St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
CLEANED At SALTWATER.
The Extent Of the Big Fire Of Saturday
Niqht.
DRIVING CREWS MOVING.
Death Of hrs. Bridget SculIy---Winter
Wheat Is Doing Very
Nicely.

The origin Of the fire which occurred
Saturday evening i'll the Bernheimer
block on Main street, occupied by F..
Garen with large stock of furniture,
| SIS still a mystery. As near as can be
ascertained the fire broke out in the
workshopOn the third floor. MI Garen's
stock, which is all more or less dam
! aged by fire, smoke and water, was val
ued at $4,000, on which there is an in
! surance of $1,000. The Bernheimer
block, which is one of the oldest brick
| buildings in the city, was almost totally
ruined. with the exception of the walls.
entailing a loss of about s., 600, which is
covered by insurance For long time
it seemed as if the adjoining building.
occupied by the Saltwater Hardware
company, was doomed, but hard work
on the part of the fire department kept
| the flames from spreading. The stock
of tinware and woOdenware stored on
the third floor was damaged a little by
fire and smoke.
A large number of driving crews
have been sent UP river during the past
week. but no great amount of driving
mas been done, many of the streams
being covered with ice. The only driv-
Ing done was on GroundhOuse. where
1 work was commenced Saturday. 1t
will take some time before the new logs
arrive at the st. CroiX boom. and until
then the crew at the boom will be kept
busy turning out the old logs, of which
about 100000 feet remain between
Taylor's Falls and the boom. The Her
sey IL Bean Lumber cOmpany's mill
will begin operations to-day. and the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and East Side
Lumber companies mills will start up
some day this week. The ice is still
strong in the lake at South Saltwater,
and it will be some time yet before the
mills there can start up.
uMrs. Bridget SculIy, mother of Thomas
Scully. died early yesterday morning of
old age. Deceased Ewas eighty-fOur
years of age, and was a native OF Ire
land. Mrs. Scully has resided in this
city thirty-siX years. The funeral will
occur at 9 o'clock this morning from St.
MictaePs church. the remains beng in
TERED at the South Saltwater cemetery
Mayor Durant stated yesterday that
steps would be taken very soon for the
paving Of North Main street. from Com
mercial avenue to the prison. The city
has large supply of material. ana the
property owners along the street seem
to be in favor of the improvement. As
the street is now, it is almost impassa-
BILE.
T. J. Sloan. of st. Paul. United States
inspector of steam vessels for this dis
trict, will be in the city tomorrow for
the purpose of inspecting the steamers
Isaac Staples, Ravenna and MenomOnie.
Ali of the boats nave RATS. ana Will be
ready to leave for dOwn-river points as
soon as the lake is open.
Farmers in this vicinity will begin
their spring work this week. probably
by Wednesday. VERY little winter
wheat was sown, but what was sown is
doing nicely. The ground is in good
condition, and everything indicates
good crops the coming season.
Tim Erwin, a stranger. was locked up
Saturday evening by Officer Haggerty,
while apparently insane. Erwin Ia
bored under an idea that some one was
trying TO kill him. He will be examined
in the probate court to-day as to his
sanity.
Judge Williston. of Red Wing. will
provide &C special term OF district
court at the court house to-day.