Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-06
CITY GLOBULEs.
Fearfully dusty.
Rain is wanted badly.

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Incoming Eastern trains continue to arrive
loaded down with passengers, large majority
Of whom come for the purpose of securing
homes in Minnesota.
The numerous friends of Mr.. Frank Perfect,
the well known hunter and old settler of White
Bean, will regret to hear that he is dangerously
i'll of heart disease.
A riderless saddle horse came careering down
Wabashaw street to the capitol, and dashed of
up Exchange street, yesterday morning about
10 o'clock.
The Liederkranz has commenced rehearsing
for the opera of ''Die Africanerin," which will
be brought out in fine style at the Atheneum
the evening of May 18th.
This evening number of ex-soldiers will
meet at the Office of E. 81. Wood, Esq, Bridge
square. to consider the question of concert &C
ton in making soldier homestead and tree Gull
ture land entries.
The conscienceless owners of run-about cat
tie had better beware. Officer Mitchell is on
the war-path, and will henceforth impound all
stray stock, irrespective of biped owners OF
predatory quadrupeds.
The society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals released poor, tortured bear that was
being dragged behind wagon, and the two
legged bears will, in turn, be tortured before
Judge Flint this morning.
The Great Western band will leave to-day for
Minneapolis where it will be the leading fea-
ture in concert at which Mr.. Weinberg and
other soloists will appear. The concert will
occur in Association hall, under the manage
ment Of Mr.. Gale.
| County Treasurer Rice has word in season
to say to taxpayers in the advertising columns
of this issue. It is all about that iron-clad tax
law and its inevitable 10 per cent. chargeable
upon delinquents on and after June LIST next.
Read it and be convinced.
The police had an all-night tramp Of it on
Thursday night in quest of the supposed per
petrators of the Bass lake outrage, but without
success. Two men were run in yesterday on
suspicion, but, failing to answer the descrip-
ton of the thieves, were discharged.
Theophile J. Guerin, son of the late Vetal
Guerin, died last evening. He was an unmar-
ried man, ~ years of age and his malady was
cancer of the breast. He had been i'll for some
months, but his sickness did not become imme-
diately alarming until Wednesday last
The sidewalk on Robert street, for half a
block between Third and Fourth streets, is used
as an outside warehouse, and kept in an eternal
state of blockade. At that point the street is
much traversed by pedestrians, who are forced
into the street, This needs immediate refor-
nation.
To the untutored mind, the mystery of the
why and the wherefore of keeping the corners
Of Robert street, from Seventh to Third, torn
up, is altogether inexplicable, The holes for
the catch-basins have been kept yawning for
weeks, with very insufficient and dangerous
coverings of rickety boards over these internal
man-traps. Will the city engineer, or some
body else, rise and explain?
few of the compositors of the GLOBE and
P. r INDUCED themselves in game of base
ball yesterday afternoon. The wind was blow
ing strong and raw. sadly interfering with the
play, which was, however, very creditable fol
green uns," the score standing IL to II in ten
| innings in favor of the double-header repre-
sentatiyes. The GLOBE boys, true to thei,
colors, never say die, and propose giving the
hermarphrodite representatives as many
hastings as their newspaper duties will permit
during the season.
The renal MS of G. A. Whitney arrived in this
city yesterday morning, on the II 10 train Of
the st. Paul & Sioux City railroad, and were
forwarded by express, at the Geographic re-
quest of his relatives, to Manlius, New York, al
7:5O P. NJ. In consequence of these arrange
| ments, there were no services held by the
Knights of Pythas, to which fraternity Mr.
Whitney belonged. The deceased life was in
surea in the Travelling Mems Insurance associa-
ton, to the extent Of about 1880, the exact
amount not being known, it depends upor
the paid-up membership, which necessaril,
tiuctuates. He was also insured in the Knightt
of Pythias association and otherwise, in sum,
not yet ascertained, and he also possessed some
real estate.