St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-30
SALTWATER NEWS.
Story of an Officers Exciting Adven-
ture With a Lunatic.
Amusements for This Week--A New
Postoffice--OtherN ewslets.
A Lunatic's Escape.

A LOm0IlC7S Escape
Yesterday Officer George Walter returned
from Rochester, where he placed Matthias
Iundt in the asylum. He says that while
the train was passing Pennington Iundt
asked permission to go into the water
closet. which he granted. Instead of en-
tering this he opened the car door and
jumped from the steps. The officer noticed
him and followed, jumping off a short dis
lance from where Iundt did. He went
back, but found that Iundt had hidden
somewhere. Afterwards he was notified
that his man had been seen running through
field toward Lakeville. He got team
and drove to Lakeville, where he found
him without any trouble returned to Farm
ington and left for Rochester, reaching that
point late Saturday night, and turned
Iundt over to the authorities. He says that
he had considerable trouble with him.
Notes About Town.
Late Saturday night Allen McGrath and
Alex Underwood, former policemen in
South Saltwater. appeared in Joseph
Beckers saloon drunk, where they had a
little racket about dog, during which the
latter drew revolver and fired it in order
to scare McGrath. Both men will answer
in the municipal court this morning.
Among the amusements this week will be
the concert at the Presbyterian church and
council tomorrow night, Prof. Fischers
dancing school on Wednesday night. Uni
versalist social at FL. Sawyer's on Friday
evening and the Adamless Eden at the
Grand on Saturday night
A new postoffice has been opened on the
form of TcoaO Stan1as of Manila island.
twelve miles northwest of Saltwater, with
Nicholas White as postmaster. 1t will be
supplied with mail from the Saltwater
Office twice each week, Tuesdays and Fri
days.
Mr.. P: n. Potts will take in the excur-
sion to California which leaves ST. Paul on
Dec. 13. He will remain for about two
months. About twenty of his friends in ST..
Paul will also go.
Mr.. F. Fl. Shed of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul depot left on Saturday for Chi
cago. where he will have an operation per-
formed on his leg. He will be gone two OF
three weeks.
The Evansville was raised about a foot
yesterday. The jack-screw raising process
is the best tried yet. Large crowds watched
the raising during the afternoon.
Yesterday an operation was performed
by three physicians on Willie. little child
of Officer Thomas Shattuck, for necrosis OF
the tibia.
The West ST. Paul Polo club wants our
club to go over and play them return
game next Saturday night. They will prob
ably go.
The GLOBE continues to boom here.
New subscribers are added to the list every
day. More were sold yesterday than ever
before
Last night juvenile concert was given
in the Baptist church, which was very in
teresting and was well attended.
Those wishing to join the Chautauqua
society should attend the meeting at DR..
Dunn's study this evening.
Mr.. Julius Duel of the St. Croix Post is
now in Florida in search of health. 1t is
feared he cannot recover.
The only prisoners IN the county Jail are
Bassett and Nellie Young, who are up for
adultery.
Mr.. A. J. Hass is back from a two weeks
business trip to Henderson and other
points.
DR.. Carroll, during his recent visit in the
East. delivered two lectures at Indianapolis.
The lacrosse club of this city will shortly
organize snOwshoe club.
P. J. N. Beggs of Winona was in the city
Yesterday