Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-14
CITY GLOBULEs.

yesterday.
Hon. T. w. Purdie and Hon. j. B. Ores
bach, will address the Reform club this eve
ming at it's rooms on Seventh street.
Where is the brigade of ladies that
swarmed the House Hobbies last year when
the temperance bill was up for discussion?
A lady was diligently engaged yesterday in
canvassing among the members of the House
for the benefit of the Women's Christian
Home.
The indefinite postponement fever was
raging strongly on the judiciary committee
yesterday morning, and, of course, Chair
man Campbell was happy.
AT the meeting of the directors of the
Firemen's Life Insurance Association in
Minneapolis, on Tuesday, A. A. Ames was
chosen medical director for the ensuing
year.
The new fire alarm box, lately placed in
Brunson's addition, was tried yesterday for
the first time, and was found to work to q
charm. 1t will chime 81, and will be here
after know by that name.
Little groups are seen on the street cor
ners, in the hotel corridors, in the capitol
lobbies-in fact, everywhere, and wonderful
to say, the staple topic of their converse
sion is county seat removals.
Argument will be heard on the Page i'm
peachment case by the judiciary committee
this evening. Each side is allowed two
hours, and it is not improbable that the COM
mittee will submit their report to the House
! tomorrow.
| For some time back Samuel G. Sloan, an
old resident of St. Paul, has suffered from
spinal disease, for which he has been treated
at the Cosmopolitan hotel. There being but
little hope for relief here, Mr.. Sloan departed
| for Philadelphia last evening.
| A highly interesting lecture, entitled ely
drophobia, its Symptoms, and Prevention y
will be delivered before the Academy of Sci
ences on Friday evening next, by Rev. E. G.
Mitchell, who has made the subject matter
of careful and extended study.
Yesterday, while engaged in switching al
Rush City, fireman of the ST. Paul and
Duluth railroad had three fingers of one Of
his hands so badly jammed between the
bumpers as to render amputation necessary
the operation being performed in this city
last night.
A half drunken Swede was enjoying him
self hugely last night, about 10 O'Clock, in
the pleasing pastime of kicking in the dool
of Swede Annie's establishment, when Officer
Bremen bounced upon him in the act anl
yanked him off to the police station, where
he gave the euphonious and convenient It'll,
of Ole Oleson.
! Walter Mann and W.. II. Merriam, of tn,
Merchants National bank, are to respectivel,
assume positions as president and vice presi
dent of banking institution at Bismarck
} D. T., to be called the Merchants bank, o
which George II. Fairchild, of Bismarck, il
to be the cashier.
Yesterday morning fourteen soldiers arrived
at headquarters en- route from ST. Louis t,
Bismarck. Twelve belonged to the Seventh
cavalry and were to fill vacancies at Fort A
Lincoln, and two were Second cavalry mel
for Fort Ellis. They were mechanics an,
musicians. They were not in the city hal
/ an hour before two of them we're put unde
: restraint for drunkenness.
At the Opera House last night there wer
not over hundred and thirty persons
hear Mr.. Homer D. Cope's rendition q
Damon and Pythias'' and not all of thea
! sat out the entire drama. The Knights &
: Pythias must have lost heavily by the en-
. terprise, for what with advertising, printing
Q circulation of hand-bills, rent of Opel
: House, and at the last moment by requet
9 of Mr.. Cope the hire of Seibert's orchest1
y the expenses were undoubtedly heavy.