Daily globe., 1878-12-21
CITY GLOBUIEs.
Matinee concert at Music hall at o'clock to-

Oay.
August zeigler, adjudged insane Thursday,
was taken to the asylum at st. Peter yesterday.
The Mount Zion Sabbath school will hold
their Chanukah festival. at the standard hall,
Tomorrow evening ct 80.
Mrs. Il. Anderson will sing at the concert
this afternoon, and Miss F. L. Rice, pianist, and
Mr.. j. R. Tinkham will make their debut.
Public school teachers will be happy this
morning. Vacation has commenced and Score
tary McCardy will, at o'clock, pay them a
months salary.
It looked like Christmas, and hundreds of
ladies made the most of it, yesterday by run.
ming through the snow from store to store, pur-
chasing their holiday gifts.
The Central Presbyterian church fair was
brought to close last night. The fair was e
success both as means of rational aud social
enjoyment and the replenishment of the
church eschequer.
In the matter of the assignment of Eanauer,
Litchenauer & Co., Julius Austrian filed new
bond yesterday in S210,000, the former bond
not being large enough. Maurice Auerbach
W. H. Merriam and Max Austrian were the
sureties.
MI. ]. a. Burwell, who will represent the
plow works Of B. D. Buford & Co., Rock Island,
Ill. has rented the large four story building
adjoining Beaupre, Allen & Keoghs for a
depository, and will soon locate his family in
st. Paul.
Among the things the public would like to
understand is why an engineer at 300 month,
an assistant at $50 g month, q chain man and
two rod men, together with superintendent,
are employed doing absolutely nothing at Fort
Smelling bridge.
Another weather prophet has come to the
front, and notwithstanding the fine prospect
yesterday afternoon and last evening, wishes to
go on record with the prediction there willspot
be fall of three inches of snow here previous
to the 1st of February.
He was arraigned before Judge Flint for va
grancy. John Williams had been the protege
of charitabls society in this city, and had re-
Quilted their goodness by stealing lot of old
clothes Secretary Chase had on hand for cloth
ing the poor. The court gave him twenty days
in Jail for his migrate cussedness.
Herman Rice and Frederick Reiber, who
were sentenced to the State prison for six
months, on June %, 1878, in Freeborn county,
for the crime of larceny, were yesterday
pardoned by Governor Pillsbury. Their SEN
tence would expire on the 22d day of this
month"; and the pardon was issued that they
might be restored to the rights Of citizenship.
1t appears that the United States engineer is
no more pleased with Sewells award of the
contract than are the other bidders for the Fort
Smelling bridge superstructure. It is under
stood that Col. Allen will report that while the
plan chosen will perhaps meet the requirements
of strain, it is not an imposing structure, nor
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selected.
The board of education held an adjourned
meeting last evening" for the purpose of pass
ing the pay roll. This having been accom-
plished the secretary, Mr.. McCardy, announced
this morning) to pay the teachers their sala-
ries, SO that those who are anxious to leave the
city for the short vacation may not be de-
tanned.
1t is not often that Italian opera is given in
st. Paul, and the management of the Opera
house deserve the public thanks for their en-
terprise in arranging for the production Of II
Irovatore On Monday euening No doubt the
performance will be rare treat for the mana
gers announce that the opera will be presented
with full cast, chorus and correct costumes,
and IN all respects the same as uron the Italian
and English stages. The story will be told en-
operas which are usually cut on account of
their difficulty will be restored. The box office
is open daily from 8 o'clock for securing Seats
Yesterday, Doc Larpenteur made complaint
at police headquarters that woman had taken
possession of his premises and he couldn't dis
lodge her. Officer Clouse was detailed to make
the capture. He repaired to Larpenteurs home
and there found wild eyed woman in possess
sion. She was comfortably seated and serenely
content. When asked about herself she could
give no intelligent account. She gave her
name as Anna Maria Jacks. but could say
nothing more about herself where she was
from. 1t was judged from her actions that
she was insane. The officer lodged complaint
In the probate court, and she will be examined
to-day. The unfortunate woman Is an entire
stranger in the city.
A hard individual. recently released from
Jail, by the name Of John Steele, begun q pre-
mature Christmas yesterday, on Minnesota
street. He had turkey and was drunk
christmas attributes. It was believed Mr.
Steele stole the turkey and beat somebody out
Of the drinks. The turkey soon looked like
'tthe sick of Europe very deunoralized;
he made weapon out of it and applied the
grease to several bystanders Tired Of such
foul proceedings, he flew over to Third street,
and at Beaupre Allen & Keogh's he gobbled up
cady of tobacco. Some of the employees sa
him, made tracks after and caught him by the
eft wing-arm. just then officer Gibbons came
lp and Steele was turned over to him. The
)ficer put him to roost in the station. o
Smokers Take Notice.
Fetsch & O'Gorman Ill Third street, near
The Merchants, have in store an immense stock
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