Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-13
CITY a1oBu1Es
Humpty Dumpty tonight.

Humpty Dumpty tonight.
Melons were selling in the market Yesterday
for ~ cents each.
Truman Smith will have tea plants to give
away tomorrow at the market.
Fires were very generally patronized last
evening. and at the hotels people huddled close
to the CRATES.
William White paid the penalty Of his drunk
en- spree by being sent to the stone pile for
four days yesterday.
The cold wave is gradually disappearing, the
temperature being more seasonable yesterday
than for several days preceding.
The low lands showed unmistakable signs of
frost yesterday morning, but the hoary visitor
was too light to do serious damage.
Margaret Bradley could not be cured Of her
besetting sin with thirty days penance. and SO
Judge Flint gave her sixty days this morning.
Gen. Gibbon spent yesterday at Fort Smelling
arranging for the reception and accommodation
of the Seventh regiment. which is to arrive
there this week. The Seventh is Gen. Gibbons
own regiment, and he feels pardonable inter-
est in seeing that they are properly cared for.
Mr.. VIM. D. Rogers was so successful with
his late excursion to Milwaukee and Chicago,
that he is now agitating visi, to St. Louis
during the exposition there, and the propo-
sitting is meeting with much favor, especially
with those participating in the Chicago trip.
Hon. Ara Barton hearing rumor that Wash
burn had challenged Mr.. Donney to a series
OF public discussions in this district, hunted
up the latter gentleman yesterday and advised
him to accept Ara rule ia too good ma
tured to be sarcastic. but the righteousness of
the rumor was SO apparent the impulse could
not be resisted on the occasion.
The Odd Fellows in this State appear to be
enjoying unusual prosperity. A new lodge
vas instituted the 9Th inst. at Hyde Park
Wabashaw county, to be known as Hyde Park
lodge, No. 66, with membership Of thirty
The lodge was instituted by p. A. Kelly,
deputy grand master. A charter has also been
issued for new lodge at Candy, Yellow Medi.
cine county.
Bishop Foster, of the M. E. church, whose
arrival in st. Paul has before been announced
| accompanied by Rev. Mr.. Goasard, presiding
elder of this district, left for Bismarck yester
day morning. They will return Saturday anc
| on Sunday the bishop will preach two sermon,
| In ST. Paul III the morning at the First M. +
| church, and in the evening at the jackson
street church.
l
The Carpenter house concert last evenins
was failure when viewed as a means of raising
funds for the noble work of succoring the suffer
ers from yellow fever. The whole proceeds at tn
gate did not amount to much over $40 ant
this was not made up merely with the regula
quarters to get admittance. There were no
over fifty people present at one time, and, con
| sequently, the speakers wisely forbore to spen,
their breath on the cold air. The reason of tn
sim attendance was the extreme chilliness o
| the atmosphere.
About thirty Sir Knights of Damascus Com
mandery, X. T., accompanied by the Grea
Western band, went to Hastings yesterda
morning to conduct the funeral of Sir Knigh
John Peller, who was found in the river da
or two since. The impressive burial service q
the knights Templar was said over the grave
and the delegation returned to this city, arr,
ing at their asylum at about S o'clock. TIL
mystery that surrounds the death of MIR, Pelle
has not yet been solved, and it may never h
known whether he came to his death by suicid
or murder.