St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-24
SALTWATER NEWS.
A New Athletic Park to Be Erect
ed on the Webster Grounds.

A New Athletic Park to Be Erect
ed on the Webster Grounds.
Although the stage of water on the
northern tributaries of the ST. CroiX re-
main about the same. an attempt will be
made by local lumbermen to move their
drives, which are now hung up in va
rious places. Charles Shogren sent up
two crews yesterday tor work on the st.
Cr0iX, at the mouth of the Kettle river,
and Anderson & O'Brien sentup a crew
of seventy nell on the NamekagOn
drive. David Tozer will send up a
crew to-day for work Oh Tamarac.
They do not expect to secure all the logs
IT the water remains as, it is, but will
endeavOr to secure enough for the mar
ket this fall. At present there are tut
very few RATS in the lake, and much of
selection cannot be made by buyers.
1t is expected that the entire Kettle
river drive, containing upwards of
100000 feet, will reach the boom be-
fore long.
Arrangements have been completed,
and new athletic pork will be erected
on the Webster grounds situate south
of the old base ball grounds, on Sixth
avenue. The new park will be 300X300,
and will be completed as soon as pos
sible, the necessary capital having been
secured. 1t is calculated that the park
will be ready by July l. The Mascot
base ball nine and other citizens are i'll
tereSted in the new venture.
The crop prospects in Washington
county were never better. and farmers
are looking for large yields. The hay
crop. which appeared short and poor a
few weeks ago, has taken a new start
as result of the recent rains. and bids
fair to be fully up to the average. Corn
is little behind, but wheat and oats
are in an excellent condition.
The prison tub and pail factury crew
is nearly all employed OH the new wall,
and the factory is running light for a
few weeks. Warden Garvin stated
yesterday that, Notwithstanding this,
the orders for tubs and pals were COM
ing i'll quite fast, and that the factory
now had fair stock on hand.
The Ravenna cleared yesterday with
half raft of logs for the Dubuque
Woodenware company, and half raft
Bellevue. The Menomonie cleared
with a full raft of logs for the La Sueur
Lumber company, Dubuque.
Albert Sullivan and his sister frankie
were committed to the school for indi-
gent children at Owatonna yesterday.
Sullivan was member of the gang who
recently invaded A. Mellin's grocery
store Oh South Main street.
Secretary Mccarthy returned last
evening from trip to Freep0rt, ILL.,,
and GAINESVILLE, Wis. where he made a
large number of entries for the race
which occur at the Lily Lake Driving
park from July Ia to II.
Arguments were made yesterday rel
alive to releasing John James Melon
aid from custody on writ of habeas
corpus, before Court Commissioner A.
E. Doe. The points were submitted
and decision will be made to-day.
Chief of Police Shortall, Drs. J. B.
Merrill and L. G. Clark were at Hudson
yesterday as witnesses in the case of
Samuel B. Trip, the horse-thief, who
is now being tried as to his sanity.
A party of young ladies, Misses Min
ME and Fannie Folsom, Viola MaunseIl
and Ollie Hospes, returned yesterday
from trip to Burlington, Iowa, Oh the
steamer Ravenna.
EJohn s. Prince, champion bicyclis t,
was In the city yesterday arranging a
ladies' four-day bicycle race, to COM
mence July and close on the evening
of the Fourth.
H. III. Gilman, prominent log buyer
of Burlington, Iowa, was in the city
Yesterday