St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-11
THE CITY.
CITY GLOBULES.

This is Good Friday.
The demand for eggs is looking up.
To-day, Good Friday, is legal holiday.
The public schools will be closed to-day.
The high license committee are raising a
fund.
Only two days left to catch onto your Easter
bonnet
The committee on streets will hold a meet
ing tonight.
The florists are crowded with their orders
for Easter flowers.
The Windsor hotel Office is undergoing its
spring renovations.
1.-THE offices at the state capitol are closed
to-day, it being Good Friday.
Judge Burr says there are too many boys
loaing around the engine houses.
The supreme court yesterday adjourned
over Good Friday to Monday, at $3.50 a. IN.
The holy Thursday decorations at the Cath
Ole churches yesterday were exceedingly
beautiful.
The Rice and Neill school buildings being
now completed the schools therein will open
A meeting of the board of water commits
sioners will be held at noon tomorrow. New
bids will be opened for the new water works.
The board of abatement met yesterday
afternoon, and after abating some personal
taxes, adjourned to next Monday, at p. m.
The Irving fire insurance company of New
York was admitted by State Insurance Com
missioner A. R. McGin, yesterday, to do
business in Minnesota.
The Bank of Minnesota yesterday filed suit
in the district court against jeremiah G. Nc
Carthy in the sum of S 3, 1874, SO, alleged to be
due on a promissory not e.
A still alarm at :45 p. m. yesterday after
noon, sent the department down to the boiler
shop and dwelling house, corner of Ninth
and jackson streets, to harmless chimney
fire.
The suit of Chas. G. Bennett, as assignee,
against II. R. Denny, for the sum of $40, 900
alleged to have been wrongfully converted,
was transferred to the Ramsey county district
court yesterday from Hennepin county.
Inspector of vessels Gen. Flower, and
deputy Scott, have inspected the Bun Hersey
and the Jacob Bean, formerly the Penn
Wright, at Saltwater, and found them o. X.
To-day they go to Reeds Landing to inspect
the Silas Wright.
The young peoples literary society of the
Christian church, (disciples) will give a mu-
steal and literary entertainment tonight,
(Friday) at p. m, at the residence of G. S.
Fawkner, No. 2S6 Pleasant avenue, two doors
north OF Jefferson schOolhouse. Public cor
daily invited
A New York man is getting up what is
known as insurance plats of the city. The
one finished is of a central portion of the
city, and if 200 of them are sold on subscrip-
ton, he will proceed to plat other portions of
the metropolis. The plats show every street,
alley, block, house, barn, shed, sewer drain,
etc, on the beat, and are handy to have
Yesterday afternoon as Trout Brook hose
arwas returning from the still alarm on the |
corner of Jackson and Ninth streets, it came
in contact with a vehicle on Broadway, near
Ninth street, and upsetting the same threw
Mrs. w. A. Miller out in such way that she F!
sprained her ankle. The unfortunate lady |
was properly cared for, and it is understood |
the injury Is not serious.
County Treasurer Burton paid two 1000
Ramsey county bonds yesterday, of the issue |
of 1864, or what are now known as the war
bonds, and bearing z per cent. interest |
These two bonds.were issued to the order of |
j. W. Yandes, of this city, twenty years ago,
in whose possession they have remained for |
twenty years, and to whom personally they
were paid for and taken up from yesterday. |
Mr.. Yandes is evidently prettywe ground |
ed believer in the credit of otd Ramsey.
Chas. H. Lienau and Albert Scheffer yes
terday entered suit at the district court |
against Jeremiah C. Mccarthy in the sum of |
$4,000. Defendant contracted with the city |
of St. Paul on Sept. "a, 1888, to build sewer |
On Seventh and Clifton streets, plaintiffs be-
coming his sureties in $4,000. The plain |
tiffs allege that the work. is not being hurried |
to completion with degree of rapidity that |
will insure its deliverance to the city at the |
time specified in the contract, and that they |
will on this account become holden in the |
sum of at least $4,000. Hence the suit