St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-03
SALTWATER NEWS.
Special Meeting of the Prison
BOard-Other Events.

IOOiFu-OtIlcF ILVcntSs
A special meeting of the prison board
was held yesterday in the warden'S Of
flee at the prison, in order to complete
the biennial report, which is to he pre-
scented to the governor, and also 10 i'll
veStigate the charges made against Ole
NOrtrOme, convict. who is charged
with stealing large amount OF brass
castings from the Minnesota ThreSher
company some time last spring. A
number of witnesses were examined.
but the result of the Investigation can
not be ascertained. The regular monthly
meeting of the board will be held to-
day, and it is whispered that the matter
of a new warden will be determined at
this meeting.
The action of Jeremiah Donovan
against Marshall Chambers was ON for
| trial yesterday in the district court.
| Plaintiff in the action claims balance
| of SlS4 due him for handling logs for the
| defendant. His claim is based upon a
! contract which he had with defendant,
/ by which he was to receive 81 per day
| for his services, while the defendant
| claims that plaintiff was handling the
| logs for II cents per thousand. Testi-
mOny was taken and the case was given
| to the jury, who had not returned a
| verdict UP TO late hour last evening.
| The action of the st. Paul Trust COM
| pany against Isaac Staples, as receiver,
was dismissed by plaintiff. Judge Muir
| dock stated yesterday that the criminal
| docket would probably be taken up the
| first part of next week. The first cases
| to be tried are said to be those of Rob-
| ert jackson and Burt Hamilton, both
colOred. for assaulting conductor on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad near Hastings.
A meeting of the lumbermen of this
city was held Monday in order to per-
| feet plans and measures whereby a
| large quantity of logs lying OH the banks
of the ST. CroiX river can be hauled into
the river. The total number of feet of
logs lying between this city and lay
! lOr'S Falls, which cannot be reached by
an ordinary stage of water. is variOusly
estimated at from 2,O00.000 to 5000, 600
feet. a committee consisting of j. S.
O'Brien, William Sauntry and Samuel
Mcclure were appointed to have the
logs hauled into the water. The logs
are to be scaled according to their orig
inal marks, and each log owner is eX-
pected to pay his share, according to the
number OF feet he receives. The cost
of bringing out the logs is estimated at
| 81 per thousand.
The funeral OF A. G. Lull, who died
| Monday of pneumonia, will probably be
held tomorrow afternoon. w. Ii. Bald
win, nephew of Mrs. Lull, is expected
tonight from New York, and will re-
main here a short time in order to ar
range the affairs of deceased. Mr.. Lull
owned several valuable lots and build
ings III this city. An accurate estimate
of the value of his property. however,
cannot be given.
Daniel Harkins, baggagemaster at the
Union station, and Miss Tillie Hettinger
will be united III marriage to-day at st.
Michael's church by Rev. Father Nj. E.
Murphy. The happy couple will leave
this evening for trip to Chicago.
At the meeting of the city council last
| evening O'Neal Bros. were awarded the
contract for grading North Martha
street, from Myrtle to Mulberry, at 20
cents per cubic yard for earth eXcava-
| tons.
| A second notice of contest has been
served by j. S. O'Brien against the cleo
| ton of j. n. Searles to the state senate.
The second is simply an amendment to
| the first notice served.
Tomorrow evening the McCaull
| Opera company will present the comic
upera "ClOver" at the Grand opera
I house.