St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-26
SAINT PAUL.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

There will be an A. o. U. W. picnic at Min
hetonka Saturday.
The Catholic Abstinence society will picnic
at Minnehaha Thursday.
State Superintendent Kiehle. who, with his
family, is at Nantucket is expected home
Saturday.
e. Giberton, deputy sheriff, returned yes
terday from two weeks vacation spent IN
Montreal, Can.
Gov. Merriam was at his desk in the capitol
yesterday after a several weeks visit to Chi
cago and Eastern cities.
The Hauser Mailing company has CON-
menced an action against Brick u Co. to re-
cover 50, 1924 OH promissory notes.
The board of fire commissioners met last
night and passed the pay rel for the month
of August amounting to SIS ,324.4S.
D. NJ Finlayson d Co. have commenced an
action against Charles Quidberg and others
to enforce mechanics lien for S149.59.
The excursion down the river projected by
the st. Paul Banjo. Guitar and Mandolin
club tomorrow evening has been Indefinitely
postponed.
Cases of diphtheria at 734 Randolph
street and GIL Iglehart street, and Group at
764 Butternut street were reported at the
hoalth Office yesterday.
A sale was held Yesterday by City Treasurer
Refs of delinquent assessment titles. The
amount sold was 10000, and Mr.. Refs said
that six times that amount could have been
disposed of to the bidders present.
Miss Mary Pendergast, of the state public
instruction department, returned yesterday
from a five-weeks trip to the Pacific coast.
Miss Pendergast, among other places, visited
San Francisco, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane
Falls.
State Insurance Commissioner Bailey is
still confined to home through illness. The
commissioner has been absent from his
Office for over week, most of the time being
spent in bed. He is suffering from an attack
of pleurisG.
The surviving members of the Fifth regi-
ment of Minnesota volunteer infantry will
hold their annual reunion on Sept. II. next
The reunion will be held in the representa-
tives' chamber of the capitol in st. Paul, be-
ginning at 10 a. m.
The Montana Central Railway company
has commenced an action against Wells,
Fargo Il Co., an express company, to recover
81, 169.2 "a alleged to be due on a contract for
carrying its messengers, Safes packing trunks
and freight as an express company.
DR.. L. B. Sperry, the state institute lecturer :,
was at the capital yesterday. He begins the
fall term of institute lectures this week, and
tonight will be at Buffalo, tomorrow at De-
troit and Thursday at Alexandria Mr.. Sperry
lectures on physiology and hygiene.
Charles Malmo aud Hans K. Helbostad
have commenced an action against Simon j.
Sherin 10 compel him TO convey lot OF
Kohlmans Division No. to them. as pro-
;5o1 IL,
the purchase money already paid, together
with 5000 damages.
Some big machinery factories and iron
furnaces are shortly to be built in the terri
tory comprised between Duluth and Fond
du Lac. To meet the necessarily increased
traffic the St Paul & Duluth road has de-
cided to establish q daily train service be-
tween the two cities to commence on the 1st
prox.
Robert McCabe, an inmate of St. Joseph's
hospital, who was allowed to leave on Sun
day on q visit to some friends on Fifth street,
and was reported as missing by the author1-
ties, came back to the hospital early yester-
day. He had made another call and had
been induced to spend the evening with his
friends
Miss Sprague will not be an instructor Of
the state teachers institutes this term, and
probably not for several terms The lady is
In feeble health, and has returned to her
home in New York. Her position will be
filed by Miss Hail. of Dayton, o. Miss Hall
reported yesterday atthe department of state
public instruction. and left in the evening
Tor Duluth, where au institute meeting will
De held this week. Miss Hall will also take
Miss Sprague's position as inspector of the
Sraded schools.