St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
SALTWATER NE Tvs.
The Marriage OF Ex-senator Sabin
Creates No Surprise.

Creates No Surprise.
The report circulated here yesterday
that ex-senator d. NJ. Sabin and Mrs.
Jessie l.. Swan had been married at
Long Branch took but few by sur
prise, as it was expected to have taken
place long ago. When he left for the
East week or two ago, his adopted
children accompanied him. Mrs. Sabin
is the widow of William!Swan, formerly
general freight agent of the Milwaukee
road.
At an early hour yesterday morning
the city was visited by a severe cleo
trIcal and rain storm. The lightning
was continuous, while thunder peals
followed each other inceSsantly. For
short time the rain came down In tor
rents, and the usual washOut of streets
was the result. The lightning display
was grand yet terrific, and an uneasy
feeling took possession of the brayest
when the reports followed the flashes
almost instantaneously. Considerable
damage was done by the bolts. The
Shavings shed belonging to the st.
CrOix Lumber company, at their
South Saltwater planning mill,
was struck and partly consumed,
but excellent work by their
own fire system confined the flames to
the building. The Milwaukee road had
a washOut Just below South Saltwater.
which delayed their paSSe niger train a
couple of hours. while near Alton sew
eral large boulders fell on the track,
their supports being washed out. Tele-
graph poles we're broken, and several
shade trees at Oak park were splintered.
The storm. while it lasted, was one or
the most severe which has visited this
inc Tho ractlf i'm u
perature, however, has been most salts
factory. yesterday afternoon being sew
eral degrees cooler than for many days.
Logs from the present drive are
already coming into Nevers' dam, and
the success of the drive is assured. Mr..
Cholmers, of the st. CroiX Lumber COM
pany. has just returned from the drive,
and the rear has reached Kettle rapids.
and the stage of water is as good as
could be desired, as all dams above
have been opened and will remain
open, so that logs can come
freely from Nevers' dam to
the boom. Log men are feeling well
satisfied with the present outlook. as
they will be enabled to have their logs
marketed at much higher price than
in former years, or what they could
have obtained in the beginning of the
present season.
Pilot George Brassan, who has been
employed on the lake here for thirty
years, makes the statement that the
lake is lower now than at any time dur
ing that period. In 1864 it was more
difficult to get through than the present
year, but at that time there were only
two dams on the whole of the upper
rivers, while now but few Of the smaller
streams have none.
The Volunteer left Yesterday with a
raft of logs for Peter MuSser, MuSca-
tine, Ia; the Jennie Hayes with a
half-raft for Joseph Zimmerman, Gut
tenberg, and the Robert D0ddS raft of
lumber for the Schutenberg & Brockeler
Lumber company, st. Louis.
The attendance at the picnics given
by the Presbyterian and Episcopal Sun
day schools was not as large as eX-
pected, owing to the storm of the morn
ing Many friends joined them during
the afternoon.
P. j. DOYLE. whose farm is just out
side the city limits. shows a good yield
from six acres OF oats, machine measure
showing 500 bushels. This county will
have an especially large yield Of wheat
and oats.
Herman Drews and Miss Minnie
Schermuly were married yesterday by
Judge Lehmicke. Both are prominent
members of German society.
This evening the pupils of Mrs. Clara
Gish give a public rehearsal at Grace
congregational church. Her elOcution
class is very large one.
"Pete Peterson" a Swedish dialect
comedy, will be an attraction at the
Grand opera house tomorrow evening.