Daily globe., 1882-01-29
CITY GLOBULEs

The sum OF $500 was ;paid by the city
treasurer yesterday to city contractors.
Messrs. P. T. Kavanagh and James O'Brien
have been appointed appraisers in the estate
of Maria Pottgeiser, deceased.
Sheriff Eckstrain, of Fairfield, passed through
st. Paul yesterday for Saltwater, having In
charge a convicted horse thief named James
Teuischer.
Judge Brill rendered decision yesterday
granting the motion for judgment on the
nleadings in the case of d. NJ. Robbins VS.. M.
Sherman and others.
The directors of the aims house and hospital
met Yesterday and audited the bills for JAN
nary. The expenditures for the month for all
PURPOSES amounted to 81, ,43O.
II Nathan Goodwin, who left his home at
Providence, Rhode Island, and who is sup
posed TO he in this city, will call at police
headouarters he will hear of something to his
advantage.
The case of the state against Ole Benson, in
dicted for larceny from the person. was given
to the iury at noon yesterday. They had not
agreed upon a verdict at midnight and their
chances were good for being out all night.
Application for mandamus was made IN
the district court yesterday on the part OF the
State ex rel. Edward Wolff against Judge w.
T. Burr, to compel the latter to issue an exc
cution on Judgment for S72 in favor OF the
relator.
Charley Walters tackled the elegant tangle-
foot Friday, and when found by Ohcer LIE
Corsley, it was the biggest case o! dead drunk.
edness of the season. He was gently waltzed
to the tower in a wagon, and yesterday ne
went over for five days.
A quartette of commission merchants nam ed
]. & E. Austrian, j. B. Hoxsie and j. W.
Jaeger were before Judge Burr yesterday
charged with retailing meat without butch
er's license The case is one OF mlSunder
standing ard the hearing was continued 10
the S1st inst.
The will of the late Henry Warner was filed
in the probate court yesterday forenoon. After
paving all debts 1t provides that the dwelling
and personal property shall go to the wife OF
deceased, and in the event of her death is to
revert to his Sons, Renben and j. NJ. Warner.
Mrs Warner was named as the executrlx.
NJ r. EricksoN, the contractor who was SC
suddenly left by the collapse of the Chicago,
Portage & Superior City railroad and the
Great Anglo American Construction company,
has taken contract from the st. Paul &
Omaha road to grade section of eight miles,
and probably eighteen miles, from st. Croix
north. Mr.. Erickson is generally thought 10
have been very badly treated, and mis- friends,
who are numerous, will be glad to see him get
into good shape again.
An error found its way into the item in yes
terda mornings GLOBE, in regard to the
impro proyement of the st. Louis river water
power. The name of the company is the "St.
Louis River Water Power Company" and
entirely independent of the st Louis River
Improvement Company. The capital stock is
81, GOO, ,000, three quarters of which has been
subscribed. The company owns all the boom
facilities, ard is putting in extreme booms at
Fond du Lac. The treasurer, MIR. Mendenhall,
is of Duluth, and the secretary, Mr.. Klrkbride,
is of Minneapolis.
Ia the way of detecting smells, health Of
ficer Patterson is an artist, but there are some
things that even deceive his cultivated and
supersensitive olfactorles For instance ne
cannot abide the festive and odoriferous linn
burger and one sniff of good old switzer kase
produces pain in his head. The other day
he detected the unctuous odor of switZer
coming from the fancy grocery h5use OF
Schultze & Becht, and yesterday had the for
mer before Judge Burr on the charge OF nui.
sance. The hearing was continued until
Tuesday.
Articles of incorporation of the Fergus
Falls building association were filed with the
secretary of state yesterday The capital stock
of the association is s5O0,000, in shares of S5(
each, and the highest amount of Indebtedness
is limited to $1,000. The incorDorators are
Robert Miller, j; W. Mason, G. Goodsell, An
drew G. Tod, c. II. Goodsel, G. D. Wright
P. Glare, F. w. Burnham, Geo. G. Waters. P
McMaster, E. A. Jeweit, j. W. Earl, P. O.
Noben, J. NJ. Gray, and J. D. Boyd. L. Good
sell is president, Robt Miller, vice president
F. ". Burnham, secretary, E. A. Jewett
treasurer, aud ]. W. Mason, attorney.
A N IAN named W. H. Cunningham was
locked up last night for being intoxicated.
On searching him it was found that he had a
number of papers on his person which indi-
Gated thathe belonged in Morris. Among the
papers were $4,000 in mining stock of the
Sacramento Gulch company, and 500 in mon
ey. The mining stock was signed by I. Nc
Kee, president, and w. T. Brown, secretary
If he had not been picked up by the police all
this wealth, or portion of it, would probably
have found its way into some other PERSONS
posses sion, especially if he had gone into Min
nesota street.