St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-11
EAU CLAIRE.

Special Correspondence of the Globe!
EAU CLAIRE, Sept. 1O.-Matt Kneer, of tina
Kneer house, is putting in an elevator in his
store adjoining the hotel.
Hon. VIM. f. Bailey is at Menomenie
Nat. B. Rumble has gone to Haywood.
The schools on west side opened yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham left for the east yes
terday
Circuit Court Commissioner Bartlett is on
the sick list
Hon. VIM. Pitt Bartlett is gone to Superior
on legal business.
The burnt district on the West side is be-
ing rapidly rebuilt.
Ole Oberg, Swede, died of consumption
at the hospital yesterday.
The lower mill Of the Empire Lumber com
pany shut down yesterday.
Free mail delivery will begin at Eau Claire
on the LIST of October, next.
James Clements horse, Billy Dayton, re-
corded 1900 at Minneapolis.
A terrible rain storm ragged almost all day
yesterday. We had perfect deluge.
The st. Patrick's Catholic church opened a
mission last Sunday to be continued through
the week
The Y. NJ. c. A. has constructed a large
ten where meetings will be held from to-day,
weather being favorable.
Officer John Hancock arrested two SUSPECT
Gus looking customers this morning. They
are held for identification.
Lightning strucka big tree in the yard of
Ed Allen during the storm yesterday and
made things lively for awhile.
A new recruit for the G. A. R. arrived at
the house of L. P. Hotchl1iss yesterday. He
weighs ten and one-half pounds.
An ex-minister of the Swedish church oc-
cupied quarters in the calaboose yesterday.
He was homeless and out of funds.
The rain storm yesterday bursted the cell
lar doors of the Van Hovenberg block and
damaged contents Of basement to the tune
of $50.
Capt. Leroy, mail agent on the W. c. rail-
road, reports terrible rain storms all along
the road; heavy trees blown down in several
places.
Francis Murphy, the temperance apostle it
10 ASPOlIOui VIII appear dI il Cdll udIC1 W
convert the tipplers of our city, he will have
his hands full.
George Truax, formerly of this city but
lately of Waseca, is having the music hall
fitted up for a skating rink. Skating is about
all the rage now
The great j. P. Cooper estate Gmagin-
ary) was sold yesterday by the sheriff for
So 900 to Attorneys Griffin & Walensby, rep
resenting the creditors.
Our Hebrew citizens from Black River
Falls, Chippewa Falls and other towns in our
neighborhood, are going to celebrate their
New Years day in our city.
The names of the senatorial committee
chosen yesterday are as follows: Eau Claire
county, H. H. Hayden; Pierce county, j. w.
Hancock; Pepiu, D. c. Tapping.
Thos. Lewis was arrested yesterday, on in
formation by telegraph from Madison, but
proved to be the wrong man, no cause or ex-
PLANTATION given by the authorities.
A military company is to be organized
here and for that purpose meeting is to be
held at Capt. VOLTS Office on the 18th of Sep
TENDER. 1t is to be purely military-no pol
itics connected with it.
The name of the man who was reported
insane and jumped through a glass door sash
at the hospital Sunday morning is Silver
Erickso~ brennan at the Badger mills, and
suffer Jtn typhoid fever. -
At the Democratic senatorial convention
held yesterday, at the city building, n. B.
Kohl, chairman and jackson secretray,S. S.
Keppler and Hon. Thomas Carmichael, were
chosen delegates to the state convention.
The foot bridge at the Eau Claire COM
pany's steam mill was destroyed by the water
during the storm yesterday. Lightning
struck near John Powers feed barn. 1t also
killed four horses on the outskirts of the city.
Rivers are raising rapidly.
Hon. Alex. Meggott, after long absence
in the east, returned Saturday. He says the
Republican reports about him taking a vote
on the train, which was overwhelmingly in
favor of Blaine-Logan, is false, but he did
take votes on river excursion boat when
Observation-Disclosures got over two-thirds of
all the votes cast Another Republican cam
paign story nailed.
There is no news to-day as to the future
,,aod,ss operaTdi of the boilers, but will watch
events close. Their game is to run VIM. F.
Bailey for assembly against our regular
nominee Emmett Horace is a rising young
Democrat and gentleman without blemish,
who has worked himself up from the ranks
of common laborer to a place of position
and emoluments. We are sure the Hon.
VIM. F. Bailey is too good Democrat and
gentleman to allow his name to be used in
| connection with the kickers.
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