St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-25
CITY GLOBULES.

The Woodland park picnic to Forest Lake,
that was to have occurred on the 18th, but
which was postponed, viii take place next
Tuesday.
Mr.. Collins, who was so severely injured
in the accident on the Omaha on Tuesday,
was brought to st. Paul yesterday and is now
with his family on Lafayette avenue.
The condition of Chester, the workhouse
convict who was shot by guard while try
ing to escape last Wednesday, was reported
Yesterday, as somewhat improved.
A widows back pension, amounting to
S76S for the town of Kasson, and one of
1892 for Renville county pensioner, were
received at the attorney generals office yes
terday.
Judge Simons yesterday overruled de-
nurrer to the complaint of the Pennington
National bank charging its ex-cashier, A. 0.
Osborne, with loaning its funds without tax
ing security.
The new four wheeled hose cart ordered
several months ago by the fire commissioner
has arrived, and is on exhibition at central
fire hall. 1t is beauty and will be placed in
No. engine house.
H. H. Kingsley, principal of the high
school at Alexandria. has been appointed to
the position of assistant professor of math-
ematics of the Michigan university, located
at Ann Arbor, in that state.
lad named Joseph Wilk was arrested by
officer Patrick Gibbons yesterday on the
barge Of stealing pinchbeck chain. He
will have hearing to-day. The chain is
worth about ten cents.
The Scandinavian college that for thirty
years has been located at Chicago, will soon
De located in st. Paul. A site has been Sc
cured and if buildings cannot be erected in
time the parties interested will secure rooms
and open at once.
Secretary Young, of the state board of
Immigration, has received advices from
German and other foreign ports that the
cholera and quarantine regulations have
Tried up foreign emigration for this year to
he United States.
Mr.. Donaldson, the great wheat farmer of
.Zittson county, was in ST. Paul Yesterday.
He has 10000 acres in wheat and will com
mence harvesting in about two weeks. He
regards the crops as substantially out of dan
ger, and thinks the yield will be good big
average crop.
Harvey Officer, Esq, represented the firm
Of Broadwater, Mcnamara 81 Co., and C. D.
0'Brien, Esq, the Lion Fire Insurance COM
pany, of London, in the suit on trial yester-
day before Judge Simons, brought by the
former against the latter for the recovery of
5000 claimed to be due them on policy
on a stock Of goods burned at a trading post
at Ft Maginnis last year. The insurance
company claim that no such policy is in ex-
lstence on account of its cancellation.
superintendent ThomIAon, in charge of
he railway mail service, and Capt. White,
superintendent of the sixth division of the
Jervice, reached st. Paul yesterday on tour
Of inspection. In the afternoon they called
On Postmaster Dr. Day and chat ensued
regarding the merits and dement's of the
fast mail service, one object of their trip be-
ing to investigate the fast mail trains with
the view of establishing a greater rate of
speed.
About half past eleven o'clock last night
Sergeant Morgan and Officer Hanft made
call on gambling house on Robert street,
between Fifth and Sixth, and captured six
blooming youths who were enjoying them
selves with the "chips.' These gentlemen
gave the following as their names: II. Will
son, Andrew Phelps, William Sims, J. w.
Wilson, Tom Peloto, and James Walker.
All were admitted to bail, each one putting
up $500 as security for his appearance at
the police court this morning at O'Clock.
The heat of yesterday was suddenly and
very decidedly cooled off about four O'Clock
in the afternoon, when rain storm accom-
panied with very high wind which blew
from all points of the compass at the same
time. The wind and rain swept the streets
and washed off the pavements as clean as
though the work had been done with a
broom. The storm did not last more than
half an hour but il was very lively while it
stayed with us. The damage done was not
very great. Several windows were blown in
in the Rogers block, aud some of the
branches of one or two trees were broken off.