Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
SALTWATER.

There is SIX inches of water in Mr.. Sta
| pies engine room
Seymour, Sabin & Co. have the first
story of. their new Office up.
The St. Croix boom company will start
off tomorrow with force of 100 men.
The pile drive has gone to Marine to
drive piling for Walker, Judd & Veazie
The lumbermen was busy yesterday all
along the lake shore picking up stray
logs. -
The friends of Fred Mobiles will tender
him party at Maennerchor hall Monday
evening.
Bronson & FolsOm's boom broke yes
terday afternoon, letting out two million
feet of logs.
Messrs Berry and Burgess, from Bur
lington, Iowa, are in the city looking up
the log business.
Mr.. E. g. Cross, of Blue Earth county,
has been appointed guard in place of j.
V. Smith, resigned.
J. A Deragish returned yesterday from
New Y ork, where he has been on his an
nual purchasing tour
Parties on Maine street are clearing
their cellars as fast as they can, as they
are filling with water.
John F. Burke returned home yester-
day from business trip East. Look out
for q well selected stock of clothing.
DR.. J. c. Rhodes returned home yester-
day from Big Stone county, where he has
been to rent his farm for the coming sea-
son.
Mr. John Green has hadan invitation to
90 to Duluth to make estimates On a
school house which is to be butt there this
summer.
Mr.. Reiner has a crew of men near his
ice house at the end of the bridge pick
ing up wood which is floating from his
wood piles.
The bridge was crowded all day yester-
day with men looking at the lake and
specializing as to how high the water
would become.
The morning lovefeast in connection
with the third quarterly meeting will
commence at $50 this morning at the
Methodist Episcopal church @
Owing to the high water and strong
wind yesterday the west end of the bridge
was loaded with stone to keepit from be-
ing washed off from the piling.
A letter was received yesterday from
Mr. Walter Scott, who was called to Dex-
ter, Maine, a few days ago to the bedside
of his wife, saying that she was dead
He will return as soon as he can arrange
his personal matters. & baa da2
This Sunday evening at 7:30 Will be the
commencement of course of lectures to
be given by the Rev. w. II. Harrington
at the Universalist church. The SUBJ
| ject of the lecture this evening will be
s'The day days of creation
Bayard Commandery has appointed B.
g. Merry, w. S. Conrad, D. II. Hersey,
F. E. Joy and D. Bronson as committee
to make arrangements to receive the Sir
Knights that will visit this city next
month to attend the annual conelave.
| Mrs. Mary Wiesher, life convict in
! the penitentlary, gave premature birth
| to child Friday night The child lived
but few minutes The mother is doing
well, but it is not certain about the faith
er, as it is toss up between LIE Sueur
and Blue Earth counties as to who he is.
The new pile driver now being built at
Staples boatyard is nearly completed land
when done will be 40 feet long with
eighteen foot beam. She will be driven
by two engines with seventy-two. inch
stroke. and will be used as tow boat
and pile driver The pile @drlving appara-
tus can be taken down. when used for
towing
Surveyor General Proctor has made the
following appointments: The clerks in
the Office will be j. D. AIcComb, Fred.
B. Yates, and Frank Chase The force
| of sealers will consist of John Goodrich,
Jas. Y. Avery, Mike Foran, j. w. McKu-
sick, Edward WEIGH, Jas M. Davis,
Robert r. Davis, Ezra Chase, J. N Mas
terman, Otis Staples, IAory E. MeKusick
and S. Trask
ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL EXHIBITION.
| A large and intelligent audience assem-