St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-23
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Frederick w. Merritt, son of Mrs.
Rena Merritt, died Sunday at the res
idence of his grandfather, at Edna
The boy, who was thirteen years old,
few days ago.
The parents of Miss Helen Reed, of
1914 Fifth street southeast, have made
application to the probate court, ask,
ing that Miss Reed, who is not yea
seventeen years of age, be placed in the
insane asylum at st. Peter.
The manager of the Washburn-Cros-
by company states positively that there
is no truth in the rumor that the North
western Consolidated Milling company
was about to sell out its business to
the Washburn-Crosby company.
The American Asphalt company were
unable to begin the work of laying as
phalt on Nicollet yesterday, but prom
Ise to start in today; The men have
is no doubt but that the company's in
tentionS are all right.
Cecilian Council Royal Arcanum will
hold its regular meeting tonight at the
hall corner Twenty-fourth street and
Fifth avenue south. There will be
three mutations, a spelling match and
a good time generally. All members Of
the order are cordially invited.
The remains of Bradford Hurd Jr.,
VINO was killed at Ontario, Cal, last
Monday, arrived in the city yesterday.
ing at TO O'Clock from the residence of
DIR. Asa Wilcox, brother-in-law of the
deceased, at 1412 Stevens avenue.
a number of Minneapolis merchants
have been victimized by young man
giving the name of Benton Rothington,
who has been soliciting advertisements
for the y. NJ. c. A. The association
desires the public to know that Mr..
Rothington is not in its employ.
w. A. Armagast, dealer in cloaks,
q n V
made a voluntary assignment for the
benefit of his creditors to Douglas a.
Fiske. The extent of the failure is not
known. The assets are placed in the
neighborhood Cf $1,000.
Russell Liggett, nephew of Col. Lig-
gett, of the board of university regents.
was badly injured at the state farm
Saturday while unloading hay. He
fell down a chute a distance of about
thirty feet, and was carried off with
a broken ankle, a sprained back and
badly bruised. He will be laid up sew
eral weeks.
The Interurban police officers are re-
Sponsible for the appearance of num-
ber of bicyclists in the police court
yesterday morning. j. D. Harris,
Christ Rasmussen, Paul Pruden. John
E2aton, c. Foley, Henry Lestern, Henry
Derricks, Ludwig Anderson and John
Taylor were fined So each for riding on
the sidewalks.
County Auditor Cooley's estimate for
the total expenses for running Henne-
pin county for 1896 was submitted to
the county commissioners yesterday.
The report will necessitate the raising
of the tax levy Of last year from Is
mills to at least % mills this year.
tThe estimate for '96 is some $50, 900
over that of '95.
The big tussle between Farmer Burns
and Prof. Lewis takes place at the ball
park tonight. Everything is in readi-
ness for the event, and the wrestlers,
who have been in active training for
weeks, are both fit as fiddles. The
match has excited more interest than
any of it's predecessors, as the men are
quite evenly matched.
The Salvation Army is going to hold
q state congress for two days as a
welcome home to Maj. Stillwell, who
paid a visit to England. They expect
officers from North Michigan and Min
nesota. On Thursday evening, July %,
there will be an officers and soldiers
banquet and council. The officers will
be in council on Friday. On Friday
night there will be a big procession;
brass, string and timbrel bands. At
Central Music hall there will be a
great welcome-home demonstration,
with 40 blood-and-fire officers and 200
happy soldiers.