St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-27
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
Opening Of the Stinson- Sargent Election
Case.
THE LOW QUO WARRANTO.
Death Of Adam Schoenbsrger- r---Sanitary
Conference to Be Held
July q.
THE LOW QUO WARRANT(

Tue boald of education contes ted
election case entitled The State of Min
nesota ex rel, John j. Stinson, against
l.. Sargent (Fayette Marsh, attorney for
relator), was formally opened yesterday
by the serving upon the respondent OF
an alternative writ of mandamus re-
quiring the respondent to appear before
the supreme court July lS, and "show
quo warranto you hold and exercise the
duties of school director from the Sec
ond (sic) ward" Mr.. Sargent, however,
holds his certificate of election from the
Third ward. of which he Is resident,
and claims no constituency in the Third
ward. The writ states that at the Third
ward election for school directors, at
which Sargent and StinsOn were the
only candidates, the latter received 90
votes duly cast by legal voters of the
ward, while Sargent received 73 legal
votes and no more; also that the re-
spOndent has duly qualified as director
by taking the oath of Office and filing
the same with the city clerk. Mr.. Sar-
gent has acted as member OF the
board since the week following the
April election.
George Low received official notice
yesterday that an application for writ
of quo warrantO in his case as member
of the city council had been made. No
date was given for hearing by the at
torney general, but Fayette Marsh says
that the matter will probably come up
next Monday. Mr.. Marsh went to Wash
burn last night, and on his return some
thing, it is promised, will drop in an
other quarter.
The cedar block pavement Oh Water
street is all down, and the Chestnut
street PAYERS have reached Main street.
the advance crew being now well up
Chestnut.
Adam Schoenberger, an esteemed
resident of this city during the last
age of Seventy-three years. The funeral
will take place at 9 O'clock this morn
ing from the residence, corner of South
Second and Mulberry streets, the inter-
ment being at the South Saltwater
Protestant cemetery. The deceased was
a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.
He is survived by the widow and son,
George SchOenberger.
The Clam river log drive of 10000, 600
feet is hung up by low water at the
mouth of Clam river. and the crew has
come down.
A sanitary conference, to be attend ed
officially by the boards of health, chair
men and town supervisors chairmen of
Washington and ChiSago counties. will
be- held in Saltwater July 2, under the
general direction of G. n. Hewitt, CHAIR
man of the state board OF health. The
supervisors Of each town are ex-officio
local board of health, and all members
yui1 70 RI
The object is to discuss matters invOlv-
ing vexatious sanitary questions that
beSet the officials, and to mutually profit
by an interchange Of views and sugges-
tions. The morning and afternoon SeS-
sionS will be devoted to business mat
ters, and in the evening DIR. Hewitt will
talk OH the sanitary care of the home.
Other speakers will be provided by the
local management, and an entertaining
programme, including music, pro-
vided. )
Ex-Prison Warden H. N. Setter. of
Tayl0r'S Falls, was IN the city yester-
day.
Zimri Harth, third term convict.
died yesterday at the prison hospital. of
which he had been an inmate since last
Friday. He came OH his last trip from
Winona county under sentence of one
SCuls NuiCll NOulu udVC CAplkVO uCAt.
September. Harth was thirty-siX years
of age.
Harry Davis. the pitcher. has been
at length induced to join the Dayton, o.,
club, and started for the East last even
ing. tempted by very flattering offer.
j. @. Macintosh, county superin-
tendent OF schools, was married yester-
day to Miss Agnes II. Strathern, of
Rich Valley, MINI.
1t is promised thatthe street cars will
be put on this evening to accommodate
those wishing to attend the Presbyte-
rian church lawn fete at Capt. Cowan's,
Oak Park.
At the gun club shoot for the badge
yesterday, the following score was
made. the first figures indicating the
number of birds shot at and the second
figures the number hit: Wlllman. 20,
IA; Manwaring, 20, II; Jassoy, 20, 13;
Durant, %. II; Butler, 20. IA; Barclay,
%, 16; Heisel, %, IL; Hitchcock, 20, IL.
Man waring and Durant shot off their
tie, the former winning.
The board of education. at meeting
held Tuesday evening, ratified the sale
of the $4,000 of district school bonds to
Peet & Co., st. Paul, for their par value
and accrued interest.
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