St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-15
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
The Washington County Teachers In
stitute Begins Its Session.
BIG TEMPERANCE MEETING.
Archbishop Ireland and Father Nugent
to Talk---General Saltwater
News.

The annual Washington County
Teachers institute to be held during a
five days session, under the instructors
furnished by the state, Profs. j. L. Nc
Clary and A. Nj. Sperry, of Mankato, and
Miss S. E. Sprague. opened at the high
school building yesterday, forty-five
teachers being IN attendance at the
opening session. The institute was
called to order by j. G. Mcintosh.
county school superintendent, after
which Miss Sprague spoke Oh the best
methods of teaching reading, followed
by Prof. McClary, who spoke regarding
the teaching of advanced arithmetic,
especially with reference to the subject
of percentage. The afternoon session
was closed by Prof. Sprrry, who adj
dressed the institute on the subject of
Narcotics" The evening was devoted
to lecture from Prof. Sperry Oh The
Art and Science OF Successful Living"
The institute will close its work Friday,
and the previous evening will be de-
signated American Evening"" On
which occasion the teachers will read.
recite and discuss selections from
American authors. and addresses are
expected fran Mayor Durant and
others.
The great temperance meeting. the
most prttemtiOus demonstration of the
kind ever held in Saltwater, will take
place at the Grand opera house this
evening and will be addressed by Rev.
Eater Nugent. of Liverpool, England,
and Archbishop Ireland The order of
exercises includes the formation in line
at st. Michael'S church, of all the Cath
Ole total abstinence societies, which
will appear in full uniform with the
cornet band and escort the distinguished
guests to the opera house. At the lat
ter place Father Nugent will be form
allv presented with an address on be-
half of the Catholic Total Abstinence
union of the arch diocese of st. Paul.
Mayor Durant will preside, representa-
tives of all local religious sectS will Oc-
cupy seats upon TIE stage. and the adj
dresses will be interspersed with mu-
steal selections. There will be no adj
mission fee charged and no collection
taken. Father Nugent is a personal
friend of Cardinals Manning and New
man. and his labOrs in behalf of relig-
ion, temp rance and humanity have
been in the same lines as followed by
those distinguished princes OF the Cath
Ole church. As a patriot laboring in
behalf of struggling Ireland. he is
classed with such men as Archbishop
Croke.
DR.. w. L. Allen, of Davenport, presi-
dent of the Saltwater Street Railway
company, and secretary of the Western
Electric Railway association, arrived
Yesterday TO attend the second annual
convention of that body, which met in
Minneapolis last evening. Besides a
BANQUET at the West hotel. the events
of the convention will include visit by
the delegates to Saltwater in order to
see the successful working of the first
and only electric railroad IN Minnesota.
DR.. Allen expected that the Saltwater
visit would be made to-day.
In the district court yesterday, at the
special term, defendants demurrer to
the complaint in LOthmaD against
O'Brien was argued and submitted, and
the court made an order requiring the
petit jury drawn for the November
term to appear Nov. %. The grand
Jury is directed to convene Nov. II.
Judge McCluer went to Red Wing
last evening to hold the regular term of
the Go0dhue county court. lie expects
that the grand jury will finish its work
by Thursday, and that he will come
home and remain until the following
week, when the other business of the
court will be taken up.
Rev. DR.. Yarnall and wife. of Phila-
delphia. after visit with their daugh-
ter. Mrs. W. W. Keene, returned yester-
day to their home.
The Saltwater left yesterday with
logs for the Rock Island Lumber COM
pany, and the Glenmont took out raft
for Laird. Norton Il Co., Winona.
Attorney Fred W. Gail and bride re-
turned Sunday evening from their
Southern wedding journey.
W. f. label was to have appeared
again in court yesterday on the charge
of attempting to kill his wife Anne, in
Alton, but the case was again continued
on account of the absence of the county
attorney.