St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-25
THE SALTWATER BUDGET.
Arrangements Progressing for a
Course Of Lectures.
THE MINNESOTA THRESHERS.
Thanksgiving Dinner for the States
Prisoners-..In the Social
Whirl.

| the Chicago lecture bureau to have Il
| course of fine lectures given here this
! winter by some of the best talent on the
! American roStrum. Among those who
! will appear here are Judge A. w. Tour
gee. Prof. Copeland. Prof. Krayer,
| Frank Beard, the crayon lecturer. and
| the FiSke jubilee troupe. Tickets TO the
seasons course will be sold at 81 each.
| The amount pledged is $400, and should
a sufficient number Of tickets be sold to
| warrant it, the course will be given.
! The pastors of the city churches have
| taken the matter in hand.
The Minnesota Thresker company
| will resume active operations at their
works about Dec. l. Work upon the
new engine house. which is to contain
| the motive power for the car works, is
| progressing rapidly, and everything will
| be ready for that concern by Jan. /,
1889. The promise for good business
| year at this city was never SO tlattering
as at present, and people generally feel
encouraged.
| The city is full of laboring men from
! Dakota and other agricultural districts,
who have come here hoping to obtain
work in the woods. The supply is far
greater than the demand, as all the
numbering firms have secured their full
complement Of men, and will not in
crease their present forces.
The Chinese entertainm ent at the
Presbyterian church is tomorrow even
ing instead of last Monday, as an
nounced in this column previously, and
| it is hoped that no one will defer going
| on account of the mistake made, but
Gil the house.
The infant son of Hon. r. M. and Mrs.
Anderson died yesterday noon of bron-
chitls. The funeral will be from the
family residence at $50 p. m. to-day.
The searchers after natural gas
reached depth of 1900 feet yesterday,
| finding what is known as the Potsdam
strata, and strong indications of salt
were discovered. They propose to go
| at least fifty feet further, and are much
encouraged by the present indications.
Mr. and Mrs. Losey, of Syracuse, N.
| Y, have been sojourning for few days
with Mir. and Mrs. A. G. Lull, of Ill
| East Chestnut street. on their return
! from year in Dakota.
The members of Company K, First
regiment, are much elated over the
| prospect of going to Washington next
| March to the inauguration of President
| Elect Harrison.
Conductor Charlie Travis was here on
Friday. His father-in-law, F. NJ. Met
| calf, of st. Paul, was buried on Thurs
| day, and he is laying Off his run on the
! Omaha line.
| One of DavenpOrt's, To-, fair daugh-
| tiers, Miss Ella Boise. returned to her
| home Oh Monday after months visit
with Mrs. IL. L. Jassoy, No. 126 North
| Main street.
The home of Miss Bertha Sargent was
| the scene of lively party on Wednes-
day evening. About dozen couples
| held forth until after midnight Oh pleas
ure bent.
| Mrs. Isaac Staples and G. A. Staples
and wife and Mrs. George Swain have
| changed their mind about going to
California, and will go South next
week.
j. A. Swenson, cashier of the Scandi-
nayian National bank of Minneapolis,
accompanied by his wife, were the
guests of Miss Alice Murdoch on Mon-
day.
Senator and Mrs. +. W. Durant will
| close their residence here this winter,
| and board at the Merchants hotel at st.
! Paul during the session of the legisla-
| ture.
| Mrs. T. G. Norris, of Washington, D.
| c., has arrived here. and will spend the
holidays with her husband. who is the
| private secretary of Senator Sabin.
The annual meeting of the Saltwater
Library association will be held next
| Saturday evening, Dec. 1. All men,
| berS are requested to attend.
Anumber of the members of our fire
| department will attend the dedication
of new hall of the Marine fire depart
ment next Thursday evening.
Mrs. II. L. King and Mrs. G. W. Merry
| entertained a party of young married
| ladies at the residence of Mrs. II. NJ.
Tornus on Friday afternoon.
"Called Back" tomorrow evening at
the Grand opera house, as performed
by the Grismer-DavieS company, will be
| treat to Saltwater people.
Miss Mamie Quackenbush, of Mount
| Vernon. n. Y, who has been visiting
| friends in this city for several months,
returned home on Friday.
A number of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Voligney met at the Key
stone house on Thursday evening and
| INDUCED in a social dance.
A surprise party on Joe Wolf, Jr., on
Tuesday evening, Old the occasion of his
twenty-frst birthday, was one of the
events Of the week.
Thanksgiving day the convicts at the
penitentiary will be treated with an
entertainment in the chapel and a
turkey dinner.
Rev. and Mrs. A. ID. Stowe attended
the meeting of the La Crosse convoca-
ton, at River Falls, Wis, on Wednes-
day.
A german" will be given by the
Young Married People at the Opera
House hall ON Thursday evening.
The funeral of Hans JasperSon will
be held Sunday at p. M, from the
residence, III School street east.
Miss Emma Krips. of Luverne, To-,
| has been the guest of the Misses Dra-
yer, of North Owen street.
Col. and Mrs. r. F. Hersey are to
spend The winter at Jacksonville, Fla,
for Mrs. HerSey'S health.
Miss Harmon, of Washington, D. c.,
is the guest of Mrs. d. NJ. Sabin, OF this
city, for few weeks.
Miss May Hinckley, OF st. Paul, has
been a guest of Miss Alice Gaylord
during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Nelson left last
Sunday for the South, where they will
spend the winter.
Allen Comfort, of st. Paul, has been
the guest of his brother, Frank Com
fort, for few days.
| Fl. A, Taylor, Of Hudson, Wis, the
new state senator-elect, was in the city
Oh Wednesday.
On Wednesday evening the Odd Eel
| lows indulge in a social hon at their