St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-20
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events of a Day in the City on
the St. CrOix.


W. S. Furlow, an employe of Musser,
Sauntry q Co.. was arrested yesterday
for raising time bill from S4S. 33 to
SIS .S3. Furlow was employed on the
st. Crolx river drive, and worked nine
teen days, beginning May 81. He clev-
erly erased the figure 1, making the
time bill read Maya. He also erased
the sum due him, and substituted the
greater sum, but the job was so poorly
done that 1t was easily detected by
Fred Swanson, the bookkeeper, when
1t was presente d to him for payment.
He refused to pay it Thursday, and re-
quested Furlow to wait until yesterday,
when Mr.. McKusick would be in the
Office when he would pay it. In the
antime he notified the police authol-
tiles, and FurloW was arrested yester
day morning. He confessed his crime,
and the only explanation he gave for
his deed was that he was sick and
hoped to raise money enough with
which to go to Hot Springs, Ark. He
will have hearing in the municipal
court this morning.
The libel suit of Martin Sherin VS..
August Cappert came up in the munich
pal court yesterday but the case was
continued until Monday, Fayette
Marsh, attorney for the defendant, an
nouncing that he wished to file de-
murrer. Judge Williston will be called
on to decide question growing out of
the case as to whether or not the de-
fendant will be entitled to witnesses at
the county's expense. County Attorney
Sullivan refuses to authorize the court
officer to subpoena witnesses at the
cOunty'S expense. and the court officer
refuses to do the work without con-
sideration. The libel grew out of a let
ter written by the defendant to the c.,
st. p, Nj. IL o. railroad officers, claim
ing that the plaintiff, who is a section
boss on the road, took a large number
of ties and other timber belonging to
the company and appropriated it to his
owu use.
The raft of lumber recently taken out
from c. n. Nelson's mill at Lakeland
by Durant and Wheeler's steamboat,
the K. J. Wheeler, consigned to Capt.
A. S. Merriam, Quincy, ILL.,, was the
largest raft taken from the waters of
the st. Croix this season. The raft
was composed of sixteen strings con-
tanning, 3,O72, 1000 feet of lumber; 1,043,
600 lath, 100000 shingles and 1000
picketS. The raft weighed nearly 6.672
tons. which is considered big load
for tow boat.
A large number of tax payers were
present at the council meeting last
evening, and the matter of laying sew
ers on South Third, Pine and Olive
streets was thoroughly discussed. A
great many objections were raised, and
the city engineer was Instructed to pre-
sent report to the council at the next
meeting of all parties interested.
The lumber market is picking up con-
siderabIy, and Secretary Atwood of the
Hersey d Bean Lumber company stated
yesterday that the business already
done by that concern this month in
dicated that the month would be the
largest in the history of the concern.
Mrs. William Rutherford died sud-
denly of apoplexy early yesterday
morning at the home of her son, John
Rutherford, about three miles north
west of the city. Deceased was sixty
seven years of age, and one of the early
settlers of Washington county. The
funeral occurs tomorrow.
The funeral of the late Herman Seeba
occurred yesterday from the family
residence on south Sixth street. The
dry goods stores of the city were closed
from O'Clock until p. M, and nearly
all of his business associates attended
the funeral, together with host of
friends.
In game Of base ball on the Bur
lington street grounds yesterday the
Junior nine of this city defeated a
White Bear nine by score of Is to 0.
B. p. Taber purchased a raft of logs
yesterday from Samuel Mcclure.
The annual meeting of the Kings
Daughters will be held in the parlors of
the Sawyer house this afternoon.