St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-08
Notes About Town.

New logs were arriving at the boom yes
| terday, the first of the season.
Judge McCluer is home from holding his
special term of district court in Chisago
| county.
The Gable Lumber company have bought
half raft of logs from Isaac Staples, who
has sold altogether over Is, 900, 900 feet this
season.
There was a large attendance last evening
at the dance given by the Massachusetts
society at Music hall, and they had a very
pleasant time
Business for the past couple of days has
been almost nothing, owing to the rough
weather, and such days in May have not
been seen for years.
There is report that the raft of logs and
lumber the Glenmont left with on Wednes-
day had been wrecked in Lake Pepin in the
storm of Wednesday night.
There will be special meeting of the
city council tonight to discuss what means
shall be adopted relative to the bonds
granted to the Transfer company.
The petition for the appointment of My
ron Shepard for postmaster is receiving
many signatures. He is an out-and-out
Democrat and an old soldier. There are
other aspirants for the position.
From up river it is learned that the water
is still falling and is making hard driving of
logs. On Wednesday night at Osceola ice
formed two inches thick, but they had not
as much snow as there was here.
Father Powers of Minneapolis and Father
Lenehan from Iowa were in the city yes
terday, visiting Fathers Murphy and
Gaughan. They all left last evening on
the Omaha train for Minneapolis.
Tomorrow evening Madame Ahlander-
Bergstrom appears at the Swedish Lutheran
church in an entirely new program from
that presented the last time she appeared
there and gave such pleasing concert
The fountain at the city hall has been
playing for several days past, and yesterday
morning it presented a beautiful sight,
icicles having formed from the various
basins, looking like so many crystals. They
remained there the greater part Of yester-
day.
There was quite sprinkling of log buy
ers in the city yesterday, including c. j. lie
Sure of Knapp. Stout & Co., Dubuque;
William Carson and II. E. Rand of Carson
& Rand, Burlington, la. W. K. Graves,
president of the Iowa Iron works, Du-
buque, Ia, was also in the city.
There was good attendance last evening
at the drill of Company K. The business
meeting of the previous evening was largely
attended, and it was resolved to purchase
| twenty-five overcoats for the men, to be the
property of the company. Target practice
will be had On Tuesdays and Saturdays.
The company finances are improving.
The demand for shares in the ST. Croix
Savings & Loan society has been unprece-
dented. Of the 1000 shares all have been
taken except about 100, and those will be
taken this morning. This represents the
sum of $500, 900, which will do much to-
ward building residences during the next
few years.
The steamer Kit Carson left port yester-
day morning and took raft of logs to par
ties down the river. No boat left port this
season in better rig than the Kit Carson,
she having been thoroughly overhauled and
repaired, inside and out Capt. Young is
well pleased with the appearance of his
staunch boat.
A complaint was made yesterday morn
| ing by Peter Vaughan against neighbor
II named Wagner for abusive language and
disorderly conduct. The Vaughan family
are colored, but most respectable, Mr..
Vaughan being the janitor of one of the
schools besides Of several offices in the city.
Wagner called Mrs. Vaughan hard names,
especially derogatory to her color. The
case will be aired at the municipal court
this morning.
| Mr.. James S. Anderson yesterday rested
much better than expected, and his physi-
clan is much pleased with the way he is
getting ON. During the afternoon he COM
planned of considerable pain, which was
only what might be expected after the fear
L - h
There are some hopes of his recovery, al
though he has yet to pass through the most
critical time. His constitution is excellent,
and as he has always had an active. Out-of-