St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-24
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
Taking Of Testimony In the O'Brien.
Searles Contest.
THE USE OF STICKERS.
A Big Mills Narrow Escape From
Fire---General Items of
News.

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Searles senatorial contest was practic-
ally finished yesterday at the city hall.
The only important evidence taken yes
terday was that of Charles Wester-
green, recorder of the village of Mar
Inc, who testified that the windows of
the town hall at Marine were securely
fastened with nails, so that an entrance
to the hall and closet, in which the bal
lot box was placed after the vote was
counted, could not be effected. John
III. Sawyer, of Marine, testified that he
had prepared about 100 Republican and
Alliance tickets with StickerS, which he
had good reason to believe had nearly
all been voted. The judges and clerks
OF election at Marine are summoned to
appear at the city hall to-day, when the
taking of testimony on the Searles side
of the proceedings Will begin in earn
est.
George Haizelden, of Chicago. has ac-
cepted the position of foreman of the
paint shops at the prison, which posi-
ton was formerly filled by f. Ii. Lemon,
VINO leaves SOoR for Tacoma, WASH,
where he has business interests requir-
ing his personal supervision. Mr.. Haiz-
eden arrived yesterday from Chicago.
The large and valuable Turnbull saw
mill, situated at Oak Park, narrowly
escaped destruction by fire yesterday.
A telephone alarm was sent in to the
engine house early yesterday morning,
to which the department responded I'M
mediately. The fire, which had orig
mated in the sawdust and small pieces
of slab underneath the mill and OH
which it is built, was hard to reach, and
1t was only by the persistent Efforts OF
the department that the mill was saved.
The steamer was kept at work about
six hours before the fire was eXtin-
guiShed. The cause Of the fire is not
known. but it must have been the re-
suit Of spontaneous combustion.
The North Hill Whist club gained
thirteen points at the meeting OF the
North and South Hill clubs held Mon
day evening at the residence Of +. l..
MckuSick, but are still thirty-eight
points in the rear. The scores were as
follows: w. q. Bronson Jr. and Leon
B. j. Merrill. 81; Capt. w. G. Bronson
and A. c. Hospes. SO; r. M. Anderson
and James S. O'Brien. 45; Free McKus-
lex and L. Converse, so; l.. L. Manwar-
ring and c. p. Gregory, 40.
Walter Johnson, an employe at Lees
camp (Musser, Sauntry & Coz, on Moose
river, was brought down yesterday with
q broken leg. johnson was engaged in
rolling log upon skidway when the
log slipped and rolled down upon his
left leg, breaking it below the knee.
He was attended by DR.. w. Ii. Game
| and was afterwards removed to his
home at Alton.
Mrs. Samuel BlOomer, accompanied
by Charles BlOOmer, arrived last even
ing from Butte, Mont, where Charles
has been i'll for some time.
The Christmas exercises of the schol-
ars of the Episcopal Sunday school will
be held tomorrow evening at the Grand
opera house.
Proofs were heard yesterday by Judge
MprdOck In the divorce proceedings of
Frederick Wittig VS.. Melvina Wittig.
More testimony will be taken and the
case will come up again at some future
| day.
Prof W. T. Gorrie left last evening
for WATERFOWL, S. D., after a pleasant
visit of few days with friends in this
City.
+ Maj. Kent, U. S. A., with headquarters
| at st. Paul, was at the prison yesterday
interviewing the United States military
prisoners confined there.
The net proceeds of the "Deestrick
Skule' entertainment which was held
at the Grand opera house last Friday
evening is given as S171.50.
The East Side Lumber company has
erected a neat and roomy boarding
house on the site of the one which was
destroyed by fire few weeks ago.
Tie Kegoshugamut camping party
will dance at the Sawyer house tO-mor-
row evening. The club will wear the
costumes worn while at camp last
summer.
An excellent program of exercises
has been arranged by the scholars at
the Baptist Sunday school, which will
be rendered in the Sunday school room
of the church this evening.
o. Juell, administrator of the estate
of Lauress Johannessen. was discharged
Monday after having fully administered
the estate.
Jourdain & Mathews rigging shanty.
situated on the Wisconsin side of Lake
st. Croix. directly opposite this city.
was destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon.