St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-07
TUESDAY AT SALTWATER.
Snake River Water to Be Immediately
Available.
DRIVING CREWS SENT OUT.
Coming Visit Of the Minnesota Editorial
Ass0ciation---The Gazette's Nine
teenth Birthday.

Extreme satisfaction was felt by lum-
bermen especially, and by all citizens,
on learning yesterday that the Snake
river water would at last be immedi-
ately available and that the gates of
.Chengwatona dam, in regard to which
there has been such contest, would be
raised last night. On this information
additional driving crews were sent up
in the afternoon and others will go
later. The change III the situation was
effected during the latest visit to Pine
City of David Bronson, of the East Side
Lumber company, who induced the
Pine City Authorities to so amend the
charter that the water may be lowered
to depth of six instead Of seven feet,
and this concession will now give the
lumbermen about fourteen inches to
let through the dam and drive the
logs. This will take the Ann river
drive, while dams on the upper trlbu-
taries will be opened to bring down the
Namekagon, Yellow Totogatic and
Clam drives, which are now in the main
river. The securing of the Snake river
water, and the consequent bringing OF
these millions of logs to market, brings
lllOliCg W SUillW0tCis dlio SifOo NhiPiOJ
ment to hundreds of our laborers, in
Guiding those who work at the boom.
on the lake and on the mills, besides
employing the raft boats, which under
the recent order of things have had COM
paratively little to do.
Judge Rudolph Lehmicke started yes
terday for Dickinson, Dak., for a visit
with his son Oscar.
TI;fArial association,
in accordance with last years invita-
ton from 3. W. Durant, will visit Still
water next Wednesday, on the occasion
of the annual meeting. Features of the
entertainment will include tour of the
prison. banquet at the Sawyer house
and certain exercises, the exact nature
of which is not yet decided upon, at the
opera house.
Mayor Durant, Aid. Low. Goodman,
Pattee, Anderson, Sutton, Strom and
Reed. with W. E. Easton, of the Daily
Gazette, and Cashier Davis, of the Lum-
bermen's bank. went to West Superior
yesterday to attend the water ways con-
ventiOn.
Fifteen ladies from the Williams
house, White Bear. arrived on the l:20
train yesterday and made tour OF the
state prison.
Alice Mansfield, who was arrested
here Monday night on the strength of a
Duluth telegram to the chief Of police.
was discharged yesterday, there being
no prospect of anyone appearing against
the woman.
F. B. Yates and T. G. Kitty, the only
two aldermen in the city, came together
at the city hall last evening on the reg
ular meeting night of the council and
adjourned the latter body.
Fillmore and Wilson, the Newport
burglars. were arraigned in the munich
pal court yesterday, and on their enter
ing plea of not guilty and demanding
an examination the case was continued
until Thursday. Afterwards an attor-
ney from st. Paul put in an appearance,
stating that he had been sent by the
prisoners friends to defend the ac-
cused. Wilson claims to be from La
Crosse and Fillmore from Davenport.
The Saltwater Weekly Gazette com
memorated yesterday the nineteenth
anniversary of it's foundation. The
original proprietor of the paper, A. b.
Easton, though haYing relinquished his
financial interest, still turns in con-
siderable copy for each issue, his 'sThe
Old Man Talks" making an attractive
feature.
The man drowned in the Mississippi
above Hastings, as reported in the
GLOBE, proves to have been Andrew
Peterson, one of a crew engaged in
building government wing dams to i'm
prove navigation. He was drowned
Sunday evening while bathing, and the
remains were brought to this city. A
sister of Peterson, living in st. Paul,
has been notified.
Jerry Lecuyer, a Gazette Office
"deviI,'' while trying to perform an
acrobatic feat for the instruction Of
other small boys, snapped in two the
bones of his left arm below the elbow.
The Henrietta will give an excursion
down the lake Friday evening for the
benefit of Grace Congregational church.