St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-01
Employees of the Milwaukee Road to the
Number of 1900 Picnic at
Prior Lake.
The County Republican Convention to Sc
lect Congressional Delegates OF
the 18th of August.
Young Mother and Babe Left to
Starve--Three Fires--No
Heavy Losses.
PECULIAR Methods of Real Estate
Agents--Changes in Ventilation
Progressing Slowly.
REGISTERING RA1LRoADERs.
The Annual Picnic of the Milsyau
kee Road EMPLOYEES.

kee KO3O Employees.
The annual picnic of the Chicago, Mil
gaukee & st. Paul road occurred yesterday,
train of sixteen cars carrying 1,5OO happy
people to Prior Lake. The day was de-
ightfully spent in all those enjoyments
which go to make up a picnic. The Har-
Fester Works band furnished music during
The trip and SAVERS orchestra played for
he dancers. A feature of the day was the
Earious games which resulted as follows:
Fat mems participated in by S. l..
Brearly, E. r. Bristol, G. II. Adams, l..
Hanson, Daniel O'Brien, David Thomas.
L. j. jenkins and Jere Cummings. G. II.
Adams Won first money and L. Hanson
second.
The Milwaukee shops club won the base
ball game from the plumbers, by 9 to 6.
p. j. Burke won the keg race, 81. II.
Baker second, and j. Fletcher walked the
creased poles, after about forty others had
fallen into the water. In the girls race.
LYME Dufton and Hilda Larson were the
winners, and Oscar Christ and William
Densler were winners in the boys race.
William Horton and B. Conover won the
apprentice race and W. T. Bridges carried
OFF the old mems race. In the three-legged
race, j. P. Burke and II. II. Baker won.
L. Subracke came in first and d. Burke
second, in the sack race, while G. Thomp-
son won the free-for-a all race and the stand
ing jump.
NOTES.
Newton Gilbert and James Fletcher enter
tanned the picnic with some elocution they
had been studying in a box-car all spring. 1t
was good, considering where they were on
Friday night.
]. j. Fretter and G. S. Boyd sang beauti-
rul duo, Mother, I've Come Home to Die. -
This closed the days exercises, everybody
fleeing to the cars for refuge.
The conductors while going through the
trains found Mr. Blanchard trying to as
sumo their duties, collecting fares by kissing
the ladies.
race. If he runs as well for alderman next
spring, he'd be liable to get there.
The committee on refreshments told George
West his lemonade was good, considering the
barrel was painted on the inside.
pBob Brittles is kicking because he could
not enter the fat mems race. He would
hardly casta shadow
NJ. Blanchard appointed a committee of
three to help him find the man who threw the
lump of coal.
John Miller told an interested audience of
his farm when it was buried three feet by a
hailstorn
E. a. Wescott was trying to sell half in
tereSt in his patent air-brake to an Indian
chief.
Will George S. Boyd explain who that
widow was ne was so attentive to all after
noon?
A conductor found Mrs. E. H. Austin suf-
fering from an overdose of ice, taken as anti
fat.
The committee want the name of the lady
who got the humble bee under her hustle.
Otto Fultz made an address on 'How to Or
panlZe Political Labor Societies -
d. r. fuckers attitude, when the picture
was taken, posed as for model.
T. E. Patten is looking for the man who
sent the hams to w. j. Hinsie.
J. Gerritt was present. looking as fresh as
q bridegroom.
Pools in the fat race sold heavily on Jerry
CumminS.