St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-04
CITY DRIFT.

Water rents on high service now
due.
The Fourth street paving will be
completed by tomorrow evening.
The Alhamhra Outing club gives an
excursion to Hastings and Red Wing
on the steamer Flora Clark Sunday.
The New Ulm Fire Department Re
lief association filed articles of incor-
poration with the secretary OF state
yesterday.
The park board did not meet yester-
day owing to the lack of quorum.
The meeting will be held at O'Clock
this evening.
After a visit of three weeks with her
sister, Mrs. T. F. Cullen, who lives
here Mrs, Ada Wolff has returned to
her home in Hutchinson, Mimi.
Gov. Cleugh has appointed Hon.
Daniel Shell, of Worthingtol, a men,
ber of the capitol commission to sue
ceed James McHench, of Martin ceun-
ty, deceased.
The board of public works completed
yesterday the assessment for the st.
Peter street paving, and decided to re-
port adversely on the Lexington ave-
nue. tree planting.
Gov. Clough has appointed DR.. T. e.
johnson, of St Paul, to represent the
state at the national irrigation con-
gress to be held Sept. IA at Albuquer-
que, New Mexico.
A reunion of the Fifth Minnesota
Volunteer Infantry association will be
held at the capitol Sept. Is at O'Clock
in the afternoon. All members are re-
queSted to be present.
Stare Auditor Dunn has received a
statement of the June settlement of
taxes from st. Louis county. The net
collections amount to Sl,0i0, ,630.25. of
which the state school tax is S115, 1852.
Division No. ., Daughters of Erin,
will give a lawn social on Tuesday
evening, Sept; 10, at the residence OF
Mrs. p. J. McDonough, 1870 Edmund
street.
At 9:45 last night the frame residence
OF William F'aStner, a Saloonkeeper
living at 619 Van Buren, street, corner
Of Dale, was damaged by fire to the
extent of SlO0. The IRE originated IN g
defective tiue.
The St. Paul seminary filed articles
of Incorporation with the secretary of
state yesterday. The incorporators are
Rev john Ireland, j. d. o Brien, An
thony Kelly, Rev. ]. B. 'Cotter and
Joseph Starika.
Secretary of State Berg yesterday
awarded the contracts for furnishing
paper and stationery for the state.
Wright, Barrett & Stilwell were
awarded the paper contract, and Brown,
Treacy & Co. the stationery.
At 3:25 yesterday morning a fire
caused by a defective flue in the story
and a half frame residence of W. l..
Murkland, at the corner Of Cedar and
about $500.
James Elick, laboring man resid-
ing at 654 Armstrong avenue, was ar
rested last night on a. warrant sworn
out by his WIFE charging him with as
Sault and battery. James has evil
GENTLY not lost the fire and vivacity of
his youth, although he is siXty-eight
years old.
During the month of August $50 ar
rests We're made by the police-2O2 in
hn frol or i-tr inf ~, he
DucaS street district, 26 in the Rondo
street district, So in the Margaret
street district, and but in the Prior
avenue district The monthly report
further shows aggregate fines of
$1,179.
Nick Henny, a, laboring man, and
Fannie Brown, a young woman living
on Jackson street, Were arrested last
night. Nick was charged with being
drunk. Fannie was accused of larceny,
being charged by Nick with taking $22
from his person. The money was found
in her possession when the unfortu-
nate couple We're arrested by Officer
Carroll.
a Cottage Grove farmer named NAL
com Black lost his crop and all of his
farm buildings, except his residence,
by fire Monday afternoon. An en-
ploye who was plowing set fire to
the stubble, whence the flames spread
to the hay stacks and buildings. Mr.
Blacks loss is $500, with but little
insurance.
The officers and managers of the Ba-
bies' Home of St. Paul at a business
meeting Monday, unanimously passed
vote of thanks to the G O e, the
Pioneer Press and the Dispatch, to Mr.
Barker, OF the Metropolitan hotel; to
Messrs. Field & Mailer, to the ST. Pau
street railway, to Adjt. Gen. Muehl-
berg and all others who so kindly as
sisted them in the midsummer fete OF
last week.
Some weeks ago, when the alleged
crimes of H. H. Holmes first made
the name notorious, it was alleged thai
Holmes had lived in St. Paul; that he
had cheated a partner of his named
Nachtsheim, and that he was a dis
reputable lawyer. 1t is now claimed
that the st. Paul man was James P
Holmes, who in no way resembles H
H. Holmes, and about whom none O.
the foregoing allegations were cor