St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-15

broke ground yesterday on Hennepin ave-
nue.. near the city hall, for the conduils in
which its wires will be laid An effort wilt
be made TO complete the work before cold
weather.
The text book question will be fully dis
cussed this evening in the rooms of the board
of education by the members OF the board,
committee from the trades and labor as
sembly, committee of newspaper men and
Supt. Bradley.
The park board will hold meeting to,mor'
row afternoon at O'Clock. To-day three
committees of the board will meet, the
finance committee at II a. m, the improve
ments committee at 2 and the Hennepin
boulevard official committee at p. m.
The Cedar avenue street railway line will
soon be rebuilt and furnished with electric
cars. The track force is now at work on
Plymouth avenue, bat that line will be com,
pleted about Thursday next and work VIII
then be begun on the Cedar avenue line.
The charge of running a disorderly house,
recently brought against Pat Lyons, pro
prietor OF the saloon No. First avenue
south, was yesterday dismissed by order OF
Supt. Henderson. Lyons having called upon
the chief and promised to run his place in an
orderly manner In future.
a milk wagon driven by John Nelson col
lided with an electric car near the corner OF
Fourteenth street and Nicollet avenue yes
terday morning about 10 o clock. The wagon
was smashed TO pieces and the milk was
poured all over the pavement but Mr.. Nell
son escaped without serious injury.
The burial of the remains of the late r. W.
Cummings took place at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon at Lakewood. The services were
at the family residence, 230l Portland avenue.
The pallbearers were Capt. o. Z. Merrlman,
o. r. SWEET. j. II. Thompson, Scion Arm
strong, F. C. Barrows and j. c. Berry.
Tuesday. Sept. %. TIE A. o. u W. lodges
of Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, To-. will visit
Minneapolis and remain several days. The
trip is for the purpose Of seeing the EXPOSE
ton and taxing part in the harvest festival:
The visitors Will come on special train OF
fifteen cars, which will make the run in eight
hours.
The will of the late Hugh G. Harrison was
proved in the probate court yesterday morn
ing and 81, 900 bond required of the widow
to whom the entire fortune, amounting to
about $500, 600 is left. In the estate of the
late Enoch Holmes, letters of administration
were issued to w. L. Holmes. The estate is
worth $4,000
At the annual convention of the public
librarians of the country in San Francisco in
october paper prepared by Librarian Put
nam, OF Minneapolis. Will be read by proxy
1t is on the subject of giving the public free
access to the book shelves. This is plan
that has been tried with good deal Of sue
cess in Minneapolis.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
John Newman and Annie Smisek, Elmer +.
Stewart and Bertha l.. GoOdale, Isaac Car
michael and Annie Hanson, Martin W. Davis
Pauline Blonder, William S. Webster and
Emma johnson, w. j. Darlington and Lottie
NJ. Abbott Ole Jnveland and Julia Nelson.
A horse hitched to wagon. in which were
John Saddeng and wife, of 5000 Hennepin
avenue, ran away yesterday afternoon on
Washington avenue south, and near the cor
ner of Tenth avenue collided with another
wagon, causing considerable damage to both
vehicles and throwing Mr.. and Mrs. Saddeng
out. Their injuries are not regarded as very
serious.
three-year-old child, named Lamp
whose parents reside at 923 Sixth stree,
south. was run over by az electric car, while
playing In front of ST. Barnabas hospital
about II o'clock yesterday morning. He was
carried into the hospital, where it was found
that his head had been cut and his left hip
fractured. 1t is thought that he will recover.
The accident was due to the child's own
carelessness, and the motoneer of the car is
held blameless.
The picnic at Keegan's lake Sunday after
noon was enlivened by little impromptu
fight which for short time detracted inter
est from the regular programme of amuse-
ments. young man laboring under heavy
jag of pink lemonade and beer tried to climb
a May pole, and when he was told by an Off
Ger TO come off the perch grew angry and
showed fight. His friends took hand and a
lively scrimmage ensued. Revolvers and
clubs were fiourished, but the riot was finally
quelled without serious damage, although
there were number of black eyes.