Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-03
CITY dLOBULES.

The first concert Of the Musical society will
be given on the 18th.
The city treasurer paid all CITY officers their
November stipends yesterday.
An advance of three cents was made yester-
on No. wheat, at this market.
The police and fire departments were paid
their November salaries yesterday.
The sheriff will sell the Sattler Brothers
stock of clothing at auction on the 10th inst.
next Tuesday.
The testimony of some of the witnesses at
the inquest, yesterday, was severely commented
on by the public. 1t is the popular opinion
that some one fearfully purjured themselves.
The disabling of the construction engine
prevented the completion yesterday of track
laying on the Pembina branch of the Canadian
Pacific railway, as was anticipated Saturday.
The line will probably be completed to-day.
Theodore Jackson the basso profundo of
Emersons Ministries, was the colleague of
Brooklini, the basso of Mapleson's Italian On
era company. and of w. H. Buckalew, of this
CITY. They are all from Brooklyn, and sang
together in that city.
Very near horrid suicide by the water route.
Officer Gibbons caught drunken Swede last
night just he was in the act of staggering
out, neck deep, into the Mississippi river near
Reaney's warehouse. The soaked man inside
and out was put away in the station.
The cigarmakers were on strike last night.
The strike was of the muscular kind and con-
hned to party at Byers saloon near Seventh
on Wabashaw street. Two of the gents with
ornamented frontispieces were taken up and
locked up in the station. Two more had their
eyes wide enough open, SO escaped.
Yesterday morning the police arrested two
parties on suspicion Of being connected with
the robbery of the discharged soldier, Ulsamer,
Friday night. He stated that the men who
waylald and robbed him wore caps. The two
| men arrested wore caps. Anybody who is ttcap-
ping the game just now is in peril of an ar
rest.
About o'clock, yesterday, Capt. Clark OBJ
served one Jack Carney, having lots of fun on
jackson street. Carney's fun was nearly death
to another party small in size, whom he had by
the neck, aud was shaking like terrier mouths
a rat. The small man had his breath restored
by the captains interference, and Carney was
urgently invited to take walk-up to the
station. He will wrestle with Judge Flint to-
day.
A fellow by the name of T. B. johnson. of
Minneapolis, was arrested yesterday for a com
pAAeu u1unh anu ulSOIueTly. Wnen the Crea-
ture was arraIgned in the municipal court the
.'disorderly" was shown to have consisted Of an
indecent exposure at the European hotel. The
half-drunk disciple of the djunct insulted one
of the servant girls at the hotel. As the trial
progressed, it was discovered that the Mime
apolis man wasn't equal to the emergency, SO
he was carted back to the cooler to cool off for
a new effort to-day.
Yesterday afternoon Chief R. o. Strong, of
the fire department, was given genuine sur
prise by "the boys." He was presented with a
handsome wolf robe. seal skin cap and a pair
OF otter fur gloves. Toe testimonial came to
hand without the slightest intimation of the
little scheme. The chief responded gratefully,
and last night asked the ladies to come down
to Engine aae House No. l. On arriving there he
invited them up stairs, where they were seated
before a table spread with oysters, and the
condiments. The chief returned thanks and
told the boys ito pitch in.'' They proceeded
to pitch in the oysters, nobly helped in the
business by Alderman Grace. After this
fragrant cigars were introduced, and the bows
had good time in their own good and genial
company,