St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-07
SALTWATER NEWS.
The Events of a Day in the City on
the st. CrOix.

Under the section of the penal code
prescribing penalties for guests at
tempting to defraud inn-keepers or
boarding house proprietors, Daniel Bur-
ton was arraigned in the municipal
court yesterday on complaint of j. f.
Kuhn, proprietor of the st. Paul house
on North Main street. and was fined S25
and costs, in default of which Burton
went to jail The defendant had been
a boarder at the st. Paul house and was
in arrears for his entertainment. Mr..
Kuhn charged that the defendant, in
tending to defraud, surreptiously re-
moved all clothes and effects from his
trunk and took them beyond the land
lords reach, leaving the empty trunk to
deceive the contiding innkeeper.
Miss Bella M. Child. for over seven
years one of the most valuable teachers
In the public schools, declined re-elec-
ton, and has accepted more lucrative
position as teacher in the Minneapolis
schools. Miss Child started yesterday
for her former home at New Lisbon, o.,
where she will remain during the sum-
mer vacation.
The funeral of James Y. Avery, a vet
eran scaler on the st. CroiX, was largely
attended yesterday from the family res
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ices being conducted by Rev. N. E.
Chapman, of the First Baptist church.
The pallbearerS, including some of the
prominent merchant lumbermen, were
Jacob Bean, James Mulvey, Otis Sta
Piles, j. w. McKuSick, John Goodrich
and George jerks.
A missionary festival under the
auspices of st. Paups German Lutheran
church will be held tomorrow at Prince
Il Harper's grove, near the southern
limits of the city. At 10 o'clock serv-
ice will be conducted by Rev. K. Ernst,
president of Alton Lutheran seminary,
and in the afternoon by Rev. G. Paul, of
st. Matthew's church, st. Paul, and
Prof. Schmidt. of the Alton seminary.
The trial of the case of Johnson
against the $500" Railroad company,
which has been before the district court
daily since Tuesday, is still in progress,
and may possibly be concluded to-day.
The plaintiff seeks to eject defendant
from his land. to recover damages for
alleged injury to the land, and also to
recover for its use and occupation since
1856.
Additional reports from the log drives
yesterday were of the same encouraging
nature as those received during the
earlier part of the week. A good stage
of water exists where heretofore the
streams were too low. and the logs gen.
orally are coming along in excellent
shape.
The armature for the disabled gener-
ator at the electric railway power house
has arrived from New York, and an
improvement in the car service may be
expected as the result of both genera
tors being in running order.
The Inverness took out a raft of logs
yesterday for La Crosse. The Henrietta
brought from above barge of rafting
poles and barge of wood and took out
a tow of lumber from South Saltwater
for st. Paul..
G. A. Johnson, of the Saltwater fire
department, started last evening for
Hayward. Wis, whence he will return
with bride early next week.
Andreas Rasmussen, sentenced in
Grant county to five years for assault
with intent to kill, was received at the
state prison yesterday.