St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-20
SALTWATER NEWS.
Logs Hung Up About Ten Miles
Above Prices Dam.


About 130 river drivers came down
from Sauntry & Gaines drive Oh the
upper Kettle yesterday morning, the
logs having been hung up about ten
miles above Prices dam. The drive
embraces several million feet of logs.
aud they cannot be moved until the
water sraises. All of the logs on the
lower Kettle are now being sluiced at
the Nevers dam.
GThe experiment of manufacturing
twine from flax fiber, which was tried at
the prison binding twine factory Mon
day, was not as successful as was ex-
peeted. The fiber was shipped here
from Hastings, and had been run
through machine recently patented by
Senator Keller, of Sauk Center, which
separates the fiber from the straw.
TWine can be made from the fiber, but
1t is not nearly so strong as the tWine
manufactured from hemp. The chief
obstacle seems to be that the fiber is too
short to work up well, Land creates large
amount Of waste.
At the meeting of the council last
evening the ladies of the hospital board
presented communication stating that
if the city would donate hospital
grounds they would erect and maintain
a suitable hospital. The council de-
cided to lease the grounds and property
to the hospital board free of charge as
long as they would decide to maintain
the hospital. The matter of opening
Olive street was laid over until the ad
Journed meeting next Wednesday even
ing.
A large number of cases of the state
VS.. delinquent taxpayers were on trial
yesterday in the district court. court
being held in the city hall, where the
records in the cases are kept. The
cases involve the legality of compelling
taxpayers to pay assessments for i'm
proving certain streets. An action
somewhat similar to these, that of The
State VS.. Minerva McKusick, was de-
cided by the supreme court in favor of
the state.
Herman Seeba, member of the dry
goods firm of Murphy IL Seeba, is dan-
DR.. Waiter, the attending physician,
stated yesterday that he considered Mr..
Seeba IN critical condition, and the
outcome of his disease cannot be deter
mined, although ne was a little easier
yesterday, and was able to answer a
few questions.
a large percentage of Company K
boys whose time has expired within the
past two years, and who are now in this
city, will, it is said, re-enllSt in order to
strengthen the company. 1t is expected
that full company will be taken to
camp this year.
Conrad G. Miller, convicted in this
state of violating the postal laws, and
whose sentence has been committed by
President Harrison to one years actual
punishment is not in prison here and
the prison officials have no record of
anv such man.
The divorce suit of Sarah E. Nc
MILAN VS. Charles Mcmillan is set for
trial in the district court to-day. Fay
cite Marsh, attorney for the defendant,
has made an application to have the
trial postponed until some future day.
The annual inspection of Muller post.
q. A. R., will occur this evening, and
the officers recently elected will be in-
stalled.
The Isaac Staples left yesterday with
raft of logs for the Cascade Lumber
company, Burlington, 10.
The county commissioners did not
meet yesterday, but will meet to-day at
the court house.