Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-20
CITY GLOBULES.

The city treasurer viii disburee about
$4,000 to-day, in payment for work done
on city contracts.
The annual meeting of the Ramsey
County Pioneer association occurs in st.
Paul on Saturday, Oct. 81.
Down at the hay market yesterday the
prices ranged according to quality from
$40 to $12 per ton while straw was slow at
81.
The jury IN the case Of the United
States against John Carr, indicted for
coupterfeiting, retired to deliberate upon
verdict at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The fine granite sidewalk now in course
of being laid in front of the new McKin-
ney and Kittson buildings is to extend
through OF the whole Wabashaw street
block.
An ex policeman says he once arrested
the negro Geo. Washington, one of the
nurderers of Policeman O'Connell, while
he was robbing the clothes lines in the
yard of the Metropolitan hotel.
The supreme court yesterday admitted
to practice in the courts of Minnesota on
afiidavits and certificates John P Knowles,
Geo. w. Metcalf, Jr, and W. A. Burr, who
will establish themselves in their profess
sion in ST. Paul.
The whole massive stone walk in front
of the custom house on Wabashaw street
is being relaid on lower grade to CORE
spond to the height of the new granite
street curbing and is being extended in
with to cap even with it,
Thejury brought in verdict, late yes
terday afternoon of $1,000 and $570.4O
interest TO date, in favor of the plaintiff in
the Renville elevator clasm suit of Andrew
Willard, administrator of the estate of
Columbus German, VS.. Il. 3. Cellogg, ct
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The county assessors are temporarily
occupying the same quarters in the new
court house as the probate court while
their new room is being fitted up immedi-
ately in the rear of the district clerks
quarters, and in which they will get located
next week.
At the new city market yesterday po-
tatoes retailed at forty cents the bushel
while thirty-five cents was the price if you
took the whole load. The farmers thought
the figure was as low as would be reached
this fail, while all the stock was of fine
size and quality.
The criminal cases will be taken I'D in
the district court on Monday, ten days
having been arra1gned for their trial. At
their conclusion the jury trials of civil
cases will be resumed, to be followed by
court cases, which will bring the adjourn
xnent up into December.
The hearing on a writ Of habeas corpos
to release Thomas Wells and John Ell
bridge, arrested in this city by Chief of Po-
lice Clark for the illegal sale Of property
under chattle mortgage in Kjttson county
was adjourned by Judge Simmons Yester-
day to 10 a. m. this morning.
Seventy-four recruits left Fort Smelling
last evening via the Northern Pacific rail-
road for posts in Dakota and Montana,
fourteen in charge of Second Lieut.. Jas.
E. Wilson, fifth infantry, to Fort Buford,
and sixty in charge of Capt. Vim. A.
Miller, eighteenth infantry, for Fort
Aiaginnis.
An appeal case on the part Of the ST..
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railway
courts in favor of Sigurd Rogstad, infant,
appearing by his guardian Andrew Ne
land, was argue1 and submitted in the gu
preme court yesterday, and can be set
down as one of the rare antics in law.
Workmen are engaged grading the high
school building grounds. 1t is high time
this work vas done, and it is also time that
q good substantial sidewalk was laid down
in front of the building. The sidewalks all
along Tenth street in the vicinity of this
we'll known structure have been in very
bad condition for long time, and they
cannot be put into good condition any too
quickly.
Prof. VIM. Manners college of music in
Mckinney block, has entered upon a car
eer of unexampled success, most of the
classes being already full. The professor
has decided to institute a class for the
especial benefit of advanced pupils, for
the instruction of whom no one is better
qualified than he. Those who desire to
avail themselves of his instruction should
make application at once.
Mr.. H. S. Levy, of Abbott's Chicago
Monthly, is in st. Paul, and is to be con-
graduated upon the success that his maya
zine has attained. The November number
is replete with good things, the principal
one being sketch of Hiram Powers, the
well-known sculptor. This sketch is IL
Illustrated with number of the specimens
of Mr.. Powers skill, including the Greek
Slave and several busts. The magazine
gives indication of good intellectual work,
and appears to be growing rapidly in pub
lie favor. The miscellany of prose and