St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-28
SALTWATER SlLAOUETTES
The Bluff City Spends a Quiet, Pleasant
Thanksgiving.
0BSEQUIES OF W. S. HERALD.
phe New Double Track of the st. Paul
& Duluth -General
News.

Thanksgiving day was quite generally
observed i'll this city yesterday. All of
the business houses were closed, and
there were a large number of social
gatherings and family reunions. Serv-
ices were held in the forenoon at the
Swedish Methodist church, the EpiScO-
pal church and ut all of the Catholic
churches. The day was royalty OBJ
served at the prison, exercises being
held in the chapel in the forenoon, at
which Dir. ". IL. Game recited some of
his faVorite 'Tclef0ne Polson'' articles,
and a number of other gentlemen con-
tribnted their share TO the enjoyment of
the inmates. An excellent dinner was
served, and the convicts were given tho
Freedom OF the cell room. In the even
ing 4 large number of society people at
tended a social hop at the Sawyer house,
Others attending n at Music hall, and
Il large number attended a social dance
at La eland.
The funeral of Walter S. Herald oc-
cured yesterday from the |. o. y. +.
hall, where the remains have been lying
Ill state a,numb4r OF days. awaiting the
arrival of ii. Herald. a brother of the
deceased. from Calais. Me-, who reached
tLilS Nity NNottlONy HitI llilIS. lIIC
funeral was quite largely attended by
friends of the deceased and by the Odd
Fellows lodge and members of the
Daughters of Rebecca order. The re-
main were laid to rest in Fairview
cemetery. Rtv v. j. NJ. Bull, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, delivered
an eloquent funeral sermon at the hall.
Work Of filling in for the new double
track which will be laid this fall by the
st. Paul e Duluth railroad company be-
tween the union depot and the Schulen-
Durg-Doeckeier mill, is being pushed
rapidly, and if the weather remains Ia
v0rable the work of filing in will be
completed about Dec. Is. Owing 10 the
lateneSs of the season the %sidetracks
which the company contemplates laying
near the depot will not be put in until
early next spring, when the new depot
will also be hnilt.
Inspector S. u. Child, of the p0stoflice
department, WAS in the city yesterday
inspecting the new pOStot1ice quarters
in the Lumbermen'S Exchange block.
Mr. ChildS expressed himself very .wpii
pleased with the building. He recon-
mended that the window for the dis
tributi0n of Sunday mail be enlarged,
and also that a hall he built leading to
the postmaster's private office, SO that
WDen entering the 011ce visitors are not
obliged To 90 through the main working
room OF the employees.
The Etw Baptist church On Pine
street, which VIII soon be completed. is
n Of the handsOmest church cdifices
in the city. and it greatly enhances the
value OF property on thoroughfare.
The passenger coaches on the Wis
conSin Central road, running between
this city ana ST. Paul, will snon be sup
piled with gas lights and steam heat.
Mrs. Charles Contain was pleasantly
surprised at her home on South Third
street yesterday afternoon by a large
number of friends from st. Paul.
The %cO!:undrum supper given by the
ladies of the Congregational church last
evening was we'll attended, and at
fUrded unbOunded merriment.
The EpwOrth league of the Methodist
Episcopal church will give a dime social
this evening at the home of the Misses
jerks, on Pine street.
Daniel Boone" drew two large
audiences at the opera house yesterday
afternoon and evening.
w. +. Chambers is expected back this
morning from Il trip to the pinuries
north OF Gordon, Wis.