Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-25
CITY GLoBULEs.


to Hamline university, will open on the first
Tuesday in October.
The Frontenac stone is being used for the
trimmings of the large block being erected by
Indexes, Warner & Schurmeier, at the corner
of Fourth and Sibley streets.
Sofar the equipment of the st. Paul q Man
itoba road has proved equal to the extraordi-
nary fall demand, showing that it is the most
completely equipped of all our roads.
A postal was received at police headquarters
Yesterday from Sheriff Ekstrom, of Meeker
county, stating that two yoke of oxen had been
stolen on Wednesday night, from farmer near
Darwin.
The steamer Eclipse sailed from Bismarck
for Cow Island yesterday, carrying l2O tons OF
river freight, and the long delayed steamer
Helena arrived at Bismarck from Cow Island
yesterday forenoon.
Ninety-eight carloads of wheat went into
Duluth Thursday over the Northern PacIhc
read, and the whole number of cars, loaded
and empty, received at or sent out from the NJ
P. Duluth yard that day was 227.
The hearing in the case of Dwight Woodbury.
against the Chicago g. Northwestern railroad
company, in which action was brought to be
reinstated as director and for other relief, was
resumed before Judge Brill yesterday fore
noon.
Forty 1--WE car loads of fax seed are standing
on the spur track leading to the oil mill just
bnilt and being fitted up in the Sixth ward,
and to relieve the pressure the elevator COM
pany will probably arrange one or two bins IN
elevator A for fax seed.
Mr.. Montgomery, whose narrow escape from
drowning in White Bear Lake last Sunday, has
been duly chronicled, sent his rescuers, the
Messrs. Markoe, some choice gifts as q token of
his appreciation of their great service rendered
him. The act was neatly aud delicately per-
formed.
An old order was found in the vault Of the
district court yesterday, permitting counsel to
take the files in the case of May against Ed
mondson & Co., for one week. The order was
issued in 1861, and as the files have not been
returned, that lawyer is evidently taking
pretty long week.
An extensive sale of real estate was recorded
in the register of deeds Office yesterday, being
the transfer of portion of the property known
as the Ramsey farm, on University avenue, for
$4,000. The property was sold by Frederick
Butterfeld and wife of New York, to Richard
and Samuel Chute. The tract contains liz
acres at cost per acre of $97.
Last evening Officer Lowell brought to city
hall young man named Henry Russell who
has been lying i'll in an up town burn for the
past three days. He was very sick and almost
famished for lack of food. DIR. Davenport was
summoned and a first remedy he senslbly
prescribed liberal allowance of beef soup.
The doctor sent over can of the article and at
last accounts the patient was bracing up.
A raou1ar pnpat:np IF the Third ward Han
cock and English club will be held in Erb's
hall, on st. Peter street, at 7:3o o'clock this
evening. Messrs. j. ]. Egan and j. W. Willis
will address the meeting in English and Mr.
Arthur Koenig will deliver a speech in German.
The Glee club, directed by Prof. Kerker, will
render MY Country tbs of Thee" Hold the
Fort for Hancock" and 'Hancock's Yankee
Doodle" The proceedings promise to be very
Interesting.
The military authorities at Font Smelling
have been investigating the alleged outrage On
Bohemian woman by four soldiers, and have
concluded that the charge is myth. The
woman herself denies it, but in such manner
as TO still leave it in doubt, but with the sup
posed principal witness repudiating the current
statement the case cannot be made out. The
military authorities claim that there is no one
in the garrison guilty of the ofense.
A couple of stalwart striplings named Mike
Foley and James Fowler were before Judge
OBrien yesterday charged with annoying an
old Irish lady named Mrs. Mahoney. The
parties reside in the Sixth ward, and 1t was
shown that she had go peace of mind, night or
day, on account of the disgraceful dolngs OF the
young Williams. They were convicted of throw
ing rocks at the door on their own admission,
and were fined $40 and costs each. Foley paid
and Fowler went to the cooler for twelve days,
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where st. Paul lodge No. g. A. f. & A. NJ,
has resolved to attend the funeral of the late
Brother Abner G. Smith at Litchfield to-mor-
row. A special train on the st. Paul, Mime
apolis & Manitoba road will convey the mem
bers of the lodge and all other Masons who
may desire to attend the funeral to Litchtield
and return, leaving the city at $50 A. NJ,
sharp and returning about o'clock. The fare
for the round trip will not exceed 81. 1t is
hoped that large number will honor the
memory of the departed brother by their at
tendance.
John Gabriel bears the reputation of hurley
loafer and chronic wife beaten. They reside on
Daytons bluff and the brute has been support
eddy his wife, who peddles milk for a iveli-
hood. Last Wednesday Gabriel beat his wife
black and blue and then sold her cow for
twenty dollars going on a debauch with the
proceeds. The maltreated woman called at
City hall yesterday and stated that her husband
had returned and that he had threatened her
life. Officer Newell was sent over and brought
him to City hall. He was full of whisky and
had ten dollars on his person. He was sent up
for thirty days.
The remains of the unfortunate Mrs. Harris,
whose death by runaway team and the mys-
terry which surrounded her identity have been
the talk of week, were buried on Thursday
afternoon by direction of Col. Allen, who has
thus far assumed all the expense of her sick
ness, death and burial. Nothing further has
been learned in regard to her, except the fact
that her true name was VanVliet and that
she has relatives ia milford, Mich. DIR. Day
received letter yesterday, directed to the
Postmaster of st. Paul, inclosing photograph
of the poor woman and inquiring if that was
the lady. An affirmative answer was returned
and it is possible that her relations may yet be
heard from directly.