Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-09
CITY GLOBULEs.

CITY GLOBULEs.,
The electric bells for the new portion Of the
Merchants were yesterday placed in practical
order.
The hill on jackson street, between Third
street and the levee, underwent q top-dressing
of gravel yesterday.
Elbridge g. Chase, of Kasson, Dodge county,
has filed petition in bankruptcy before Henry
=. Butler, ESQ.,, register at Rochester.
The arrests made by the police last month
were the most numerous in many years, and
resulted in securing nearly 500 in fines.
The usual weekly meeting of the aims house
and hospital board occurred yesterday morn
ing, but presented no features Of special mo-
ment.
The man with the telescope established him
self and instrument at the corner of Third and
Wabashaw streets last night and did good
business IN collecting dimes from those desir-
ons OF an intimate acquaintance with the
moon.
Among the passengers arriving yesterday by
the Minnesota from Dubuque were Mrs. johann
ma Klausser and MIR. Koch. who will appear
with MIR. Lasswitz in three Sunday evening
performances at the Athenaum, commencing
with next Sunday.
The proceedings in the municipal court yes
terday We're unusually devoid of interest, in
Guiding nothing, beyond a couple Of nuisance
cases, that were not detailed in yesterdays
account in the GLOBE Of arrests made during
the previous night.
Frenchman named Frank Delace became
unlaced yesterday and pointed revolver at
woman residing on the corner of Broadway and
Fourth streets. He was locked up at o'clock
last night, and will answer in the municipal
court this morning.
large number of Turner's were in the city
yesterday, congregated here temporarily on
their way to Waseca where the State Turner
society, headed by Col. Pfaender, State
treasurer, departed with the others at P. NJ.
On the 4th inst, a couple of young fellows,
aged about l6 years, absconded from Chicago
with horse and buggy belonging to Drink
that city. With them they took young girl.
aged 10 years, and the whole party is supposed
to be making It's way to this city.
The removal of the military headquarters to
this city is still, like Mahomet's coffin. hang
uncertain ty and Inconvenience vet prevails.
This, however, will be shortly relieved and it
ls hoped the headquarters will be once more
located in ST. Paul within week from date
In connection with the complaints of SNUG
Cling Canada brandy into the States, Collector
Bickel proceeded to Duluth and made thor
ough investigation into the matter. examining
persons who had received and had been offered
such brandy He did not find anything very
serious, but sufficient indication of indiscre-
lions as to warrant his submitting the testi-
mony to the authorities at Washington.
70 the intense regret of a wide circle of
friends, Mr.. John G. Betz died in this CITY yes-
terday morning, in his 63d year, after linger
ing illness. MIR. Betz served three years in the
city council, and the same period as comfy
commissioner, while in 1864 he was one of the
State electors who voted for the election of
President Lincoln. The funeral will take place
at zOO P. NJ. Of Saturday next from SO Goodhue
street.
The crops of corn and fax and the raising of
stock along the line of the st. Paul & Sioux
City railroad during the present season have
been more successful than in any previous
year. This will have the very desirable result
OF counteractlng In large measure the COM
paratlve failure of the wheat crop, but even
that, although of acknowledged inferiority in
y
ton OF the grasshopper-devastated years lately
past.
A girl, aged about Is years, named Nellie
Carr, ran away from her home in this city on
Wednesday last, taking with her $40, the prop
erty OF her parents. Her whereabouts are not
exactly known, but it is believed she has he
come denizen of Jennie GREEN'S bagnio in
saltwater. The girl had developed fast
tendencies and had formed the acquaintance
OF the notorious Green woman, who was re-
Gently tried in this city for robbery from the
person OF a man named Martin.
A horse attached to one of McFarland's gro
Gerry wagons was left standing for 2 moment on
Franklin street, near Fourth at noon yester-
day, while the driver delivering at one Of
the houses. Concluding the atmosphere was
altogether too cool for equine endurance, the
animal took speedy, but short runaway.
turning the corner Of Fifth. where the
wagon took clean somersault, and the horse
was stopped. Fortunately, the contents of the
vehlcle were small in number and variety and
beyond their smashing no damage was effected.
Two more novelties were yesterday promised
for the State fair, occurring during the first
week of next month. A pair of elks, excel
lently trained and of great speed, the propertv
OF A. ii. Moore, of Fargo D. T., will be driven
each day OF the fair in a carriage or trotting
sulky. The second attraction will consist Of
an an exhibition of fish by Mr.. Watkins, of Red
wing: Among the latter will be large num-
Der OF hybrids between California salmon and
native trout. which constitute great natural
curiosity not heretofore presented anywhere.
day or two ago, woman with three inter
esting, Intelligent and young children, came to
this city from Fishers Landing in the expecta-
tion of meeting her husband, who had prec. d.
e s1 her hlther, but he could not be found, and
the family became county charge, On
Wednesday night Officer Bremen locked up
man whom he found sleeping on the sidewalk
near the elevator on West Third street. Early
Yesterday morning the woman called with her
children at police headquarters, when a dauoh-
ter discovered and recognized her father in one
of the cells, he being the drunkard captured as
above. He had been on toot, had expended
an his money, and was sensibly and charitably
liberated to join his wife and offspring, with
out an introduction to the municipal court.
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