The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-02-06

ri
ladies Of the Congregational church provi.
dsd s vary pleasant entertainment, At
Sohwarts 4 Poechmann's Hall on last Fri
day evening, and 1t WAS enjoyed BY full
house. Tho programme included = half
dozen tablsaux, very we'll chosen and pret-
tily xseatsd-sevsral adding to their st-
tsotivsnsss BY the use Of oolersd lights.
"Tim Cranes Courtship," from the
Widow Bsdott papers, va capital piece
Of acting. The "Widdsr' wss psrsonatsl
to the life by Mis- Ravens. and the gener-
a verdict was that Tim Crane must have
he'd heart Of stsas IN order y have d.
lowed 8 pesasesnss fer Nslissa - escape
Ais 10 No. - tsadse spissas In tAat
nsnsesbh hAasssv. lsef. Mssrs ts,k
kindly u ~ past 4 ~ "1ldsr," and
made his hasty sxit Immediately in 3D.
vance Of broom-Aandls, % many . brave
man had done before. Miss Hayward and
ar. E. L. Allen we're the two young
folks in tho scene.
The pantomime Of the ''Babss in the
Woods showed much fertility Of imagine
ton in in its conception and equally -
much skin in ii! .psrfernales. ! Ihs
woods" were represented BY couple Of
dead brsnohss covered profsssly with the
leaves Of Potent Office Reports. The
''Babss" proved to DO Dr.. Hunter and Prof.
Moore, most uniquely oostsued. After
oapsring around awhile amid tho be@lldsr-
ing wonders OF nature which surrounded
Them on Ill sides, this brsoe Of gray hair
cd infants sank exhausted upon tho ground
and brsated out their little lives. At this
melancholy stage Of the affair.", = flock Of
robins appeared. hopping about, twistering,
peering euriously 1t the elongated objects
lyiay 50 quiet. and finally covering them
With the leaves from the bushes and more
that lay al. arsund-thsn~ taking fight
The oostuni2g Of thsss, "birds" Wa *
esllsnt, and it IL but fair to cay that the
boys who did 20 we'll on this role were
Willie Montgomery, George Smith, George
Allen, George Clark, Frank Montgomery,
Everett Morse aud Thso. Wing. It Wa
thoroughly enjoyed BY the audience.
Toward tho close Of tho entertainment
VAS given '''AEs. Jarlsy's Wax Figures"
and, like everything else, it was well done,
Miss Minnie Morse sustained herself I'd.
mirahly ID The somewhat. biscuit eharaeter
Of Mn. farley; Miss Palmer, ~ Little
Nell, ssrsnally busted ~ various Edssrss
which rsprsssatsd any lunbsr Of wonder
full characters. The curtain dropped just
after the figures had been wound Up and
set violently to work in, their characterize
tic occupations, = n
About the middle Of tho evening oysters
in any desired styls," coffee, cake, &c.,
were served, and 4 ,geassal absorption Of
sdiblss continued Tor ha]f IN hour or 20.
The proceeds Of the evening amounted
to $l22.
"A little mere, auahz charming weather
- Tuesday and Wednesday Of this week.
and all tho old settlers will give up the
plan entertained few weeks past Of going
south to live. Old Prob. deserves credit
for his latest effort.
Little Giant Fire Company held .
meeting ON tho 4th inst. and elected Frank
Hall Chief Engineer, and John Plates
and Gerhard Leisssr Assistants. Their
names will DO presented to the Council
this week for confirmation.
RAILROAD BLocKADs.-The up train
from st. Paul due here Friday noon, did
not roach this place until IL o'clock Sstur-
day night ; remained here until 9 A. N. on
Sunday, whom it left for Melrose. The
down train from Aslrose on Friday reach
Cd here about aeon and lay here until II
o'clock Sunday when il started fer g.
Paul. Since hslday he trains have Sssn
very nearly o. time.
This morning - Mr.. z. b. Morse
and daughter were driving to the depot,
and had nearly reached the station house,
their horse became frightened and making
. eudden turn upset the cutter, throwing
Mr.. and Miss NJ, out. The horse then start
ed Of with tho sleigh upside down crossing
the track directly in front Of the engine,
aad sttsr running around several blocks
vss finally stopped by Sheriff Gsisssl and
Deputy Mickey near the jail.
Under the recent reorganization o.
the o. 8. Internal Revenue Districts, o.
this State, the following named counter