St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-22


Tomorrow is butter day.
Hon. E. P. Freeman spent Sunday with
his family.
The auctioneer has about disposed OF the
Smith Fair store stock of goods.
There is large amount of work on hand
for the street commissioner.
The train from Saiut Paul yesterday was
delayed about forty-fve minutes.
Miss Eliza Jones. former normalite, will
leave this fall for Idaho territory, where she
will teach school.
Mr. Vanlien, of Van Vert, Ohio, spent
last week at Lake Madison, pulling fish out
of the lake with hook and line.
Rev. A. w. Edwards, Of the Methodist
church of Mankato conducted the services
at the Methodist church of st. Peter last
Sabbath.
The county commissioners met yesterday
as board of county equalization to equalize
the assessments of the several townships OF
the county.
A meeting will be held at Union hall on
Friday evening at s o'clock to organize a
Cleveland and Hendricks club. All Demo
Gratis should attend.
Minneopa Falls is visited by Mankato par
ties daily. AS place for picnics the Falls
cannot be beat and are being appreciated by
pleasure seekers.
The testimony in the Morris divorce case
now before Judge Severance, is all in, and
all that remains is the arguments OF the
counsel for the respective sides.
Mr.. Henry j. Parry leaves for Minneapolis,
and, aftes staying there few days. will go
to Chicago Henry intends to re-enter the
school OF pharmacy at the latter place.
O.. D. Hart, of Mankato, defeated Chas.
Koening, of st. Peter, in a 200-yard foot
race at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon
by about four feet. Time 2155 seconds.
Owing to urgent private business, Capt. j.
L. Washburn will be unable to 90 to the
Minneapolis National encampment and
First Lieut. D. f. McGraw will have charge Ct
Co. f.
Mr. H. l. Cleveland, formerly of Mankato,
but now editor of the Hastings U1tiOn visited
his Mankato friends yesterday. Harry is
looking and feeling well, and is well pleased
with Hastings.
Rev. A. w. Edwards left yesterday morn
ing for Plttsburg, where he will be in attend
ance at the national Prohibition convention.
This convention will nominate candidates
for president and vice president
A trip through the farming portions of
his county reveals the crops in the finest of
condition. Wheat is in an particularly ex-
eelent condition and the prospects for good
harvest are now exceptionally brilliant.
Mr., D. Wagner has secured the agency of
:he Agricultural Insurance company, of
Watertown, n Y, which has added to his
agency. The Agricultural is one of the sold
reliable" aud insures against fire and tor
nados.
The police force of Mankato appeared on
Sunday in their new uniforms. The uni
forms are of the latest style and the officers
present Il fine appearance. Every day Man
kato is adding metropolitan airs and this we
Suspose is one of them.
Threatening clouds gathered yesterday
afternoon and the timid feared regular
cyclone, but severe rain and lightning
storm was all that it amounted to. In the
country some grain was laid low, but will be
up again this morning.
S. Young, ''teuton," INDUCED in too
much lager on Sunday and was run into the
cooler in the evening as "drunk and disor-
derly." He was brought before hizzoner,
Judge Porter, and was let loose upon paying
costs, amounting TO So.
A special train consisting of ten cars
passed through Mankato yesterday morning
for the national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Minneapolis, Mimi.
On the train were many old veterans from
Colorado and the far west.
The old horse Frank, well known as the
'Seattergood horse" died at j. B. SWANS
stables on Friday last. He was thirty-four
years old, having served three years in the
army during the war, and was used two years
on Il stage from st. Peter to Waterville, and
afterward used by the company and by Mr..
Scattergood as II family horse
For same time past boys and men have
been in the habit of bathing in the Mime
sofa river In clear view of houses in Cum
mings addition. Many of the parties have
been warned by residents of that addition,
but most of them have paid no attention to
the warnings. On Sunday number were
in bathing, when resident near by told
them of the ordinance OF the common council
prohibiting, and showed them ''no bathing
here" notice, but one of them replied in an
ungentlemanly manner. The gentleman
then went to police headquarters, but before
Chief Welsh could get to the river where
they were they were out of that neighborhood
Chief Welsh declares his intention of arrest
ing all men and boys found bathing in the
river near the city and if any one found it
may go hard with them as there is fine i'm
posed under ordinance No. 40 of not less
than 81 or more than 500 for each violation,
in default of payment of which not more
Than 90 days may be imposed. Fair warn
ing is given to all.