St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-03
CITY CURRENCY.

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Judge L. L. Baxter, of Fergus Falls, is
| spending a brief vacation from MS labors in
the Capital city.
| t. G. Ingersoll resigned as city attorney of
| South ST. Paul yesterday, and j. c. Michaels
was appointed to fill the vacancy.
| Four cars of distillery-fed bulls were
| shipped from Nelse Morris feeding barns at
| South st. Paul to Chicago yesterday.
A permit was issued to John Dale yester-
d ay for the erection of frame dwelling on
Prescott street. The cost is estimated at
$1,000,
The fire department was called to the resi-
dence of Capt. Boerner, at 53l st. Anthony
avenue, last evening by an inclpient blaze
Damage $50.
Judge Olivier, of the probate court, was en-
gagged yesterday in hearing the annual settle
ment of the executor of the estate of the late
Norman Kittson.
Mace Hospes, proprietor of the National
hotel, Minneapolis. was over yesterday aft
ernoon visiting his friends at Hotel Clifton
and at other places III the city.
Foreman Joseph Read and two workmen,
employed on the Dyer block in course of cree
ton on Fifth street. were slightly injured
yesterday by the falling of a scaffold.
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in Judge Willis court yesterday afternoon
case in which his firm is interested was in
course OF trial, but he was not participating
therein.
The regular weekly meeting OF the Theo-
sophical society will be held tonight at
Room III, Globe Building. Subject, Death
and After" All interested in Theosophy
are invited.
I'D of ha nff nr1o
Scarlet fever at 81 Summit 295 East Four
teenth, $50 South Wabasha and the city hos
pital diphtheria az the corner of Summit
and Wabasha
August Schneider, a West side saloon
keeper, charged with keeping his place open
after midnight, had a trial in the police
court yesterday After hearing the evidence
the case was dism Used.
The charge Of burglary made against Jo-
seph Wilson, a fou rteen-year-old boy,was dis
missed in the police court yesterday. Wilson
was found prying the door of a small shop
on Second street last sunday night.
Owing to the fact that the Commercial
clubs time last night was taken up with
cholera discussions the trade label matter
was deferred to the meeting of next Tuesday
night, when it Is expected trade label will
be adopted
The st. Paul Chess Checker and Whist
club has moved into its new quarters on
the eighth floor of the Globe building, and
many of the mem bers gathered in yesterday
afternoon and pr oceeded to informally dedi-
cate the quarters.
s7W. H. Michaels. brother of the recent as
sistant city attorney, has gone to Northcote,
n. y, where he has accepted a position as
editor of legal publications. Mr.. Michaels is
lawyer and a student, and will unqu estion-
ably make his mark in his new field of en-
deavor.
The report Of the health departing mt for
the month Of April gives the following fig
ures: Total Deaths 12S; births, S0): death
rate per 1000, per annum. 9.01: death rate for
April, 1926; conta gious diseases reported,
rs. scarlet fever So, diphtheria Il, membran-
eous Group 5.
The April jus. past was about the worst on
record. The federal reports issued yesterday
showed that the mean tenn perature of the
last month was lower. with one exception,
than that of any April in the past twenty
four years. and the rainfall was greater with
out exception.
Cyrus B. Thurston and wife have conveyed
to Rudolph Schiffmean lots IL and 12. block
q, in the subdivision OF blocks 10 and II and
part of block 20, in Woodland Park addition,
for $4,000, subject to a N ortgage for $4,000
The properly is known as the Thurston
homestead, on Summit avenue.
The Driscol mansion Oil Summit avenue
has been disposed of to the wife of the lum-
Der king, Frederick Weyerhauser. The deed
of transfer was left for record yesterday in the
Office of the register of deeds. Lucy n. Dris-
coll and Frederick Driscoll signed the deed,
and Sarah Weyerhauser is named as the
grantee The consideration named is $751;
000
Col. John C. Geraghty will take charge as
collector of customs and custodian of the
federal building today. His commission ar
rived yesterday and he made visit to the
office to notify Col. Edwards that he is ready
to take hold. Mr.. Geraghty stated to GLOBE
reporter yesterday that he has not decided
upon any changes as to the force in the
office.
Despite the announcement in an evening
paper that the remains of the late Hon. j.
w. Taylor United States consul to Winni-
peg, failed to reach St. Paul yesterday, it
should be explained that they did arrive,
and that they were last evening taken on to
Utica, N. Y, for interment. in compliance
with the arrangements that had previously
been made.
Gus Peterson, recently released from the
Saltwater prison, Wasarrested last night on
a charge of vagrancy. Peterson was sent from
Minneapolis for horse stealing, and when one
of the police officials in a joking way told
him he was to be sent back again Oh the same
charge, Peterson, in a very matter-of-fact
manner, said ii was death sure if he had to
go back again
T. F. Touman has sued United States Mar
shall Donahower for $50 and John Martin
has sued him for 500. These two men were
arrested by deputy United States marshal
on charge of robbing the Alexandria post
office. and the sums sued for were found on
their persons and taken from them as being
part of the money stolen The actions were
begunin the municipal court of st. Paul.
The city engineer reports the awarding of
five contracts and the com pletion of one
during the month, of April. Three OF the
contracts were for sewers on st. Clair street.
Payne and Como avenues. The cost of tn e
1924 feet OF sewer will be S10.915. The other
two contracts are for grading alleys, any will
cost $3.50. The report further shows that the
Rice street culyert has been completed at
cost of S99S.90.
Michael Kerst met with on accident Mon
day night that came very near proving fatal
as it is he received severe scalp wound. He
is Waterman at the Germ ania Bank building,
and was in small compartment at the foot
of the elevator that is run by his SON. He
put his head SO close to the shaft that the
elevator struck it i'll descending and made
long cut on his scalp. Had his head been
little further under it would have been
crushed.
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