St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-02
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events of Day in the City on the
st. Croix.

st. Croix.
The board of county commissioners
was in session Yesterday, and the fol-
lowing members were present: Com
missiOners Naubauer, Lund, Olson and
Mexican. The Oakdale liquor license
road fund was divided as follows: Lake
land and Oakdale road, $3.50; Hudson
road, SIPS; st. Paul and Saltwater road,
500; Grant and Oakdale road. $500;
County line road. 1925. The sum of
1927 was allowed for improvements on
the court house, and Andrew Quinn
was allowed 81 200 on his contract for
furnishing the steam heating fixtures
for the court house and county Jail. A
large number of applications for abate-
ment of taxes and penalties were eX-
amined. The board did not finish its
labors Yesterday, and will be in session
again to-day.
The city council held an important
meeting last evening and authorized
several needed improvements. The
contract for paving and curbing North
Main street from Commercial avenue to
the north line of the state property at
Reilly, of st. Paul. The estimated cost
of the improvement is $4,000. The
contract for rebuilding the armory was
awarded TO Thomas Sutherland at cost
! of S3,470. The commissioners report on
the opening of Olive street was laid over
| until the next meeting together with
| many remOnstranceS.
The machinery belonging to the Kate
| R., steamer recently owned at Pine
City, arrived here yesterday, and the
boat will arrive here as soon as she can
be fioated down on the st. Croix. The
boat is 18X90, and will be refitted here
before being taken to the Minnesota
river. She was originally used in TAX
ing out excursions, but of late has been
engaged i'll towing.
Prof. Williams shows are exhibiting
| in this city, and during the performance
yesterday afternoon wolf escaped
from its cage. The attendant seized
the Infatuated animal, but before it
could be gotten back into its cell his
two hands were seriously lacerated.
I. G. Kitty yesterday sold all of his
Yellow river logs, to arrive here this
fall, to the Standard Lumber company,
Dubuque. The amount sold will proba-
bly, be a trifle over 1,000.00 feet.
The steamer Ruby, owned by Fall &
Mccoy, at Lakeland, has been taken to
South Saltwater, where she will be re-
paired at the dock yards. She will
probably make trip South during the
coming winter.
A one-mlle trotting race occurred at
the Lily Lake driving park Monday
evening between horses owned by Neil
Mckay, George Munkle and Duncan,
the latter winning in trifle more than
three minutes.
Ed NJ. and Sam K. Yarnall returned
yesterday from tour around the world,
the trip lasting nearly two years. They
are sons of L. II. Yarnall, the local
agent of the st. Paul & Duluth Railroad
company.
About thirty members of Company K
will take part in the presentation of
"Shenandoah'' at the Grand opera
house next Monday evening.
The operetta Golden Hair" in which
many Saltwater amateurs take part,
will not be presented at Hudson. Wis,
until Saturday evening.
M. j. Lynch and Miss Maggie Math-
ews were married yesterday at st.
Michael's church.
Peter johnson was find $50 and costs
yesterday in the municipal court for
drunkenness.
Rev. j. Ii. Albert and family have re-
turned from Clear Lake, 10.