St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-08
SALTWATER NEWS.
Notes About Town.

The steamer Glenmont left yesterday with
a raft of logs for Dubuque, La.
The Lucia went up the river yesterday
with barges for wood to be taken to st.
Paul.
Another step has about been reached in
the scaling matter, but there are no signs of
a settlement.
The Jennie Hayes came into port yester-
day morning, and left with raft of logs
for Gutenberg, La.
The steamer Nina, belonging to the Lyons
Lumber company, will leave with a raft of
logs for her owners as soon as she can get
away.
The city was thinned out yesterday, the
citizens having gone by hundreds to st.
Paul, Lake Elmo and White Bear. Nearly
two hundred went to ST. Paul to attend the
S8ngerfeSt.
DR.. Donald has arrived home from at
tending the meeting of the National Ho-
meOpathic convention at st. Louis, but his
wife will remain couple of weeks yet in
Illinois, visiting her parents.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon a gale
came on from the north. and the various
steamers on the lake had as much as they
could do to manage their RATS. Several
row-boats also were out, but all got safely
ashore, as far as could be learned, although
some of them shipped considerable water.
The Building association held it's regular
meeting On Saturday evening. Some 50, 900
were loaned on bonuses ranging from ~ to
A, the highest that has ever been bid for
money from the association. They could
have loaned three times the amount if they
had had it, and chiefly to be used in COM
pleting buildings, in which the association
would be amply secured.
There was full attendance yesterday at
the county meeting of the cadets. Father
Mathew and Crusaders society. The state
convention will be held in the opera house
on the 18th and 18th inst. The grand
literary entertainment will be given on the
evening of the nth, at which Bishop
Ireland, Mayor Murdoch, Father McGol-
rick, Father Stanley, President T. D.
O'Brien and other well-known advocates of
temperance will speak. There will be a
grand rally ON next Thursday evening.
There is a certainty of new federal
building being erected here, and not later
than next summer. The late congress re-
ported favorably upon postoffice for this
city, and it is certain that the senate will
favor it, but whether Congressman Gilfillan
Will De dDlo 10 pun WUoS equal 10 congress
man Washburn, the late member remains
to be seen. The population and business
of the city demand better postal arrange
ments than can be had in the dingy place
which is now used for the purpose. Sena
tor Sabin will do all he can to secure the
erection of new building.
To-day petition will be circulated ask
ing the various railways to unite in building
union depot. The roads have been indif-
ferent about this for a long time, and made
the excuse that the citizens did not wish it.
The various roods have to build here, as the
law compels them to have better accommO-
dations for the public at their stations than
they have at present, and by building to-
gether they will save money. There are
plenty Of desirable locations any where be-
tween Myrtle and Nelson streets. on the
lake front. This action, it is hoped, will
cause the removal of the unsightly building
that now stands on Myrtle street. near the
Duluth depot The building is a nuisance,
and it is wonder the health officer has not
forced its removal. Should there be a union
depot built. the object for which it was
erected will have been done away with, and
it will be of no further use. The union de-
pot is to be erected.