St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-26
S AINT PAUL.
Additional City News On the Str Page.
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.


Principal Manchester. of the Blue Earth
City schools was at the capitol yesterday.
The Methodist Social union will meet to-
night at the Albion Selby and Western av-
enues.
Fifteen births, five deaths and eleven mar
riages were recorded at the health office yes
terday.
The state house will be closed to-day,
Arbor day. under the proclamation of Gov.
Merriam.
Sergeant Nixsen, of the First regiment, has
been promoted to the position of lieutenant
and QuartermaSter.
The board of abatement met at Auditor
Kains office yesterday afternoon and trans
acted routine work.
A false alarm of fire was turned in yester-
day morning from McIlrath & Murphy's liv
cry stable, on Fifth street, near the post
Office.
Prof Ward tested the scale of the new
court house bells yesterday morning. He
will play Hail Columbia" with them on
April so.
Col. Bend Yesterday promoted Sergt. Nix
sen to the rank of first lieutenant and quar-
termaster of the First regiment. vice j. G.
MetZger. resigned.
Albert Roy. anewsboy. whose parents live
on Dayton's Bluff, was arrested last evening
for persistently jumping upon moving trains
at the union depot.
A ladies' mandolin club has been organ
lied in St. Paul. under the direction and in
struction of Prof P. Klest Regular re-
hearsals will be held weekly.
The Twin City iron works. of Minneapolis,
was Incorporated yesterday. Capital stock,
$4,000. Incorporators, W. II. Getchell, A.
II. Sherman, j. Garbett of Minneapolis.
Over 6,s00 applications for the lists of
premiums for the state fair have been re-
ceived, and the committee have about all
they can attend to in answering demands.
The high school boys of st. Paul and Min.
IT, hot tIa ion of n1 q
punishment at the high school this evening,
Minneapolis taking the affirmative and st.
Paul the negative.
The Hauser & Sons Mailing company. of
this city, began operations in the mammoth
malt house at South ST. Paul yesterday morn
ing The kilns were successfully started
with 6.0O0 bushels of barley.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
S. \. Void and Olivia Rasby, William Carl
vean and Kate Norman, Geo. w. HartZell
and Francis n. Routh. Fred II. Snyder and
Nettie Fuller, Andrew r Carlson and
Christie Delen.
Reports were received at the health Office
yesterday of scarlet fever at CSC Oakdale
avenue. ~ virginia 1, avenue and at the co, coz
ner OF George ard Wlnslow Streets Dlph-
liberia was reported at 160 Acker street
and 49, Livingston avenue.
Capt. George Hays has just returned from
trip to Bismarck, where he inspected the
United States steamer Josephine, in charge
Fort Buford where she Will begin the work
of improving the channel of the Missouri
river.
st. Paul chapter, Order of the Eastern Star,
gave very pleasant dance last evening at
Braden hall, 655 East Seventh street. The
crowd was just large enough to permit of all
the pleasure of dancing without oVercrowd-
ing. The music and floor were good. and all
who attended had most delightful time.
County Assessor Harroun would inform
all taxpayers that it is to their interest to
promptly fill out and return the tax lists now
being served by his deputies. If they leave
the lists to be assessed by the assessor him.
self, the public may rest assured that delin
quent taxpayers will pay for the tronble.
Pursuant to general orders issued by Post
master General Wannamaker, the st. Paul
postotfice will observe Centennial day, April
80. as holiday. The Office will be closed
after 10 O'Clock in the morning, and one de-
livery will be made. The registered letter
and money order departments will be closed
all day.
The board of public works yesterday
awarded a contract to P. j. Doherty for the
construction of sewer on Goodrich avenue,
from st. Adams street to Victoria street, at
S3,4i7. The contract for a sewer OH East
Third street, from Hoffman avenue to Maria
avenue, was awarded TO Thomas Reilly at
$6S7.
Capt. Hays reports the country along the
river in fine shape, but very dry. The pros
poets for steamboating were never better, and
the Power lines representative is now in
New York considering bids for Indian sup
plies. The line will run four boats this
season, the Helena, Rosebud, Little Missouri
and Benton.
A special meeting of the Valhalla club was
held at 202 East Ninth street last evening
when appropriate resolutions on the death
of Maj. Victor H. ortsberg were adopted. and
the club decided to attend the funeral in
body. The funeral will take place this after
noon at O'Clock, from the residence, 333
Charles street,
o. o. Cullen and D. A. Monfort were YES
terday appointed by Mayor Smith to succeed
themselves as members of the board of di-
Tectors of the public library. j. c. Pyle was
also appointed TO succeed John D. O'Brien,
who declined a reappointment that the posi-
ton might be filed by some one who could
devote more time to the work.
State Examiner Kenyon will, Monday,
formulate bylaws for the government of the
national building associations, in accord
He will be assisted by Attorney General
Clapp, and representatives of the various as
Sociations are invited to attend. There are
about dozen such societies in this state
Judge Walter Il. Burr was yesterday ap-
pointed by Mayor Smith to the additional
judgeship of the municipal court, created by
recent act of the legislature. The appointee
has been Il resident or st. Paul and q prac-
ticing attorney in Ramsey county since 1877.
He is an attorney of established reputation.
a thorough gentleman and his appointment
Is in every way satisfactory to the bar of the
city.
The law requires the railroad com mis-
sIoners to visit, each year, every county in
the state through which runs a railroad.
Yesterday the commissioners agreed their
first excursion should be: Austin and Pres
ton, May 8; Caledonia, May 7; Winona Nav
8; Wadena, May 8: Red Wing and Hastings,
May 10. They will give hearing to all com
plants the citizens of the districts named
may desire to pour into their ears.
The following deaths were recorded at the
health Office yesterday: Andrew Rydholm,
forty-four years, bronchitis, Manitoba av-
enue; Alfred Lofgren. twenty-five years
phthisis, $50 Decatu u street; Ole olsen
twenty-one years. consum ption St Joseph's
hospital; Baby Hoag, two days. hamilton
) Tilton street; John Fischer four months
inanition, upper flats: John Francis Hickey
seventeen months, meningitis, Clio Warren
street.
Local mutual building societies are doing
fair business says Hon. Theodore San
der. We are lending all the money we can
get as fast as it comes into our Golfers 1t is
true, that last year and the year before we
could not meet all demands; but there is now
considerable amount of Eastsrn money III
this city, represented by the national buildins
societies. These societies have a small armS
of agents, and, as soon as man puts a shove
into the ground, they are around negotiating
q loan
For several days past a gang of tramps
nave DSSl hduSluS dEOulu III the Vicinity Oh
Fourth and John streets ioafing DAYS an(
sleeping nights in a shed at the rear of {
saloon owned by man named Williams
Blodgett & osgood complained of them las
night and detail of police bore down upo1
the gang. Six out of dozen worthless fel
lows who were found there were arrested
the others succeeding i'll making their escape
Officer McDonough fired three shots at one
of the men as he attempted TO escape t
brighten him, but was compelled to run hin
down TO make the arrest
Figures speak louder than words The ex
penses of the Legislature just defuuct can
not fail to reach S14900U, or 1000 less
than was appropriated. State Auditor