St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-09
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events Of a Day in the City on the
ST. Croix.

At a meeting of the city council Tues
day evening a large number OF matters
of minor innortahce came up. Several
improvements were authorized. the
most important being the laying of
cedar block pavement on North Main
street, from Laurel street to the north
line of the state property. North Main
is nearly always in an impossible con-
dition, and should have been improved
long ago. A large number of the prop
erty holders. however. object TO paying
the increased assessment for dong the
work. The fire department committee
was instructed TO ascertain whether or
not chemical fire engine is necessary
in this city and to report at their earliest
convenience. The steam fire engine IS
heavy. and it takes considerable time to
haul it from the engine house to the
suburbs of the city. The matter OF
opening and extending North Fourth
street was made a special order for
meeting tomorrow evening.
The Saltwater Democrat, leased by
Violet & Connolly. has suspended pub
lication. Mr. Connolly gives as cause
for suspending publication that business
is dull and collections are hard to make.
The paper will not appear to-day as
usual.
Secretary Hart, of the state board OF
corrections and charities, was at The
prison yesterday. When asked as TO
when the commission appointed 10 IN
vestigate the charges of alleged cruelty
to convicts would be over, he replied
that they could not possibly come over
until some day next week.
Fully $1,000 pounds of binding Irvine
were shipped from the prison binding
Irvine factory the last two days, aud
orders are coming in fast. They now
have nearly 100000 pounds on hand.
Emma Logan. who admits being the
mother of the child found by the road
side near South Saltwater a few days
ago. was arrested Tuesday evening at
Hudson, Wis. and was arraigned yes
terday in the municipal court. She
claims that she does not know how she
did so rash a deed as to leave her three
weeks-old babe to starve, but the dis
grace was more than she could stand,
and 1t is thought by many that her mind
was unbalanced. She is a resident of
Pleasant Valley, Wis. but was recently
employed as domestic in Minneapolis.
She claims that her ruin was accom-
plished at Hudson last summer. The
case was continued until next Monday.
She is Scandinavian, apparently
twenty-three years of age.
Application was made in the probate
court yesterday to have guardian ap-
pointed for G.. n. Hathaway, Oh the
grounds that he is incompetent t. care
for his own property. After hearing all
the evidence Judge Lehmicke decided
not to appoint guardian.
The Ravenna left yesterday with a
raft of logs for Demock. Gould q Co.,
Moline, ILL.,, and the Charlotte Boeckeler
left with a raft of lumber for Schulen-
berg & Boeckeler, st. Louis.
Robert McRae has brought suit
against d. c. Gaslin to recover $50,
which he claims is due for work at Gas
Inns logging camp last winter. The
case has been partially tried, and has
been continued until next Monday.
The Shaw opera company opens ITS
three nights engagement at the Grand
opera house this evening in "Olivette."
Large slab piles, owned by the East
Side Lumber company, caught fire last
evening. The blaze was put out with
out a great amount of damage.