Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-25
CITY GLOBULEs.

The postof1ce will be closed to-day from 8 A.
NJ. to 6P.M.
Articles of incorporation Of the Mississippi
boom company were filed in the usual form,
yesterday.
The United States circuit court met yester-
day to adjourn until 10 o'clock A. M, next FRI
day morning.
The man whose pocket money stood the seige
ofyesterday is a zusus nature of which st. Paul
can furnish but few specimens.
William G. Robertson received his commits
sion yesterday as post trader at Fort Smelling
He will accordingly assume charge Of the bus
mess to-day.
Last night Unietd States Marshal McLaren
consigned Theodore Biesen to jail. Biesen
halls from Adams, and has been selling liquor
without license.
The municipal court will open to-day at 8
o'clock, an hour earlier than usual to accom-
MEDIATE any whisky-soaked party who COM
menced Christmas too soon.
The cold has been severe enough to freeze up
the water pipes. ALI housewives are complain.
ing of this distress, and the complaint is quite
general throughout the city.
The municipal court had but one criminal
case before it yesterday. Michael Defel got q
fine of IS for putting Harry Faendal on the
ice, as reported in yesterdays GLOBE.
The boom went booming yesterday, stock
subscripti ons reached the figure Of $4,000. Be
sides this amount contributed in the city, the
sum of 81 800 was received from Princeton.
Mr.. McClung, who has had the project more in
hand than anyone else, believes he sees the
signs of great encouragement just now.
An alarm of fire was turned in from box No.
"a, at the Merchants hotel, about l o'clock p.
NJ yesterday. The alarm was caused by the
discovery of a burning chimney at the Warren
house, corner of Jackson and Fourth streets.
The fire department was promptly on hand,
but their services were not needed. No dam
age.
George Illingsworth got out Of Jail yesterday
morning. Then he got down on to jackson
street and got two horse blankets belonging to
Charles Hanley. Then he got drunk, and
Officer Mitchell got him in Rocheford's, on
Minnesota street. Then he got before Judge
Flint, and got back to jail-in time for the
Christmas dinner.
Monday night Louis Phillips tied his horse
at the corner of st. Peter and Tenth streets,
and went into a. neighboring house. He was
absent from his cream-colored horse about
half an hour. When he returned his horse was
gone, and to date he has heard nothing of him
Strayed or stolen, and Phillips is thus deprived
of Christmas ride.
A very attractive fair was opened last even
ing at the A. M. E. church, Odd Fellows block.
These people, who have been laudably strug-
Cling to maintain minister for their bea utiful
little church, ought to be supported by their
fort TO yuhit hrof
tunity now offers to do so and at the same
time the Investment will give than the
moneys worth of enjoyment The suppers
and lunches supplied at the fair are excellent.
The fair will remain open for several days.
The committee appointed at the last meeting
of the chamber of commerce to take action in
regard to the publication of the proceedings of
the Lake Improvement convention, were in
session yesterday. They reached a conclusion
in the matter, and placed the draft of their
plan in the hands of the official reporter for
embellishments and transcription. The me-
morial,'' from the st. Paul chamber of com
merce will be omitted in the official publica-
tion of the proceedings. 1t is proposed to have
the pamphlet finished at the earliest practical
moment.
Minneapolis is having turn at the attach
ment' and confessed judgment phaze of bust
hess' 1eStclody, ieOpOlSl LuTllcu, uEy SOOQS,
made an assignment to julius Austrian, of this
city. His prefaced by confessed
judgments to the amount of $500. The
amount of stock on hand is estimated at $l2,
200, with liabilities not fully ascertained. The
legal negotiations were conducted by Rogers
Rogers, as has been the case in all similar bust.
ness transactions, of late-Sattler's, Hanauer,
Lichtenauer & Co.'s Schultz & Weiss, ard Jno.
Schulte's business, at the momentous outcome,
have been consigned to their care.