St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-02
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The city council meets tonight. There ia
not much business to come before it.
One arrival yesterday at the state prison,
and he will board two years, for robbery.
judge Crosbyi expected to attend dis
trict court here on Wednesday afternoon at .
O'Clock.
The grand jury meets on Monday next at
10 o'clock. There are four crimina cases to be
acted upon.
There will be sociable in the plslors of
the Presbyterian church on next Friday even
ing. 1t cannot surely exceed the last
With the new machinery received the ele-
vator will have much greater capacity for
unloading grain, handling nearly double the
number Of cars daily
The police yesterday showed US q leather
strap with check attached marked Central
house c 81 S Moorhead, Mimi" The police
have the check and the owner may have it.
Mr.. D. J. Harris was yesterday Lappy over
the arrival of ten FOUNDER boy, with which
Mrs. Harris presented him. He took pleasure
in setting the cigars up. Mother and son are
doing well.
Yesterday morning Mrs. McComb was
taken much worse. but during the day size
became more comfortable. 1t would be a
pleasure to see her happy countenance on our
streets once more.
Those who have been out on the lake
skating say it is fully as pleasant as on the
roller rink. but after being on the rollers the
steel skate is difficult to stand on. There is
much more fresh air.
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sion church, Episcopal, has rendered his re-
signation, to take effect next Easter. 1t is
not understood to what point the reverend
gentleman is going.
Yesterday the weather was very mild, the
little snow we had almost disappearing from
the streets. 1t would be of bt nett to the
lumber interests il all went off. There are
too many logs left from last season.
George b. Norris, Of Wildwood, brother Of
F. 6. Norris, was at the Sawyer house Sun
day. He came to see his brother off for
Washington, but as he had left at noon on
Saturday he had TO return without seeing
him.
George Mckenzie, the well known river
man, on Sunday fell, while asleep, on the
stove at the Sawyer house. Although some
what scorched, George will get on all right,
as he has been through far worse during mis-
lifetime.
In probate court, yesterday, before Judge
Lehmicke, Benz Thompson was appointed
administrator of the estate OF John Paulson,
deceased. In the matter of the estate of
Oliver Ames, deceased, the administrator
was licensed to sell real estate in st. Paul.
No particulars have yet been received in
reference to the death of Sammy Hersey, and
all are anxiously waiting until the return of
his uncle with the body from Chester, Pa,
when the cause of his sudden and sad death
will be learned. They are expected here to-
day.
Yesterday was the last session of the board
OF prison inspectors that j. W. J De Laittre,
of Minneapolis, will attend for some five
months as he informed your reporter that
he leaves for trip to Europe Immediately,
and not returning until some time in May or
the first of June.
A young girl, named Mary Mckay, daugh-
ter of Neil Mckay, who has grocery store
on North Fourth, opposite Maple street, was
coming down stairs with her brother, who in
fun pushed her, when she fell headlong to
the foot of the stairs, cutting fearful cash
in her heed, ana SIZE is now in a precarious
state, under the physicians care.
The real and personal taxes for the year
1884, in the county of Washington, is now
due, and all who wish may call at the audi
tors Office and paw the same. All taxes
paid before June l will have no penalty at
tached, but on that day costs will be incurred.
This gives the taxpayer six months in which
to pay his taxes, and it is hoped that it may
be done within that time,
Through the energy of Mrs. z. r. Jones
new organ has been placed in Grace Congre-
gational church. This will add much TO the
song service, and it is particularly useful in
the Sabbath school. II is expected that there
will be another sociable in the chuIch about
Christmas, the one held last Friday evening
being so pleasant and profitable.
1t was a surprise to many of the readers,
in Saltwater. of one of the morning papers,
to learn that Harry Wheeler, the South hill
energetic merchant, was dead, and to none
more so than himself, who says that he did
not know that he was present on Sunday at
his own funeral We think he is a pretty
lively corpse. We presume it was Harry
Smith, the veteran, that was meant.
Mr.. Stuart, of the District Telegraph com
pany, has been putting in a number of new
fire alarms at the engine house, each fire box
having its own alarm, so that the firemen
can make no mistake in locating the fire.
Engineer Sormick has got a bell in position
that win wake the soundest sleeper and will
alarm the neighbnrhood. The manner in
which the whole is worked is simple, and a
mistake is almost impossible, each box being
Independent of the other.
Yesterday the prison inspectors held their
regular monthly meeting. In addition to
the inspectors, Messrs. Butts, De Lattre and
Norrish, Soy. Hubbard and State Architect
Radcliffe mere present. They audited the
various Wc0unts and examined the work
on the PRISON, accepting what was finished.
They were much pleased with what has been
done, and Mr.. Geo. NJ. Seymour, the con-
tractor and his staff Of assistants were com
plimented on the excellent job they had
made for the state.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Seymour yesterday received
telegram from the South American commits
sioners, who are at present in San Francisco,
asking him not to start for San Francisco
until he received another dispatch from
them, as they did not know but they would
go by the east from New Orleans instead of
taking the western side of the continent first
We should think this would be preferable, AS
they could either cross the isthmus and go
south to Chill. or go direct to Brazil, on the
east side Whichever way they go We trust
they will do much to increase the commerce
of the United st ties, and we trust that our
Minnesota man will do as much as anyone
to further the interests of the nation.
Coroner Merrill states that the following is
the mortality returns for the past mon th, and