Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-13

Up to date 500 dog licenses have been issued

OOgS aLter ILLS week.
The annual meeting of the Oakland Gene
terry association will be held on the 2Sth inst.
Conley's Variety Theatre closed last evening
for the season. 1t will be reopened August
l23d. u! a@. -
! Board of Trade will meet for the first annual
election at McIlrath & Gilbert's Office at P.
M. tomorrow.
If the water continues rising, Capt. Cutter
informs the GLOBE that he will be compelled to
shut down his mill Monday.
The collector of United States customs re-
ceived $129 yesterday from William Theobold
in payment of duty on wines.
The council committee on public accounts
met yesterday afternoon, and examined the
usual batch of monthly accounts.
Turnkey Joseph Spiel left for st. Peter yes
terday, having in charge Patrick Fahey, COM
mitted to the hospital for the insane.
The firm of Pfeifer, Heck & Files paid the
sum of $l,5l3 yesterday to Collector Bickel for
stamps on liquor taken out of the custom
house.
The regular monthly meeting of the State
Historical society will be held in the rooms of
the society in the capitol tomorrow (Monday)
evening.
A man named Whitney, employed in Gut
ter's saw mill, West st. Paul, had one of his
fingers taken off by buzz saw yesterday af-
ternoon.
One of the census enumerators-John j.
Williams-has completed his work. His dis
trict lay between Summit and Nelson and Mar
shal avenues.
2 The bill boards about the city which were
Frustrated by the heavy gale of wind on Thurs
day night were being replaced yesterday, and
so were the signs, ready for the next blast.
The committee on railroad crossings of the
common council will meet at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning at city hall. Final action
will be taken on all matters pertaining to rail-
road crossings.
unique deed was filed in the register of
deeds Office yesterday, representing the trans
fer of five and one-half inches of land on West
Third street. The strip was sold by r. Stiefel
to Eve Lamprey for $75.
Dillon o Brien, ESQ.,, left on the noon train
yesterday for Boston, where he will arrange for
the reception of the emigrant families to ar
rive on the 22d inst, and conduct them to their
new homes in this State.
basket picnic to lake Elmo was enjoyed by
the pupils in the four upper grades of Jeffer-
son school yesterday, and the auspicious wealth
er and beautiful attractions of the lake con-
spired to make the occasion highly enjoyable.
I A meeting of the committee on ways and
means and printing of the council will be held
at o. clock tomorrow afternoon. The object
of the meeting is to consider the asibiiity of
publishing report of the council proceedings
in the German paper.
The excursion of the Great Union band to
Forrest Lake, to-day, promises to be grand
success. With pleasant weather no more enjoy
able trip can be had. The train leaves the foot
of Wacouta street at 9 A. M, and will leave the
lake on its return at $3.50 P. H., reaching St.
Paul before dark.
In travelling his beat last night officer Newall
heard a sonorous snore proceeding from be-
neath the approach to the bridge in the Sixth
ward. The clue was followed up and the
sound was found to proceed from % iuebriate
individual fast asleep under the bridge He
was toted to the cooler.
The pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades of the Neill school visited Minnehaha yes
terday their annual summer excursion.
They were chaperoned by Miss Lucia Miller,
principal of the school, and delightful season
of recreation was enjoyed amid the beau tiful
surroundings OF the falls.
The Minnesota Universalist State convention
will hold its annual session this year at Albert
Lea, commencing at 10 A. M, on Friday, June
18th. A portion of that day is appointed for
the discussion of Sunday-school matters, under
the leadership of Prof. A. o. Gutterson, of
Owatonna. Rev. j. W. Eldridge. Of Austin, is
to deliver the occasional sermon to the conven-
tion.
An interesting suit was on trial in the district
court before Judge Wilkin yesterday, being an
action by the city of st. Paul against William
f. Davidson to establish the ownership to GER
tain property described as lot nine block five,
st. Paul proper. The lot is situated on Sixth
street between Cedar and Minnesota streets, and
defendant claims that he has owned the prop
erty since 1849, while a counter claim to the
land is set up by the city. The case is on
trial.
Mr.. s. B. Woolworth, the veteran reporter of
the Pioneer Press, met with quite severe ac-
eident On Thursday, which will lay him up for
some time. He was prosecuting his search for
news on the levee, when "a long train of fat
cars came to halt, blocking the street cross
ing. Being in hurry, Gas all newspaper re-
porters always are) he attempted to climb over
Tue cars. In the enQeaVor, one or MS feet was
caught between the bumpers, crushing it quite
severely. The accident, while not eff serious
nature, is painful one, and will incapacitate
him for work for some time.
smash-up occurred on the s.. Paul & Mani
toba railroad yesterday morning between a
freight and wood train, half way between here
and Minneapolis. Both trains were going west
on the same track, the wood train being in the
rear. The coupling suddenly gave way and
separated the freight train, two or three of the
parted cars going at rapid rate down the
grade. The cars collided with the engine of
the wood train with such force as to splinter
the caboose of the wood train and seriously
damageth the engine. No personal injury was
reported.
James Connors and Thomas Lanegan met by
chance, in front of the cathedral. night before
last, and the latter was the recipient of a very
unpleasant welcome. Connors was as drunk
as the metaphorical billed owl, and was brave
in proportion as he was servile and helpless.
He attacked Lanegan, and threatened to make
him eligible for the coroner and wooden
overcoat. Before the dire threat could be exc
cuted, he was seized by the arm Of the law,
and yanked to the cooler. Yesterday he was
before Judge Flint, who patched up the affair
by imposing fine of five dollars.
An idea of how they take the census in the
sawdust suburb of Minneapolis is illustrated in
the following instance: Yesterday young man,
named Edward Pitheon, reiding at No. 160 st.