St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-09
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events of a Day in the City on the
St. CrOix.

St. CrOix.
In 1888 and 1889 the city council oil
this city authorized the opening of Sc v.
eral streets, and in many instances the
property holders owning property abut-
ting on the different streets considered
that their taxes were eXorbitant and re-
fused to pay the amount assessed. They
determined to test the validity of the
assessments, and suit was brought by
the county to recover the taxes and pen
alties due. Judge WilliStOn has filed de-
ciSionS in the separate actions of Wash
Ington County VS.. E. q. Butts, Elizabeth
May, Minerva McKusick and the Massa-
chusetts Loan and Trust Company, and
in each instance Sustains the action of
the commissioners appointed to assess
benefits and award damages. AS con-
illusions of law the court doth find that
said taxes be appraised legal and valid
lien upon said land, and it is ordered
that said taxes and assessments respect
lively be, and the same are hereby, Sus-
tanned, and that Judgment be entered
against said lands respectively for the
amount of such taxes and the penalties
and disbursements.
The new trestle now being con-
structed in this city by the Chicago,
Milwaukee Il st. Paul railroad COM
pany will not be completed for several
months yet. AS the result of all over
sight, the company will be obliged to
tear up $50 feet of treStle, which is al
ready completed, to admit of lumber
being RATED at the Hersey Il Bean mill.
which has been leased by George ii.
Atwood.
Several loggers will leave today for
their camps in Northern Wisconsin to
pay off their employees and to suspend
operations for the season. Hon. e. W.
Durant stated yesterday that he feared
the log crop would not reach more than
two-thirds of the amount expected, and
this fact would have tendency to IN
crease the price of logs and lumber.
c. z. HolcOmbe, clerk of the supreme
court, was surprised by large number
of his friends Monday evening, who
took possession of his home. Mr.. HOl
combe celebrated his forty-fourth birth
day on the preceding day and as token
of the esteem in which he is held his
friends presented him with an elegant
easy chair.
A. S. Merriam, of Quincy, ILL.,, has
leased the &. n. Nelson Lumber COM
pany's mill at Lakeland. and will begin
saving lumber as early i'll the spring as
possible.
H. H. Gilman. of the Cascade Lum-
Der company, Burlington, was in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Gilman thinks that
prospects are good for busy summer
in lumber circles.
John Beach has been received at the
prison from Hennepin county, and will
serve eleven months for grand larceny
i'm the second degree
Maggie Mitchell appears at the Grand
opera house this evening in The Little
Maverick" The demand for reserved
seats was good yesterday, and she will
be greeted by large audience.
The petty larceny case in which Will
ian Stratton is the defendant, set for
trial in the municipal court yesterday.
was again continued until next Tuesday.
George f. Moss, who is charged with
attempting to assault Miss Margaret
Johnson, at Newport, recently, will
have an examination before Justice
TreveLte at St. Paul Park today.
Robert Simpson is slowly falling, and
there is no hope of his recovery Mr..
Simpson is one of the pioneer residents
of this city.
The tax collections for the four weeks
ended Feb. 90 are as follows. according
to the report of County Auditor Master
man: State tax, $9,3f7.61; county taxes,
SCI, 1851.