St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-13
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Mr. Ed. Kinney, clerk on the Penn Wright,
spent Sunday In the city.
Isaac Staples, Robert Dams and David Sta
pies spent Sunday at Maple Island.
Last week the receipts at the bridge were
very good, amounting to s2o1.20.
The Ben Hersey left yesterday forenoon
with eight strings of lumber for various
! points on the river.
Lake De Montreville yesterday had Con-
ductor Travis of the Omaha road looking at
its placid waters, which have great attrac-
! ton for him.
To-day the steamer VIM. White viii take a
party OF goose hunters down the river. There
has been so much shooting at the geese that
they are getting extremely shy.
A. c. Hospes and Judge Netheway went
out hunting on Friday and were very success
full. having bagged twenty-five mud hens, or
commonly called Swamp Angels
The steamer Penn Wright arrived early
yesterday morning, and left yesterday with
fourteen strings of logs from Isaac Staples to
the Island Mill company, Burlington, la.
Mr.. Matt Clark was presented By the Off
GERS and men of the steamer David Bronson
with handsome and costly leather covered
arm chair and sofa, and Matt is wonderfully
blessed with what the boys have DONE
New rails are being laid on the Duluth road
in the neighborhood of Mahtomedi and Dell
wood, which mproves the road very much.
The new portions are very smooth We
trust the whole will be laid with steel rails.
Mr.. George NJ. Brush left yesterday for
Dakota. He is now the owner of large Gle
vators at Grafton and Mimic, in northern Da-
kota, formerly belonging to Townshend g.
Co. He Will be able to do a heavy business
in wheat bcying in that home Of No. l hard.
Last evening the train on the Duluth road
was much troubled with cows on the track
near Saltwater, along Browns creek. The
fireman went ahead with billets of wood and
stones, but the COWS only switched their tails.
One kept the right of way to the stone
bridge.
Yesterday and Saturday large amount of
plant that has been used in the construction
of the Wisconsin Central railway, was
brought across the bridge, the grading being
finished. There were scrapers. and trucks,
and wagons which will be shipped by rail
from this point.
Mr.. George f. Sabin, of Marine, who was
in the city yesterday, informs US that the
meeting of the Blaine and Logan club in that
town on Saturday evening was largely at
tended, and have considerable over 100
members. This is much more than the
Blaine and Logan club has here.
The steamer Cleon went to Hudson after
the government feet that has been at work
piledriving, and other work at that point, for
the purpose of taking the whole outfit to
Osceola, where the plant will be wiutered.
She also took down party of shooters, but
we hardly think they will have much success,
as the hunters are about equal in numbers to
the birds.
j. S. Anderson 81 Co., have lately been
supplying large quantities of lumber to the
Minnesota farmers for building purposes,
and is doing much more in that line than
any Of the other mills here. Among the
purchasers are many of the cyclone suffc 4Is5i
who are making preparations for winter, and
getting up shelter in place Of the houses car
red away.
On Saturday evening the house of Gus.
Sexton, VINO lives near the corner of Myrtle
and Everett streets was entered and the
hilCutu anu bulJtiS CitHUeu Ol everything
eatable. The burglars took bag of -four
a ham, molasses, eggs and butter, besides
other things. A couple Of women in the
other part heard them distinctly as they
made much noise, aud endeavored 10 get
into the other part OF the house, but the door
was secured, When the women heard them
they went on tip-toe into a bedroom and
locked and bolted it, as they were much
frightened. The police viii be onto the
racket, and no doubt the culprts will be
caught.
On Saturday evening there was consider
able of an excitement on Main street, owing
to the numbering of young man who
claimed that he had been swindled out of
watch and $40 by q party who keeps a little
store north OF Corhaips. The establishment
deals in ready made clothing, and in watches
and jewelry. The young man, who is not
over bright, claims that he was looking in at
the window, when one of the men inside
asked him in, and they got him to give them
his watch and so for watch that they
guaranteed to be first class. They also gave
him couple of uudershrts. After leaving
them he had the watch examined that he got
from them, when it was pronounced worth
less, or nearly So. He went to the police
who advised him to go back with what he had
got from them and demand his own. But
the greeny found il was no go, and he raised
a terrible boo-hoo, much to the amusement
Of the crowds on the street