St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-28
SAINT PAUL.
additional city News on the Eighth Page.
SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

Bank clearlngS yesterday were $751;
S76.l9.
Scarlet fever prevails at 467 Bancroft
avenue.
Nineteen births and five deaths were
reported to the health department yes
terday.
Tax funds to the amount of s196, 914.31
were turned over to the city treasurer
yesterday by County Treasurer Nelson.
The ladies of the Central w. C. T. IT.
will meet at the rooms of the Gospel
Temperance Union, 70 East Seventh
street, to-day at p. N.
The announcement that there will be
an athletic exhibition at Garfield hall
tonight is erroneous, as the vets will
not allow such affairs to occur there.
County Treasurer Nelson paid the
city's portion of the tax settlement yes
terday. The board of education $685.
29S.42, city revenue S193, 649.34 and board
of water commissioners So, 264.97.
Sparks from motor line engine
caused fire to break out yesterday
morning at about 1880 in the barn of
the Crescent creamery, West st. Paul.
The. blaze was eXtinguiShed with little
damage.
Marriage licenses were issued yeSter-
day to Ole Larson and Caroline Carlson;
AXel Ekstedt and Sofia E. BiornVall;
Frank Schmalwasser and Augusta Ma
thew and Louis w. Moss and Amy NJ.
Bobcock,
Secretary Hewitt, of the state board
of health, notified Assistant Health
Commissioner HendrickSon Yesterday
that he would be in st. Paul to-day to
investigate the case of smallpox at the
pest house.
The city's committee on banquet to
be rendered to the members of the state
legislature has agreed upon the even
ing of the 18th of April, at the Merchants
hotel, to be the time and place for the
grand festivities.
The Ramsey county delegation held
another meeting at Mayor Smiths Of
fee last night; but, as usual. came to
no definite conclusion regarding any
of the forty bills that We're discussed.
1t was an executive session.
A break in the Lenten moDotony will
occur next week, when ''Ben Hur' will
be produced in tableaux, with appro-
pirate music by Seibert's orchestra, at
Turner hall, Thursday and Friday
nights and Saturday matinee.
The Diamond 10 line agency has been
opened up for the season. The first
boat up the river will leave st. Louis
for st. Paul Sunday Navigation is
open to st. Paul. with the exception of
Lake Pepin. and the ice is rapidly going
out of it.
Next Thursday evening the trustees
reception and dinner to the trustees
and officers of the other Methodist
churches in st. Paul. They are en-
deavoring to make the affair a grand
success and big social occasion.
Adjutant General Mullen has decided
that the Second regiment will go into
camp at Lake City ON June 19, remain
ing till June 20. The First regiment
will go into camp July 9, and if the S10,-
900 appropriation passes, the Third reg
lment will camp between the I'd and 1st.
A careless boy, a lighted candle and
gallon of gasoline were the causes
which resulted in fire in the basement
of Tanning Il McMillen's grocery store,
43l East Seventh street, about 1890
yesterday morning. An alarm was
turned in, and the blaze eXtinguished
with little damage.
After repeated efforts yesterday fore
noon, by County Auditor Kahn, to con-
Vene meeting of the court house COM
mission, he failed to gather together
NHOdS5h VI iilC bOdlo W QUOt uiI.
However, the meeting may be held to-
day and pass upon final estimates and
consider the bids for the furnishings of
the new court house.
After many days OF proerastination.
which resulted in enough profanity by
pedestrians to sink nation, the council
committee on streets have ordered
streets III the business section of the
city to be sprinkled. The expense of
laying the dust will be betrayed from
the general street fund until next
Wednesday, when the sprinkling con-
tracts go into effect.
The following deaths were reported
at the health Office yesterday: r.
Linnch, 50 years, phthisis, ST. Paul
street; Mrs. E. Howard, % years, peri
tOnitiS, Granite street: George I'll.
Parker. years, scarlet fever. 327 Won
Minden street; Mary Helmbrecht, 7
weeks, commissions, $50 Duchess street;
Mrs. LeoniSe German. 40 years, metri-
It's. 134 Alabama street; Baby RaSSolto,
days, commissions. Pacific avenue.
The Woman's Missionary societies of
the Presbytery of St. Paul will be held
in the Dayton Avenue church to-day
and tomorrow. The subject for to-day
is Home Missions" Interesting pa
pers will be read on Alaska, poor whites,
Indians, etc. A popular meeting will
be held this evening. The sessions to-
morrow will be devoted to foreign mis-
sions. Mrs. DR.. Cochrane will tell of
work among the women of Persia.
Other missionaries will be present At
T:30 Dr.. Burrill, of Minneapolis, will
give an address.
During the latter part of this week
the court house bells will be placed i'm
the tower of that edifice. They were
shipped from Troy, n. Y, on Tuesday,
and will probably arrive here on Fri
day. They are of the Westminster
chimes order and weigh 700, 1000. 1850,
$500, 5,2G0 and $3.50 pounds. Their
tones are in the lower scale in A, B, G,
ID, and q. These, with the Illuminated
dial tower clock, will inform the weary
and belated pedestrian on a dark and
dreary night of the flight of the COM
mon enemy-Time.
The State historical society was yes
terday the recipient of a very old and
valuable collection of books and papers,
the Gift of John W. Taylor, of 52S
Laurel avenue. 1t was while Mr..
Taylor was member of the New York
legislature and III public life. that he
gathered this valuable collection so
generously presented to the Historical
society. The lot contains 135 unbound
volumes of historical and other works,
OF infinite value and highly priced.
There are twenty-three ancient vol
umes and three bound files of papers
bany journals dating from 1871, The
Chicago Weekly Journal, the Prairie
Farmer and other journals, all of which
are pronounced exceedingly valuable,
and an interesting addition to the
Society's archives.