St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-05
SAINT PAUL.
CITY DRIFTS.

Diphtheria at SIS York street was reported
at the health office yesterday.
W. A. Piukertou of the Chicago branch of
the Pinkerton agency, is in the city.
ExAld. Henry Weber is hustling for the
Republican nomination for register of deeds
Aid. Conley returned yesterday from six
weeks pleasure trip TO the Pacific coast and
Alaska.
The Minnesota naval veterans meet at
bells in the dog watch tonight at lO4 East
Fourth street.
The Concordia Norwegian Evangelical
Lutheran congregation, of Crystal, Mimi.
was Incorporated yesterday.
The office of the railroad and warehouse
commission was closed yesterday on account
of the death of Mrs. Williams wife of the
chairman.
The park board went in carriages yester-
day afternoon to view sites for parks on Day
tons bluff The Kelly site was one of the
principal ones viewed
The Missouri Iron company. of Duluth. and
the jacob Elevator company, of East Grand
Forks, each with capital of $4,000, were
incorporated yesterday.
Joseph O'Connor met with an accident at
White Bear Tuesday evening. As a result
he is now confined to his home at 70 Igiehart
street with sprained ankle.
Secretary Beelee yesterday issued his ten
day report for The soldiers home. There are
200 inmates at the home at present, sixty
nine of whom are absent on leave, since the
last report.
The board of public works yesterday con-
frmed the following assessments: Slopes
on Burgess street. between Dale and Western
avenue; alley il block %. Lyman Dayton's
addition; alley in block :, Arlington Hills
addition.
The president of the st. Andrews society,
DIR. Dinwoodie offers a prize valued at S25
for 100-yard foot race, to be contested at
the Scottish games and st. Andrews picnic
at Cottage Park, White Bear lake. Saturday,
the participants to be representatives of the
press of the Twin Cities.
The special Joint committee on street rail-
way matters will hold another session Satur-
day morning Mr. Lowry is expected to be
present and confer with the committee as to
the propositions submitted to MIN relative TO
the manner i'll which the street car system is
run in this city.
Fire III the two-storY double frame build
ing at Coz and CSC Mississippi street caused a
loss of $500 last night. j. II. Muellman, a
butcher. occupies the store and building at
Coz. and p. Barnum keeps a confectionery
store at GO The fire started between the
buildings from some unknown cause.
Neither parties were insured.
The two boys, Willie O'Connor and Ed
ward Kirby. VINO were arrested for burg lar
iziug houses on Dayton's bluff, were before
Judge Cory yesterday O'Connor, who is
but nine years old, was discharged, and Kirby
was started toward the reform school by the
case being certified TO the district court.
Russell Sage has filed an answer to the bill
of the St. Paul, Minneapolis d Manitoba
Railroad company in the United States cir
cult court. The answer asserts that the
United States land commissioner had no
right to withdraw the lands from entry or to
permit their being taken as part of the land
grant by the litigaung company or its ante
cedents
AT yesterdays session of the county board
of equalization reductions were made in as
sessments Of personal property as follows:
A. L. Scott reduced TO $1,000: H. NJ. Smith
Printing company reduced to $1,000; Webster
Smith reduced TO S1,300; ". Schroeder. re-
duced to $1,000; j. c. Wall. removed from the
city, assessment cancelled; Myers & Co., as
sessed at :, SEQ, in accordance with sworn