Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-05-22
Our Minneapolis and Saint Anthony
Correspondence.

MAY IL, 1858.
To tho Editors Of the Ninnssotian:
Yesterday was day of sport and excite
ment in Minneapolis. The important cleo
ton of town officers was held in said place,
and for which offices forty-One candidates
were in the field, and many more would have
undoubtedly been nominated had the cleo
ton continued but few hours longer
Among those who figured most conspicuous
ly, was our friend Shave-Tail Jones, whose
name was on several different tickets for JUS
tice of the Peace. Shave ran we'll. Next
best in the field was Shave's bosom friend
and admrer, one Mr.. Philip DeYoung,
French gentleman who is in the retail liquor
business. This gentleman was on the ticket
for Town Clerk. lie made good run with
the assistance of his friend For Collector,
Mr.. r. (aiD r. (oad) Miles. This gentleman,
having closed his business last fall, has proved
himself an excellent collector, as the citizens
of Minneapolis can vouch and therefore re-
ceived a round number of votes. Overseer
of the Poor, Mr.. Ell. See. Elfelt-this gentle
man is known as very magnanmous man,
and one who would most certainly oversee
the poor but his friends did not elect him.
For Constables we had the Hon. Peter
Schrapbell, Merchant Tailor, late of the firm
of Brooks & Bros, New York, and C. Stuart
| Webster.
Respecting these nominations, the people
showed great disregard for the peace and
welfare Of Minneapolis instead of electing
men whom we might depend upon to preserve
peace in our growing city: men of courage
strength, steady habits, quiet even temper,
who would not take advantage of their enor-
nous strength and size to impose upon small
er ones they elected two other gentlemen,
who will probably resi-n in favor of Schrap-
bell and Webster. Some friends of Messers
Schrapbell and Webster wishing to give all
the assistance in their power, asked the gen
tlemen to step on the Hay Scales so that the
citizers might know their exact weight
Stripping Mr.. Schrapbell of his jewelry, the
two together weighed 1881 pounds avoirdu-
pois. For Oyerseer of Roads, we had the
Hon. Dwight Bard Poeck. This is the gen.
tleman of Railroad Poetry notoriety, who
composed that immortal song to the tune of
the =" Low Backed Car" called the Railroad
Song. His railroad friends wishing to show
their high appreciation of his superhuman
and Economically arduous labors at the last
railroad election, thus placed him in posi-
ton to obtain a lucrative official remunera-
ton, for which he should feel very grateful.
| am sorry to state that he was defeated
through the instrumentality of some mali
cious and designing persons who nominated
ticket called Steamboat Ticket. | almost
forgot to mention the fact that Waazizi was
was also on the same ticket for Justice of
the Peace with Shave Tail. The ticket of
which | have spoken, and the candidates of
which | have given list was called the Rail-
road Ticket
Tie candidates on the Steamboat Tick
ct were as follows: Supervisors Young
America, Chairman: G.. u. Richardson and
Ensign Murphy; Town Clerk, Soft and
Hard Plumer. Assessor, Engine Davie !;
Collector, Pembina Wilson Overseer of the
Poor, Aunty Paxson; Justice of the Peace,
Irish Baker and Shave Tail Jones; Consta-
bles, Peter Schrapbell ana G. Stuart Webs
ter; Overseer of Roads. Fort Smelling Jones'
There were seven different tickets nomina-
ted. The Peoples Ticket, however, was cleo
ted. WAAZlZI.
From the above it would seem that our
friends in Minneapolis enlivened the hard
times by some broad fun at the Township
election there on Tuesday last.]