Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
CITY GLOBULEs.

The platform of the Merchants hotel elevator
was being placed in position yesterday.
Yesterday, the city treasury paid some
$4,000 on city contractors estimates, in sums
varying from $3.50 to $500.
The Charlie Cheever went down yesterday to
meet the Alexander Mitchell, but had not re-
turned at 1890 o'clock last night.
The Great Western band will attend the ex-
cursion to Lake Elmo to-day, leaving jackson |
street depot at 8 o clock AN.
Messrs. l.. K. Stone and G. +. Patton give
reception tomorrow at their camp in honor of
the Kansas City visitors at White Bear.
The river yesterday denoted depth of |
thirty-fve inches being rise of two inches !
during the previous twenty-four hours.
A''novelty cigar SALE has been opened on
jackson street, opposite the Merchants, which
has all the appearance of sucker. "-catching |
affair.
The frescoing of the First National banks
ceiling and walls is almost completed, and.
while extremely chaste in design, will greatly
add to the appearance of the chamber.
couple of prairie schooners traversed Wa |
bashaw street yesterday evening, the can
vass of one being rudely painted, "A company
of Swedes," and on the other, .'Ho! for Min
nesota." They passed to the beyond.
The officers of the Minnesota Kennel club
will have meeting Monday evening, to decide
upon the field trial in connection with the
bench show at the State fair. This part of the
programme will be decidedly the feature of
| this show.
Since its opening the Sd inst. the bull's
eye gong of the shooting gallery on Wabashaw
street has been kept ringing like fre-alarm
| apparatus struck by st. Vitus's dance, and the
| target borers have succeeded in collectively
| firing off IL, 600 cartridges.
The scrupulous cleanliness of the police
station in this city is excelled nowhere. As
hoor-scrubber and general hater of dirt, Jailor
I Jessrang would bring the tears of emulation
| and envy into any housekeeper's eyes when the
spring housekeeping fever is at its height.
1t was stated yesterday by gentleman who
went up to Little Falls, Morrison county, on
Tuesday last and returned ON Friday, that on
the upward journey the wheat fields were
green, and that, upon the dow, ward journey,
they had turned yellow for the harvest.
Yesterday morning, Air. John B. Confer. B
prominent scitizen of tShakopee, narrowly
escaped death while passing 80 East Third
street. "A large piece of the stone cornice, be-
coming detached. descended with great velo-
city, Just assed Mr.. Conter's head and was frac-
tured into thousand pieces upon the pave
ment.
wagon belonging to the North Mississippi
Ice company was drawn on a tear by its team
yesterday forenoon near Posts side track, the
only points in comparison with the speed of
the horses being the rapid melting of the con-
gealed liquid and the equally rapid perspira-
tion of the jolted and affrighted driver.
4
country bordering on the line of the st. Paul
Il Sioux City railroad is to the effect that the
cereal crop-corn excepted-threatens to riper
tense heat of the past few days. Oats are bad
ly lodged and it is feared tnisg grain will be har
vested at great loss and with much difficulty
I. If any .'ofhcious hummer on the streets" be
! lieves Coroner Stein is not natura!ized he hae
t better call upon the latter and he will receive
8 sitter "stiff" than he ever dreamed of whel
(. shown the necessary papers, dated in New Or
Il leans in 1874. It will not, therefore, be neces
0 sary for all the corpses sat upon by Dr. Stein t.
.'arise and call him blessed for that favor.
,, Among the races set for the White Bear re
:, gatta on the 25th one calculated to excite con
It siderable attention and excitement will be tn
% contest between the redoubtable oarsmen. Ian
?, X. Stone and w. II. Oxley. Both gentleme
are In the nanQS OF tnclt trainers, al u are De
= ing put through severe regimen of diet. tn
amount of raw beef they deyour being q eau
I. ton to weak stomaohs.
a On Tuesday evening there was very pleas
4 ant gathering at the Dunn house, White Beal
r when the St. Paul oanvas-people entertaine
: the visitors from other cities Among thos
- present were Mrs. Rape, Mrs. Capt. Duboi
- Misses Belline, McCord and Morrow, from Kal
sas City; and Messrs. Hawley, Chicago; De,
t, ereau and Brown, Kansas City. Dancing W,
n kept up with spirit till the early dawn.
10 The mapagers of the Home for the Frient
- less association return their thanks to ii
= donors of the following named gifts, receive
- :. during the months of April, May and Jun
at 1878: Clothing, boots and shoes. spectacle
T. vegetables, biscuits, rhubarb, milk, chees
I'll butter. books. chairs, cake and sandwich
IL from First Presbyterian church. bed qui
nt from the young Ladies Sewing society,""
~ the jackson street Methodist church.
TX The force of laborers upon the Rice sire
e, sewer is being gradually organized under &
n generaship of Aid. Grace. the superi
e. tendent in charge. This is really the only d
fculty at present, and is rendered all the mo
embarrassing from the eact of the workm
not having been heretofore paid their wage
All this has now been happily obviated. A
As- rangements have been made for the regular al
prompt payment of the men, and the contra
is now expected to pass along smoothly to
completion.
675 Hos plucky, if he is small; whereby
O25 meant Chief of Police Weber. Shortly befe
s 90, midnight last night, burly Sixth warder u
10. dertook to clean OUT every thing on Bird
5s8 square. and then took to his heels across I
294 bridge before he had half finished his con ira
- with the chief and some citizens after him. I
95t way the head of the police force "sat dow
e5t upon that bruiser caution. and the fis
667 cuffer will have ample time to consider there
:. until tomorrow morning, when Judge FIJI
tzl will hear all about it.
The difficulties heretofore noted in the Gle
as existing between the st. Paul & Pacific a
Northern Pacific railroads are in fair way
g amicable adjustment by friendly arbitrati,
e the parties to whom the matters are to be
,S ferred being the superintendent of the Chica
900 Burlington l. Quincy railroad, Mr.. Harris,
,So behalf OF the Northern Pacific and the gene
a auv freight agent of the Illinois Central,
zoo Tucker, for the st. Paul l. Pacific. In COW
~ sation yesterday with GLOBE reporter,
20. 1oz Farley said the basis of the arbitration
ane same us that offered by him two months ago
- The sidewalk in front of the Haywood bio
l57 which has been subject of freqeunt ment
l57 in tbese co,umns ia in most disrenpta
condition. Nor is this all, the balustrades
/ the projecting stairways to the doors are i,
nS disgraceful state of rottenness and danger.