The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-22
Saltwater News.

Edward Bloom, a resident of Scandal,
this county, employed by hammers Bros.,'
IN one of their camps on Willow river,
was brought here yesterday morning,
having fractured his right leg below the
Knee. While engaged in skidding the skid
flew back and struck Blooms leg. He
was taken to the city hospital, where
the fracture was reduced.
j. S. O'Brien returned Thursday from
his logging camp at Hayward, Wis. Mr..
O'Brien says that 1t is impossible for log
gers to haul, there being no frost in the
ground. Before hauling can be prosecut-
ed 1t will be necessary to have colder
weather.
The Christmas exercises of Ascension
church Sunday school will be held at
o'clock next Monday afternoon.
Moses Bergstein, of Oak Park, was ar
raigned in the municipal court yesterday
morning on a charge of assault and bat
terry, the complainant being James T.
Barron. The hearing was postponed
until next Thursday morning.
D. M. Swain stated yesterday that it
would be impossible for him to fulfill the
contract calling for the construction of
steamboat on the levee in this city
during the coming winter. Under the
terms of the contract the boat was to be
completed by May 1, and Mr.. Swain be-
ing unable to make the necessary ar
rangements to have the boat completed
at that time, the contract has been
awarded to boat builders at Jefferson
vile, Mo.
Patrick Madden has been received at
the prison from Scott county, to serve
two years and six months for indecent
assault Patrick Padden, received from
ST. Louis county will serve six years
for ErOhb6rU In the CaonOd
EdYard Williams received from Henne-
pin county,. will serve three years and
six months for grand larceny.
sign a certain Judgment to James Kelley
and that he executed the assignment on
behalf of Jourdain & Mathews, and
signed the instrument and acknowledged
it before a notary public and on cross
examination by Mr.. Gillen he admitted
that he believed the judgment, which was
assigned, was the McRae Judgment and
the same judgment in question in this
CRIMINAL proceeding; and admitted that
Kelley came over to his farm and made
the deal with him and that he came to
the Office of Jourdain & Mathews with
admitted that it was the same judg-
ment which Kelley claims to own and
on which the action to renew was com
menced Jourdain & Mathews made an
assignment for the beneht OF creditors IN
1885, to l.. B. Castle, who, as assignee.
commenced an action at about the same
time the Kelley suit was commenced to-
renew this judgment claiming to he the
owner thereof and entitled to collect the
same for the benefit of Jourdain &
Mathews creditors.
Mr.. Nethaway is the attorney for Nc
Rae d Sinclair and is resisting the re-
neWal and collection of this Judgment
and has answered in the Castle case, and
Kelley claims that the criminal action
was commenced for the sole purpose and
no other of preventing him from collect
ing a civil debt and from renewing the
Judgment which he has owned for more
than six years, and that this was the
reason the county attorney refused to
prosecute or have anything to do with
the criminal proceeding. The case
court at the close of the states testi-
mony without any testimony being put
in on the part of the defense, and, in
fact, on motion made by Mr.. NethaWay.
Attorney Gillen stated that he had no
objection and that he would have to
second the motion.