Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-01

wrecked Monday evening, on the Wisconsin
Central railroad, about four miles east of
Chippewa Falls, by q collision with gravel
train. None of the train men were injured.
There are four large crews of shovelers
already at work on the Minnesota Northern
railroad, between Fergus Falls and Wadena,
and DeGraff & Co., the contractors, propose to
have the road built and ready for operation in
time for moving this seasons grain crops.
To-day Division superintendents Gere and
Lincoln of the st. Paul & Omaha road will
exchange places. Mr.. Lincoln comes to st.
and Capt. Gere goes to Sioux City to take
charge of the Sioux City division.
Eighteen discharged soldiers arrived in st
Paul yesterday morning from Fort Assinni
boine. They were accompanied by Lieut..
deserters and private convicted of theft. The
latter will be imprisoned at Fort Smelling.
A number of passenger conductors who
have been at meeting of their life insurance
association in Kansas City, are doing Mime
sofa this week. Yesterday they were at Min
neapolis and Minnetonka, and to-day they will
come to st. Paul and remain here until Fri
day.
Peter Henderson, Gus. johnson and E. A.
Lemon have taken the upper degrees in the Or
der of full moon. They discount the latter In
asmuch as they are liable to keep full all the
time. They were up for having been budged
and gratefully accepted the boon of five days
each with Richter.
Judge Chandler, having conquered his old
enemy rheumatism, was at his place in the
Milwaukee & st. Paul company's office yes
terdav, and the suavity with which he met the
complaints of traveller whose trunk had
somehow been demolished was like that of q
man who has no pains or troubles of his
own.
Sand washing on to the st. Paul & Omaha
track Monday afternoon caused lumber train
to Jump the track on a sharp curve about a
mile east of Belle Plane. Nine or ten cars
were wrecked, but none of the train men were
injured. The track was not cleared until
about midnight, and the Sioux City train due
in the evening did not come in until about
A. M. yesterday.
The municipal court yesterday imposed with
out enforcing fine of 500 upon locomo-
tive driver tor running his machine in the
city faster thaa the ordinance allows. The
proceeding is intended as warning to engin-
eers, in view of the claim of the companies
that their employees are instructed in accord
ance with the terms of the ordinance.
Tom Moore, the thoroughbred darkey, who
has been up twice before on grave charges,
charged with stealing coat from Dan O'Brien
on the steamboat Pacific. The latter described
the coat and it looked like clear case, al
though Thomas protested with tears that he
had bought it in st. Louis for fifty cents. He
went up for thirty days.
The stone crusher employed on Broadway to
break the large amount of stone being used in
making the concrete foundations for the
Northern Pacific headquarters building, is a
curiosity for those who pass that way. 1t
demolishes the hardest stones taken from the
hills hereabOut easier than ever soldier could
bite hard-iack, and its motion is much like
that of a pair of stout jaws exercised upon
hard bread.
Col. Cal. Uline, as all who knew him ex-
pected, proves a success as land seller in the
St. Paul & Manitoba land department. The
rush of seekers for land these days is large,
but the Colonel manages to attend to them
all and give each one the information and
assistance he may need. The sales of yester-
day at the Office brought in on the cash pay
ments of ten per cent. nearly seven thousand
dollars.
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trains on the st. Paul & Manitoba road via
Barnesville will be run through Fargo direct
to Grand Forks, which latter place will then
have two passenger trains daily, one being via
Crookston as now. At the same time three
and perhaps four more trains daily each way
will be put on between st. Paul and Lake Min
netonka. The new time schedule providing
for these changes will be out in few days.
An enginear on the Chicago, milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad, named Edward johnson,
was arraigned at the police court yesterday
morning, charged with violating ordinance
No. IS, which provides that no train shall be
run through the city or over the crossings at
rate of speed exceeding four miles an hour.
The arrest was made by Officer Kennealy, who
testified that defendant had run an engine over
the Jackson street crossing att rate of speed
dangerous to both life and property. It is a
well known fact that the ordinance in this re-
spect is daily subject to the most fragrant vio-
lations. Judge Burr alluded to the reckless
and wonderous rate Of speed at which engines
were run through the city, and defendant was
fined 500 or 30 .daye. Sentence was sus-
pended