St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-18
SALTWATER SILHOUETIES
Soft Weather Reminds Loggers That It
Is Time to Break Camp.
THE CUT OvERESTIMATED.
Paters0n's General Store at Alton De-
stroyed by Fire---Prison City
Pickings.

Although the "soft" weather is
prophetic of an impending breakup in
the lumber camps, only few scatter
ing detachments of men have as yet
come down river. The combined forces
of the Ann River Logging company.
Musser, Sauntry & Co., Sauntry, Tozer
d Pennington, and Sauntry q Tozer,
number about 1000 men, distributed
among twenty-siX camps, but all these
are in full operation with the winters
quota of men and teams. They cut
more than third of the entire log prod
uct of the St. CroiX waters, but say
that the total amount of the cut has
been greatly overstated. j. S. O'Brien
is also authority to the same effect. r..
W.Durant's camp on Bean brook breaks
to-day. His cut is 100000. JourdaIn
81 Mathews crews will break camp Sat
urday.
All the resident members of Company
B, First Minnesota volunteer Infantry,
accepted the invitation Of COmrade
MyrOn Shepard to meet at his residence
last evening Comrade Matt Marvin, OF
Company K, First Minnesota. who hap
pened to be in the city for day, en-
route from Minneapolis to his home in
WinOna. The affair was a happy re-
union and the evening passed in the
highest social enjoyment. Mr.. Marvin
returns home to-day, accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. j. j. Randall.
ST. Patrick's day was locally celebrat-
ed only to the extent OF wearing badges
of significant green. In the evening the
1rish-Americans turned out in force,
and, with others interested in good anna
teur acting, packed the Grand opera
house from bottom to top. The play OF
"Kathleen Mavourneen" was presented
in superb style, and gave the most un-
limited satisfaction TO the tremendously
large audience.
Joseph Lucke was discharged from
the penitentiary last evening, his SEN
tence having been remitted by the
president. Lucke was member OF the
Twentieth infantry, and in drunken
brawl, while on leave of absence. shot
a man. He was tried and acquitted by
jury in civil court, but was after
ward tried by court-martial and SEN
fenced to eleven years imprisonment
of which he served about eight months.
The general store at Alton. owned
and occupied by S. h. Paterson. was
destroyed by fire, together with Its EN-
tire contents, Sunday morning. Inc
loss will amount to $4,000, and is partly
covered by an insurance of $1,000 Oh the
stock and $3.50 OH the building. The
origin of the fire is mystery, but in
cendiarism is not suspected.
Three of Stillwater's bright young
Scandinavians, Alfred and Ludwig Mo
lander and Frank Lindbloom went to
Mora to take prominent parts in an
amateur play last evening. They were
accompanied bv Prof. Alfred Lind
bloom. who directed the incidental
music.
E. L. Hospes, chairman Of the city
Republican committee, will call the
ward caucuseS to meet next Friday
evening, and will provide only for a
general caucus to each ward without
regard to precincts. The convention
viii be held Monday evening at the city
hall.
The little strike at the prison prom
ises to be ended in very few days,
though there are no new developments
and no excitement or lll-feeling is ap-
parent.
The county board of audit made a
satisfactory examination of the treas
urer's accounts yesterday. and the COM
missioners will begin session to-day.
Not an arrest was made Saturday or
Sunday, nor up to late hour last even
ing. The holiday was enc of the most
orderly of the year.
Official Stenographer o. FL. George
goes to Red Wing to-day to.attend the
regular term of the Goodhue county
court.
Secretary Hart. of the state board of
charities and corrections, visited the
state prison yesterday.