St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-02
SATURDAY At SALTWATER
Report Of the Condition Of the Various
Drives.
WILSON Is STILL AT LARGE
Lawn Parties in Prospect---Soe Do
ings Of the Bluff City
People.

John O'Brien. who returned yester-
day from up river, reports the Nameka-
gOn drive as hung up at the mouth Of
that river; and eighty-four of the driv-
ing crew were sent back here yester-
day. The dam gates above have been
closed, and it is hoped that they may
gather a sufficient head to allow driving
to be resumed before many days. The
| Totogatic drive still fingers in Toto
gatic river, the Yellow river drive is in
Yellow lake, and Clam drive is working
| through Clam lake. AT the boom $780,
| 600 feet are being run out daily.
District court adjourned yesterday
until 10 O'Clock Monday, when the trial
of the Keator ease will be resumed.
Three OF four days will be required to
| finish the case. a.
The county commissioners have de-
| cided for Newport as against st. Paul
| Park in the corporation contest, and
fixed July 6 as the date when the elect
| Ors of the proposed village will vote for
| or against Incorporating.
The regular panel of the district court
| jury will not be required until Wednes-
day.
''Children's day" at the Baptist
church this evening will afford an in
terestlng programme of musical and
| literary exercises.
Henry Wilson, the convict who
| walked away Friday, has not reported.
| A standing reward of 500 is offered for
the capture of any escaped convict.
August Hoehne yesterday succeeded
Daniel N. Brennan as distributing clerk
at the postoffice. Mr.. Brennan has
c%l,< III Il
ular officials in the service here. 9
The city is now swarming with river
drivers, waiting for higher water up
river.
| SOCIAL SALTWATER.
Lawn parties are in prospect. and a
new tennis court has been laid out and
various little excursions are on the taDiS,
| but all the out-Of-doorS diversions have
| been compelled to await the coming Of
warmer weather, which the advent of
the leafy month ought to promise.
| Wednesday evening 1.-The Whist Club
| and other friends were entertained
| aboard the Isaac Staples by NJ. David
Bronson. The steamer made a round
trip of over thirty miles; passing below
| the mouth of the Kinnikinnic. Cards
and music in the cabin and dainty re-
| freshments were its features. Monday
afternoon the Laduc Reading club, after
long course of study, leading up to
the event, was royalty entertained
at the residence of Mrs. Judge Nc
dock on ''Mexico." Probably the most
notable event of the week occurred
Friday evening at the residence of EX-
County Surveyor Myron Shepard, South
Third street. Between twenty and
thirty OF the older and best known
ladies, kindly bringing their husbands
along, called to congratulate Mrs. Shep-
ard on the twenty-fifth anniversary Of
her marriage. During the evening,
which was spent with cards and chat
ting, the visiting ladies presented to
Mrs. Shepard a full tea service of solid
silver as souvenir of the time and in
token of their esteem. Mrs. Shep--
ard was also the recipient of
from many individual donors. The
visit was an unalloyed surprise both to
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepard. Last evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson O. Castle enter
tanned party of invited guests at their
Third street residence. The opera
house was opened Wednesday for the
delightful entertainment given by pu-
pills of st. MichaeFs school, on which
occasion the auditorium was crowded.
Monday evening at the same house
will occur the high school com
mencement exercises, of which
the following is the programme:
overture; prayer, Rev. w. II: Albright;
vocal solo, Miss Mol!ie Robertson: es-
ezra jerks; essay, 1.-The Aryan Race, "
Charles Mcmillan; music, orchestra; ;
| essay, 1.-THE Value of x" Miss Grace
Rhoades; essay, ''The Bacon and
Shakespeare Controversy" Miss Eva
Foster; music, orchestra: essay. 1.-The
Land of the Rising Sum-" Miss Winnie
B. Sutherland; essay. American
Humorists," Miss AIDA Roney; music.
orchestra: presentation Of diplomas;
doxOlogy: benedictiOn.
w. E. Cooke, inspector of rife prac-
tice, Third regiment, went to Lake City
Wednesday to attend a way-up social
party and prepare for his fitting appear
ance at the regimental camp next week.
Leonard Conger, Mora, arrived Satur-
day evening for brief visit.
Ex-W arden Albert Garvin, of the
Joliet prison. is here for few days WIS.,
iting Steward Bennef, formerly OF the
Joliet institution, and Warden StOrdOck
and Deputy Westby. j
Ex-Mayor Seymour started yesterday
OIL d INO WcchS touA VI lHo AaoSeSAA
| states.
| Miss Louise Minor, st. Paul. is a
guest at the residence of f. 5. Brown.
| j. E. McKaye, st. Paul. was the guest
Thursday of Frank Densmore.
Mrs. II. q. Van Worries, st. Paul, Wis.,
tied Saltwater friends yesterday. q
| Sixty Saltwater people will attend
the st. Paul musical festival next
| Thursday evening. =.
| Miss Zimmerman, Of St. Paul, was
the guest. during part of the week, OF
| Miss Moiiie Moffat. 81
Ex-senator Mcmillan was in the city
| yesterday. 81
Misses Lille McCallan and Lizzie
| Sullivan returned Thursday from at
tendance at the normal school at Wi
mona.
Rev. S. l.. Haff goes this week to at
| tend the Lutheran synod at Rock ISL
and, Ill.
| MisSBird POrter,of Pepin, Wis, has ar
rived to spend the summer with her sis
ter, Mrs. Joseph Fuller, of Fifth ave-
| nue..
| w. G. Maxey and w. T. Boutell, Min
] neapolis, were in the city Yesterday.
A highly pleasing exhibition at the
| high school, showing the progress of
| the public schools pupils, has been in
! progress during the week.
The Germania society will give an en-
! tertainment this evening at the school
room of the Salem Lutheran congrega-
ton. Admission is by special invitation
only.