Daily globe., 1878-12-15
CITY GLOBULES.

ciety will take place Tuesday evening.
The Board of Public Works will hold
special meeting tomorrow at 12 o'clock NJ.
The city treasurer paid estimates to the
amount of $l,200 yesterday, for street i'm
provements.
An adjourned meeting of the Relief society
o'clock Tuesday morning.
Yesterday, Mrs. George DeCorsey lost an ear
ring on East Seventh Street. The finder will
confer favor by returning the same to Officer
DeCorsey.
If the present weather is to continue the
street sprinklers should commence operating
again without delay. The dust is becoming
intolerabie.
A. ~ Sederberg complained at police head
quarters, yesterday, of Mother elite neigh
Dor. He wants her and her attractive and
numerous family suppressed.
The p. p. of yesterday says the cars ran
over John Green and cut off both his legs, and
DR.. Murphy will cut off his legs when the
facts are that neither leg cut off by
doctors, and he viii be buried with both legs on
The furniture was removed into the Gov
ernor's new suit OF rooms at the capitol yester-
day; they will be occupied by him and his
secretaries tomorrow aud the State superln-
tendent Of education will move into the eld
ones.
The brass cap off the hub of Of the
wheels of fire eng inc No 2, was lost in respond
ing to the fire alarm last night. 1t is to be
hoped the finder will return the property to
the engine house, as it is essential part of
the ''Inashine."
On Saturday next the Musical society will
sriy n vt at Music hall THE
gramme will contain the popular numbers of
the Tuesdays concert with additions. Mr.. j.
r. Tinkham, violinist of great talent and
Mrs. A. Stierle will take prominent part in
these concerts.
curious coincidence is found in the fact
that the preacher of the Thanksgiving sermon
in the Presbyterian church in Geneseo, New
York, used the same text Rev. Dr. Dana did
here. The sermon is published in the Livings
ton Rcpub3ic0n, and is an earnest plea for vii
lage improvement, and the display of public
taste and spirit.
J. Fehr, living out by the round-house, was
employed fixing pump for Mr.. Hahn, near
Oakland cemetery, when he was in ured so Sc
riously by part Of the pump falling on him
that DR.. Stamm was sent for The doctor
thinks some of the mans ribs are broken and
his whole system has received such a shock
to cause serious anxiety as to the ultimate re-
suit.
Passengers from Chicago yesterday after
noon say that city was buried in snow when
they left, corps of shovelers having to be
brought into requisition to clear the track in
front Of their train for some distance while
the train shortened one in consequence.
Snow was found all along the route from
Chicago to this side Of Winona runners being
generally IL use in the last named city.
morning paper mixed things considerably
in mentioning the accident to Mr.. Jack Bur-
nett, Friday. IN the first place, Mr. Burnett
is conductor on the st. Paul q Duluth road,
with which company he has been for years, iu-
stead of being Il brakeman on the St. Paul Il
Pacific, ss stated. Secondly, Mr. Burnett did
not get his hand badly smashed. The index
finger of his right hand got good squeeze, but
nothing serious but what time and healing
lotions will make all right.
The Advent report of st. PauPs church
(Episcopa) shows the number of families who
are members of that church is 200; that sixty.
five COMMITMENTS nave been added to the
church during the year; that the church has
sustained "a loss of sixteen members-ten by
removal and six by death. The present MEM
bership is 303. Forty baptisms, six confrma-
tions and fifteen burials have been performed.
The report also shows that the congregation has
contributed the handsome sum of So, ,7SS for
missionary and benevolent purposes.
The sale of lips in Plymouth church for the
year 1879 takes place next Tuesday evening. A
lively and enjoyable time is anticipated, for
after the seat-buying is over, comes uniqne
service, gotten up by the Plymouth ladies,
VIZ: q Congregational tea-fght and sociable in
the chapel. All members Of the congregation
and holders of slttings arc invited, and are
sured Of genuiney pleasant time. Diagrams
of the seats, with their prices, have been dis
tributed, and will enable every one to select his
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upon no ONES bounty.
There was meeting again last evening of
the Anti-drive-weil association at the chamber
of commerce. 1t was reported that upwards
of 100 persons in the city who have drive wells
had joined the society and paid in their sub
scriptiou fee OF $2. Committees were appoint
ed to call on interested parties and collect sub
scriptions The meeting enthusiastic, and
the wish was warmly expressed that Mr.. Lam
prey would sue some st. Paul man for the
''royalty.' 1t stated that not over thirty
persons had paid the odious tax, and not one
more will pay. The meeting adjourned till
next Saturday at o'clock.
Friday night Mr.. II. Shaber, residing near
the St. Paul mills, came home, stepped out of
his buggy and unhitched his horse. Then he
gave him vigorous pat on the rump and sent
the quadruped to get drink at the run. Mr..
Shaber stood at the barn door, awaiting the
horses return. 1t finally became Il state of
patience on a monument, and the grief came
in when he went 10 the creek and didn't find
the horse. Yesterday he found the harness
carefully laid on the roadside Hamm's
brewery The horse hasn't returned yet and
the police have been requested to bring him
back.
father in search of his son, and 1865 which
the son had stolen, applied to police headquar-
ters for help yesterday. The old man gave his
name as John Gerhart. of Prescott; His son,
John Augustus aged IL years, had decamped
from home Thursday night To aid him in his
adventures, the young migrate had stolen the
old mans savings. The boy is described as 5
feet inches tall, had on gray overcoat and
plush cap; The young scamp was accompanied
the latters name, but says he is minus the
forefinger of the left hand. The old man
would like mighty well to lay his hand on the
$G5.
4 few days ago, Wednesday, Albert Root,
yard master on the North Wisconsin railroad,
came to his death, frequently happens to
railroad employees. He was run oyer by a
train, and mutilated almost beyond recogni-
ton. Yesterday his wife and two children ar
rived in this city from Jersey City, en- route to
ioin him in the new home he had made for his
family. He had written to them of it, and
they were ioyously their way to make it
home with mother and children. The sad news
of his death was gently told his wife, and, from
joyful anticipation, she was plunged into the
depths of woeful grief.
The establishment of Mr.. Charles T. Pusch,
merchant tailor and dealer in gents furnish
ing goods, hats caps, ETC., corner of Ninth and
st. Peter streets, is very palace these days.
Mr.. Pusch has one of the finest assortments of
seasonable cloths ever brought to this city, and
his well established reputation for producing
perfect fits, and turning out nothing but first
class work, is bearing fruit in rush of busi-
ness that keeps his large force of assistants