St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-26
STILL WATER SitROUETTES
indiana Officials Gobble Skies, the
Patent Right Man.
ANOTHER OF HIS VICTIMS.
Apportionment of the School Fund.-.
General News of a
Day.

Indiana officials, taking quick advant-
age of the Saltwater officers work in
ferreting out the whereabouts of George
Irons Skies, the patent right man who
swindled Roney and Rutherford, nabbed
him before Rutherford could gather
himself together and took him from
Cincinnati to indianapolis, where he is
wanted on account of offenSeS Of ex-
actly the same character as those COM
mitted here. The news that the Hoosier
officers had beaten him in the quite gem
eral scramble for the possession of
Skies person was wired to Still
water by Rutherford yesterday. An
other of Skiles' operations in this vicin-
ity came to light Yesterday, when E. A.
Holdridge. of st, Paul, came over here
to learn as to the probable success of
the effort to bring the patent right man
back TO Minnesota. MIR. Holdridge is
sorry to the amount OF $4,000, because
he paid Skiles that sum for the right to
dispose of the patent device in the state
of Washington, or, in other words, pur-
chased from Skies something in which
the latter had no right, title OF interest.
The semi-annual apportionmento of the
school fund for Washington county was
completed by the auditor yesterday, the
sum apportioned being made up of the
one mill tax, amounting to S3,031.27; ap-
portionment from state, S2,4l0.72; fines,
S639.64: LIQUOR licenses, $500; total,
$6,5Sl.63. OF this total amount the sum
of 81, 465.O2 goes to the Saltwater city
school district.
The people assisting the Minneapolis
Cecilian male quartette, which appears
at the First Presbyterian church for the
benefit of the organ fund next Tuesday
evening, includes Miss Maud Ulmer, So
prano; Herr Heinrich Hoevel, late of
Berlin, vioinist, and Prof. II. S. Wood
ruff, accompanist and whistler.
The brokerage and grain commits
sion" office, or bucket-shop, conducted
by S. W. Pierce in the Mower building,
has been closed thus far during the
week, and several of the 'boys" are
making anxious inquiries as to the late
proprietor's present whereabouts. He
left the city Sunday saying he would
return, but for some reason few of his
patrons express fears that he has closed
out his business here.
Registration in the seven election pre-
cincts proceeded with considerable
briskness yesterday, and the clerk of
the district court did something OF a
business in the line of naturalization
papers. Among those who took meas
ures to become citizen of the United
States was a native of Peru, South
America.
The taxpayers adjourned meeting, to
have been held last evening at Opera
House hall, was abandoned, since
neither of the political parties showed
wish to combine on anything Ike citi-
ZenS' ticket.
The agent of the Pat Rooney combi-
nation was in the city yesterday to ar
range for the production at the opera
house of pats New Wardrobe"
The S. O. F. club, a recently formed
organization of the younger society gen.
tlemen, will give social dance at Opera
House hall tomorrow evening.
The University Glee club, of Mime
apOlis. will give concert at the Uni
versalist church tomorrow evening.
Welch q Donovan's crew broke camp
and came down last evening. Their
cut will reach about 100000 feet.
Mrs. Capt S. l.. Cowan is reported as
seriously ill with pneumonia.