leave the city day for
Milwaukee, where be will spend few days,
ana thence will go to Chicago, New York and
Washington, and then sail for Germany
A bright looking darkey named William
Bean was arraigned before hizzoner at the po-
lice court, yesterday charged with the larceny
OF a 1920 gold piece from Mrs. Il. Fry, residing
in Benz block. There was no evidence to show
that he had tempered with the ''yeller" dust,
and ne was discharged.
Robert Dougan, the well known book-keeper
for A. X. Barnum, was married last evening to
Miss Clara Hanson. The ceremony was per
formed at the residence of the brides family,
Jackson street, in presence of relatives of the
parties. The happy pair were remembered by
friends with many presents.
The police yesterday were on the qui vive
for notorious horse thief named Nelson, who
has been operating extensively in Iowa. Off
GERS Casey and Cook visited the Post Siding
yesterday afternoon in hopes of finding their
man. His rendezvous is in the vicinity of St.
Paul, and as he is well known he will, no doubt,
be captured.
Considerable opposition is manifesting itself
against the grading of Jackson street through
the hill in rear of the city. This work will
have to be done sooner or later, and when COM
pleted, will add greatly TO tho value of the pro-
perty fronting on that thoroughfare. We
think that the property owners who are oppos.
ing it stand in their own light.
A dapper young man named Patrick Ryan
and damsel attired in faded finery named
Anna Peterson were before Judge O'Brien yes
rrol,o y
dumped out of hack on Third street night be-
fore last beastly drunk, and the hackman stat
ed that they resided in Minneapolis. They
were fined two dollars each and discharged.
Frank Winters, Jr., and old time st. PAT
boy who has been seeking fame and forum c
for the past three years in New York city, is at
home for month of pleasure. His untiring
labors In the field of invention, have under
mined his health. and he seeks Minnesota
again on advice of his physician. His new
motor is a success, and he says will revolution
ize street railway transit.
Complaint is made at the GLOBE office that a
water closet in the rear of No. I65 Minnesota
street, has not been cleaned for five years past.
Complaint has been made to the health office,
but the matter has not been attended to- and has
become nuisance to the neighbOrhood. Ty-
phoid fever has broken out in the vicinity, and
its prevalence has been attributed to the un-
clesnly condition of this vault.
Herzog's saloon ON jackson street was the
scene slast evening of what almost proved a
serious accident. A domestic named Katie
Ryan was engaged in filling patent heater
with alcohol when the fluid caught from light
ed taper, the flames bursting over the young
womans person. Her arms were severely
burned, aside from which she sustained no in
juries. 1t is thought she will rapidly recover.
We understand that the present water COM
pany has the exclusive right to lay water pipes
in our city. If such is the case, the residents
on st. Anthony Hill would be under many OBJ
legations to that company if it would inaugu-
rate measures to secure water supply in that
hitherto neglected region. 1t will not answer
to delay this matter any longer. Water is de-
manded and water must be had