St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-16
Notes About Town.

Notes About Town.
Mr.. George M. Brush left yesterday for
| Chicago, where he will remain several
days.
| A cloth peddler was arrested yesterday
| for exposing his goods for sale without a
| license.
Company K give dance at the armory
on Thursday evening next after drill. The
proceeds go to the Overcoat fund.
Crops are in want of rain, and the young
wheat especially looks quite yellow. Rain
has been threatening for several days and
is much needed.
Last evening Mrs. John Seamen was put
| ting up some curtains. and the chair upon
which she was standing tipped over, injur-
ing her seriously.
Engineer A. III. Bryon, who has been
with Gen. M. Swain for some time, will no
doubt be appointed inspector of boilers un-
der Capt. George Hayes.
The Rev. D. B. Cheney, Jr., pastor of
the Baptist church, breaches tomorrow
morning on The Origin and History of the
Sabbath, and in the evening gives SPRING
tide sermon.
The Glenmont left yesterday with raft
of logs from Gillespie q Harper, half for
Sabula and half for Burlington. She will
receive half raft at Dubuque and take it
to Burlington.
The Rev. D. II. Leland, Chicago, will
this morning leave for Osceola, Wis, where
he takes charge of the Baptist congregation
for the summer. He spent couple of days
here with Rev. D. B. Cheney, Jr.
The Rev. DR.. Dunn of the Methodist
church will tomorrow morning at 1890
preach on The Christian Religion an
Answer to All Human Desires, and in the
evening on Those Things Which Endure.
Tonight the annual meeting of the st.
CrOix Loan and Savings association will be
held at Music hall, for the purpose of elect
ing directors. Those who have subscribed
and not paid their initiation fee will not be
entered on the books.
Oscar Lehmicke, son of Judge Lehmicke,
arrived home yesterday morning from East
ern Montana, where he is interested in a
cattle ranch. He reports favorable spring
and that cattle are doing well. He leaves
in about four weeks, and will take with him
considerable stock.
AS far as learned there were no sales of
lumber yesterday, the log buyers having all
gone home. Prices are improving, and the
buyers do not care to purchase more than
they need for immediate use. But they
will never get logs in this market as cheaply
as they have been getting them.
A serious accident happened last evening
to a child of Frederick McAltine of this
place. He was out driving, and through
some means the child was struck on it's
head by the horse, fracturing the temporal
bone and making wound seven inches in
length. The physician has hopes for it's
recovery.
Douglass county sent quite contingent to
the state prison yesterday. all being for
larceny except Ferdinand Mitchell, forgery,
for which he got two years; Charles Kear-
ney, eighteen months; John johnson, one
year and ten months; George Addington,
three years; Francis MartinsOn, three years,
and Ebuland EllingSOn, ten months
Charles Nelson, keeper of saloon on
North Main street, who had his case of
keeping disorderly house adjourned till
next Tuesday morning, appeared in court
yesterday morning and pleaded guilty AS
it was shown that Nelson did not know the
law, and but little English, he was ordered
to pay the costs of the courts.
The members of the French Catholic
church in this city intend having a fair
about the LIST of August. They will en-
deavor to secure the roller skating rink in
which to hold it. An excellent committee
has been appointed, and from the names of
the gentlemen forming it, they will leave
nothing undOne to make it a success.
Yesterday morning the O'Neal Bros. got
only small force at work on the grading
of Myrtle street The order that had been
given to remove fences had been complied
with by only few. The fences will have
to be moved to the lines of the various
properties, but in doing SO, some nice shade
and other trees will be outside the fences,
| and will Immediately have to be removed.
Sheriff Page Butts of Polk county, Wis.
telephoned to Chief Shortall yesterday
morning to arrest one George Smith for
robbery. Smith was found at the Farmers
home and was easily identified, as the de-
Scription showed he was minus finger.
He was locked up and the sheriff is expected
to take him back. Smith claims that he
had been working for a farmer near Osceola
| and demanded pay at the end OF his work.
This the farmer refused when they had a
| wrangle, when Smith got hold of $40 be-
longing to the farmer and left with it. He
| claims the money was owing him.
1t has been decided that the First regi-
ment, M. n. G. will drill at White Bear,
going into camp on July 8. The Duluth
road has made liberal provision for the
men. All volunteers in uniform receive re-
turn tickets from Saltwater for twenty-five
cents. They also put on. in addition to the
regular trains, an extra which leaves White
Bear for Saltwater at 1915 p. ~, thus Civ
ing visitors an opportunity to see the even
ing parade, which closes at o'clock. Two
hundred officers and men are expected to
be in attendance besides the st. Paul Artil-
lery company. With good weather there
will be hosts of visitors.