Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-18
CITY GLoBULEs.

CITY GLOBULES.
Hon. Chas. III. Lienau of Carver county, and
Senator Henry of Scott are in the city and
at the Cosmopolitan.
8. T.. Finch, ex-sheriff of Nankato. and
brother of the popular and energetic president
of the state agricultural society," is in the city.
woman, in the singing and crying stage of
intoxication, was locked up last night, and will
be called upon to answer for her hilarity before
Judge Flint this morning.
The cornice of the Merchants has been
painted light color, which has had the effect |
of materially relieving the previous gloomy
appearance of the structure.
At 10 o'clock last night, farm wagon loaded
with plows and drawn by four yoke of Oxen
a fifth being led-crossed the bridge, and plod-
dcd its weary way westward up Third street.
There was only criminal case on the ma
nicipal court docket yesterday, and even that
was dismissed as the defendant, Sylvester
Whipple, was demonstrated to have been
arrested by mistake.
Sheriff Clark W. Chambers, of Steele county.
passed through st. Paul yesterday afternoon to
Saltwater, with Frank Hardena, ST., sentenced
to the State prison for one year for an assault
with deadly weapon.
Rye over seven feet high, with large, full
heads, is what is shown parties skeptical of the
immense growth of grain claimed this year, at
the offices of the St. Paul & Sioux City railroad
"a sam pie OF the grain grown along their line.
At o'clock yesterday morning, as DR..
Mintzer was driving young horse out of his
stable on Robert street, the animal took fright
and managed to break one shaft of the buggy
and plastered the occupants of the carriage
| most delightfully."- all over with mud
There was an immense gathering of pedes-
TRANS upon the bridge last evening. taking adj
vantage of the excellent music at Grote's gar
den and the deliciously cool air. but they had
| to grope about in Egyptian darkness, thanks to
the ridiculous rule for lighting the street lamps
or the obtuse stupidity of the lamp-lighter.
The combined circumstances of a moon in
the calendar and the presence in the city of
the st. Louis excursionists had the supreme
effect of developing the sublime stupidity of
the gas lamp lighter, the streets being left in
outer darkness by that dunder-headed func.
tionary, or by the orders of his equally dunder.
headed superiors.
On Saturday night the New York Serenaders
who have played in the East for almost score
of years, will give their first entertainment be
fore st. Paul audience Wherever they have
ton, Texas; Montreal, Canada. or Omaha Ne
braska, they have been the subject of mucl
praise. Get your tickets.
Damascus commandery is in active prepare
ton for participating in the Inauguration O
the Saltwater commandery on the LIST prox.
} while the brethren of the latter are equal,
active in providing right royal reception TO
{ their expected visitors. special train viii
| convey the party from here to the city of log
and lumber and hospitality, and the Grea
Western band will be in attendance
The concert at Grote's last evening attracted
very large audience to the Tivoli. Anon
/; those present were many of the st. Louis ex
curslonlsts. curious incident connected wit
the concert was that the fine hooking bird be
: longing to MIR. Grote would SO follow som
n leading instrument. and so accurately that MI
Grote had to remove the bird, whose imitation
e were embarrassing to the musicians.
Patrick Nash, the Rice street sewer contract
or, is still unhappy. His men We're promise
=. pay yesterday but didn't get it. They are no
2 promised their money on Friday, but they r,
: fuse to do stroke till they get it, and so til
big job on Rice street is at standstill. Th
7 men insist upon all back wages being paid III
e an advance of twenty-five cents day an
II their wages to be paid every two weeks.
telegram, yesterday, to the general offic,
g of the st. Paul & Sioux City road, from Gel
+. Bishop, general manager of the road, who hi
J. been out along the line for several days pas
It and who has been making critical examin
ton of the condition of the growing grain
} various fields, says: 'Crops all looking fiji
J. yesterday. Found no grain lodged except o,
/ field of oats, and that not badly. Hea1
I showers last evening may have lodged son
oats"
(; Clerk Kiefer denies that he is running di
;; tillery, and wishes to have the GLOBE SO stat
:, The GLOBE has already stated this to be tt
= fact. Ex-Clerk Barney Armstrong has but I
= Gently paid over the money, and the GLOBE h
L. expressly announced that Mr. Kiefer has be,
I. correspondingly delayed in completing his di
< tillery. When Mr.. Kiefer obtains all Il
+ money and actually embarks in the distille
Il the public will learn the fact through Il
y. GLOBE, and until then no credence should
5; given to unauthorized statements of irrespor
7. ible sheets.
1. Some half-dozen tramps assembled last eve
a; ing in the neighborhood of the railroad brid
a. which crosses the Mississippi near the ci
T, hospital. Fellows of their description a
ia usually deemed to be extremely unanimo
L. and cordial, but, for some reason or other, tn
rs had terrible ruction last night, and indulg
y. in a combat among themselves, making t
a; night hideous On the appearance of sing
"a patrolman, the party scattered, but one W
=; secured with some difficulty by Officer Wats
1. house, and landed in the station with the he
l. of citizen. 1t is supposed to be the sal
H. gang which, expelled from Minneapolis,
le tackled the GLOBE messenger ON the previo
&c night. second member of the gang, havi
q, only one arm, was arrested after midnight