St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-29
TUESDAY AT SALTWATER.
sauntry's Big Contract for Furnishing
Cedar Posts.
EAU CLAIRE DRIVE HUNG UP.
A Portion Of the Cars for the Street
Railway Expected To-
Day.
EAU CLAIRE DRIVE HUNG UP


Birch, Wis, at 1919 cents apiece, eaca
post to be seven feet and four inches
long, and not less than four inches in
diameter at the smaller end, all to be
Embarked and suitable for the use in
tended. One-third of the total amount
of money is to be paid him at the time
of inspection and delivery of the posts
and the remainder June 25 next.
G. M. McCluer returned yesterday
from the East, where. as heretofore
stated, he called upon E. G. Wick, who
is expected here this week.
The gates of the main dam on Kettle
river were hoisted yesterday in an
effort to give an impetus to the hung-up
drive of O'Neal Bros, and the latter
have sent up man to ascertain the
effect. He was expected to report last
night whether the opening of the gates
had afforded driving stage of water.
The Eau Claire drive is hung up about
two miles above Big rock, four miles
above st. Croix falls, and the st. Croix
dam has consequently been ordered
closed in order to secure another head
of water.
E. S. Brown. of the street railway
company, said yesterday that a portion
of the cars would undoubtedly arrive
from st. Louis to-day, having been
transferred for shipment at Savanna to
the Milwaukee river line Monday. Mr..
Brown says also that the bed for the
engine at the power house is now so
complete that the work of adjusting the
engine, when it arrives, can be accom-
plished very speedily, and he fixes
June Is as the date at which the street
car line will be in operation, Dec
volente.
Memorial day will be duly observed
in Saltwater, chief feature being the
address by Col. Mason. of the regular
army, now stationed at Fort Smelling.
The various committees appointed in
connection with the exercises are: On
general arrangements, Adam Marty,
George w. Bennett, Greenleaf Dore. j.
NJ. Darling and j. R. NJ. Gaskill; OH
printing, V. e. Seward; music, Eben
Foster, R. G. Rhodes; carriages, Har-
low Mcintyre; graves, Adam Marty;
flowers, NJ. Shepard, George W. Ben
nett, j. M. Darling, Allen Huey, L. B.
Castle. Company K, M. S. N. g., will
act as escort to Muller post, &. A. r.
and the orator of the day. The process
sion will form at o'clock on Chestnut
street, with the right resting on Sec
ond, and the line of march will be up
Second to Mulberry, east on Mulberry
to Main, up Main to the state prison,
thence back to the opera house, where
the following programme will be car
ried out: Dirge by the band; prayer by
Rev. ]. NJ. Bull; song of quartette;
reading of orders; reports OF commit
tees; music by cornet band; address by
Col. Mason; hymn, America" by band
and audience; decoration OF its memo
rial cross; benediction.
The board of education held meet
ing last evening to arrange for the ne
gotiation of the $4,000 school district
bonds lately issued. They were once
supposed to have been sold to W. j..
HAYES & Son, of Cleveland, O., but
those parties imagined something tech
nically wrong and the contract is can
celed. The bonds will be readily dis
posed of to advantage-part, at least, to
Saltwater parties.
A fire, Starting from some unexplained
cause at noon yesterday, threated to de-
strOy a vast amount of property in the
yards of the ST. Croix Lumber company
at the village of South Saltwater. but
was extinguished by the mill fire appar-
atus with loss of not over $500. The
Saltwater fire department and steamer
responded to the call, and made the
trip of three miles in good time.
Ex-senator Sabin returned yesterday
from the East, and again departed for
st. Paul and Wildwood, Wis.
Moritz Bergstein, junk dealer, has
met the fate that befel Tenner & Co.,
and has succumbed to a levy by the
sheriff on a writ of attachment, issued
at the instance of A. T. jerks, who in
dorsed Bergstein's paper at the Lumber.
mems bank to the extent OF $500, for all
of which he is held. The assets include
some real estate, all of which is thought
to be incumbered. Mr.. Bergstein's diff
ficulty came from an ambitious en-
deavor to push his business beyond his
strength.
The failure of j. A. Tenner & Co.
appears to have been bad one. the liza
bilities being double the assets. Mr..
Frederick. the confidential bOOkkeeper,
estimates the assets at not over $1,000
and the debts at $4,000. There is from
$1,000 to $4,000 due the firm in Dakota
which is wholly uncollectable.
The case of the state against Nels
Hanson. charged with violating the
meet inspection law, was continued in
the municipal court yesterday until next
Saturday.