St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-11
Sf;,r,catey Notes.

Bet your money on the wheels of fortune
and other heather games and lose it.
The water is going down, and is nearly
down to three feet above low water mark.
The steamer Ida Fulton left yesterday fore
noon with raft of logs for Dubuque,
Iowa.
The men belonging to G. N. Nelson d
Co.'S. drives have all arrived home with
their camping and other outfits.
Miss Gertie Easton came Sin from Cornell
ian lake camping ground and returned last
evening. They are having a most delightful
time.
Mr.. Jas. L. Allen, of Greencaste, Ind, ar
rived yesterday morning, and will spend a
few months visiting his daughter, Mrs. DR..
Bolton.
The water is now so low in the lake that
steamers have to take the channel on the
Wisconsin side when going up the river from
this point.
The logs at the booms are getting very few
in number, and in few days they will be
all in the lake. Most of the men have got
their time.
The number of logs in the lake, especially
above the bridge, is getting thinned out, and
considerable open space can be seen. We
would like to see them thinning out below
the bridge as well.
On Wednesday evening Messrs. R. w.
Kerr and Geo. Hale went to st. Paul on bust
ness. They returned yesterday morning
safe and sound, after successfully doing their
work. But
The rink will be open tonight and Satur-
day night, and then close, as on Monday it
is intended that the plasterers and Others
will begin work. Have good skate for the
last before closing.
Only single poor solitary vag graced the
hall of justice yesterday morning, and Judge
Netheway gave him his choice of thirty days
in the caboose or skip the city. He willing
ly started for other fields, where the air was
freer than in the cells.
The machinery started yesterday in the
new shops of the Northwestern Manufacture
ing and Car company inside the prison
walls This is quick work, as there was a
large amount of moving to be done. Every
thing went off smoothly.
There was yesterday afternoon before
Judge Netheway, Of the municipal court the
case of DAILY against Hopkins, being detain-
err for forcable ejectment from house. A
number of witnesses were examined, the
greater portion of whom were ladies.
The moonlight excursion on the Jennie
Hayes, by the M. E. church society did not
come off owing to the barge not being I'M
loaded. Tomorrow night the boat, barge
loIIl ~,
church and the excursion will come off
On Wednesday evening party of gentle
men, friends of Mr.. r. M. Parker, who is
about to leave the city for Rochester, N. Y,
met at the residence of Mr. w. F. Barstow,
Walker street, where very pleasant evening
was spent. All are sorry to lose Mr.. Parker,
as, whilst resident Of this city, he has made
himself most popular.
We learn that DR.. Donald, j. Robinson,
John Miller, A. Friday and Fred Swanson,
the delegates appointed TO attend the Patrl-
archal Circle of Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of the United States, at Columbus,
Ohio, from Odd Fellows circle here, have ar
rived safe and sound at Columbus. The
Saltwater brethren will be heard from.
This morning the great and only Fore
paugh arrives in the city with his thousands
of wonders. He has heretofore shown what
he advertised, and from statements from the
press where he has been, he has better ex
hibition than ever before. The gatnins will
be in their glory and those from the rural
districts will take the sights all in with open
mouthed wonder. The swains with their lady
loves, linked fingers will punish the ginger
bread, and sip the cool lemonade, right in
the shade, at five cents glass, speaking nm
utterable things with their eyes and signs.
The case of Chas. P. Holcomb, as sheriff
of Washington county, vs. the G. N. Nelson
Lumber company was before the district
court yesterday. Thompson & Manwaring
appeared for the plaintiff and Fayette Marsh
for the defendant The case of David Swain
against Benjamin Knapp was decided by the
court, that the court had Jurisdiction in the
case, and that 1t could not be removed to the
United States district court Sheriff Hol-
comb was ordered to take charge of the boat
and sell the same, Clerk of the Court Ben
nett to act as referee, having charge of the
books.
dime museum is open on Chestnut
street, next door to Kitty Bros. 1t is the
best value of any we have seen for the mon
ey, and any one taking the trouble to go in
side and view the many objects of interest
will be highly instructed. The collection is
one that is of larger proportions than usually
found, and include those from the air, the
sea and the land. More natural history can
be learned here in a half hour than can be
studied from books in year. Go and see
the collection, and come away satisfied. The
description of the different animals, fishes
and fowls, with their habits, is good Let
the little folks see it by all means.
From private dispatches received, we learn
that Messrs. Lehmicke, John McCarty, Jas.
Mathews, Tom Burke, and J. n Castle, most
respected citizens of Saltwater, and who are
now in Chicago attending the Democratic
convention as visitors, received kilograms
from their numerous admirers here advising
them how business was here, and how to toe
| the mark when so far from home. The tel
egrams were sent "collect' Mr. Castles
telegram wished him to change his appear
| ance as much as possible, so as not to be
taken for John Kelly, the great Tammany
leader. Mr.. Mathews telegram informed
him that his wannigan had broken loose and
gone down the lake. Mr.. McCarty's advised
him to work hard to select the candidate that
would be the next president. The others re-
ceived equally explicit kilograms. 1t is said
that for a little while after the receipts Of the
kilograms, the atmosphere around them fair
" '1smelt blue;" but as all were sold, they
went and '.smiIed'' over the joke.
State Prisoner Escaped
A prisoner named Geo. W. Howard has
escaped from the state prison. He and his
cell mate were in the cell eating dinner,
when Hosard was able TO lift the iron bar
which was in its place, but not locked. The
| cell was the last one at the end of the cor