Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
CITY GLOBULES.

CITY GLOBULEs.
There were no civil cases adjudicated upon
yesterday in the municipal court.
The common council committee on fire de-
partment was in session last evening auditing
bills.
The county committees claims and on put
lie buildings held meetings yesterday, transact
ing the usual formal business.
That Alhambra band nuisance was again ir-
augurated last evening in all it's discordance,
and should be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
lady had her pocket picked yesterday of a
purse containing 500 while she was in attend
ance at the delivery window of the postofice.
The weather put an effectual stopper upon
| the Rice park concert last evening, only one
number being performed when the rain de-
scended.
David Burke was had up yesterday in the
municipal court, for violating the hack ordin-
ance, and had his case continued until Wednes-
day next
A couple of suspected crooks got themselves
in the tolls of Officer Gibsons yesterday morn
ing aud were fred out of the city the first
trains for divers destinations.
The fair for the Good Shepherds was we'll
patronized last night. It will be kept open
Monday and Tuesday, and it is understood that
the fair will be brought to a close with a con-
cert at the Opera House on Wednesday.
The Victoria club held 3 meeting Friday
evening when it was resolved to keep the
Fourth in right royal style. A car will be
chartered and the club will proceed to White
Bear, where they anticipate full day of unal-
loyed pleasure.
The handsome chair at the fair il to be veted
to the most popular Catholic society The can
didates are the Catholic Benevolent society.
Plus TX society, St. Peters Benevolent society,
Father Mathews, Knights of st. Paul, St. Marys
iron clads.)
Miss Matilda r. Hatch, granddaughter of
MIA. T. G.. Pierson, quietly passed to the
other shore at IL o'clock on Friday evening, to
the intense regret of wide circle Of friends
The funeral will take place at 3:30lP P. N. to-day
from Christ church.
The cause of the single blow on the fire alarm
gongs, which awoke the fire department early
yesterday morning, and which continued its
tapping at intervals yesterday forenoon, was
found to be defect in box 80, which was
remedied in the afternoon.
Z. B. Birge, superintendent of the fire alarm
telegraph, returned from Faribault last even
ing, where he has been repairing the engine
disabled in the late fire in that city. He will
return tomorrow, and expects to turn the
engine over to the Faribault fire department
on Tuesday as sound as a dollar.
A meeting of the stockholders of the new
German paper the Democrat, was held last
evening. The outlook was shown to be very
encouraging, one canvasser alone having secur-
ed 100 subscribers in one weeks work The
1 first number OF the new paper will be issued on
being already in type
Mic. Pottgeiser, Jr., yesterday erected sign
in front of his establishment on Wabashaw
street, which is the most gorgeous affair of it's
class IN the city, and has attracted much at
tention. 1t is of the Gambrinus style Of archi-
lecture, and is the work of a special Chicago
artist in that line. One intelligent observer
was heard to exclaim that, barring the beard,
it was pretty good portrait Of Mic, except
the drum in the corner.
Michael Ross, who was arrested late on Fri
day night by Sergeant Clark in the Sixth ward
yesterday appeared in the municipal court,
charged with drunkenness. He was committed
for seven days, but his fine Of So and costs was
subsequently paid by the superintendent of the
gas works, in which establishment he is en-
ployed. This is Bichaels first jail experience
and he VOWS it will be his last.
Yesterday afternoon, John Murphy and J.
Young marched into Doyle's saloon on Min
nesota street. After liquoring up they could
not iquldate, so Doyle took the hat Of one Of
the impecunious couple as surety for his pay.
In turn, they walked off with chair, took it
down to the levee and there offered it
for sale. Here Officer Gibbons. stepped in and
walked them off to Judge Flint, before whom
they were arraigned on q charge of larceny, but
the charge would not hold water aud the pris-
oners were discharged. And thus the QuM pro
quo stands. Doyle has an Indifferent hat, but
he is minus chair
Early this week Prof. e. Woolcott will ar
rive in this city with the Edison speaking
phonsg raph, universally acknowledged to be
the miracle of the nineteenth century, which
he will exhibit for some days. The instruments
himself, and the opportunity should not be
lost to see this talking wonder, which banks
like a dog, crows like rooster, news like a
cat, blats like sheep, grunts like hog, caws
like crow, whistles like canary, sings like d
prima donna, and will talk like human being,
enunciating and pronouncing every word per-
| fectly in every known language
st. Paul is going to have at least one touch
VI genuine fOurCh OF July. owing to the
strenuous exertions of w. D. Rogers, there
will be magnificent pyrotechnic display at
the head of Wabashaw street about so r. d..
of the day named, which, it is believed will
exceed all previous efforts in that direction.
Among the fireworks will be life-sized figure
! of Washington large balloon will ascend
that will send forth an explosion in mid-air, a
sun of glory army and navy emblems, wheels
of all dimensions, and rockets, ETC.. without
end in variety. There will be a velocepede
race before the fireworks are lit. The exhibit
ton will be visible from Wabashaw, St. Peter,
Rice and Robert streets.
The East has long arrogated to itself the
whole culture of the country, but the West is
| beginning to assert itself in that direction,
| meeting it's Eastern competitors ana oft times
| defeating them on their own vantage ground.
An instance in point has recently developed the
fact that the far Northwest, as represented by
St. Paul, can pluck the honors offered in the
East for art culture and skill. At the recent
examinations of the art department of the
Cooper institute New York, the two highest
| prizes for decorative art and ornamental design
were accorded to two Western ladies, Miss
Jones, of Chicago, who Won the first premium,
and Miss Annie Wood, of this city, who carried
off the second. St. Paul has reason to be
proud of Miss Wood and of her success.
There will be few pleasanter attractions on