Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-31
AUSTIN FESTIVITIES.
Court In Session, and Little Jamboree
With Judge Page as Usual.

Court In Session, and Little Jamboree
With Judge Page as Usual.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
AUSTIN, March 3O.-I arrived here last even.
ing and found the district court in session and
the town full of people. There will be about
three weeks term this time, and this is the
second week. There has been the usual picnic
already though very quiet, so much SO as not
to attract Judge Farmers attention. It seems
that Judge Page wished to have some private
conversation with County Commissioners W.
B. Nilsson, witness in a case Judge Page was
attorney In, and being not the very best
Of friends the gentleman objected, where
upon Page approached and took hold
of Wilson's arm, determined TO carry his
point and hold the desired conversation, but
was rather roughly pushed back by the gen.
tleman, and upon further attempt was still
more roughly repulsed.
I Those who delight in q sensation land not
few are here) expected frst-class one, for
at this juncture the choleric old Judge as
sumed belligerant attitude, very much
the same as that with which Sullivan
advanced TO meet Ryan. His smooth
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closely shut and his piercing eye
mot like gentle gazelle's) which has been
wont to strike terror to the hearts of his enc
mics. flashing fire--but the judge seldom
commits an indiscretiop, and this was no ex-
ception to the rule. Summoning up all his
latent Will power he restrained his natural in.
cinstion, most natural under the circum 81 an
ces, and SO quiet was the entire transaction
that but few in the court room were aware Of
the transaction.
Some are 80 uncharitsble as 10 assume
that the irrascible Judge experienced for
the moment that most unman]y of
human attributes commonly known rs pbysi-
cal fear, but the candid unimpassinned wit
ness will always testify that 10 this feeling the
judge has always been stranger. A very
large share of the cases in court are as usual
committed to the care OF Page, who, though
he may have many serious faults has always
been admitted to be an able attorney. Report
says he Is about to leave Austin and for once
port. Mr.. R. W. Hal. of LePey,
an attorney, has purchased part,
at least of the judges library, and succeeds to
his law office and practice. 1t is also said that
he has sold his residence and intends leaving
Austin very soon. Wherever he may intend
locating report says not, but undoubtedly
where his really fine abilities will receive bet
ter pecuniary remuneration than place of
this size warrants.
From my window at the Fleck house over
look the public, square, where vast
the verge Eof large excavation.
Enquiry confirms my suspiclon-Mower
county is going to have court house.
Three cheers and tiger! Better still,
although it is going to cost ffty-five thousand
dollars (S55, 000) the county does not have to
bond. aid has in fact at this moment, over
half the sum In cash on hand raised for this
purpose. The city gives the public square
for a site and six thousand dol
lars (se,ooo) It t,,. was planned led BY w. "
be built by Stephen Ives, Of Brownsdale,
The building is to be Of modern architectural
design, 81 by ITO feet; basement Of Mankato
stone, with Kassota stone steps; supsrstruc-
ture of st. Louis pressed brick, with Cleveland
sandstone trimmings, and will be a thing Of
beauty and joy forever to the people OF this
county, who have 80 long occupied ,me sort
of an old tumble down shell, unsound, unsafe,
and unsuitable in every way for public
purposes. Business is unusually good for
a dull season, and when the mud
shall at last disappear everybody will be
happy. AS soon as breakfast I am going
over to ''sound JONES' and will give my ex.
perience in P. 8.
P. ST. have sounded Jones and have found
him sound so far as Dunnell is concerned. In
fact he is SO soundly Dunuell that he don't
believe that it is possible for the famous old
political warrior of southern Minnesota to lie
about anything. Privately he thinks Dun.
nell must have been "off his base" little
when he wrote to Davidson to sound Jones.
He thinks that southern Minnesota, nor in
fact the entire state, has man who ia his
equal as a statesman, and it is plain to see is
simply ard purely sound on Dunnell. Thu
facts as to who stole private letter and gave
1t to the meanest man on earth to publish are
pretty well developed, and the gentleman who
done the purloining may well feel uneasy un-
der the unenviable notoriety in store for him
when his disreputable act is made public.
W. w. Erwin is expected on to-day's
train to aid the prosecution in the Allen Bishop
assault aud battery case, which seems to be
the principal theme of interest this session Of
court.
Charles E. Coleman, formerly of Millbank,
u. T., has been ordered here by the g., M &
st. P. company to take charge of their bust
ness here. Mr.. Coleman will fill the position
acceptably JUTE.