St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-15
City and County Records,
Musty With Age, Afford
Much Amusement.
County Treasurer Strikes a,
Mine Of Fun in a Dusty ip'
vO1um0. sna
All Of the City Officers Are
Now in Their New Quar- p
terS. ssl
Health Commissioner Hoyt
Offers His Papa a Fat aa
Plum. 'v4.

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Ign
The work of MOVING from the oln citv
~ ... "" S..;II;,, ~, ..,, u~ o,.y ~.
anu coun.y ounu,uss NV eno no" oou,s
nouse,anu uheaItAiis tne IecoIus WHICH
have rested IN sepulcher OF dust, sew
eral strata OF which date back to the
SOS, has revealed intere sting and GU
rions hits of the citv,s history. For in.
stance when Jndce Rrill cleaned ont
sSa as "sah;nas h ~ % h;s ia ohon,no. NV so
found copies OF OLD legal documents
which, looked as if Moses him.
self had handed them down
from the rock-canned mountain
WIZ, 1,,aoo c;mons, ia roosor,, r,as
@ @Wnon ouuso .'d H.n thn sho,'s % oy voi;nyy% %ae &c
tuiHeu ov1i on" ,' .nJ o.0,s0o d ioosou t =.
smo tht - o,oma, ouomo az" rhr;, ~" ~
was was lpuiiu a vnat ti';a se.e 1eHo ama tSai.
hna;as lalH sidM ae uG T,,riod IN dnSt Thoy wora
.oSantso uosva ooen oe hmmo s;1e M o~d haj hean
nra1,;n1 ~ ''nop ths old nanar f;laS and tSa
ry,s ;ur;st,ss ,upch up i,askat For for Years r. is
Jusio, rasad adI 4hav D %amortaI tb;S iifa af+or
vsu dauo,'r;'r ss . csrta;n t aec;s;on which tha
;mG@a ,rrntn Il ont ono evanin~ i~st
J9tSo ft.s,. a,e;n,, bic taS osSass,,c cn+s .uso
"Itoi ..It ,Js p"yiths thsir n noiSnn @ oo. was tSo
oono,,,s;on IF Indue Epan who
vwMoe"Hm ,noS ~, Snct ,wbop tho chamhar was o ha,
was on uoSA ~nIn IN '+o tha nia Sou was 49,
Ny laHaa0aou M ,aa II ~ . Gm aSo thS m;n,l mnIn
NeWsoI S Iseu pai 70 o N.Y. snt la;nad
!ins Calt. anu olu Hut 0su0 H iaiIGu I.;a
Jumps tu n % 1t,e CanaJa anu thara us 80 on ,,;t R
s1aa III a;,o. .so az oit,, 'n ~ h;c 1Ias rhc
nie;,.;S niou Tna,,;aI s nyo ~ osrnS dom me
Paain1il, LAeni1l ~ 1eoA. "onou .tnd uan
hgof rs fha oS nnl;"o wb;ie narad;ng S"wn
ny; ~ vi .do It,.n"t tvaTt rho cow .1oo %a.
!a;a ;Ia slou , J., "" of1.na ~
calneu a;oo,d Sox1,aa uSD h9r ,harne1ntS Jonu .no
omi'ea omd necasssr;in ssui HAVING +o ha ";iIeS'
the officers gObbled the lacteal fluid and
took it home to their babies. For this
nnlawfnl Retention and use of the
niaintiff's bovine. he wanted $500 dam
ages. The records show that he was
carried out of the court room. a limp
but wiser man, When County Treas
nrar NaIsnn moved his rusty helonU-
~ o L.o1oo Inv rs.ie JC,,o.s -.
ol9 anu WotL l1ugeis, eue accouueS ol
well-thumbed pages of these old
relics of once fourishing coun-;
try store, many ludicrous items
loom up before the modern st. Pauilt9S
gaze. The books evidently belonged tQ.
pioneer groceryman ana general stoTes
hotel and livery stable PROPRIETOR. who
afterwards, being elected county treas assff
urer, took his books and deposited them
into the county vault, which in those
days consisted OF milllner's trunk,
Sheathed on the inside with calfskln:
The owner of the books never signed
his name in them, but at once opened
up an account with Gen: Sibley. The
following are items as they were writ
ten and appeared upon the debtors side
of the book. "a
To borde over mite fer the jineral
horses -. 80. .So.a2
SbinaIss Sy ssaae aed ~ LII re har arouS oci: : 1S
SPIKES. after @ dinner @ . ............... .35
Balanced the box too date by note reseved2i
The above was Gen. Sfbley's ACCOUNT
the next was DR.. DAVIS while he was a
bachelor and living in this county: ssa
To 10 gallons of whisky. !. $500
One emte keg ......... LOO
/ spiket.... ...;............c... ..... .35
Too three days borde, 75 40
Oats ana nay 1or norses ana loogen OK
wosSinn osSi m,fis liz ,,ont. 3S
W:il:s., - roas1,,,o ,,,,,, ,.,,o,,,, oI1
,1 aa..aa l..an. unue' nod 49, wei Miiown shS J gu "i
Si;t II soeS,oiS, & .s'u fa GU ouin "Ioo' ,nnJ eos
intr;s+ M en- V es,onn,, aU Six t;mas ;, e' efc
mLa nv. iS.i i S1o ~ s.. -, -. on .; ,,ho1
N ne wl.oe - WY auomSi sy,oa dn4 - Wiz tba
~ II 10y 10y Stando as.ton mfa nn aou 10 -. hod cno
Hiu uoohs o,'a yoaa1,ad ~ III no n"u q
AGHlcy 2Hi lausu ahu 4h ioiaieu &c, & 81 "a' ,+
dme s aast ~. VI i;o Ine odty dyutn ue' uAeup%s p%
OtJ .noto =. .no poo f,.m, +he o,d W.,