St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-01
CAUGHT AND CONDENSED.

The common council will meet in regular
session tonight.
r The state medical board hold an examine.
ton at the copitol to- day.
DR.. L. B. Sperry, the lecturer of the state
institute, was in the city yesterday.
Scarlet fever prevails at 23l Fourteenth
street, and diphtheria at 677 Wells street.
The Armory hall fair for the German Cath
Ollie Orphan asylum cleared about 5000.
Five births, two deaths and four marriages
were bnlletined at the health office yesterday.
Acting Mayor Yoerg returned home yester-
day from n hunting trip in the northern part
of the state.
Rev. James O'Reilly, of Minneapolis. will
deliver lecture tonight at st. MichaePs
school hall.
Superintendent of Schools Powell, of Wash
ington, ID. c., accompanied by his daughter,
is i'll the city.
oThere will be concert to night in the
guild room of st. Peters church, corner
Fourth and Maple streets.
The city officials drew their September sal
aries yesterday, ana the police and fire de-
partments will be paid to-day.
Attorney Wellington arrived home yester-
day from Iowa, having been down there
working on the Billings murder case.
Bank clearanees yesterday were S742,658
for the month, $l6,719,2 1O; for the CORES
ponding month last year, SD, 704 IFS.
The dry goods and millinery stores on
Seventh street will close each evening at
$50 o'clock from to-day, except Saturday.
Eva McDonald delivered an address to the
carpenters and joiners union at their hall,
corner of Third and Exchange streets. last
night
The concert given by the Balfe club at
Cretin hall last night was largely attended
Each number on the programme was well re-
ceived.
jefferson Stack, of Sycamore. H.. one OF
the heaviest buyers eff Northwestern feec-
ers," arrived at South St. Paul last night and
will be on the stock market to-day.
A contract for the construction Of a sewer
on Burr, Fauquier and other streets was
awarded by the board of public works yes
terday to John ". Doherty, at S3.420.
E. W. White will assume his duties to-day
as secretary of the board OF education. W.
NJ Carson, his successor as private secretary
to Mayor Smith, will also take up the affairs
of his new position this morning.
The West Side Citizens union will begin
its regular sessions this week, having adj
journed for the summer The first subject TO
be taken up is the Broadway bridge question
Maj. W. A. Hotchkiss, editor Of the FIJI
more County Republican, was in the city
yesterday Maj Hotchklss was major OF the
old Second battalion, and was the first man
to publish a paper i'll Minnesota west Of the
Mississippi river.
QThe night schools opened yesterday even
ing. The Longfellow school at Merriam
of teachers as last year Is employed. The
fee for tuition is ST. per month and the at
tendance is large.
Patrick Flynn. laboring man, forty-fivs
years of age, who lived near the corner Of
Rice and Front streets. dropped dead in the
saloon at 1872 Rice street yesterday forenoon.
The coroner decided that his death resulted
from heart disease. He had been drinking
heavily.
City Treasurer Refs will to-day redeem
$4,000 of city bonds. bearing six per cent
interest, that were issued in 1862 aB bonus
to the Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway COM
pany, to construct the draw bridge over the
Mississippi river, that is known as the sioux
City bridge.
Barney Smith. the retired" pugilist, and
B. ". Moriarty. another character well
known about town, were arrested by Patrol
man Meyerding last night for fighting on
East seventh street. near jackson. They
will appear before Judge Burr this morning
under charge of disorderly conduct.
The September report of the water board
is as follows: Balance. $50, 1921; general
water receipts. S3S.697.59; miscellaneous
receipts, 81, 690.l6 connections, 81, 1852 46 !;
extension, $3.50; shutting off water,
$500; total receipts, S79, S56.O2. Dis
bursementS: General maintenance, 81
027.0Z; connections, s., 302.69; repairs
S49791; meters, S263. 25; extensions, SILL
1882; construction, $2.499.05 interest,
SIS, 75S.45; frontage tax, $3.50; total dis
bursements, $25,4S3.3O. Balance, S54,-
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