Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
. CITY GLoBULEs

CITY GLoBULEs.
There were no civil cases adjudicated upon
yesterdayin the municipal court.
The common council committee on FIRE de-
partment was in session last evening auditing |
bills. Il
Theoounty committees on claims and on put-
lie buildings held meetings yesterday, tranaact-
ing the usual formal business.
That Alhambra band nuisance was agsin ir-
augurated last evening in all its discordance,
and should be iucontinently3squelc
A lady had her pocket picked yesterday Of .
purse containing $40 while she was in attend-
ance at the delivery window Of the postoffice.
The weather put IN efectual stopper upon
tho Rice park concert last evening, only one
number being performed when the rain de-
seconded.
David Burke was had up yesterday in the
municipal court, for violating tho hack ordin-
ance, and had his case continued until WedneA-
day next.
A couple Of suspected crooks got themselves
in tho tolls Of Officer Gibbons yesterday morn-
ing and were fired out Of the city on the first
trains for divers destinations.
Tho fair for the Good Shepherds was we'll
patronized last night. II will Do kept open
Monday and Tuesday, and it is understood that
the fair will be brought to . close with = con-
cert at the Opera House on Wednesday.
The victoria club held meeting Friday
evening when it was resolved to keep the
Fourth in right royal style. 4 car will be
Bear, whero they anticipate full day Of unal-
loyed pleasure.
The handsome chair at tho fsir il to DO ysted
to the most popular Catholic society. Tho can-
didates are the Catholic Benevolent society,
Plus TX society, st. Peters Benevolent society,
Father Mathews, Knights of st. Paul, Sc. Marys
(iron clads.) .sst.. t
Miss Matilda r.. Hatch, granddaughter of
MICA. T. G. Pierson, quietly paused 20 the
other shore ut II o'clock ON Friday evening, TO
The funeral will take place at 8 :S0lP. II today
from Christ church.
The cause of the single blow on the fire alarm
gongs, which awoke tho fire department early
yesterday morning. and which continued it,
found 70 be : defect in box 80, which was
| remedied in the afternoon. #,.9
! f. B. Birge, superintendent of the fire alarm
telegraph, returned from Faribault last even
ing, where he has been repairing the engine
| disabled in the lato fire in that city. He will
return tomorrow, and expects to turn the
engine over to the Faribanlt fire department
on Tuesday as sound as 9 dollar.
| A meeting Of the stockholders Of the new
German paper, the Democrat, was held last
| L ?. fryps II
/ encouraging one canvasser alone having secur.
| ed $50 subscribers in one weeks work. Thu
first number Of the new paper will be issued or
/ Thursday next, much of the matter therefor
being already in type.
| Mic. Pottgeiser, Jr., yesterday erected a sig1
in front of his establishment on Wabashav
| street, which is the most gorgeous affair of it,
! class in the city, and has attracted much at
tention. 1t is Of the Gambrinus style Of archi
lecture, and is the work of special Chicag,
/ artist in that line One intelligent observe
was heard to exclaim that, barring the beard
itw was pretty good portrait Of Mic, except
the drum in the corner.
Michael Ross, who was arrested late on Fri
day night by Sergeant Clark in the Sixth ward
yesterday appeared in the municipal court
charged with drunkenness. He was committe,
for seven days. but his fine of S$3 and costs wa
gus works, IN which establishment he is EN-
ployed. This is Miohaers first jail experience
and he VOWS it will be his last.
Yesterday afternoon, John Murphy and ]
Young marched into Doyle's saloon on Mir
nesota street. After liquoring up they coul
not iquldate, so Doyle took the hat OF one Q
the impecunious couple as surety for his pay
In turn, they walked off with chair, took
down to the levee and there offered
for SALE Here Officer Gibbons stepped in an
walked them off to Judge Flint before whor
they were arraigned on . charge Of larceny bu
the charge would not hold water aud the pri
oners were discharged. And thus the Quid Pr
quo stands. Doyle has an Indifferent hat, bu
he is minus . chair
; EARLY thin week Prof. E. Woolcott will q
rive in this city with the. Edison speaker
phonsgraph, universally acknowledged to !
, the miracle of the nineteenth century, whit
! he will exhibit for some days. The instrnmen
: used were made and approved by MIR. Edise
: himself, and the opportunity should not
f lost to see this talking wonder, which bar
i like dog, crows like a rooster, news like
: cat, blats like sheep, grunts like q hog, ca,
o like a crow, whistles like canary, sings like
. prima donna, and will talk like human bein
enunciating and pronouncing every word pt
y fectly in every known language.
t St. Paul is going to have at least one tou
! Of . genuine Fourth of July. Owing to t
i strenuous exertions of W. D. Rogers, the
will be magnificent pyrotechnic display
the head of Wabashaw street about 80 F..
of the day named, which, it is believed "
q exceed ali previous efforts in that directio
Among the fireworks will be Gfe-sized fgu
st of Washington, large balloon will asce
rs that will send forth an explosion in mid-air
: sun of glory, army and navy emblems, whe,
;; of all dimensions, and rockets, etc.. witho
- end in variety. There will be a velocepe
\. race before the fireworks are lit. The exhit
:, ton will be visible from Wabashaw, st. Pet
}. Rice and Robert streets. 3@
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a The East has long arrogated to itself
O. whole culture of the country, but the West
le beginning, to assert itself in that directls
It meeting its Eastern competitors and oft tin
be defeating them on their own vantage gronl
ne An instance in point has recently developed
fact that the far Northwest, as represented
st. Paul, can pluck the honors offered in
East for art culture and skill. At the rece
examinations of the art department of