St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-12
Saltwater Notes.

to A. Rohrbach.
The steamer Brother Jonathan arrived in
port yesterday morning, and leaves for the
south with raft as soon as possible.
The work of improving streets is going onl
Second street, in front of the postoffice, has
been getting good coating of broken stone.
To-day there will be game of base ball on
the grounds here between the Bay City and
Saltwater teams, at 4 o'clock P. m.
Travel across the bridge yesterday was con-
siderable, and, fortunately, the bridge re-
quired to be opened but little, very few logs
or boats passing through.
The iron roof of the front part of the pris-
on is progressing admirably, the south side
having nearly all the iron plates in position.
That part will soon be water proof and fire
proof.
F. c. Weyerhausen, Of Rock Island, presi-
dent of the Mississippi Logging company,
and Peter Musser, of Muscateen, a promi-
nent lumberman and mill owner, were in
the city yesterday
There is expected to be a big time at the
skating rink tonight, as next week the floor
will be covered. so that skating cannot be in
dulged in. Come out with your brothers,
and your sisters and your cousins and YOUR
aunts, and every body else, and have a grand
good time.
There is no trace or track of Howard, the
convict who escaped on Thursday although
due search has been made. He must have
got to the woods, but there are hopes that he
will yet be behind the bars. The GLOBE yes
terday morning made it, that he was in for
''ten" years, when it should have been
''two."
At the district court, before Judge Nc
'Cluer, the case of Sheriff Holcombe against
the j. n. Nelson Lumber company was still
on, and is not yet finished. The sheriff
wishes the company to pay for goods de-
stroyed, and which they receipted they claim
ing on the other hand that they are not re-
sponsible.
This morning at the police court there were
only two cases, and both for disturbing the
peace. The one was that of Turbidy, the
Bay City base ball player, who was cutting up
rumpus at the Sawyer house, which cost
him $3.50, which he paid The other case
was that of a balloon maker, who was a fol-
lower of the circus, and who also had too
quiet at the Keystone house, so the police
took him to the caboose. He also contributed
80 TO the city funds.
Yesterday some boys got on a fence, on
Olive street, near Third, and filed their
pockets of little, snarly, green apples. Poor
little fellows, they thought not of the many
stomach aches in the pockets full that was
taken. However, the police should put a
stop to any such practices whenever they
come under their notice. 1t will be a benefit
to the community, and blessing to the pill
ferers. Our advice to the owners of orchards
or other property liable to be pilfered by
young scamps, to give them into custody at
once, as mistaken -leniency may bring the
young thieves to the states prison.
There was great jam yesterday in the
city to view the procession and attend Fore
paugh's circus. The procession was good.
Some of the horses were splendid specimens,
and the full quota of elephants, dromedaries
and camels were out The lady snake
charmer sat unconcernedly in the midst of
the creeping reptiles. The lion and tiger
cages had each its foolhardy occupant, al
though the animals appeared perfectly I'M
conscious of his presence. A new feature
was q nu mber of Asiatic musicians, but the
sounds of their wooden flutes would not
stand much before good brass band. All
the show wagons showed any amount of gold
tinsel. The wonderful, the sacred, the only
white elephant in the world, except Capron's,
is a little fellow, and not so very white
either. He is a kind of blush white. The
attendance was good, and the audience APP
peared satisfied.
On Thursday evening, by the Omaha train,
the Bay City Base Ball club arrived in the
city and put up at the Sawyer house. That
quiet and respectable stopping place does
but seldom harbor such Il gang of rough,
foul-mouthed and drunken characters as
some of the members of the Bay City club
have proved themselves to be. Mr. Lowell
tried every means in his power TO keep them
quiet, but it was no use. The police had at
last to be called in and Turbidy, one Of the
club, was taken to the caboose, and yester-
day morning appeared before Judge Meth
way. One or two others should have kept
him company. Their having to play a twelve
inning game with the St. Paul club appears
to have demorazed them. However, their
conduct on Thursday night was anything but
that Of gentlemen. They will find out tn ere
are law abiding citizens here, and that the
police do their duty.
No doubt the water commissioners in this
city are doing the very best they can in the
way of supplying water, but the water at
present supplied from the water worko is not
fit for human use. The stencil from IL is
and the taste is most nauseous.
Lake McKusick, from which the supply ia
received, is not large enough to cleanse it.
self, and it has a considerable amount of
weeds growing in it, which helps to render
the water less pure. The alter should not
be used for any cooking purposes, as it taints
almost everything cooked in it. A supply Of
good, healthy water should be supplied, and
there is plenty Of such in the city, AS springs
are numerous at all points below the high
grounds surrounding the business portion Of
the city. There is a pipe in j. w. Nc
Kusick's pond from which the cleanest,
purest spring water is ponring all the time,
aud in sufficient quantities to supply large
number. And that is only one of the many
such that could be had at very little expense.
The commissioners are in duty bound to
supply the city with water fit for culinary pur-
poses, but the water they now supply Is only
fit for watering the streets, and for fire pur-
poses. This is a matter in which every
citizen is interested and it should be taken
up and acted on. This is a most healthy
city, and II will not do 10 have the lives OF
the citizens endangered through the impurity
of the water supply.
An experienced tinman wants situation. Ad
dress Globe office, saltwater.