Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-08
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CITY GLOBULES.
The steamer Josephine, of the Diamond j
line, will leave here for st. Louis at 9 a. m. to
day.
| Weather permitting, the Emmett Light Al
tillery will indulge in street parade to-mor
row evening.
Mr.. J. j. Mason, importer of liquors, pai
yesterday over $4O0 duties on imported wines
brandies, etc.
The Northern Pacific passenger special tina
came in yesterday morning, included thre
sleepers and six coaches, all well filled.
The teachers of the public schools will NEE
in the. assembly room of the high school Oh
Saturday morning next at 10 o'clock.
Judge Nelson yesterday filed decision il
the case of J. w. White We. A. Crawford, il
which decree was ordered for plaintiff.
The Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha company
in compliance with the request of Col. King
will sell round trip fair tickets for the rest O
this week at half fare.
Invitations are out for a social gathering
under the auspices of the Emmet light artil
lery, TO be given at Market hall on Wedne sda,
evening, the 14th inst.
| On account OF. the unfavorable. weather
Capt. Boyton has concluded to postpone hi
river exhibition from this, Thursday, after
noon, to the next fair day. -.
| The land department of the st. Paul g. Man
itoba road yesterday closed a sale of eight sec
tions of land near Hallock to G. w. Cooper
Esq, of Allentown, Pa, for II 800 miles.
The work of renovating, embellishing anl
Identifying the custom house is nearly com
pleted, and in few days more the granite pile
will resume its usual routine order of bust
ness. 4 a.
| A party of prominent Scandinavian business
men of DecOrah, Iowa, left here last evening
| for Stephens and Hallock, in the Red River
valley, with view of locating in business
there.
| Capt. Paul Boyton, the famous swimmer,
if he can before completing his preparations
for his Yellowstone voyage, will probably join
the st. Paul excursion to Glendive, on his way
to Miles City.
| The Northern Pacific company will run a
splendid sleeping cal train from st. Paul to
Fargo, Saturday night, leaving this city at G
| p. m. The same train will return from Fargo
| Sunday night. It will be made up especially
for visitors to the fair.
At Pennington on Tuesday evening, Joseph
Kelley, trackman on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad, had his right hand
badly crushed while coupling cars His in
juries were dressed by DR.. Dodge, and the
man is doing well.
The attendants on the Prince of Whales are
all large men internally, like the whale.
Hence it was not strange that the other morn
| ing one OF them was overheard wishing that
he might sit down in the water and force the
whole Mississippi river to run through him
for few moments
The permission to J. II. Drake, Esq to
erect frame building on Eagle street, applies
| to the firm of Corliss, Chapman & Drake,
who intend the new building to greatly en-
large the present capacity of the same firm fol
manufacturing sash, blinds, etc: In the new
shops they will employ over 200 men.
Mr.. F. W. Dyer, delegate to the annual
convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, as the representative of Minnehaha
lodge No. 81, left for Boston last evening to
attend the convention, which meets in that
city on the 18th inst, and is expected to last
| week. Minnehaha lodge is the banner lodge
| OF the order in the United States and Canada,
numbering over 100 members.
The State board of equalization met yester.
day at 10 a. M, and continued in session nearly
all day. All the members were present ex-
cept Messrs. Tousley and Chamberlain. The
business transacted was in committee of the
whole, Mr.. Dawson in the chair, and conse.
| quently no definite results were arrived at. It
will require several days of continuous work
to finish the business Of the board.
About II o'clock last evening Special Po-
liceman VIM. Stoutz found man lying in a
shed near the corner of College avenue and st.
| Peter street, dead drunk. He managed to get
the man to police headquarters, when it was
found that he had been held up and robbed of
silver watch and possibly other things of
value. The man was too drunk to give any
account OF himself, even to his name.
Deeds were filed with the register of deeds
yesterday, among Others from William A.
Lightner to Bertha W. Davidson for lots 5 and
| 6, block 81, of the subdivision of block 10,
| 81 and part of 90, in Woodland park addition,
| the consideration being $1,000. Also from
| Chancey c. Miller to VIM. Dawson for certain
property in the VIZ of the eL of the sw4
secClOn 20, LoWn 20, range ~, IN new canada
| township, the consideration being $4,000.
A young man by the name of Chas. MUIR
bank, lately from Winona, and stone cutter
| by trade, was arrested by officer Marian last
evening upon the charge of having stolen a
pass book on the st. Paul Savings bank,
from fellow workman, and forging check
to the amonnt of $35, and obtaining that
amount of money. The young man was in
teryiewd by GLOBE reporter at the city jail
last evening, denied all knowledge of what he
was arrested for. He Will have hearing be.
| fore Judge Burr this morning. -