St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-22
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events of Interest From the City
on the St CroiX.

on the st. CroiX.
1t is rumOred that the Strengthening
of the st. Paul u Duluth tracks, north
of the union depot, is of more signif-
icance than at first supposed. A promi-
nent railroad man stated yesterday to a
GLORE representative that the work
was being done preparatory to building
the main line of the Wisconsin Central
railroad through this city. This would
indeed be welcome news to residents OF
this city. who are III hopes that the
Wisconsin Central company will build
through here in the course OF few
months. There is merely tritiing
business done on the Wisconsin Cen
trail railroad between Duluth junction
and New Richmond, Wis, and were
they to extend their line through this
city, they would then have the only
through line in here, and would as re-
suit obtain the bulk of patronage. AL
though the Wisconsin Central bridge
across the st. CrOX, few miles north of
here, has not been condemned as re-
ported, it is said that the officials of
that road are seriously considering the
plan of making a more direct line by
building through here.
The sixth anniversary of the forma-
ton of the Last Mans club was cele-
brated by a banquet. last evening, at
the Sawyer house. The club is COM
posed of veterans of Company B, First
Minnesota regiment. These banquets
Will be held on the 21St of July each
year until all of the veterans but one
have departed this life. The last vet
eran will then drink the bottle of wine
which now adorns the table at each ban
Quet, and will in silence think of his
comrades who have in folmer years
gathered around the table. The club,
when organized five years ago, had
twenty-three members, three of whom
have since died. The officers of the
club are: President. Myron Sheppard;
secretary, Adam Marty; treasurer,
Samuel Bloomer.
John S. May, Samuel Bloomer, Joseph
A. Tenner, A. c. Hospes. Harlow Nc
Intyre. Myron Shepard, Andrew Peter
son, F. L. McCuSick and Adam Marty.
The other members were out Of this
section.
The council met last evening. A COM
mittee of lady directors of the city hos
pital reported that they had now Sc
cured 81, $50 of the $1,000 requested by
the council, and asked that committee
from the council be appointed to man
age with them all arrangements for the
removal of the old buildings and the
erection of the new hospital. The chair
appointed Aid. Kitty, Sutton and Lam
mers. A large number of residents of
the First ward were present, and pro-
tested against their being assessed for
the opening of South Second street, and
the opening of Second street
was postponed until the next reg
ular meeting in the month of August.
Bids were opened for the bridge across
the st. Paul & Duluth railway tracks at
submitted: August KrutZ, s., 500; Bug
lin & Smidth, s., 240; Sven Berglund,
1915: S. Nj. Hewitt, 81, 100, all of this
city: Wisconsin Bridge and Iron COM
pany, 81, 600 to 81, according to kind
required, and A. Y. Bayn & Co., Mime
ap0lis, 81, 1914 to 1884 for two different
kinds. The bridge in all bids is t. have
a span of eighty-tive feet. The council
had all all-night session.
David Perro, of Oak Park, met with
an accident Monday afternoon which
will incapacitate him for work for few
weeks. He had purchased new milk
cart at Connor's carriage shop, on Narth
Main street, and was lowering it on the
elevator from the second floor to the
ground floor, when the rope broke,
allowing the elevator 10 rail-. one or
his wrists was broken and he received
other severe bruises.
In addition to the reception to be
given by the ladies of the city hospital
board tomorrow in the store formerly
occupied by Per Lee & Co., they have
arranged for a social hop to occur in the
evening. They expect to raise in all
about $1,000 for the new hospital build
ing, and have already pledges from the
city and citizens aggregating nearly
$4,000.
The case of The State VS.. Mark Bar
ron, who was charged with feloniously
taking Estella Sherrard, "a fourteen-year-
old girl, to Somerset, Wisconsin, for the
purpose of marriage, was dismissed yes
terday, in the municipal court, by con.
sent of the girls mother, who was the
complaining witness.
The local lodge of Elks have made ar
rangements for steamboat excursion