St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-01
CLEANED AT SALTWATER.
The Remains of John a. Gordon BROUGHT
to This City.
KILLED BY A LOADED SLED.
The Execution of the Con tract for the
Transfer of the Street Railway to
Occur To-Day.

The remains of John H. Gordon, who
was killed Wednesday at st. Johns st.
Croix camp, arrived here last evening
at 7:2O. accompanied by the widow. The
accident occurred while Gordon was
driving his four-horse team to the
landing, when, in descending hill, he
slipped and fell in front of the loaded
sled, which passed over him, causing
almost instant death. He leaves no
children, and besides his widow the inn
mediate relatives surviving are his
parents. Andrew j. and Elizabeth Cor
don, of Saltwater; his brothers, George
w. Gordon. also of this city; j. w. Cor
don, of st. Anthony Park, and his Sis
tiers, Mrs. William Daley and Mrs. John
Swanson, of Saltwater.
The marriage of Robert G. Murdoch,
son of Judge and Mrs. IL. r. Murdoch,
to Miss Cassie A. Hicks. of Nlilbank.
OAK, is announced to occur at the latter
place Feb. 26. Mr.. and Mrs. Murdoch
will take up their residence OH the
formers farm in Grant county.
Granville NJ. S. Staples, youngest
child of Mr., and Mrs. JOSIAH Staples,
dit d yesterday, after an exceedingly
painful Illness, of cardiac trouble. Last
winter he suffered severely from acute
rheumatism, but recovered sufficiently
during the summer to enable him to re-
sumo school this fall for short time.
In October he was attacked with scarlet
fever and the sequel of these two dis
eases was hypertrophy Of the heart.
Granville would have been fourteen
years of age Feb. "a.
The rector of Ascension parish and
wife, Mrs.A. d. Stowe, held reception
H. incf For "a
members and attendants of the church.
The execution. of the contract by
which the new street railway company
secures the franchise from the old COM
pany will occur to-day on the arrival OF
DR.. Allen, president of the new Orgali-
zation.a Secretary Sweeney and General
Manager Hewitt are already here.
The following convicts, all from Hen
nepin county and each convicted OF
grand larceny in the second degree,
were received yesterday at the prison:
James Crown, James Ryan, Thomas
Murphy, Frank Orith, each two and a
half years; William ConnOrs, twenty
one months, and William Patton, eight
cen months.
David Sinclair came from his lumber
camp yesterday with badly crushed
left hand, some of the bones beng
broken and the flesh so lacerated that
an amputation of finger may be neceS-
sary.
The births and deaths in Washington
county thus far reported at the clerk OF
the district courts office are respective
ly: Saltwater city. 242, 1879; South Still
water, 40, 16; Alton. 8, 10; Cottage
Grove. 25. 6; Denmark, Ia, Z; Forest
Lake, 4, 8; Grant, 10, 4; Lakeland. Z, s;
Marine. L., 4: Newport, %, g; Oakdale,
80, Z; Anoka. 2, 1; Woodbury.. 90, 6.
Robert Anderson, formerly in bust
ness on Main street, Saltwater, and
latterly in the grocery trade at st. Paul
Park, filed yesterday in the clerk OF
courts Office deed assigning has as
sets for the benefit of his creditors to
Charles E. Diether.
Rev. J. l.. Half, the young pastor of
the Swedish Lutheran church. and
among the ablest divineS OF the city,
will make departure next Sunday
evening and preach in English, in
which language he is equally as elo-
quent as in his native tongue.
A prominent lumberman with sup
posed knowledge of the real situation,
offered yesterday to wager that G. L.
Holcombe would not be appointed SUI
veyor general of logs. He, in common
with other lumbermen, does not believe
that the place has been offered to
George M. Seymour, and thinks that
Jacob Bean is the coming man.