Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-02
SALTWATER.
Wheat firm; No. 1, CSC.

wheat nrm; NO. l, 9Sc.
Mr.. John Kuhn will open his photograph
room over Bronson & Folsom's about the 18th
of April.
ri. N. & j. w. Castle have added 304 volumes
! to their law library and among them as com
plete set of English reports as can be found
in any library in the State.
Chief Engineer Bronson sent, to-day, a te,e-
| gram to have the hose cart forwarded as soon
as possible. 1t was expected here some weeks
ago, but failed to arrive from some cause.
Seymour, Sabin & Co., are digging for the
basement of their new office, which will be
Joined to the north side of the present one.
The office will be built of brick, and will be
2Ox5O feet, one story high.
| The nomination of Mr.. Mathews for mayor
gives general satisfaction to all parties Mr.
Mathews is one of our business men and has
been connected with the city and county as an
officer for several years, and is well acquainted
with the wants of a growing city such as
| ours.
The new office at the Sawyer house is be-
ginning to show its shape. The different
rooms are all studded off and will be ready for
| clustering in few days. The passenger ele-
vator will be run by water motor. 1t will
be, when finished, the handiesS office of any
hotel in the West
| At the annual conclave of Bayard Com
mandery, No. II, the following officers were
| elected for the ensuing year: W. G. Bron-
| son, E. c.; B. G. Merry, G.; E. A. Folsom, G.
G.; W. Harrington, p; w. II. Pratt, s. W.;
j. A. Reed, treasurer; s. P. Richardson, re-
corder. The appointed officers will be an
nounced hereafter.
The Tribune reporter found a pocket book
yesterday forenoon, as he was taking his usual
round. Casting his eyes around to see if any,
one was looking, and finding the coast clear,
he stopped down to pick it up, but it did not
come, and when Charles Mcclure smiled out
loud he for the first time realized that 1t might
be the first day of April
The passenger train on the Manitoba road
ran into freight train yesterday afternoon
near Rothsay, setting the caboose on fire,
which burned several passengers. Among the
city, whose head and face were cut and legs
badly burned. II. D. Catler received a telegram
yesterday noon stating that Mr.. Wissnger
died yesterday morning. Mr. Catler left i'm
mediately for Fergus Falls to take charge of
the remains.
The prospects for new postoffice are good.
Postmaster Butts received telegram to-day
from Senator Mcmillan, stating that the post
master general had accepted the proposition
5000 year. Mr.. Moffat would not say to the
reporter whether he would fulfill the contract
or not, but did say that he should erect build
ing adjoining the one formerly occupied as a
postof1ice that would be twenty-four feet front
and seventy feet deep. The old building will
be moved on to the line of the street and the
two will be veneered with brick, maxim e
one block in front. This is the most central
place that could be found IN the city and viii!
accommodate more people than if put in any
other place in the city, as it will be situated be-
tween the two streets leading from each hill to
the business part of the city.
ALDERMAN SEYMOUR RESIGNS.
AT special meeting of the city council last
evening the following communication was re-
ceivei from Aid. Seymour:
To the Hon. President and Members of the
City Council of Observation-Disclosures
hereby tender you my resignation as mem
Der of this council, to take effect Monday, but
SO far as the salary is concerned on the first
day of October, 1880. Respectfully.
G.. M. SEYMOUR.
The resignation was duly accepted and the
council adjourned.
REPUBLICAN CITY CONVENTION.
The Republicans of the city of saltwater
met in convention last evening, and was
called to order by E. D. Taylor, when G. W.
Seymour was elected Chairman, and E. D.
Taylor secretary. E. D. Taylor was elected
a committee of one on credentials, and reported
the several wards correct and entitled to seats
in the convention. The convention endorsed
for mayor Samuel Mathews, the Democratic
nominee, and for city treasurer d. w. McKu-
sick. The chair appointed the following
named gentlemen as a city committee Ed.
Taylor, f. G. Norton, j. A. Deragisch.