Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-07
CITY GLoBULEs.
Marie Roze- Mapleson tonight.
Fashion and feathers to-day at III Seventh

Fashion and feathers to-day at III Seventh
street.
The city treasurer will pay off the street
force to-day.
Anchor ice was moving quite freely yesterday
for about the first time this season.
Mrs. General German has been seriously sick
for several weeks, and is confined to her room.
Chief Strong had the water barrels on the
bridge emptied yesterday, thus saving them for
another season.
The hotel registers show but little, if any,
falling off in arrivals from the summer months,
when the pleasure travel was so large.
Sheriff Barton, of Rice county, passed
through the city yesterday with horse thief
and two petty 1arcenies for Saltwater.
The Ramsey county anti-drive we'll asssocia-
ton will meet to talk over the situation at the
chamber of commerce rooms this evening.
Yesterday was genuine Minnesota winter
day, barring the absence of snow. bright
sun shone the entire day, and oyercoats were
entirely useless for pedestrians.
No. 2 fire engine, temporarily retired from
service by a tip over and smash up in going to
the st. Paul Pacific fire, has been fully re-
paired and is now ready to respond to all calls.
Rev. Merritt Hulburd, the newly appointed
minister to the First NJ. E. church, reached
this city yesterday, and will fill the pulpit in
bis new appointment on Sunday morning and
evening.
The complaint in the suit of W. L. Ander-
son against the First National bank, was yes
terday served upon Messrs. Bigelow, Flandrau
nd orGr {bo.
suit is promised to be brought to speedy
issue.
The three piers Of the Fort Smelling bridge
In the bed of the river have been laid above
high water mark. Messrs. Steele g. McIntire
have had men working night and day to adj
vance the work so that the high water in the
spring cannot damage it.
The fertunates who hold tickets for the
Opera House tonight will have the privilege
OF hearing the prima donna who has won more
extravagant encomiums from the press and
created more enthusiasm from the people than
any living actress or singer-Marie Roze.
Kellogg, the st. Paul weather prophet, will
have to come to the front. An old settler of
Atwater, noted for his weather lore. asserts
that the present winter will be milder than
last, and that the coming summer will be more
passed through.
A family of French emigrants, women and
children, from Canada, arrived at the Sibley
street depot yesterday morning by the 10: 40
train en- route for Crookston. They had given
up their tickets on the train to the conductor.
who said they were only good for St. Paul
while the emigrants thought they would take
them through to their destination. The peo-
pie are without money and cannot speak
English. The railroad company, however.
sent them through.
Yesterday, Robert H. Keef, proprietor of the
half way house on the new road to Minneapolis
was arranged in the municipal court on the
charge OF horse stealing: James G. True is the
complainant. Lately Keef has been dealing in
horse flesh, and True AYERS, in the character of
Truthful James, that on or about the 4th of
December, 1878, Keef came into possession of a
horse belonging to him, True, and that he had
no knowledge of having made any dicker with
Keef 70 all this Keef puts in stout denial.
The case will come up again for hearing this
morning.
The sheriff's sale yesterday Of the Jacobs
stock Of millinery at No. III East Seventh
street was largely attended by the ladies, and
the auctioneer, Mr.. P. T. Kavanagh, had lively
work. Husbands are expected around TO-DAY
to settle up. Ducks" of bonnets, lovely
flowers, fuss and feathers, with innumerable
lengths of furbelows were exhibited. The
ladies became all excitement and bid away at a
tremendous rate. They do say that some of
the ladies became SO warmed up with the en-
joyment of mans right to attend auction, that
some of them really bid against their own bid,
Three hundred lots of articles were put up and
knocked down at the total sum of $217 or
thereabouts. The sale continues to-day.