Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-25

Delegates to tho Diocesan Convention to be
held at Faribault the second Wednesday in
June-Henry hale, w. r. Merriam, G. A. Ham.
ilton. Bartlett Presley, Gen. II. n. sibley, DR..
A. e. Boyd.
CITY GLOBULEs.
Grand ball this evening at the Opera House.
The gymnasts of the st. Paul association are
sedulously practicing for their exhibition on
Monday night.
4 meeting of the City Establishment asso-
ciation will convene this evening in tho cham
Der of commerce.
Who will say st. Paul is not desirable wheat
market, when it gives &c. over all competing
markets in the Slater
The frame for tho now planning mill on
Eighth street is we'll under way, and will soon
be ready for covering in.
Rev. DR.. Dana will deliver an address on the
subject of temperance at tho Reform Club
rooms this evening at eight o'clock.
st. Paul sportsmen will be pleased to learn
that prairie chickens promise to be unusually
plentiful in Wadena county this season.
Asparagus, rhubarb and lettuce are bought
daily at the st Paul city market for Manitoba,
Winona, Hastings, Rochester and other places.
Charles P. Peabody has plum trees which
were planted this season, now presenting the
unwonted phenomenon of being in full blos-
SON.
Bergman's hide store, 63 Jackson street, was
found unlocked last night by Officer Welsh,
and the establishment was secured after hunt
ing up the proprietor.
The asphalt sidewalk on Jackson street, in
front of the Davidson block, and the asphalt
crosswalk across Fourth street at the intersec-
ton Of Jackson, have been relaid.
Preparations were III progress last evening in
the Opera house for the grand charity ball in
aid of the Home for the Friendless and st.
Luke's Hospital, which occurs tonight.
There is lively competition in the st. Paul
wheat market. and for the last two days wheat
has commanded about the Chicago prices, clio
having been the ruling price on the street.
Silence still covers the whereabo ats of Mon
roe Sheire. Some time ago Mr.. Sheire ex-
pressed a desire to visit California, and his
journeying thither is among the possibilities.
The first annual ball of the Pioneer Relief
association, which occurs on Monday evening
next at the Athenmum, promises to be most
decidedly enjoyable affair, just as it deserves
to be. n
Mr.. r. Barden, yesterday, sent his splendid
| horse, Western Chief, to Barden-Barden, his
Cottonwood county farm, where he will remain
| king of the harcm that MIR. Barden's enter.
prise is getting together there.
| On taking their beats last night, the night
patrol was particularly and emphatically eau
toned by Capt. Weber, to examine all doors and
possible entrances to stores, in order that their
secure fastening might be assured.
The American Express company advertises
in the GLOBE to sell on the 23d of May un-
claimed goods which have lain. in their store
rooms over a year, and which tde company are
empowered to sell, according to law.
One of Sergt. Clark's special pets, vag rant
by the name Of Jerry Manning, was ordered
out of the city yesterday by Judge Flint, or to
be committed for thirty days. The vag &C.
cepted the former horn Of the dilemma.
C. M. Wilson, deputy United States marshal,
arrived last evening, having in charge David
and George Adams, of Two Rivers Morrison
county, charged with timber trespass. They
were lodged in Jail for the night, and will be
examined to-day.
John Winker mourns the loss of $50 black
cat that was gobbled on Tuesday night by a
dog before one could say ''skat," and John
wonders why the police did not interfere with
animals that delight to bark and bite, for I'll.
their nature SO to do
Ex-Coroner Gabrielson has, SO far, failed to
manufacture corpse for his successor out of
the Bohemian who tumbled down ElnmertA
| we'll on Tuesday. The wounded man, in fact,
is getting on all right, Notwithstanding his
medical attendance.
day or two ago Chief Engineer R. O.
Strong found a sum Of money, which he has
duly advertised, but, so far, has failed to dis
cover the owner. The property can be OBJ
tanned by. applying at the chiefs office, city
hall, proving the ownership, and paying ex-
penses.
Two hundred men are now actively employed
in grading the Hudson 4 River Falls railroad,
by whose efforts it is anticipated their work
will be accomplished by the middle of June.
| Thereafter. if no unforeseen hitch occurs, the
| track will be laid in fifteen days, and the iron
horse may screech in River Falls by the 4th of
July.
| As DR.. Stein was coming homeward on Tues
day evening along the fort road, near Martin
Delaney's pasture, an axle of his buggy sud
| denly snapped in two, throwing the doctor out,
! but failing to make his own corpse on which
he might have sat in inquest. Most miracu-
lously, the coroner escaped all injury, patched
up his carriage and arrived safely in the city.
There will be crowds Of people in St. Paul
this summer, and when the State fair time ar
rives there will be thousands and tens of
thousands more. Let all hands begin now to
put our houses, yards, fences, shade: trees,
streets, and avenues in good order that st.
Paul may make lasting and favorable i'm
preston upon those who visit us.
A'contract is pending with the West Wiscon-
sin railroad to carry 100000 feet of lumber
from Rusk, Wis.,. to Minneapolis, which would
seem to be like carrying Goals to Newcastle y
Considerable quantities of Wisconsin lumber
| find their way hither over the West Wisconsin,
the chief distribution being along the line of
the st. Paul & Sioux City railroad.
Officer Cook was requested yesterday to per-
form marriage ceremony. At least, it wasn't
quite that, but was next to it. He was asked
by young, and evidently runaway, couple
| from Minneapolis to say where somebody
could be found who would tie the wedding
! moose. The policeman babe them God speed,
and directed them to Zion's hill on Ninth
street, where parsons most do congregate.
Mr.. r. Barden, the enterprising and success
full breeder, is congratulating himself over
another valuable acquisition to his young stock
"a FLY by Swigert, dam Bay Nelly, by Gold
smiths Abdallah. The new conner ia such a
beauty, and SO promising in all respects. that
Mr.. Barden has named her ':Lorle" a favorita