St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-03
SELECTED AT SALTWATER.
improvements That Will Increase In
dustrial Resources.
A NEW YEARS WEDDING.
Shut Down of the Florence Mill
Death of Miss Bessie Ben
mister.

Important improvements that will ill.,
crease the industrial resources and pro-
ducts of the city are iii progress at the
larger mill of the Jersey q Bean Lum-
Der company. An immense furnace or
'hell'' tor the burning of mill refuse
has just been completed at an expense
of $500, and other improvements will
bring the total sum expended up to
fully $4,000. This outlay represents
the practical rebuilding of the mill
structure, the introduction of an E. p.
Allis gang. Union gang, diamond
edges and much other machinery. in
Guiding new trimmer, which will be
remOdeled here. Under the contracts
just let the heavier machinery is to be
delivered here by Feb. Is, so that it can
be placed in position and ali early start
ing of the mill assured. The rearrange-
ment of the mill will enable the COM
pany to cut railroad timber, of which a
Speciality will be made, up to length
of forty-fOur feet, and this branch will
be great factor hencefOrth in the COM
pany's business. The change and i'm
provements will, according to the esti'
mate of Cashier George III. Atwood, in
crease the total cutting capacity of the
mill from 20,Q00.000 feet of lumber to
made improvements in the manner OF
loading piling upon cars by which vastly
more can he accomplished in a given
time and much expense saved, and the
company will be able to go into the mar
ket less handicapped. The stock now
on hand consists of 18,500,U00 feet OF
lumber, 100000 pieces of shingles and
100000 lath.
The Florence FIGURING Mill company
shut down the lower Main street mill
permanently Tuesday. their lease hay
ing expired. The lower floor has been
leased to a new flour and feed firm,
but the rollers will cease revolving.
Miss Bessie Bernister died at the city
hospital yesterday, aged thirty-five
years. She had been resident OF Still
water for the past five years and leaves
brothers at Winnipeg and Toronto.
The funeral will occur to-day from the
Baptist church, of which deceased was
member.
Mr.. A. w. Eckhart. of the St. Croix
Lumber company, and Miss Rose NAL
10y were married at O'Clock last even
ing at the parsonage OF st. MlchaePs
parish by Rev. Father Nj. E. Murphy,
the bridal couple being attended by
Willis A. Prince and Miss Jennie Bar
lCUUs IlltCi tIO CSlSAiOdJ 1ONSPeAOhA
was held at the residence of John Short
all, North Fourth street. MIR. and Mrs.
Eckhart will at once take up their resi-
dence at South Saltwater.
Robert Slaughter and Fred Foot will
endeayor to recover damages from the
Transfer company Oh account of lnJu-
ries received at the Chestnut street
crossing. Monday. Negligence III not
having a flagman at the crossing is al
legged.
Local officials had concluded to send
Willie White, the boy abandoned here,
to the Reform school, but it was discov-
cred yesterday that he was beyond the
eligible age, and Judge Nethaway will
probably commit him to the poor farm.
Postmaster Mccarthy returned yes
terday from the Northern part of the
state where he has been looking up
pine land records. He reports no snow
in the woods North of Hinckley.
The night watch at the pontOOn was
taken off yesterday, the ice having be-
come safe for the crossing of teams.
Last year the watch was retained ex-,
actly one month longer.
Fred H. Gadsby spent part of holiday
week at his Eau Claire home and re-
turned yesterday. {.
But sixteen deaths occurred in the
city during December.