Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-19
CITY GLOBULES.

The wheat harvest..is in active progress in !
Scott county and the lower end Of Nicollet !
county.
The city exchequer was yesterday enriched
by $192.50, being the collections under "ordi-
nance No. 10.'
At the weekly meeting of the board of con-
troll yesterday twenty-eight applicants were re-
ieved, only eight receiving full orders.
Charles Heines succeeded in being disorderly,
and then succeeded, yesterday, in paying 81
therefor into the municipal court exchequer.
The case against Mrs. A. L. Mintzer for vio-
lation of the fire ordinance was continued yes
terday in the municipal court until the 22d
inst.
Mrs. Smith and Charles Hostetter, having
abated the nuisances charged against them,
were yesterday dismissed in the municipal |
court.
William and Joseph Clark. a couple Of fight
ing tramps arrested near the Mississippi rail
road bridge, were yesterday committed for
seven days.
The National Hotel, Shakopee, Mr.. Heth, pro-
prietor, busy place yesterday, but the
energetic proprietor and his assistants were
equal to the occasion.
The eight-inch hole bored through the solid
rock, for the drainage of the Capitol extension
is completed, having attained the requisite
depth of twenty-seven feet.
All the delegates to the Democratic conven-
| ton at Shakopee yesterday smoked the CONNIE
IL fdut cigar, manufactured by Fetsch & o Cor
man, and of course were happy and contented
| Lovers of turf sports should remember the
| trotting and pacing matinee at the Driving
| Park this afternoon. goodly number of
| flyers will participate, and some rare sport may
be anticipated.
| The handsomest suite Of bachelors quarters
in the city for rent with furniture for sale at
a great bargain. House contains all the mod
| ern conveniences. Location most desirable.
Inquire at this Office.
Margaret Thomas, the half-breed who laughed
and cried by turns in a station cell the night
previous, was yesterday convicted of drunken
ness, and consigned to the House of the
Good Shepard for thirty days.
An elevator for books, letters and the like
was yesterday constructed in the building on
the corner of Third and Jackson streets. occu-
pied by the offices of the Chicago, St. Paul g.
Minneapolis railroad company.
Among the passengers arriving yesterday per
the Northwestern from down-river were two
invalid ladies who had to be carried ashore in
chairs. They come to seek recuperation in the
bracing atmosphere of these regions.
An immense pane of plate-glass, one of the
largest in the city, yesterday placed in the
Rogers building, ON West Third street, occupied
by the ninety-nine cent store, the former one
having been cracked through the middle
Taxpayers should bear in mind that the
board of equalization is in daily session at the
office of the county auditor, and they are re-
, minded they must appear before the board to
have their assessments ad justed before the levy
r is made.
Kate Morton has not yet paid up her liquor
j: license and the case was continued again yes
i terday in the municipal court for the fourth
: or fifth time. Mrs. Siebert, however, paid he
J; license, although she was arrested many days
. after Kate Morton.
Frank Russell was brought down from Moor
! head yesterday by Deputy Marshal Allen, ant
lodged in the county Jail. Russell was accused
, before Commissioner Burnham with having
>. cut pine timber on Red Lake reservation 81
i waved an examination and was committed.
|, Mr.. Sperry, of Kandiyohi county, in attend
It ance upon the Democratic convention at Shake
: pee yesterday, told the GLOBE reporter tina
, there was an urgent demand for harvest hand
. in Kandiyohi county, at least two hundred O
> whom could find Immediate work at goo
!. wages.
/, Several of the st. Louis excursionists yisite
). No. engine house, yesterday, and the horse
|. were paraded for their delectation. The part
s. said the animals of the ST. Louis fire depart
l. ment could make no better time in gettin
E, from their stalls to their various positions a
~ the apparatus.
+: Peter Hammond owns dog for which he re
d fused to pay license when notified to do SC
>; and penalty of SIS was inflicted upon hir
.; yesterday by Judge Flint. This will open th
7. eyes OF dog-owners to the fact that mere II
a. fusal to comply with notification to paw
T. cense for their CANNES of itself entails sever
J. punishment.
r The bottom seems to have fallen out of til
o. city Establishment society since the demise
n the late Sheriff Becht. The association faile
+ to connect again last evening w. D. Roger
s. secretary of the chamber of commerce, and
}. GLOBE reporter patiently waited the assembl
n; OF the promised meeting last evening, the
S; being the only participants present. until 8 g
S, O'Clock, when the chamber was closed for IL
e; night.
= Charles Strauss, of Hastings, mentioned j
" yesterday GLOBE as having attempted to con
9: nit suicide, died on Wednesday evening ius
. as the train from this city was crossing tt
,
I. the cars Various contradictory rumors wei
D atioat yesterday as to the circumstances attene
P ing the deed. All that could be gathered ha,
s.; ing the stamp of authenticity was that M
t. Strauss shot himself the way to his farl
r, while laboring under temporary mental abe
I'd ration.
- Aid. Grace was yesterday given charge of tt
#. construction OF the Rice street sewer by an
+, for the benefit of the Messrs. J. S. Prince an
fhn LO,,l
a. tractor, Patrick Nash. Mr.. Grace found II
d. Workmen completely demoralized by reason {
n their wages being unpaid and from otht
I. causes. This will all be remedied. The me
u will hereafter, regularly receive their earning
" independent of the fact whether estimates wi
It. be furnished by the board of public works {
D. not Active operations will not. however, /
j. resumed until Monday next.
y. The following is a brief summary of IL
a. present condition of the State treasury: Tt
r: 100000 loan authorized by the last lepislatn,
L. has all been taken up and distributed anon
r. the various State funds, such as the schoo
r; university and internal improvement Ian
It, funds. For the permanent fund it is deeme
IS, that Will be necessary to purchase 1926, 600 {
4. some $4,000 to itsscredit All this. conside
s; ing the late depleted condition of the treasur
ne denotes season of prosperity and is large
+. attributable to the successful sales of publ
A. lands in May, and to the prompt collections
O; State taxes during the present year.
:. The Crops Hong the Line Of the st. Pa,
Dc Pacific.
To the Editor of the Globe:
+ HANCOCK, Mimi, July 17.-According
s. promise drop you a line as to crop prospect
s With tritiing exceptions, grain stands wei
s. We have SO far escaped the storms that ha,
. knocked wheat down south and east of us.