St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-21
SALTWATER SltROUETTES
The Germans Of the City Form a Turn
ers' Union.
DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.
A Solder Lodged at the State Prison
for Robbing a Superior
Officer.

A meeting Of twenty-five or thirty
representative German citizens of the
younger class was held Sunday evening
and took measures to organize turn
verein, 10 be located in suitable quar-
tiers and provided at the outset with
good outfit of apparatus. William
Becker was chosen temporary president
ana Edward Petry secretary. lgnatius
Fezandln, Albert BrauuSchweig and
Louis Meyer were appointed as a COM
miltee to look up hall for permanent
headquarters, and committee COM
posed of Peter Stadler, of the st. Croix
postoffice, A. g. Triebel and Edward
retry was appointed TO arrange for the
procuring of gymnasium apparatus.
Inc society will start with member
snip OF forty persons and permanent
. organization will be effected, and reports
OF committees heard at the next meet
lhg,to be held Feb.4. 1t has been several
years since turn society existed here,
Out the present organization will he in
such hands and have such stable sup
port that its success and permanance
are pretty we'll assured.
Hon. E. w. Durant, John O'Brien
and ex-senator ID. M. Sabin have re-
ceived notice from st. Paul that they
are appointed to represent Saltwater on
the committee of reception in connec.
ton with the appearance and address of
the great orator. Daniel DOugherty, at
the Peoples church, st. Paul, Thurs
day evening, Jan. 80. 1t is very prob
able that the Saltwater delegation will
fill at least one car of the Omaha train,
which will leave Saltwater at 5:45 and,
returning, leave st. Paul at 10:40.
Miss Rosalie La Coste died suddenly
yesterday morning at the age of severn
teen years, at the residence of Prosper
Reyoir, South Third street, where she
had been guest since last Thursday,
having come from her home at Arcola
for brief visit. While returning to the
RevoIr house from neighborhOod call
Friday evening she became uneXpect-
eddy i'll, and grew rapidly worse until
death resulted soon after midnight yes
terday morning. The funeral will be
held at 2 o'clock to-day from st. JO-
seph's French church on Oak street.
John Thelander, an officer of the
Washington County Farmers alliance,
is dangerously i'll with pneumonia, Sc
quel in his case of the influenza. His
condition was so serious yesterday that
consultation OF physicians was called,
though but slight hopes of his recovery
were felt.
Allax Ponomorky, late of the Third
United States Infantry. was lodged in
the state prison yesterday under SIX
years sentence, imposed by court-mar-
tial. His specific otfenses were break
ing into and r0bbing the quarters of
Acting Surgeon G. e. Dutton on Dec. 5,
1889. and stealing purse from the mutf
of young lady while riding on the
train near the fort on Dec. II. James
Clark and Richard Nichols were also
received from Clay county under light
sentences for grand larceny.
The Norwegian ski club proposes to
fix up on the hill Immediately west of
Lily lake track $50 feet long, with a
pitch of forty-five degrees. This will
afford run down the hill and upon the
lake. A grand tournament is also talked
of. to be held in about two week, and to
which it is expected the various ski
clubs of the Northwest will send at least
500 runners. In order that the affair
may be held successfully some financial
assistance will be asked from Saltwater
citizens.
James Meary, from Sauntry & TOzer's
Mouse river camp. was struck at the
landing yesterday by log scaling 400
feet and thrown on his face, remaining
pinned down by the log twenty-five
minutes. The depth of the snow in
which he fell prevented certain death.
He was brought home last night in bad
condition.
Further hearing was had in the Rus
sell-Clancy matter at the court house
yesterday. The case will not be con-
cluded before Saturday.
DIR. B. G. Merry was reported as in an
improved condition yesterday.
Clerk of the Court Bennett still feels
severely the grip of the influenza.