St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-13
LA CROSSE LACONICS.
Il Great Deal of News Covered in
Small Items.

Special to the Globe.
LA CROSSE, April 12.-Three more
sawmills started up this week, COM
pleting the list, except Clark's, which
will be completed and ready to start
about the LIST of May. Ali the mills are
making full day eight hours. and one of
Davidson's has been running nights for
week. Logs continue to come as fast
as wanted, and now that rains have set
III it is bell eyed driving can be resumed
on the upper streams. But in any
event. the mills have long run on logs
in sight. LOggers getting supplies from
the Chippewa do not anticipate any
especial inconvenience from the closing
of the Beef Slough works, even if it
should be for all summer. Logs NAV
not come forward with the usual prompt
ness on account OF the limited facilities
for rafting at West Newton. which is
on the main river twelve miles below
the mouth of the Chippewa. But all
can be taken care of there that will be
Splashed out on the water, and if heavy
rains come, so as to bring big drives,
there is little doubt the slough works
will be opened up.
General Agent Van Mort, of the
Saints Packet line, is here to open an
OilSS. LIZ cay lIlC uiSJ DOdJ vi JIlS llllD
will be the Gem City. and she will
reach mere not later than the Goth. All
the boats have been thoroughly over
hauled and Will stand the season in fine
condition. The officers are to be uni
formed and a lively. energetic, stylish
management is promised.
Capt. Pete Davidson has sold his big
stern-wheeler,t the White Eagle, to Can't.
BrySOn and others. of Davenport, who
will fit her up for the Davenport and
Quincy trade.
viii Drake, who received what was
supposed to be his death wound two
weeks ago last Tuesday. at the time his
wife was crushed to death by the cars,
came to his senses Wednesday and is
now likely to recover. Everything from
the instant of the accident was total
blank, and the painful duty of inform
ing him of his wife's death deyolyed
upon his father.
Mi. Record, the Minneapolis elevator
builder, is here figuring on the abattoir
plant, for which the contract is to be let
next Monday.
Work has been started on the girls
orphan asylum. to be erected by the
Catholic church.
The main building and one wing will
be erected this year, which will accom-.
modate $50.
The terms of settlement of the Me-
thody & Meyer (St. Louis failure pro-
posed by the La Crosse creditors, Is per
cent secured, have been agreed to and
the firm will resume business.
Alfred ii. Anderson departed this
week for Tacoma. He will take an ac-
tive part in the management of the Pa
cific Lumber company, in which he is
largely interested.
The recount of votes for five minor
city officers demonstrated the wisdom
of always recounting in close election.
The vote was changed in four of the
five cases and the result in two. The
new officers will take possession next
Tuesday.
The artesian well is down $40 feet; it
has been sand so far but now the drills
are grinding away at bowlder.
About one hundred thousand brook
troutfry have been planted in the vari-
Gus streams in the county this spring
and the state begins tomorrow distribute
ing rainbow trout. Forty thousand
will arrive on the nine o'clock North
western train.