St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-21
TUESDAY AT SALTWATER.
Annual Conference Of the Anoka Dis
trict Congregationalists.
THE PRATT DISAGREEMENT.
Logs Coming in at Rapid Rate---Gen-
eral News of the
City.

trict convened at Grace church yester-
day with seventy-fve clerical and lay
delegates present. The session opened
with the annual conference sermon by
Rev. A. II. Heath, d. D., after which
an organization was effected by the cleo
ton of Rev. William Nj. Jenkins as
moderator, and Rev. Hunt, of Hutchin-
son, scribe. The reports as to the tilir-
teen churches in the conference showed
a generally increased numerical
growth in each, all, save one or two,
being represented at the conference.
The reports showed also a marked in
crease in the missionary work and all
general church work, especially in the
growth of Sunday schools and Young
Peoples Societies of Christian En-
deavor. The executive or missionary
committee reported that during the last
year, the appeals for assistance from
the board had decreased in the amount
asked from $50 to $500 in all the churches,
thus showing financial growth as well
as numerical and spiritual. For the
Saltwater church, of which Rev. j. HI.
Albert is the very efficient pastor, Rev.
A. d. Roe reported that the society
was organized nearly seven years ago
with a membership of fourteen, now in
creased to sixty-five, thirteen having
united during the last year. The 7. 2.
S. c. E. was organized two years ago,
Junior society having been re-
Gently organized with twenty members.
The Sunday school enrolment
is 219, not including officers and teach
ers, and the average attendance IA.
Among the prominent people in attend
ance at the conference were Rev, George
r. Merrill, of the First church, Mime
apois; DR.. A. HI. Heath, of Plymouth
church, st. Paul; Mrs. Lyman Bartlett,
missionary from SMYRNA; Rev. j. II.
Morley, superintendent of missions for
Minnesota. The evening session was
devoted to an interesting discussion in
reference to the educational work OF
the church and home and foreign mis-
sions. The conference will reopen at
$50 this morning, the programme for
the day including discussions of IRE
vival of Family Religion, 1.-THE Church
Working in Its Parish" "rhe Fifty
Thousand Dollar Movement" "fhe
Federation of Churches" "The Minis
try in the Congregational Churches"
and 1.-THE lnductive Method of Bible
Study" The conference will close this
evening with Woman'S missionary
meeting.
In the case of Pratt against the Water
Company, wherein the plaintiff asked
$500 damages on account of injury to
his property through the alleged negli-
gence of defendant. the jury, after be-
ing out all night, was discharged. no
agreement having been reached. The
last ballot stood eight for defendant
and four for plaintiff. The case of G.
d. Elfet against the Saltwater Water
Company was dismissed yesterday on
motion of defendant, after plaintiff had
put in his testimony, the reason for the
dismissal being tnat the plaintiff failed
to show that he had any title to the
property in controversy. The action
was brought to eject the railway COM
pany from strip of land in Oak Park.
over which the company had built its
track; also to recover $500 for the al
legged unlawful occupation OF the land.
The latter is supposedly public street
OF road, but the plaintiff claimed that it
had never gone legally into public pos
session.,
Distributing Clerk Hoehne, at the
poStOf1ice, who enlisted when thirteen
years and six months of age. and served
three years, received notice from Con-
gresham Snider yesterday that his ap-
p1ication for a pension had been granted.
At the city council meeting last even
ing the engineer reported that the SAM
tarv condition of the city hall endan-
gered the health and life Of all en-
ployed there and that the city violated
its own ordinances in the matter of
water closets and plumbing.
Muller post and George w. Crook post,
G. A. r., will attend memorial service
at the First Methodist church Sunday
evening upon invitation of the PASTOR
Rev. J. N. Bull, who was himself col
Onel of Wisconsin regiment.
About rs. 100000 feet of logs, up to
date, have been run out of the st. CrOiX
as the Wisconsin Central bridge. and
the logs are still coming in. The daily
output averages 100000 feet.
Nodecision is yet reached in the mat
ter of the application for temporary
Injunction restraining the grading of
North Second street along the Sabin
property.
The Eau Claire lakes drive is now
sluicing in the flowage Of the st. CroiX
dam, and the rear of Moose river drive
cleared Big Island Monday.
W. P. Brown, Myron Shepard. Roder-
icb McKinnon and Harry Richardson
started last evening for Chicago, where
they will remain few days.
Prison Manager j. S. O'Brien returned
last evening from his trip East, whittier
his committee went to Investigate the
practicability of making binding twine
at the prison.
The condition of A. J.. Gillespie was
reported as more serious yesterday, the
ailment having assumed the form of
severe attack of pneumonia.
Senator Sabin arrived home Tuesday
night feeling somewhat unwell.
The Kit Carson left with a raft of logs