Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-05
CITY GLoBULEs.

Clinton avenue church festival this evening.
The Choral Union meet this evening at 1880.
A few more good seats up stairs left for the
Marie Roze concert.
The Outside" buyers rushed wheat up again
yesterday; Sc pounds advanced 7c; 81 pounds,
&c. and So pounds, &c.
1t is expected that new soprano of great vo-
cal powers and culture will make her debut at
the Musical society's concert on the 18th.
What mastery strategy to recover lost
ground! What massive intellect conceived it.?
The p. P.'s Etheridge story is very diapha-
nous.
little better feeling exists in live stock; 43
head of rough cattle sold at 1915, and a lot Of
good steers at $3.45 per 100 pounds, live
weight.
Yesterday Pierre Villebrun, United States
prisoner, was discharged from the county jail
He had been serving sentence for selling
whisky to the White Earth Indians.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Nugent, standing
fve-feet-four in his Burt's last G., No. 4,
wrestled with long and very much drunken
man. Finding his man real Timber like, he
fiually doubled him up and rolled him into the
station.
Detective Hoy, Of Minneapolis, was in the
city yesterday taking a scrutiny in the differ
ent secondhand stores. He was looking after
some cooper tools, carpenters tools and a set
of harness. This property disappeared from
various localities in the adjunct u few days
ago.
The United States pensioners made their
quarterly visit to the county clerks office yes
terday to have their papers duly fixed for
II IL.
Little enough is the amount paid for 'life'' by
the government, and Col. Kiefer did not lessen
it any by charging for his services.
The customer barber dotes on is one who
comes in for shave and sits down in the chair,
ornamented with high standing collar, puff
ing at cigar and reading newspaper. The
tonsOrial artists cOunt enance assumes an eX-
preston of beatifc bliss. All the better if the
is short-necked and has wiry beard.
Yesterday Officer Kenealy found one O'Brien
lettering around town. Mr.. OBren is not a
desirable citizen. He broke jail last spring
with Billy Hughes, but was captured at Brain
erd. He released lately from jail, his SEN
tence having expired AS he had suspicious
way of making II living, it was thought best to
lock him un away from temptation.
A party by the name of Johnson was run in
by Capt. Clark yesterday afternoon. He was
detected in the act Of selling for 25 cents
at p secondhand store on Wabashaw street.
He couldn't give good account of how he
ca1ae in possession of the instrument. few
days ago he was up before Judge Flint and was
banishcd, but he didn't exile worth cent.
This time the reverse was tried and he was
allowed to remain in town for seven days-in
Jail.
An alarm from box 6, corner of Third street
and Summit avenue, was sent in last night
about o'clock, caused by the discovery of a
fire in an DID, unoccupied barn beyond the city
limits, on Dayton avenue. The fire depart
ment turned out promptly, but the dry build
ing was consumed before the distance could be
overcome. Loss nominal. Name of owner
not ascertained. 1t is supposed that some
small boys skating the vicinity set the
shanty on fire.
The St. Paul Vocal society meet again this
evening at the Conservatory of Music, ia West
Third street. The society has already nearly
100 members. most of whom possess excellent
voices, and not few good musical knowledge.
Any one having a good voice and fair knowl-
edge of music can join the society, the object
o: the projectors being TO fill want greatly
tet. With all the musical talent St. Paul
possesses there is not to-day society capable
of rendering efficiently a chorus in an opera or
an oratorio. The st. Paul Vocal society deter
mine this shall not long be the case.
Tuesday evening Swear old son of Mr..
Doyle's, who resides at the corner of Miller
avenue and Rice street, met with peculiar
and serious accident. The little one was at
play with sister, when he fell. striking his
head. A cry announced the hurt, but at first
it was not considered alarming as the fall was
apparently not sufficient to cause much in
jury. Subsequently the child showed eviden-
ces of coma, and it is believed he suffered a |
conclusion of the brain. The hope of re-
every, however, is entertained by the ply
sician.
He had been rough rider on the frontier,
had seen 1ndians-in the distance, but had
never been subjected to such savage treatment
as he received in st. Paul yesterday. Then he
stated his name was George Bertram, dis
charged soldier of emp company, Seventh
United States cavalry. He was in Delaney's
saloon on the corner of Robert and Fourth |
street, and had been set upon by a whole crowd |
and beaten. Then he wept. He was told not
to slop over but go on with his story. He
gasped ont that he wanted justice. He was
told that Judge Flint could attend to his case,
and he waded away between his weeps from
police headquarters.