Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-13
CITY GLoBULEs.

The council committee on public accounts
will meet today at 7:30 o'clock P. M.
The sheriff's sale of the Sattler stock of
clothing again postponed. yesterday, to
next Wednesday, the 18th inst.
The committee to solicit stock for the boom
meets this morning at 10 o'clock at the store OF
John Mathies to begin work. Gen. Sanborn
Capt. Bsrkey. Capt. Barney and Messrs. Math-
les and McCaine are the committee.
The county board of audit, composed of the
mayor, county auditor and clerk of the court
made an examin alton of the county treasures
office, papers, accounts, etc., yesterday. Ev
erything was found infinitely correct.
This evening the ''True Helpers temperance
society with Miss Ellen Wright will give an en-
tertainment in the basement of Unity church
The progra mme for the occasion is an attract
i've one, concluding with light comedy.
One of Dowlan's wood wagons got damned
in the street car track on Wabashaw street
yesterday, and went to pieces The wreck was
hauled up in front of the woodward, corner of
Wabashaw and Fifth streets, and will be put
in dry dock for repairs.
Last night Capt. Clark run in John Proctor,
an old timer, for stealing buffalo robe out of
one of Burke's hacks, a few nights ago in front
of the fremont house. Proctor has been iden-
titled as the man who paWned the robe the
same night of the theft.
The Merchants hotel is doing summer
business, as it were. The number of guests
averaged 81 daily, last week, Wednesday of
| this week l0l registered, and yesterday over
! 70 ornamented the hotel register with dis
similar specimens of chirograLhy.
How D;1Jon O,Pr;on -, ,o.o;n+ &c /. ~xo..,
complimentary invitation from the leading cit
liens of Benson to deliver his celebrated lee
| ture on 1.-The varied and humorous experiences
of an Irishman.' Dir. O Brien has decided to
| accept and has named Thursday evening, the
| 10Th inst, for the time.
| Commissioner Cardozo yesterday ordered the
discharge Of Edward st. Louis. United States
prisoner, from the county jail under the poor
act. st. Louis was convicted at the last term
of the United States district court for snug
Cling two or three gallons of whisky into this
domain in the vicinity of Duluth.
| County Attorney Rogers, to whom was re-
ferred the coroners bill about which some co.,
troversy has arisin, gave it "a thorough exami-
nation yesterday. Every item charged was
| compared with the statute on allowances, and
| in every instance found to be correct. The
county attorney will return it to the county
commissioners with the recommendation that
1T is correct and also that it be paid.
For some time, Mr.. ORrien, superintendent
of the gymnasium, has been missing articles
from the training room. He suspected that
tramps had been making the places rendez-
vous for night lodgings. At his request the
police ralded the room last night, and captured
two tramps snugly housed for the night along
side of a roaring good fire. The houseless
couple were furnished lodgings at the station.
| well known Saltwater liveryman was do
ing the rounds of the city last night. Dog
ging his footsteps were two light fingered gentle
| selves of a ring, which they took from the half
unconscious mans finger. They were detect
| ed, however, by the bar tender. who compelled
them to return the property. No policeman be-
ing close by, they were allowed to depart.
The work of repairing the damage caused by
the late fire in the general Offices of the st. Paul
& Pacific company, has been so far completed
! that General Manager Farley is once more 10.
Gated in his old quarters while the other off.
ces will soon be ready for occupancy. In the
overhauling some changes have been made in
the interior arrangements, which adds much tt
the general convenience in the transaction OF
office work.
| The new ticket Office of the Milwaukee, Chi
cage & st. Paul and the Chicago, st. Paul &
Minneapolis railway companies, northwest cor.
ner of Jackson and Third streets, has at las.
been put in ship shape, and yesterday Messrs
Charles Thompson and Charles A. Petsch the
gentlemen who will hereafter sell tickets owe,
the same counter, took possession and entered
upon their joint duties. The office presents q
very neat and tasty appearance.
Yesterday about o'clock G. L. Ebel, propri-
etor of the Minnesota house, made that vicinity
lively in wild threats to shoot himself or any
other man. He got out on the street and bran.
| dlshed his revolver around to the alarm OF
passers-by. Officer DeCorsey came up lust in
time to grab the pistol as Ebel was preparing
| to make a target of himself. Ebel was in a
frenzied state OF mind, supposed to have been
! caused by an excessive use of the ardent. The
wea pom was taken from him, and he was put
under surveillance in his house.
To-day at II o'clock noon the votes cast for
State auditor will be canvassed at the secretary
of states office. Also the votes cast on the
railroad bond question. The canvassing board
will consist of the Judges of the supreme
court and two judges of the district court with
the secretary of state. This provision for can
vasslng for auditor is in an amendment to sec
ton two OF article five of the constitution
The votes for judges of supreme and district
courts and clerk of supreme court will have tc
be canvassed by the legislature as no amend
ment to article six was made.
just about nightfall. yesterday, a sturdy
looking individual slouched along in front OF
q. GotZian u Co.'S, wholesale boots and shoes
No. l33 Third street. Thinking nobody oh.
served him, he made grab for a case of boots
somebody did observe him, and made him
aware of 1t. Then the individual left off the
slouching gait, and made rapid progress ur
Ihlrd street. Information was given to Officer
Babe, and he caught the man in the act OF
swallowing some of Larkins best-resusc1ta.
ton after his brisk walk. After getting the
man. alive. to the station. he gave his name as
John Kelly, of Philadelphia, Penn.
The Amateur Telegraph company is thor
oughly organized institution with the follow.
ing officers: A. Drake president; +. Sibley
vice president; w. Blakeey, secretary and
| treasurer; A. Nelson superintendent. Directors
"A. Drake, G. f. Becker and A. Nelson The
company has complete net work of wires
running over the whole city, with ten offices
lifted up with all the modern Improvements il
instruments and apparatus and each member
| is skilled operator with an office at his resi-
| dence. The company was incorporated" Jan
uary 9th, 1877, and has the following member
| ship: b. Rice, Jr., S. Rice, G. T.. Becke, w. M
Becker, @. w. Becker, F. Sibley, G. Potts. A.
Drake, j. W. Merriam, A. Austrian, @. Gordon
3. A. Mead, q, +. Hamilton, W. Blakeley. S
Blakeley, A. Nelson.
The Public
should know that we have the largest variety
OF holiday goods to be found in the city. NJ
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