St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-30
SALTWATER NEWS.
A Maynard st. Paul Girl Taken
Home by Her Mother

Mrs. Lanners. lady residing at St. Paul.
her daughter Tillie, whom she understood
was an inmate of a house of ill-fame in this
city. Enlsting the services of one OF the po-
lice officers they started for Kehoe's dance
house in the western part of the city, where
the girl was found. Officer johnson stepped
into the house and asked the girl to come
OCT, stating that there was lady ON the out
side waiting to see her. Stepping to the door,
she said: ''Oh, that's my mother; l don't
want to see her. The officer entreated with
her, and she finally consented to go. An at
fecting scene followed the mother crying
bitterly, while the daughter looked on un-
concernedly. The girl at length concluded
to return to her home at ST. Paul, and in COM
pany with her mother, left on the / 40 D. IN.
Omaha train. The girl is bright-looking and
handsome, apparently twenty years of age.
Her brother learned of her whereabouts last
Monday, and came over to notify her of the
serious illness of her sister, the twain going
to st. Paul together. reaching the bedside of
the dying girl just i'll time to see her breathe
her last. Tillie returned few minutes after
ward and again entered upon her life of
shame.
E. w. Mcclure E. G. Butts and A. N.
Dodd, of this city, have acquired title to a
large tract of land near Superior, which to
all appearances is very valuable. About two
years ago Mr.. Mcclure, while exploring, dis
covered on the land a strange formation of
stone, which upon examination proved to
be an excellent quality of brown sandstone.
MesSrs. Dodd and Butts into the scheme, the
land was purchased. A finer grade of sand
stone never was found in this country, and
as a result the interested parties are jubi-
liant The stone is smooth and equal in
thickness, the sides being as true as if sawed.
| The stone looks very much as if it were a
petrified antediluvian lumber yard. Excel
| ept specimens, ranging from an eighth of an
| inch to eight inches in thickness, have been
brought to this city.
Joseph Fortier, a wall guard at the prison,
met with peculiar accident Thursday even
| ing, which will cause his retiring from serv
+! ice for some time TO come. Forter was
walking along on the wall, apparently using
his rifle for cane, when the gun slipped,
| the hammer striking the wall in such manner
| as to discharge the piece, The bullet A.
caliber Winchester entered the teshy part
of his right thigh. taking an upward course.
| coming out just above the right hip. Deputy
Warden Lemon heard the shot, and, rushing
out of the machine shop, he noticed Fortier
about to fall. He was taken to the hospital
where Steward Hall dressed the wound,
which is an ugly one. The injury is not
considered dangerous, although very pain
full.
Isaac Akey. sixteen year-old lad en-
ployed at the Hersey d Bean mill, had his
right foot caught in an endless chain at the
mill yesterday. crushing the ankle and lacer
ating the nmuscles SO that Drs. Waiter and
Clark. the attending physicians, decided that
the leg would have TO be amputated. The
lad was taken 10 his home at Oak Park,
where the amputation was performed.
Sergt. G. NJ. McCiuer was elected second
lieutenant of Company K Thursday evening,
vice W. G. Bronson, resigned. A better Sc
lection could not have been made, as Mr..
McCluer is thoroughly popular with the ma
tiOnal guard of the state. Sergt. w. &. EastOn
was rendered the nomination, but declined
TO accept the position.
The Park Theater Opera company, of st.
Paul, made decided hit at the Grand opera
house yesterday afternoon when ''Pinafore''
was presented to a large audience. Miss
Juliet Marco, the prima donna, as Josephine
and James Ii. Jones as the Admiral are de-
serving of especial mention. The ''Chimes
of Normandy was presented in the even
ing
Jameson's grocery store at Oak Park mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire early yes
terday morning. The bedding in one of the
upstairs rooms was Oh fire, and through the
prompt efforts of Mr.. Jameson the flames
were subdued
The Sam Atlee took out raft of logs yes
terday for S. and j. C. Ailee, Fort Madison
io,land the Meta Durant took out raft of
lumber from the Turnbull mill and half
raft oflogs from Isaac Staples for Lansing, To-