Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-13
SALTWATER.

and landing some fine logs.
Isaac Staples finished sending men AM
teams to his camp yesterday.
O'Brien & Anderson, ON Upper Snake
were doing we'll for three mile road.
Alcorn & Thompson have just finishes
hauling the logs they skidded last year.
The demand for hay and oats has been ia
in excess of the supply for the pAst week.
Johnny Brunswick left for Minneapolis
yesterday, to attend the business college il
that city.
John Freeman was beating everybody il
nice logs. McGinnes was doing we'll OF
! Knife river.
Prof. Hammond and VIM. Redmond, O
Prescott, who spent Sunday in this city, re
turned home yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Wilson, accompanied
by Miss Clark, made tour Of . number O
the logging camps, last week.
A convict in the penitentiary got one o.
his fingers badly cut in q planning mill
yesterday, through carelsssness.
Two hundred and sixty four births and
one hundred deaths is the complete number
registered by the city clerk for 1879.
The cornet band members are talking
| some of making arrangements with the
River Falls band to give concert in thai
town.
Matthews q Jordan, who are logging on
the line of the North Wisconsin road, had
Hudson Saturday.
With Jack Everything goes" He says
that he has no fears for the future, the
present cannot daunt him, but it is the re-
Prospect that curdles his ambition.
The cornet band, at their last meeting,
elected the following officers: ]. L. Jones,
president; Adam Marty, secretary, and John
Demler, treasurer and business manager.
Fairbanks camp and Jack Gillespie's
camp on the Moosehorn river are doing fine
work. Anderson, on the same stream, is
cutting 5000 cords near the railroad, and q
few logs for G. N. Nelson d Co.
A report came down yesterday to the eff
feet that Enberg & Cederberg's camp on
Snake river was the scene of q general fight
last Thursday, caused by too much alcohol.
One man received bad cut on the wrist
from knife in the hands Of the cook.
A. J. Gieret, employed for tho past two
years or more in STEMS jewelry store, leaves
to day or tomorrow for New York, where
he will remain during the winter and then
depart for Europe. This trip will be taken
to improve his health, which has been very
poor.
Burt Loomis was seen ut Staples camp
on Ann river, happy, hearty, and
hungry enough to make the cook
anxious Burt argued the Maine question
with fall bench of deacon seat" lawyers,
and when he quoted from Justice Bradley 9
speech on the Florida case and named the
authority, was routed by the simple question,
"who's he cuttin' fur?''
We have been informed on good authority
that last fall, in the magnifcence of his
acquaintance and the generosity of his
heart, he sent a barrel of hand-picked
cranberries to her majesty, the Queen of
England, with his compliments. In due
time he received al acknowledgement of the
gift, but expressing regret that the cranber-
ries bad soured on thespassage.
ing the most work for their crew of any
concern on the waters. They and
their countrymen "pool their issues"
in logging any man with side of
beef or peck of beans can 60 in and work
Will iuLCIcot W DoSh utLAs 1OtoIb Bay
the woods about their camp are full of
Swede swearing and yarn from their socks
and mitts.
G. N. Nelson's camp, on Groundhouse,
has the name of being the best managed
camp on the river. Everything is in fine
condition, we'll housed, we'll fed and doing
the biggest kind of work. In Dennis
Boyle's absence Jack Underwood has charge
of the concern. Some ladies who visited the
camp last week enjoyed Jacks bread story
very much. Only one man could say
s'Hugh" like, Jackie died in Miramichi.
Dantforth Bros. d Bean are the best call
round" concern on the upper waters. They
farm, sell merchandise, cut hay, keep hotel,
pay taxes, run for Office, pick cranberries,
cut logs, haul ties, and are occasionally
elected delegates to the various conven-
tons. Steve. Dantforth is the "rising" in
that concern. If nature had not fixed his
safety valve so that he "blows off" on pres
sure, Steve. would have exploded years ago.
1t may prove of interest to our lumber
merchants to know that change has oc
Cured in tbs firms, the Clinton Lumber
company, of Clinton, and Wells, Gardiner d
Co., of Lyons. In the former company
Hon. L. b. WadIeigh has purchased con-
trolling interest, and in the latter Mr.. E. P.
Wells reiires, having disposed Of his interest
to Messrs. Gardiner and Batchelder, the firm
now being under the name of Gardiner,
Batchelder i Co.
PROBATE COURT.
Last will and testament Of Henry @. DIAL
lett admitted to probate.
Application made for final settlement in
the estate of Richard H. Lee, deceased, and
time set for January LIST.
NUMBERING OPERATIONS.
From gentleman who has made q visit
to few camps on the Minnesota side of the
st. Crol1, we CLEANED few facts as to how
we'll they are doing:
The late thaw did not do much harm and
left good deal of snow. The ice is very poor
for some reason, making bad landings where
logs are dropped on low banks or on marshes.
There is abundance of help an low wages
and the roads are filled with men and
teams.
WISCONSIN NEWS.
1t is reported that Democratic paper is
to be started in Baraboo.
Ice boats are numerous, gay and festive on
the lakes round about Madison.