St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-24
SALTWATER NEWS.
1Veyerhauser's Big Suit to Quiet
Title 10 Pine Lands.


Title TO Pine Lands.
An action has been begun in the
Mile Lacs county district court by r.
Weyerhauser. Of Rock Island, H.: {.
Lamb a. Sons, Of Clinton, To-. and Laird,
Norton x Co.. Of Winona, against X. NJ.
Coles. a. r. jerks and James AuiYey,
of this city, together with nearly 200
other defendants. 10 quiet title to large
tracts Of pine lands situate III town H.
range p. Mile Laos county. This IS
said 10 be only the beginning OF large
number Of suits by the same pIaibtiDS
against the same defendants, 10 delef-
1nine the ownership OF nearly 40,Ouo
acres Of pine lands Oh TIE Mic Laos
Indian reservation, estimated 10 CUT
200. 600 600 feet Of logs. valued al nearly
81. COO OO0. HE plaintiffs attorneys are
Davis. Kellogg a. Severance, fIandrau.
Souires d Cntcheun. Of 81. Paul, and
Clamp and Mccartney, Of this city. This
action promises to be one OF the most
holly contested legal actions ever tried
I'm Tie courts Of this state. a number
of years ago ex-senator ID. 81. SaDin, Of
this city, purchased large number 81
soldiers additiOnals, and afterwaTd
located them on the Mile Lacs reserve
lion. There was at that time IN
active demand for the soldiers
additioIals. as they were called. by rea-
son Of Tie fact that law had been en-
acted granting cX-SOldiers. VINO had
taken homestead Of eighty acres IN
side Of tie railroad limits. a right TO
take eighty acres additional without
residing thereon. Ex-senator Sabin
secured, as he supposed, good title TO
over 10000 acres Of land and later Oh
sold il TO The plaintiffs III TINS action,
who would not accept the title. ana an
Indemnity bond Of $4,000 was gwen
them. About year ago Il. M. COles, ol
this city. began investigating these sol
dicr5' addilionals. and enllstlne McsSrs.
,Jeuks and Mulyey into the
enterprise he made a careful
examination of the title and spent much
time in looking up The heirs of deceased
soldiers from whom he secured quit
claim deeds 10 the lands located under
powers Of attorney, and now claims to
own q. coo acres Of the Mile Laos land.
1t will take a long time for the courts to
determine the ownership OF this land,
which is said 10 be covered with some OF
the finest pine forests in the state.
The annual convention Of the EpwOrlh
league, held AT the Methodist bpiscopai
church i'm this city, closed al noon yesterday
The convention was one Of the most sue
cesstul ever held in this state ana several
excellent papers were read aud discussed .
one hundred delegates were present, ana
these were accompanied by nearly MY Yisi-
tOTs, who were royalty entertained Dy IHcliub
and members Of the Methodist church. The
following officers we're elected for the enAu-
ing year: President II. Bugge. Pennington;
hrst vice president, Mrs Lillian Quirk,
Walerviile; second vice president. X
\. Ayison. Owatonna; treasurer
Miss Geneva jerks. saltwater
secretary Edward A. Lalhrop. Nouhheld :;
directors, Rev. c. II. Sweatt, Waterville;
Rev j. g. Gulicit. 81 Paul; Rev. Il G. Glenn
ans. The matter Of deciding upon place
for holding The convention next year was
left with the directors The delegates nearly
all returned 10 their homes yesterday after
noon.
Sir Hugo. Of Duluth, deputy grand com
nnnder Of The *. T.. OF Minnesota assisted
by sir Metcalf, of 81. Paul, grand senior war
n.actug ~ grand marshal. and jules Bur
wei, l.. g.. of Palladin commandeY. 81
Paul, Installed the following officers OF Bay
ard cOnmandery No II , X. T., on Friday
evening: Otis Staples, h. c.; -. g. Merry,
g.. G. NJ HcClner, {. g.: II. &. Clark, r.;
Fred Scott, 5. w; T. II. Warren j. W; NJ.
Monatt r.: T.. r. Brown, r.: j. o. llolen.
>. b. Bernard 1helan, 5. b.. II. r. King.
W; George ). Willard, third guard 4. G.
'lrebel second guard, and Marshall Cham
bers, first guard.
Joseph Zimmerman. Of Gutenberg, To-.
e. j. Leisure. Of Dubuque. and ". j. Stern of
S. Louis, prominent lumbermen, were IN the
city yesterday looking over the log market.
The Slillwllers and the PickeIts Of Mime
Hpolis, will play "A game Of base ball at the
Dull park this afternoon. Long and Wiley
will be the battery tor the home team, and
Paus ana Rivers Will occupy the points for
the visitors.
ITour,. f. Dfvay ,,,,ooro a . ia Grand oraro
house next Wednesday evening in The
Solicitor
Rev j. N. Bull of the Methodist church.
will exchange pulpits today with Rev
Thomas McClary, Of 81. Paul.
The Kinnickinnick drive has been doomed
In Lake St. CrOiX, and the entire drive has
been purchased by John Dudley, of Prescott.
The steamer Bun lIersey. of this city viii
soon begin towing the logs.
Several local clergymen Will preach ser
mons today against Sunday base ball games.
A. $. Merriam has returned from Il trip TO
Yellow river and other streams tributary 10
the st. CrOiX. lie reports water very low.
L. Simonet leaves for Little Falls today.
j NJ. Kuhn left for Chicago Friday even
Ing.
Ex-senator d. NJ. sabin left Thursda
evening fOr the East
p n. Peterson has returned from n trip
East.
j. ). O'Brien is at Memphis. Tenn.
Lieut.. Butts and wife, the latter OF Salt
Lake city, are the guests of Mr. and Ms E
q. Butts.
j. Il. Gagneius returned from Bridgeport
Conn, Monday.
Miss Nellie Armstrong of Minneapolis
was II guest Of Miss Ollie HoSpes during the
week.
Mr. and Mrs George H. Atwood have ro-
turned from visit in New York
Miss Gussie Bronson returns to school at
Cleveland, O., tomorrow
d. c. Gasln aud family have removed to
Wilmington. 5. &.
w. W. Tumont, of Fremont, O., was guest
Of Capt. W II. Taylor Thursday
The North Hill Social Whist club met
Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs l.. Sar-
gent
Mr. and Mrs. d. II. Hersey returned Friday
from winters sojourn in the South aud
East
The first of series of social hops was
given by the members of the Saltwater club
in the club rooms on Friday evening About
twenty-five compile were present. and the
evening was thoroughly enjoyed by ali who
participated.
Willis A. Prince, the popular clerl, at the
sawyer house, left yesterday for ST Paul 10
accept similar position at the Clifton.
saltwater division, A. 0. H., gave an enjoy
nble dance in Music hall Friday evening.
The second annual ball of the Saltwater
Botermakers union was a pleasing social
event on Thursday evening
Captain X. j. Wheeler is al Dubuque To-
d. b. Loomis LETT yesterday for Missoula.
Mont, TO look after his mining interests. He
Will be absent six months or more.
DULUTH SOCIAL.