St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-05
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events of a Day liz the City on the
ST. CroiX.

ST. CroiX.
j. T. Smith, of Heron Lake, MIMI.
/ was at the prison yesterday testing
sample of hemp fiber raised on his farm
at Heron Lake. The fiber is equal, if
not superior in strength to Kentucky
! hemp, but it is insutficiently retted. and
much of it is lost in waste, although a
! great Improvement has been made over
! that raised III 1890. Mr.. Smith had 600
| acres of hemp under cultivation III 1891,
and expects that his crop will amount to
! from IT'S to 200 tons. A great drawback
! to hemp growers in this state is an i'll
sufficient moisture, but nevertheless
| Mr.. Smith is confident that if the farm
erS of this state received the same en-
enlargement i'll hemp culture as is Of
! fered them in the culture OF sugar beets
they would soon be able to raise all of
| the hemp necessary to supply the de-
| Inand in this part Of the country. Many
| farmers in this state are taking an inter
est in raising hemp fiber, especially in
the vicinity of Heron Lake, and the
acreage Will be materially Increased
next season.
The board of prison managers met
! yesterday and fixed the price OF binding
twine for next season at 10 cents per
pound, all adYaace ofi1 cent per pound.
| The advance was decided upon, partly
! because the price of raw material has
! advanced a trifle, and partly because
| the state lost money last year by selling
| Irvine at 8 cents per pound. The twine
j manufactured at the prison is conSid-
cred the best hemp tWine manufactured
! in the United States, and Manager Tenn
| pie stated yesterday to GLOBE repre-
sentative that it is eQualed only by
full Manila Irvine. He also stated that
! the price of 10 cents agreed upon by the
| board merely covered the cost OF the
raw material and its manufacture.
Charles Vitalis. one of the fore most
residents of FranconIa, died Thursday
evening at his home of heart failure.
! Deceased was for many years one of the
! most prominent business men in the st.
/ CrofX valley, and enjoyed an extended
| acquaintance. He was largely interest
ed in shipping wood, and, during the
first fourteen years after commencing
this business, he shipped 100000 cords
of wood. Deceased was born in Smaa-
land, Sweden, III 1918. and located in
Franconia in 1868, where he has since
resided.
Percy B. Smith, the attorney recently
locked up i'll the county jhil on charge
of contempt Of court, presented a bill
against the city al the council meeting
last evening for $4,000 for false impris-
onment. The bill was tabled, and prob
ably law suit will follow. The en-
gineer'S report on opening Second street
was accepted, and j. f. Burke, c. w.
! Chase and j. g. Hening were appointed
commissioners to asses benefits and the
award of damages. The Improvement
will cost $4,000.
| George f. Moss, who is charged with
attempted assault upon Miss Margaret
| johnson at Newport, this county, re-
Gently, will have another hearing be-
fore Justice TreveIte at st. Paul Park
next Wednesday. In the meantime he
will remain in the county Jail i'll default
of bonds in the sum of $4,000.
Chairman James T. Barron, of the
Democratic county committee. has is
sued call for county convention to be
held at the court house in this city, Sat
urday, March 26, at 2 O'Clock p. M, for
the purpose Of electing delegates to the
Democratic state convention at st. Paul.
March 81.
Robert Simpson, one of the pioneer
residents of this city, is seriously i'll in
his room at the Sawyer house, and his
enfeebled condition makes prospects of
his recovery very poor.
The annual banquet of Company K
will be held at the Sawyer house, Tues
day evening, April 5.
The Kings Daughters meet this after
noon at the Sawyer house.
Louis AibenDerg left for the East last
evening.