St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-31
STILL WATER SILHOUETTES
4 Cows Penchant for Cabbages Starts a
Big Row.
THREE ARRESTS THE RESULT.
Flying Trip on the Electric Railway
4 Car Driver Ar
rested.

There are queer complications IN the
municipal court. A few weeks COW
belonging to Neil Mckay broke into the
garden of Mons Lee, and Mckay went
in to drive his cow home. The lrate
Mrs. Lee is said to have sprung at him
fiercely, demanding that her cabbages
should be paid for or the COW killed. In
vain Mckay is said to have remonstrat-
ed and insisted on an armistlce While
terms could be fixed by arbiters. The
eXasperated woman froze to him and
came near throwing him down, albeit
Mckay is a giant in size and stature.
AS soon as possible, however, he got
away. and shortly thereafter she pro-
cured his arrest for assault. Then Nc
KaV sWOre out a warrant for her arrest;
also a warrant for the arrest of her
husband. Mons, for drunkenness. Marsh.
who is attorney for Lee, also had Nc
Kay arraigned in a justice court In
South Saltwater, but that case was
dismissed. The cases are set for hearing
to-day, but some of them will of neces-
Sity be continued.
4 flying trip was made yesterday aft
ernOon by one of the street cars of the
electric line to South Saltwater, four
miles, and return. The car contained
the mayor, various newspaper repre-
Sentatives. and few other citizens, in
Vitcd by Supt. Obar, to note the excel
lent workings of the system. From the
instant of leaving until the return, was
just thirty-eight minutes; and deduct
ing four minutes for two stops and the
wait at South Saltwater, there were
only thirty-fOur minutes of running
troUnFCPn
miles, and the grades are very heavy;
and besides this, there are twelve sharp
curves and six switches.
Robert Roth was on street car on
the 18th of the month. it was in the
evening. and Robert, it is alleged, being
slightly elevated, insisted Oh having the
car door open, while the driver, Ed
Smith, who had an idea he was running
the car, just as strongly insisted that the
door should be closed. Finally the
driver laid his hand on the shoulder of
Roth and seated him. Whereat Roth
was wroth. and yesterday he had Smith
arrested. The case is set for to-day.
The Saltwater Electric Light COM
pany has leased the ground on North
Main street where DOrn'S boiler fac
tory once stood, and will commence i'm
mediately the erection of building 45X
d feet in which the dynamOS will be To-
Gated. The power will be furnished by
the heavy machinery of the manufact-
uring company next door.
Farmers in Oneka are much interested
in big sIlo constructed by one of the
enterpriSing farmers of that town, Will
lam Tingley. vino placed $50 tons of en-
silage, or the material from which en-
silage is formed, several weeks ago.
He proposes to open it out to-day and
investigate its contents.
At the city council meeting last even
ing the bridge toll collector reported re-
ceipts during the past two weeks
s25l.40. The council again unanimously
passed resolution over Mayor Du-
rants veto, in reference to curbS and
cutters on Sixth street.
Farmers in Oneka say that wolves
are unusually and unpleaSanily numer-
Gus in the wooded portion of that town.
Several sheep have been killed, and the
eXasperated farmers are about to organ
iZe for an aggressive and destructive
campaign.
William Sven, of Chatham, n. B.,
father Of the Mrs. Ellis whose husband
SO mySteTiOusly disappeared in Tacoma
July "A, was in the city yesterday. His
daughter will return to her girlhOOd
home with her father, leaving next Sun-
day.
Mrs. Joseph Arndt is not satisfied with
her husbands manner Of providing for
his household, and had him arrested to
see if the courts can't make him do
better.
George A. Strong, of Hastings, and
Miss Alice AldSworth, of this city, were
married yesterday.