St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-09
SATURDAY At SALTWATER
The Races at Lily Lake Park Thursday
Afternoon.
THE NEW ELECTRIC RAILWAY
Social Events of the Week--.Prominelt
People to Be Mar
ried.
THE NEW ELECTRIC RAILWAY

Several gentlemen are interesting
themselves in arranging for races to be
held at the Lily Lake driving park next
Thursday afternoon, the proceeds to be
given to the fund in aid Of the Johns
town flood sufferers. Isaac Staples, the
owner OF the grounds, will donate the
use of the superb track, and the time
and trouble Of all prominently connect
ed with the enterprise will be given
gratuitously., The sports will include a
free-for-all for the $40 class, ana the
entire programme will comprise an
amount of condensed fun that ought to
draw big attendance Of those who love
sport and practical charity.
At the power house of the electric
railway Electrician Lundy and two pro-
fessional assistants are pushing the wir-
ing of the motors and the power house
itself. Throughout the city the line is
now wired and tie South Saltwater
route will be in readiness next week.
Supt. Hewitt repeats that the line will
be in operation before Saturday. But
five cars will be put on for the present,
but the equipment will be increased as
public patronage shall warrant.
There will be grand rally of the
Total Abstinence societies this evening
at the hall of St. Michael's church, when
O'Brien, Rev. M. E. Murphy, W. j.
Shortall. W. f. Walsh and II. Ii. Gillen.
Mrs. O'Brien, Miss Celia Mailman, Miss
Nellie Mackey and Claude and Eva
Jackson will supply vocal music, and
Miss Lilly McDermott will give recita-
ton.
In the district court yesterday A. T.
jerks recovered a verdict of s319.6O
against Page Guthrie. The case of
George Hayes against Guthrie was re-
ferred to n. H. Clapp to try and deter
mine. The suit of II. G. Ferguson
against O'Neal Brothers, in which
$4,000 as commission in logs alleged to
have been sold by plaintiff as agent for
defendant is claimed, resulted in YER
diet of $296.75 for plaintiff.
Friends have planned dance at
Opera house hall next Friday evening
for the benefit of John Stiles, faithful
woods teamster who has been confined
to bed at the city hospital for nearly
two years. Frank Casey and Thomas
Wright are the committee Of arrange
mentS.
The st. Croix Lumber company has
elected as officers for the coming year:
William Chalmers. president; II. NJ.
TOrinus, vice president; e. E. TOrinus,
secretary, and treasurer.
1t is expected that the board of state
prison managers, which meets here
Tuesday at the warden's Office, will pro-
coed to the election OF warden, physi-
clan and chaplains.
Two newly appointed guards at the
cfotn lnv
Henry Frost.
A. 0. Il. occurs next Tuesday evening.
The sale of two RATS of logs by Saun-
try Il Tozer was reported yesterday.
SOCIAL SALTWATER.
The social event of the week was, of
exercises at the opera house Monday
evening, when the house was packed to
suffocation. The young ladies of the
class and the one gentleman of 'S9 held
an impromptu but hearty reception OH
the stage at the close eff the programme.
A society affair of the coming week will
be the marriage at St. Michael's church
Tuesday morning of the accomplished
Miss Mary Burke, of this city, and j.
H. Ward, of Franconia, MINI. In the
afternoon a wedding reception will be
held at the residence Of the brides
brother, ex-County Treasurer John F.
Burke, Pine street, after which Mr..
and Mrs. Ward will proceed direct to
their new house and home up the st.
Croix. The only dramatic attraction at
the opera house during the week was
Charles A. Gardner, who appeared in
"Fatherland" Wednesday evening to a
highly pleased audience. Rentfrow's
Pathfnders, a meritorious company, in
Guiding the boy artist, frankie Jones,