St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-15
SALTWATER NEWS.
Log Cut Prospects--The Events of
Day.

The prospects for securing all of the |
logs cut in the pineries last winter: are
very poor and so far only about one
third OF the crop has passed through the
boom. Some of the northern streams
are almost dry and it will take consider
a az rain before logs can be moved.
ne Doom was shut down Saturday,
mere being no logs and only about
Iz,ooO.ooO were at the Nuers dam. Pros
pects are that the boom will be shut
uown several days during the coming
Two weeks. unless heavy rains swell
ing 1l5,000,0O0 feet of logs had passed
me boom. Z. d. Rand, of tie Burling-
Ton Lumber company, returned Friday
evening from the Chippewa river in
Wisconsin, and reports that logging OPP
eratlons on the Mississippi are also
practically at stand still. The water
IS so low that hardly a log reaches
Beer slough or West Newton. Lake st.
Crolx Is falling rapidly, and Mr.. Crow
ley, the bridge toll collector, says that
he hardly remembers time when the
water fell as fast as it has this season.
Inc lake now registers l foot and
inches above low water mark. The de-
ihand for logs remains about the same,
and nine or the loggers in the city are
very anxious to dispose of their stock
Prlces are firm, and range from 81 to S14
per thousand feet.
ABOUT fifty members of the Knights
OF Pythias lodge in this city attended
the morning service at the Presb, terrain
church yesterday, as a part of their
memorial exercises. The sermon de-
livered by Rev. l.. II. Morey was appro-
pirate and Interesting.
Operations on the lake were quite
active yesterday, no less than five RATS
being taken out for down river points.
The Bart E. Linehan took a raft to John
Douglass, Fort Madison, To-; the Me
nomonie a half raft each to the Stand
ard and LIE Sueur Lumber companies,
Dubuque; the Nina a raft for Ira Stock
well, Lyons. To-; the LIE Claire Belle a
raft for Peter Musser, Muscatine; and
the Charlotte Boeckeler a raft of ium-
Der for Schulenburg 81 Boeckeler, st.
Louis.
Mrs. Bridget Noonan, the mother of
Noonan Bros, the Second street black
smiths, died at ner home, 40 Churchill
street. Saturday, of old age. Deceased
was seventy-one years of age. and had
been a resident of this city several
years. The funeral will occur from st.
MichaelS church at O'Clock this morn
ing.
Joseph Gagne, residing at 1918 South
Second street, died early yesterday
morning of kidney trouble. Deceased
was seventy-one years old, and leaves
wife and ten children. The remaina
will be Inferred at the South Saltwater
Catholic cemetery tomorrow.
Herbert Steffaus, an ex-convict en-
ployed at the Minnesota Thresher COM
pany's paint shop. was arrested Satur-
day while occupying room at the st.
Paul house with young lady from ST.
Paul. The girl was also arrested and
taken to the lookup. She says that
Steff aus invited her to come over aud
see the city, and toward evening re-
fused to let her return home. They
will have hearing this morning.
a middle-aged German, whose name
is said to be Summerfeldt, was arrested
yesterday while showing symptoms of
insanity. He frightened number of
residents of Schulenburg's addition by
his actions, and they finally notified the
police.
The grocery clerks of this city have
organized base ball nine and are en-
deavoring to get up game with nine
composed of dry goods and clothing
clerks.
hdyOI anu MIS-. w DuTdug re-
turned yesterday morning from weeks
trip to Chicago and other Eastern cities.
A few weeks ago a number of bust
ness men of this city applied to the
general manager of the c., M. & ST.
Paul railroad for increased passenger
and freight facilities to and from this
city. An answer was received last
week and the officials of the road claim
that the business on the Saltwater and
Hastings branch is such that it will not
warrant them in putting on additional
trains. The Milwaukee road has no
direct line to st. Paul and Minneapolis
and therefore loses large percentage
of the patronage.
Durant & Wheeler's new steamboat.
the Cyclone, took a small excursion
party TO Prescott, Wis, and back yes
terday.
The Wilmot base ball nine of st.
Paul defeated the Mascots of this city
on the South Saltwater grounds yester-
day by score of IL to s. The game
was one of the finest played ON the
grounds this season.