St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-07
Red Wing.

Quite large number of men at work on
the Burlington & Northern railroad, near
Diamond Bluff, Wis, have quit work on &C
count of the reduction in wages to Sl.12 per
day. Grand Chancellor Frank S. Melon
aid of Minneapolis will visit Laurel lodge, K.
P, of this city tlis (Monday) evening. "A.
Edwards WEIGH post, A. R., OF this city is
arranging to hold camp fire.. .Svea society
elected the following officers for the ensuing
term: President. n. L. Olson; vice presi-
dent. T. K. Simmons; secretary and treas
urer, n. o. Werner; steward, Frank A. Carl
son. A committee was appointed to arrange
for the celebration of "LuSse" on the 18th
inst. REQ Wing Lodge No. 8, A. F. and A.
NJ, meets for the election of officers this
evening DR. G. n. Hewitt, secretary of the
state board of health, left for Washington
Saturday evening. AT the special meeting of
the city council held Friday evening the mat
ter of the acceptance OF the hre-alarm system
was laid on the table. A sewer was ordered
to be made on Main street, between Bush and
Plum streets. F. A. Cole was elected city
assessor. One hundred and twenty-five dol
lars was appropriated towards the ex-
penses of the coming convention of
the Minnesota Cheese, Butter and Dairy
stock association in this city. The
petition for changing the hay and wood mar
ket to Broadway was laid on the table. The
large washout on the corner of Fourth and
Wabasha streets was made the city's dump
ing ground for the present. The annu al re-
port of Chief Engineer G. J. kempe OF the
fire department was presented, and is as fol
lows: There have been thirteen alarms of
fire during the year: loss by fire during the
year. $24, 84S.T rs, fully covered by an insur-
ance on the damaged property amounting to
S52, 427.75; insurance over loss, S27, $40; ex-
penses during the last six months, since the
reorganization of the department in June,
excluding regular annual allowances to COM
panies and salary of the chiefs, S272.29. The
report recommends the purchase OF 1000
feet Of new hose, the erection Of better en-
CINE house in the First ward, the purchase of
a hose cart to be drawn by horses (such hose
cart to be kept in the central part of the
city, and driver and three or four men be
hired to sleep in the engine house where the
hose cart is kept at night, and team be kept
in the same building; or, in lieu of the cart,
the chemical engine now out of use be
handled the same as q horse hose CART. the
purchase of three more shut-oR nozzleS for
the department, the organization of a COM
pany of fire police. The report was adopted.
and Chief kempe given the thanks of the
council through his honor, the mayor. 500.
A meeting to consider the matter Of form
ing an electric light company was called to
assemble at the st. James hotel last evening.
As yet it is not known whether anything of
Importance was transacted. Here is chance
for the board of trade to distinguish ITSELF.
Another name is now added to the list of
Sudden disappearance, of which Red Wing
has experienced nearly half dozen during
the last two months. This time it is Charles
Bowen, an employee of the Red Wing Stone
ware company Tor short time past. Re-
Gently he turned from his wheel and left for
parts unknown, leaving behind him unpaid
board bills and sundry debts. The Pierce
County wis., Herald says it is rumored that
H. A. Park, whole sale grocer of this city, is
about TO retire from business. Horace
Greedy and Jane Wiley, both of Trenton,
Wis, were recently married by Justice
Rarclay..