St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-10
W: B. Holman. Fort Wayne. Ind; A. c.
Allmar, st. Louis.

AT White house: G. W. Morris. wife
and child Miss Leila b. Morris. New York;
Miss Lillian Russell, Augusta, Ga; Charles
w. Parmlee, II. Z. Woods, William w.
Tucker, John H. Rowe, II. c. Stebbins.
Minneapolis; Gus Lundvait, G. G. Amliem.
Moline, ILL.,; NJ. a. Martin, L. B. NJ. Fad
den. Peoria, Ill.
The Excelsior yacht club is perfecting az
engagements for grand regatta and exhibi-
ton of fireworks, TO occur next Tuesday
evening. There will be two prizes, one
each for the first boat in the cat and sloop-
rugged class. The prizes are silk pennants.
offered by the young ladies of Idlewild.
Considerable interest will be centered on
the race, as the Whisperer, a new boat
from Long Island sound, owned by Mr..
Wheeler of Fairview, has been entered.
The second event will be ladies' single
race, free-for-all, and the prize viii be an
elegant set of shell jewelry. presented by j.
III. FOuch of Excelsior. There will also be
naval contest or sham battle on the water.
y fort is being erected in Excelsior bay,
miniature gunboatS are being armed with
Roman candles and rockets. Red and blue
fire will be burned all over the bay and the
great light from the Belle will be turned on.
The Star is to change ownership to-day.
She was purchased the first of the
season by Miner Ball from Capt.
May. The steamer has been doing
very fair business this summer
The cause of the change is the matter of
running on Sundays As vet Mr.. Ball does
not himself know the name of the purchaser
as the sale has been conducted wholly by
one of his agents. All that he knows is
that the gentlemen is Mississippi planter.
and that the consideration is $4,000 worth
of pine lands in that state. Capt. Dennis
and the crew will not be changed
George Washington, a colored employe on
board the Belle of Minnetonka, was ar
rested Saturday morning at Excelsior for
the larceny of $50 in money from the clerk
and about $50 worth of silver from the
dining-room. In court he was bound over
in $500 bonds to the September session of
the grand jury.
Norman Wright beat the steamer Lotus
in race from Excelsior TO Lake Park last
evening. Mr.. Wright kept close in shore,
which gave him considerable advantage.
No time was taken. The distance is about
a mile and a half.
Prof. Thiele's concert yesterday at the
Lafayette was fully as fine as any he has
yet given. His audience was not composed
wholly of the Lafayette, party Of forty
coming from the Hotel st. Louis on a spe-
cial boat and large number from Excelsior
and Lake Park.
The head millers are to have an excur-
sion to the lake after all, an invitation be-
ing rendered them by the Minneapolis d
st. Louis road. They will come out next
Thursday.
The services in the parlors of the Lafay-
alto xrncfar,1axy 4ha
John Wright of the st. Andrews Episcopal
church, Boston. They were largely at
tended.
Lieut.. T. T. Fremont, son of Gen. John
c. Fremont, is at the Lafayette with his
wife. He is stationed at Fl Stanton, Mont.
Judge Peterbough and party of forty
from the Lake Park have the Star under
charter for ride around the lake to-day.
The Catholic orphans of Minneapolis,
accompanied by the Little Listers, will pic
mic at the lake Tuesday.
The Minnehaha will make the runs Of
the Rosander until further notice. the lat
ter being laid up for extensive repairs.
An elaborate program is in preparation
for the charity concert at Fairyiew next
Saturday evening.
A new steam yacht for d. NJ Sabin of
Saltwater is being built at GOdfrey's yard.
The Ermima is the name of P. G.
Lamerocout's new boat.
-Four pages of the Lafayette register were
covered yesterday.
Lincoln McYeigh of Chicago is stopping
at the Lafayette.
VIII Mcmillan of Minneapolis was at the
lake yesterday.
A regatta off Gates dock will occur this
evening.