St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-17
SALTWATER SILHOUETTeS
The G. N. Nelson Company's ELL to Be
Raced.
TWO VERY AMBITIOUS TOWNS
The Prison Boys Enjoyed the Trip to
st. ClouG-News of a
Day.

The q. n. Nelson Lumber cOmpany'S
mill, which, following the Car company,
went with the assets of the latter con-
Germ, and is now the property of the
thresher company, was yesterday set
upon by a force of convicts, who will
raZe it in order to give more room for
the thresher company, possibly to be
used after time for the erection of
buildings to be used in the company's
manufacturing business. At present
the site will be improved and filled with
the surplus earth taken from the prison
yard excavations. The mill stands on
the lakeside east Of the prison. and was
built in 1873 by Seymour, Sabin d Co,
and in 1878 was leased to d. NJ. Sabin
and G. N. Nelson under the firm name
of G. n. Nelson & Co. The building
was 150X6O feet, and was equipped with
one twenty-One gang saw and rotary,
with capacity of 10000 feet per day,
10000 shingles and $4,000 lath. 1t was
dlSmantled OF machinery some time
ago.
Another squabble growing out of the
ambitions and jealOusies of Newport
village and st. Paul Park is to be aired
to-day at the county auditors office.
School district So in Newport held a
meeting and levied its annual tax, after
which. the Independent school district
OF st. Paul Park. covering District SO,
was erected and another levy made by
the st. Paul Park folks. Then the
village of Newport Incorporated and
took in part of the district So and levied
third tax. The auditor wants a de-
termination as to whether there is now
one district or more, and what territory
he shall consider the district or districts
comprise. n. II. Clapp, acting for the
auditor, will take testimony, which will
be submitted to the attorney general.
The officials who accompanied the
convicts to st. Cloud report that the
boys" enjoyed the trip and amused
themselves by guying too inquisitive
people at the way stations. The cells
at st. Cloud are nearly twice as large as
those in the state prison and general
accommodations better, yet the idea of
stone quarry work in the winter and a
foreknowledge of irOn-bound reform
atOry rules under such disciplinarian
as Garvin toned down any special eX-
uberance.
Father Nugent appeared before all
the cOnvlctS in the chapel last evening
and. being introduced by Chaplain
Murphy, gave a practical temperance
address by reading buy Your Own
Berries" story of English labor life.
The prison choir sang selections, and
afterwards the visitors, numbering over
thirty. sat down before fine spread,
prepared by Steward Benner.
AT the city council the mayors veto
of the resolution to borrow 81 900 was
unanimously overridden and the meas
ure passed. The Thresher company
protested against the paving of North
Main street with cedar, but offered to
pave the cOmpanv's frontage with oak
blocks. The protest was tabled, and
the engineers estimate for cedar paving
adopted.
The members of the state teachers
institute will hold session this even
ing of general interest, and to which
the public is invited. The time will be
devoted solely to the reading and re-
citing of works by American authors,
and to addresses on the American plan
from various citizens.
The sterling comedienne, Mrs. George
5. Knight, appears at the opera house
this evening in triple bill, comprising
Beauty Bess," 'Crazed, or Queen of
the Varieties" and MY Lord in
Livery" Seats are selling well.
w. L.. Prince, of the First National
bank, leaves Saturday for Amherst,
Mass, whence he will return in about
four weeks with his wife, who has been
visiting in the East.
QIn the prison yard cOnvicts and stone
masons are engaged in adding consider
able length 10 the boiler house, and
making the structure two stories in
height.
Frederick Hodge, auditor of Pine
county, was in the city yesterday, and
reported that the fires north of Pine
City showed no abatement.
Prof. Rhoades' music class will meet
this evening at Grace congregational
church, instead of tomorrow evening,
as announced.
Clerk of the Court c. A. Bennett went
up the North Wisconsin yesterday for
week or ten days vacation in the camps
near Gordon.
Delegates to the Electric Railway as
ISOLATION, including f. w. Sprague,
rode over the Saltwater line late in the
afternoon.
At the regular shoot of the gun club
yesterday, G. w. Hitchcock won the
badge, scoring II out of possible 20.