St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-14
SALTWATER EVENTS.
News OF Monday in the City on th,
st. CrOix.

St. Croix.
Judge Williston presided at special
term of district court yesterday, and
several cases were disposed of. The
action of Crosse e McEwen VS.. The st,
Paul Park Carriage and Sleigh Com
pany was continued until the next spe.
cial term day, April q. The case of
John Dudley VS.. Huff & Miller was
argued and submitted, the evidence
having been taken at a previous day.
The action is for the recovery of several
hundred dollars Oh bill of lumber. In
the case OF F. 3. Lathrop VS.. j. S.
O'Brien an order was made setting
aside the Judgment of $534.72, given IN
favor OF plaintiff in January, and al
lowing the defendant to file an answer.
Lathrop obtained judgment from Mr..
O'Brien when there was nobody pres
ent to conduct the case on the part of
the defendant. Testimony was taken
IN the divorce suit of Frederick Wettig
VS.. Melvina Wettig.
Herman Peterson and several others
residing in this city have secured
ground at Oak Park, where they pro-
pose to erect large saw mill and hard
wood shop combined. The work OF
erecting the mill will be commenced
this week. The machinery has been
purchased and will be delivered by the
21 inst. The new concern will be in
corporated as the North Star Manufact-
urIng company. Peterson is practical
woodworker, and all kinds of hardwood
implements will be manufactured.
Tie funeral of Miss Hattie York oc-
Cured YESTERDAY afternoon from the
family residence on Fifth street, the
remains being inferred at Fairview
cemetery. Miss York was formely a
pupil at the high school, and all of her
funeral were given half-holiday.
Tim Erwin was examined as to his
sanity in the probate court YESTERDAY.
but the physicians could find nothing
wrong with him. and he was discharged.
They will. however, investigate his
case. Erwin is laboring lumberman,
and his fellow employees claim that he
is demented at times.
The Hersey d Bean Lumber COM
pany's mill started up yesterday. and
the planer of the East Side Lumber
company also started. The Hersey u
Bean company has orders enough ahead
to keep the mill busy until July. A
force of 200 men will be employed.
A meeting of the city council will be
held this evening, when the city officers
will be appointed. Mayor Durant will
alSo.hand in a list of police officers, sub
lect to the confirmation of the council
1t is hardly probable that any change
will be made.
Joseph zimmerman, a prominent
lumberman of Gutenberg, To-, was in
the city yesterday looking after his
logging interests. Mr.. Zimmerman has
several raftS in the lake here which will
fnEUnd n irrn4f
opens.
Thomas Sutton, came down from his
logging camp in Northern Wisconsin
yesterday, having injured his left foot
severely by stepping on nail. He was
conveyed to his home OH Willard street.
Morgan May, of Santa Barbara, for
merly resident here, is in the city re-
newing old acquaintanceS. Mr.. Mays
health has improved greatly since re-
moving to his new home.
The st. CroiX boom started up in a
small scale yesterday afternoon, and
to-day they will begin their seasons
work with crew of about 200 men.
Prices for logs in this city are about
the same now as they were last fall
when the river and lake closed, and
range from Sc to sl2 per 1000 feet.
Timothy Crowley, who has charge of
the pontoon.bridge, predicts that Lake
st. Croix will be open for navigation on
the Goth inst.
Marie Wainwright in Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night will be an attraction
at the Grand opera house next Monday
evening.
Mrs. Joseph Silver, residing on Fourth
avenue, died yesterday of la grippe.
Deceased was forty-eight years of age.