St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-31
j The Plymouth Clothing House
Annual Red-Figure Mark-Down Sale.
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events of a Day in the Busy Bluff
City

EVenCS Ol d LAY In Cuo BUSY Blun
City.
The action of A. 3. Stickney VS. D. C.
Gaslin and JOurdain q Mathews as
sureties, was the only case tried yester-
day in the district court. The case was
given to the jury at about $50, and a
verdict will probably not be rendered
until court cOnveneS to-day.
Warden Randall received ccmmuni-
cation yesterday from New York, stat.
ing that the balance of the machinery
to be used in the binding Irvine factory
at the prison. forty-siX pieces, had ar
rived in that city, and that it would be
shipped Immediately. The work of
setting up the machinery will take con-
siderable time, and the factory will
probably not be ready for the manu-
facture of Irvine before March 1.
The meeting of the North and South
Hill Whist club at the Sawyer house
Monday evening resulted in another
victory for the North hill club. The
score is as follows: Capt. w. G. Bron-
son and Leonard Clark. 81: DR.. B. j.
Merrill and G. P. Gregory, As; F. L. Nc
warning and j. S. O'Brien. 43; A. G.
Hospes and w. G. Bronson Jr., 40; Au-
gust BoOren and r. M. Anderson, So.
The South hill club still has lead of IL
points, but the margin is gradually mar
rowing down, and the contest is becom-
ing interesting. The seventh game of
the series will be played at the Saweyr
house tomorrow evening.
G. ii. Smith, charged with larceny of
watch and chain from the boarding
house of John Boo, on North Second
street, was convicted of the offense yes
terday in the municipal court. and was
given sixty days III the county jail. 1t
is said that Smith answers the descrip-
ton of man wanted in Wisconsin for
more serious Offense.
E. W. Durant Jr., James Foley and
P. E. Burke, the committee appointed
to solicit subscriptions for furnishing
apartments for the Young Mems club,
are meeting with good success, and
large sum has already been subscribed.
Asa and Will Tracy have secured the
contract to manufacture rafting plugs
to be used by the st. CrOix Boom COM
pany the coming season. About 1,000,-
600 plugs will be turned out, at cost of
about 81, 500.
e The board of directors of the st. Croix
Boom company held meeting yester-
day, but. as far as can be ascertained,
no business of Importance was trans
acted.
Beginning with Jan. 5 the various
hardware firms in this city will close
their respective places of business at
Z p. m.
The ladies Of the Swedish Lutheran
church will give supper this evening
in the new Staples block. ON Main
street.
J. G. Hening left yesterday for visit
with relatives at West Superior.
The young ladies of the Albright
band give dime social at the residence
of F. 3. Yates Friday evening.
At meeting OF representatives of the
various ski clubs in the Northwest, held
at ST. Paul Monday, it was decided that
a run be held in this city between the
Goth and 31st of January, providing
there is sufficient snow.
A select masquerade ball will be given
by the elite of the city at opera house
hall this evening.
The book accounts Of the insolvent
firm of Lustig 81 Muckenhausen we're
purchased yesterday by William Becker
for s25. The accounts amounted to
s333.17.
j. S. Vandiver. editor of the Call, left
last evening for Chicago, on a short
business trip.
w. E. Foran, travelling collector, and
NJ. +. Williams, general agent of the
Minnesota Thresher company, with
headquarters at Grand Forks, N. D.,
are in the city.
Misses Ellen and Tillie Langum, of
Winona, and Miss Claudia Langum, of
Minneapolis, are guests of their brother,
Deputy Warden Langum.
Mrs. j. s. Anderson left yesterday for