Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-01
no l22

highly enjoyable. Upon the conclusion of the
song Mr.. Jessrang thanked the minstrels in q
neat speech.
A drunken soldier was collared in lower
town yesterday afternoon having on his per-
SCI a smah sum of money and check for $500.
he stated that he had either lost or been rob-
bed of 800. but was too drunk to give an ex-
planation of his doings. He was put to bed at
the Manitoba house.
Mr.. Leon Houde, of Little Falls, illustrates
the durability of Minnesota soils by saying
thot he lately bought 100 bushels of No. l
wheat raised on land which his father cultivat-
ed for twenty-seven years. and which had been
before cultivated by Capt. Todd for five years.
The thirty-thlrd crop was large. and the quail
ity as stated. The land is near the Mississippi
and the soil the lightest of the light soils Of
Morrison county.
Notice of satisfaction of trust instrument
executed by the st. Paul, Saltwater Taylors
Falls railroad company tn Samuel B. Hersey
and Horace Thompson, trustees, of date July
l. 1871, with the bonds specified therein, was
filed in the office of the secretary of state yes
teiday; the fact of the satisfaction was certified
to by Jas. A. O'Bien, sole trustee and 81. r.
Brill. juuge of the district court for Ramsey
county.
Thomas Scott, the craukey hackman, was
arraigned at the police court yesterday morn
ing. charged with resisting arrest and commit
ting an assault on Officer GalviH. He pleaded
not guilty and Mr.. O. d. o Brien, counsel for
the pria"ner, requested to have The case tried
by full jury. The clerk was directed to draw
a jury and the examination was continued uu-
til 10 o'clock this morning. The defendant was
released on $lO0 bail.
citizen named Thomas Fox was before
Judge o. Brien yesterday charged with commit
ting an assault on lad named Arthur j. Ferti.
He pleaded guilty TO the charge. stating that
number of b ,ys had eempted bis shed as
play house. and that when he ordered them to
descend from the roof of the building they be-
came impertinent. He then took the lad down
and administered Spanking. The defendant
was fined 81 and discharged.
The case of HurIburo & Co. vs.. B. F. Paul
engaged the attention of the United States cir
cult court all day yesterday, as it has for three
days before. The case is being argued on ex-
ceptions to the masters report. There's
$40, ,000 involved, plaintiffs. residents of Ohio,
bringing suit to recover for constructing mill
for the defendant in Henderson. He alleges
the mill was not built according to contract,
and, therefore, refuses to pay. Gilman d
Clough appears for plaintiff, and @. K. Davis
foi defendant.
An extension of mortgage was filed in the
register of deeds Office, yesterday forenoon
representing the first lien given by the st.
Paul & Sioux Oily RAILROAD company to the
Central Trust company of New York. The
original mortgage was filed on the 25th of July,
1879, and the extension is made necessary from
the numerous changes made by the company
since the filing of the first instrument. The
10 inf p6od IN diekFihut0 the h0nda q
sued under the old mortgage to the various
sections of new road.
The federal offices in the United States Gus
tom house seem to be given over to confidential
p ,litical caucuses. within the last two or three
days. There's much going to and fro, and
buzzing of the federal officials. DR.. Day,
Marshal McLaren, Inspector Douglas, Colleo.
Flower are constantly at it to- set up the pins
for the forthcoming Republican State cOnven-
tion. Such outsiders j. Williams, OF
MankatO, and Others are admitted to these
frequent secret conferences, and it is limited
that it IS all for Grant.
A hackman named William Middleton was
before Judge o Brien at the police court yes
terday morning. charged with interfering with
Officer Calvin in the arrest of prisoner OIL
Ger Calvin testified that he was engaged in TAX
ing hackman named Thomas Scott to the
to desist from employing the necessary force
to make the arrest. The defendant stated that
the-Oficer was about to strike his prisoner with
billy aud that he had requested him not to
employ that species of persuasion. The pris-
oner was fined $40 and costs and discharged.
Thursday night, Peter B, Bergken drove up
to the Minnesota house. on Rosabel street, and
sought accommodations for the night. The
house was full but he wasn't fastidious, so he
took up his sleeping apartments in the barn.
He left his wagon in the stable yard over night
and awoke yesterday morning to find that the
wagon was visited during the night and his
trunk taken fr1m it. subsequently Officer
GIBBONS found the trunk on the railroad track
near the st. Panl 4 Manitoba depot, rif1ed of
its contents. Bergken lost by the transaction
two suits of clothes, an overcoat and lot OF
underwear.
Major Lewis Merrill. Seventh United States
cavalry, having been summoned to department
headquarters. was in consultation with Gen.
Terry yesterday, in regard to the command as.
signed to him during the summer. As stated
in yesterdays GLOBE the command will con-
sist of ten companies of the Seventh cavalry
and perhaps detachments from the Second cav
airy. The command will operate in the imme-
diste vicinity of the NorIheru Pacific exteu-
sion. and be out all summer. As yet the details
of the design have not been fully arranged be-
tween Col. Merrill and Gen. Terry. Col. Mer-
rill is a veteran officer of experience in Indian
warfare and the important command could not
be eutru-ted to officer more worthy of 1t.
Uncle Toms CABIN Tuesday aud Wednedsy.