St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-08
SALTWATER NEWS.
Lively Day in Logs Leading
Events of Yesterday.

An enjoyable and pleasant gathering
occurred at the home of Mayor E. w.
Durant Wednesday evening. A few of
the mayors friends had been silently
arranging surprise Tor him in the
shape of handsome gift. Wednesday
evening was set as the time for its pres
entation, and at 9 o'clock the interested
parties congregated at the Grand opera
house and proceeded to the mayors
home, where they were greeted by
Mayor Durant and his estimable wife.
After removing their coats and hats the
gentlemen filed into the parlor, where,
after few remarks by Postmaster John
Mccarthy, the mayor was presented
with a most beautiful gold star, in the
center of which was large and brilliant
diamond. The star bore these words,
"E. w. Durant, Mayor of Saltwater
on one side, and on the other,
presented by Friends. "sMayor Durant,
in briet but appropriate address, ex-
pressed his gratitude for the gift which
his friends had bestowed upon him. He
had in some way heard that few gen
tlemen friends would call in the even
ing, and, after social chat of few
minutes duration, he invited them into
the dining room, where an excellent
banquet was served. Postmaster Nc
tOasts were responded to as follows:
municipal Government" Judge j. G.
Nethaway; The Duty of Citizens to
Protect and Patronize Home Indus
tries" II. Ii. Gillen; THE Duty of Cit
izens to Separate Politics From Munic-
ipal Affairs" Hon. G. P. Gregory;
"Stillwater-Its Vast Resources" Hon.
j. n. Searles; THE Mos Scientific
and Feasible Water System for the
Protection of Life and Property" Supt.
Fl. FL. Harrison: 1.-The Police Depart
ment of the City of Saltwater" Chief
of Police Mathew Shortall; 1.-The City
Council of the City of Saltwater" Aid.
j. B. Sutton; THE Supreme Court of
the State of Minnesota" c. P. Hol-
combe. After toSt 10 the memory of
dispersed. Among those present were
Judge J. G. NethaWay, lion. c. P. Greg
ory, Hon. j. n. Scar les, Messrs. David
ToZer, A. L. jerks, III. Ii. Gillen, John
O'Shaughnessy, John Mccarthy.
Mathew Shortall, William Carroll, ii.
Barclay, f. l.. McKusick, Joseph Wolf,
j. B. Sutton, James Goodman, Charles
Ludwig, James Matthews. H. H. Har-
rison and Hon. C. p. Holcombe. clerk
of the supreme court. The gathering
was not of political nature, but was
simply gotten up to show the esteem in
(which Mayor E. w. Durant is held in
his city.
Warden Garvin stated yesterday that
a deplorable state of affairs existed at
the prison binding twine factory. No
money is at hand for the purchase of
material, and in order to conduct the
factory until the appropriation made by
the last legislature becomes available
he will be obliged to borrow money. He
estimates that at least $4,000 will be
necessary to conduct the factory uutil
Aug. 1, when the appropriation will be
received. He endeavored to secure an
advance of money from the state auditor,
but was unsuccessful.
In district court yesterday the case of
T. Z. Kitty ct al. VS.. The st. Paul LINN
Der and Supply Company was argued as
to damages and submitted. If Judge
Crosby decides that there is a damage.
the case will be tried. Charles Howey,
who pleaded guilty to grand larceny In
the second degree, was sentenced to
thirty days in the county jail. Court
adjourned until next Tuesday, when
the petit jury will meet.
Yesterday was lively day In the log
market, and several sales were made.
The largest purchase so far this season
was ny N " DIlcU. WHO
purchased 100000 feet from William
O'Brien. Mulvey & Carmichael sold a
half raft of No. 2 logs to Fall q Mccoy
at Lakeland. Among the down-river
loggers in the city yesterday were
William Carson and o. III. Ingram, of
Eau Claire. Wis, and p. j. Seippels, of
Dubuque, 10.
Doud, Sons & Co.'s cooper shop at
Oak Park, which was destroyed by fire
last Monday evening, will be rebuilt
Immediately. material for the new
building being already at hand. A
large number of orders for barrels have
been delayed by the fire, but as soon as
the new building is finished a large
crew will be employed, and work will
be pushed.
William LentZ was received at the
state prison yesterday from MankatO
and entered upon his life sentence.
LentZ was convicted of murder in the
first degree, and was sentenced to death.
His sentence was commuted by Gov.
Merriam to life imprisonment.
The night school at the prison has
been closed for the summer months,
but will be reopened again in the fall,
when the convicts are not obliged to
work so, many hours a day. Warden
Garyin purposes giving all cOnvicts who
have not had an education a chance to
attend school.
Tha county commissioners after be-