St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
STILL WATER SILHOUETTES
The Thresher C0mpany's Boilermakers
Return to Work.
RUSSELL B0BS UP AGAIN.
The South Hill Ahead on the Whist
Fournament---The Lumber Sea-
son Ending.

The thresher company's boilermakers
have returned to work, everything be-
ing now satisfactorily adjusted as be-
tween them and the thresher company.
The molders held another secret ses-
sion yesterday. One apparently famil-
lar with their councils says that they
are now standing out until the company
provides new casting boxes, with which
it is said the men can work to better adj
vantage, and consequently earn more
money when doing piece work. But
there seems to be no doubt that the men
will return to work in very few days.
The Wildwood Park association, by
its president, SomerS, and an attor-
ney. appeared before the county com
miSsioners yesterday to ask a refund
ment of taxes on $4,000 of the last
Years valuation of the associations
property near White Bear, and also an
abatement of $4,000 on this years valu-
alton. William Chalmers presented
bill of 1903. so on account OF money adj
vanced TOR expenses in the matter OF
eXtraditing John Russell and bringing
him back from the state of washington.
Mr.. Chalmers was surety for RuSSells
appearance at court when under indict-
ment for seduction and when Russell
fled to Washington. He claims that the
governor by issuing the papers made
the whole proceeding matter OF public
expense, and by the same token made
the expense chargeable to Washington
county: also that after Russell was
brought back the state paid $50 on ac-
count of the expense, leaving balance
of S5O3.50. The bill was laid on the
table.
The great whist tournament. now
drawing to a close, finds the South hill
ahead twelve points as the result of
Tuesday evenings contest at the resi-
dence OF DR.. B. j. Merrill, the South
hill having gained twenty-five points on
that occasion. But two more games re-
main, the next OF which occurs this
evening at the residence of +. l.. Nc
KuSick.
At the gun clubs handicap shoot for
the badge yesterday, the following
scores were made: Merry, IL; CARL.
IS; Whitman, 10; Jassoy, 10; NeWqulst,
10; Manwarng. S: Durant, IL; Hitch
cock, II. Merry, Carl and Newquist
shot at twenty-five birds, the others at
twenty.
H.. McKusick. of Musser, Sauntry
& Co., and Il. S. Davis, cashier of the
Lumbermen'S bank, returned yesterday
from Gordon, Wis, accompanied by
Drew Musser. Charles Weyerhauser,
G. w. Ainsworth and Mr.. Tabor, down.
river merchant lumbermen.
The St. Croix Lumber company, hay
ing disbanded its camps, all the horses
and the remainder of the men who will
come at all will be down to-day. The
company's log cut for the season scales
II 800, 900 feet.
1t is reported that John Rhone, now
managing the prison boiler snop, has,
in connection with It. Finnegan, Sc
cured possession of the Oak Park
foundry, and will operate the same.
A hundred dozen tubs and pals were
Yesterday disposed of by the prison offl-
Gals to local business house, this be-
ing the first sale and delivery made
from the new prison factory.
A soclable for the benefit of the Pres
byteran church organ fund will be held
this evening at the residence of j. G.
Hening.
Cleveland's Minstrels showed to a
very large and well-pleased audience at
the Grand opera house last evening.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Gowdy
occurs at 8 o'clock this morning from
st. Michael's church.
Mrs. VIM. H. Gets started yesterday
to Join her husband at North Yakima,
Wash.