St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-29
Notes About Town.

Miss Laura StebblnS OF Minneapolis, sis
ter of Mrs. B. j. Hinkie, has arrived in the
city for a short visit.
Capt. Ben Knapp will again run the Jen-
ME Hayes, Gillespie & Harper transferring
her to him. Ben will make her pay if any
one can.
The reception last evening to Mr.. Holler
and his bride, at Music hall, was grand
affair and the presents were numerous and
valuable.
Mrs Barstow, mother of the late w. E.
BarstOw, who came here at the time of her
sons death, leaves tonight for her home at
Plainfeld, Conn.
The Schulenburg-Boec Lumber COM
panys mil has started up, and everything
goes off smoothly under the superintendent
OF Mr.. Louis Bergeron.
Boo q Lindhom will probably not finish
the veneering of their new block Oh Second
street this year with brick but otherwise it
will be completed and occupied.
Reports from up-river points state that
logs are beginning to move freely, and that
driving was never better. The water is
high, something over nine feet above low
water level The islands are covered and
logs have free sweep.
The ladies of the Universalist society give
a supper this evening at the residence of
Mrs. David Gaslin. Supper from g to s,
after which there will be social games for
those who wish to remain. AS usual, a
good time may be expected.
The government barge built at South
Saltwater during the winter was launched
yesterday, and the government tug No.
will be launched in a day Or two. Her first
work for the government will be i'll the vi
cinity OF Winona. She is the finest craft
ever built in this section.
The decision in the suit over the posses
sion of sixty-eight acres of land with water
frontage on the east side OF the lake imme
diately south of the bridge is making Mr..
K. N. Coles feel particularly joyful. the
court at Madison, Wis, having awarded the
whole to Mrs. Coles. They have levied an
attachment upon property of the defendants
for some S14, 900 owing Mrs. Coles from re-
ceipts obtained from the rafting ground, it
being a choice location for such work.
The Bank of Minnesota, the z. H. Kelly
Mercantile company,J. G. Maxwell and w.
A. Culbertson. all of of st. Paul. creditors
of the insolvent firm of Walker, Judd &
Veazie. have filed ali application to have
the property of the insolvents sold for a
lump sIim Of $50, 900, which has been Of
fered by KeatOr Lumber company. What
has been sold by the assignee has been so
much below valuation that if it is continued
there will be nothing left for the creditors.
or only very small percentage. They also
asked that Assignee jerks be restrained
from selling any more of the property. This
Judge Crosby denied, but will hear the APP
plicati0n for bulk sale argued OH May 8,
at p. III.
In digging the sand away for the founda-
ton of the new block being erected for
3Ir phOInas Lecky, and when eight feet
under the surface. the remains of the mill
lead that carried water to MeKusick's grist
mill in 1852 was discovered. III May that
year there was great rain OF sixteen
hours duration. which broke the mill dam
at 1IcKusck's lake. and the torrent rushed
down the rayine from the lake. causing
several slides. The sand brought down
covered the level ground. which was then
swamp. from Isaac Staples old mill to
where Chestnut street now is to uniform
depth of about eight feet. McKusick's
| mill. which stood opposite the east end Of
! Commercial avenue. was filled with sand
! and abandoned. That freshet was the
making OF that part of the city.
The log sealing dispute has entered an
other phase and the state attorney general
/ is taking a hand in. There viii be hear
! ing in st. Paul Gu MoIiday next as to the
authority Of the Luinbermen's board Of ex-
change to appoint scaler for logs in Lake
| ST. CIoix. From the attorney general it
viii be taken to the supreme court and then
will come the real fight. Both sides claim
| they are in the right. At one time the dis
pute might have been settled smicabIy. but
now it will be fought out to the bitter end.
| The scalers of the surveyor general will re-
ceiye rather warm reception from the
/ owners Of logs belonging to the Lumber
mems board Of exchange should they go on
to scale their logs without being asked.
They have had experience Of this the past
| few DAYS.