St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-21
AT THE HEAD OF THE LAKE.
An Important Hearing Before the Land
Office.
PROPOSED PUBLIC BUILDING.
The Police Looking for E. w. Blake
Various Events of Considerable
Interest.
Special TO the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
DULUTH. Feb. 20.-Col. Colnville, of
the United States land Office, began to-
day an important hearing on contested
case, involving the title to a valuable
piece of land in the iron country. 1t
includes about 100 acres, being the
south half of the northeast quarter and
lots and , of section Is, township 62,
range IA west. William Moran is con-
testant and David Sang the defendant.
The contestant claims that the de-
PENDANTS entry was made by fraud, that
the final proof on which the entry was
allowed was false, and that the de-
PENDANT never attempted to make the
claim habitable and never broke, fenced
or cultivated it. The tract was originally
entered as pine land. but has now be-
come valuable because of its proximity
TO the explored Vermilion country. The
case will occupy the land office prob
ably about ten days.
THE RECOMMENDATION TOO SMALL.
1t is generally considered about Du-
luth that the recommendation of $3.50, 900
for a public building in Duluth is too
small, and hope is freely expressed
here that if passed it will again be We
tOed by the president on this account.
w ibii lilC COuIt llOuSC, DOStOllSCs iioi
office, land Office and various other fed
eral offices, a large building will GER
talnly be necessary, and the longer the
erection OF the structure is delayed, the
larger it must be.
SHOT \ MAN.
Chief of Police DOran received tele-
gram Saturday asking HIM to look up
f. W. Blake, the Cloquet man who shot
Johnson at a notorious resort III ClO-
quet Friday night. The telegram
came from Blake'S bondsmen, and the
bondSmen themselves followed the tele-
gram Sunday, but did not find their
man. Chief Doran says Blake took the
short line for Superior Friday night,
and if the telegram had come little
earlier, he might have captured his man.
COUNCIL WORK.
AT the common council meeting to-
night, besides the routine business, can
yaSSing election returns and approving
bills, it was reported that the delinquent
taxes amounted to ST, 900. The Duluth
Terminal Railway company was granted
the right of way of the entire length of
the railroad street and several short
streets in the West end, provided they
commence work in one year. The COM
missloners reported damage on the eX-
tension of Fifth avenue west at SIT 800.
NOTED IN PASSING.
The monthly report of the Duluth,
South Shore IL Atlantic railroad shows
thut the January earnings were about
100 per cent larger than in January,
1887, or as S17,080 to sS,270.
S. o. Gilmore, of GilmOre's favorite
band. says he has composed a new
march called "DuIuth's March to Vic
tory" and will play it throughout the
country. Mr.. Gilmore bought real es-
tate i'll Duluth on a recent visit.
There were fifteen recorded real es-
tate transfers Saturday, aggregating
$50, PCS. Realty in the West end and OIL
the hill in the East end is looking up.
Joseph Burns. of the West end,
threatens to sue Mr.. Bowling, of Dow
ling Il Miller, liverymen, because Dow
ling put him out of the latter'S barn
Saturday. The trouble arose over the
fact that Burns horse smashed Bowling
& Miller'S cutter in a recent runaway
accident.
A farmer from Maple Ridge, twenty
miles from West Superior, reports that
twenty surveyors of the Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic road are now working
east and west from that point.
L. Blake, keeper of bagnio at Clio
quet, and first justice of the peace of
that town, was held in 500 to-day for
shooting one Johnson, and in default of
bail was jailed.
The French Canadians of Duluth are
forming n league on the same principle
of the Chicago and Canadian leagues.
They have large membership at the
outset.
Persons with money to invest will do well
to turn their attention to Duluth and Supe-
rior. NJ B. Harrison, COZ Duluth National
bank building, Duluth, has a large list of
property in both places for sale.