St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-10
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
A Chicago Firm Wants TO Buy Prison
Pals and Tubs.
FLAG ON THE HIGH SCHOOL
Standing Committees of the Council.
Consolidation of Electric COM
panies.

A Chicago dealer called at the prison
yesterday in order to open negotiations
for the purchase OF the entire output of
| the prison pail and tub factory, he being
| willing to take the product of the fac
tory for any period. Nothing was con-
! Guided in the matter, but he will I'M
| doubtedly lay his proposition before the
| board of managers. An arrangement
| is, however, already in effect by which
| all tubs and pals required by the Min
! nesota Mercantile company, of Still
water. will be supplied by the prison.
| The first comp lete output of the factory
| will be ready for the market in a few
days.
Through the patriotism and generosity
| of Saltwater citizen, who has made
| the gift to the board of education. a
| United States flag of regulation make
| will hereafter fly from the tall turret of
! the high school building. independent
of the action of the gentleman donating
| the flag, the county commissioners yes
| terday received Muller Post, g. A. R.,
! resolution requesting the commission
erS, city council and board of education
''to cause an American flag to be placed
| each day upon the court house. the city
| hall and the public school buildings
within the city" The commissioners,
therefore, complied by adopting a reso-
| luton instructihg the purchasing COM
| mittee to erect flagstaff on the court
house grounds and to purchase six
teen foot flag, which the Janitor will be
| instructed to raise each morning every
| day in the year.
The following standing committees
were yesterday announced by the chair
man of the board of county commits
ci, In. Il
| and Moffat; taxes, Olson, Lund and
Mexican: roads and bridges, Newbauer.
| Mexican and Lund; purchasing, Lund,
| Olson and Moffat. The salary of the
| county superintendent of schools was
| increased from $500 to 1000 per year.
| The report of the county physlcion
| showed forty-one county admissions to
! the city hospital during the year, and
eight deaths in the institution. The
| total amount of fees received by the
sheriff during the year was shown by
! that officials report to be S1,S41.05. The
county physician also ported that dur
| ing the year 1876 families, or 427 persons.
were aided, and % furnished transporta-
ton to their homes or elsewhere. The
average amount per family distributed
was S2S.67. as against S31.16 per family
i'll Ramsey county.
The general offices of the Saltwater,
| Davenport and Dubuque electric street
railway companies will hereafter be
consolidated and located at Davenport,
| all the lines being owned by the same
| parties. f.. ID. Allen, who has been
! secretary and treasurer of the Saltwater
company, will tomorrow go perma-
nently to Davenport where he will reg
ularly receive the monthly pay roll
from Saltwater and send here drafts
for the individual amounts due the local
employees.
Muller post, No. /, G. A. R., installed
the following officers Wednesday even
| ing: Adam Marty, commander; George
w. Bennett, senior vice; f. l.. Nc
officer OF the day; Sam Bloomer, quar-
termaster; August Van Linden, officer
of the guard; Myron Shepard. chaplain
j. r. NJ. GaSkill. surgeon;J o. Sibbitts,
adjutant; William Woodruff, quarter
master sergeant.
The jury in the case of A. B. Siickney
against ID. c. Gaslin and Jourdain &
| Mathews remained out all night, and
being unable to agree, were discharged
yesterday. The last ballot stood to {
for plaintiff.
The series of union meetings held
during the week of prayer will close
this evening with service at the First
Presbyterian church. Rev. J. NJ. Bull.
of the First Methodist, preaching the
sermon.
Thomas Mealy's left foot was crushed
by logs at McMillan's camp. on Bear
brook. He was brought Wednesday
night to Saltwater, where a surgeon
amputated two of his toes.
DIR. j. II. Murphy. of St. 2rul, was III
the city yesterday as witness in the
$4,000 damage suit of Olson against the
st. Paul d Duluth Railroad company
The case is still OH trial.