Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-26
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Tho district court convsuss this morning.
The grass in Rics park was being nown yes-
terdsy In Rioe park.
A pleasant meeting was held last evening In
the rooms Of the Temperance Reform club.
The county committee on roads and bridges
was to have met yesterday, but failed to put
in an appearance.
steer, weighing 1900 pounds, was yester-
day exposed for sale in Hankeys stock-yard on
lower Third street.
& Among the many inquiries yesterday at the
State land Office, were parties from Wisconsln,
and one from far distant Massachusetts,.
Edward Dougherty, the alleged Merchants !
hotel thief, was committed yesterday to |
swat the continuance OF his case until Mon
day.
-Four petitions in bankruptcy were fled yes
terdoy in the United States district court, two
Of which were voluntary, and two, from Mime
apolis, were involuntary.
The loss by FIRE at the base ball grounds on
Wednesday night was not near 300, as reported
other buildings and fencings of the park were
sold only the other day, for $l6O.
The board of control held its usual weekly
session yesterday, and considered thirty-fve
applications for relief. OF these ten were cut
of the list. and twenty-five were relieved, ten
receiving the full order and fifteen one half.
When the Wabashaw street FIRE broke out on
Wednesday night, Nick. Pottgieser, Jr., the In
fantile drummer of the Great Western band,
tucked his music books under his arm, jumped
into his drum, and rolled himself up to the
Capitol as place of safety and refuge.
When No. engine ran to the Wsbashaw
street fire on Wednesday night, it was the first
occasion on which the near horse of the team
had been driven in front of the engine with its
steam up The animal acted as quietly and
handsomely IA the oldest fire horse in the city.
The children Of st. Mary's Catholic school,
to the number of about 100, went up yesterday
in three four-horse vehicles, furnished from
J Webb's livery, to visit Catholic school in
Minneapolis, and returned in the evening after
visiting the Minnehaha falls at the close of .
, vastly enjoyed and sensible holiday.
The city treasurer, yesterday, sold atsauctior
sundry lots of real estate, for delinquent i'm.
provement assessments. In all, 313 lots were
sold, realizing 81 800 in cash, and few pieces
! failing to secure bids equal to the assessments
} and expenses, We're knocked down to the city.
The lots disposed of were sold fol the tota
charges against them.
= charity ball for the benefit of the HON,
t for the Friendless and st. Luke's Hospital wa
= given at the Opera House last evening. OWNS
to the discourtesy of the management no pres
q accommodations were furnished, and tn
: GLOBE accordingly leaves any detailed notic
, of the affair to the snobbish newspapers whicl
arc destitute of self respect.
! Two special cars, chartered by the Odd Eel
lows of Faribault and Northfeld and attachet
.. to the regular morning train from St. Louis
will arrive by the Iowa division of the Chicago
, Milwaukee h st. Paul railroad at 7:l0 A. N.
Q freighted with the fraternity and their friend
T on their way to the Minneapolis celebration
! occurring to-day. The special cars will pas
1 downward in the evening.
), 1t was reported in the city yesterday tina
;, box II. Sixth ward, was turned in on Wednes
9 day night for the base ball ground fire, IN
Q that it would not work. The statement wa
;. utterly untrue. There were some who wishe
! to turn in the alarm, but the party in charg
of the key to the box, a lady by the way, wise
ly refused to give it up for that purpose, as sh
: sensibly deemed the department would hav
v been useless, even if it had arrived on tn
}; ground.
8 The two men, David and George Adams, G
); Two Rivers, Morrison county, whose lodgmer
70 in Jail was exclusively noticed in Yesterday
Q GLOBE, were held yesterday by Commissions
II Cardozo to appear at the next June term of tt
10 United States circuit court in this city. The
II are charged, already stated, with trespassin
% on the timber lands of the United States
= waived an examination, and, having given the
, own recognizances for their appearance, VIC,
IL discharged.
6 The superintendent Of the fire alarm tel
- graph yesterday discovered that some scou
- drel had wilfully and maliciously crossed Il
wires connecting box II, Sixth ward, with Il
Y rest Of the city system. 1t was adeliberate a
e of vandalism, as the wires hung three fe
r, apart, and the action of the wind only cou
~ not have caused the under wire to overlap Il
n upper one. People who see the fire alarm wir
IL crossed should Immediately report the fact
! the superintendent, at No. 4 engine house,
Y, the chief engineer. at the city hall.