Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-14

technicsl violations of the Law, discovored no
erookedneas in tho district, and declared It 70
be tho cleAnsat he had found since leaving
Ohio.
Thst cavern on West Third street commenced
receiving attention yesterday from hiram
Rogers, in front of whose block the exposed
excavation 10. It Is being filled BY stone emp
pings from the quarries which VII! surely not
wash away. The job has been let Dy MT: nog-
ers in 3 contract ct figures much below the es-
innate of the city engineer.
road company has served the secretary OF
states Office with q notification that the COM
pany will present petition to the district
court of Olmsted county, on the 22nd inst,
Tor the appointment of three commissioners 70
ascertain and determine the compensation to
be paid for right of way.
Neither do men light candle and put it
under bushel, but on candlestick; and 1t
giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let
your light 80 shine before men, that they may
see Your good works. and glorify your Father
which il in heaven. Matt. v: l5-lb The
foregoing passage of scripture 10 respectfully
presented to the attention of the =. 3. Ps., who
are engaged in almost nightly secret con-
clave.
The Red Lake River, Water Power and Canal
company, Of CrookSton. has forwarded to the
secretary Of state, TO be filed for record. its
articles of incorporation. The object OF the
company il the construction, operating and
maintaining, for water power and navigation
purposes, canal stretching from CrOokston to
Q junction with the Red Lake river at or below
the mouth of Thief river, all in Polk county
Yesterday commenced the work of demoli-
ton of the old portion of the Merchants hotel
on Third street, which has long been an eye
sore to the newer and handsomer parts of that
fine building: The portion now being demol-
ished was built in 1852, and was heralded in
the papers of that date as the finest building in
the Northwest. For that day and generation
it was doubtless q very respectable structure.
but with the lapse of 26 years, and with the
Improvements therefrom resulting it has long
since become antiquated, and hence had to
give way to the march Of improvement In
those early days the materials used must have
been far from frst-class, as the stones seem to
adhere but slightly and are easily displaced.
balky horse, the lantern sides of which APP
peared to afford good reason for his being such,
on Fifth street. between Cedar and Wabashaw.
The wooden-headed driver piled the whip most
mercilessly, aud the horse seemed inclined to
retaliate, kicking out 80 Viciously once or twice
and rearing 40 violently at times that it looked
as if some mothers baby boy was everlast-
ingly going to roll out Of the nest on the buggy
| seat. Finally, ono of the two men in the
vehicle got out, and the animal went along.
Then the man got in. Then the horse stopped
again. Then the driver whipped, and SO on
da capo. A little less whip-cord and the horse
logged along about its business.
1t is an unquestionable fact that there is in
this city formidable gang of burglars. which
may make itself unpleasantly felt before long
Minneapolis and various parts of the State have
4 been successfully raided by seoundrels. and i,
would hardly be probable that St. Paul should
| escape. Traces Of the thieves, afforded by ont
| or two unsuccessful attempts at burglary il
various parts of the city, independent Of ths
| attacks, noted elshwhere, upon the school house
and church of the German Catholic congrega
ton, leave no doubt of the present e1istenc,
desire for the public safety, publishes thes
facts, in the hope that citizens will take all du
precautions for guarding themselves and thei
property.
Dealers in tobacco and cigars cannot be to-
careful in breaking the original packages con
tanning the weed, or they may violate the in
ternal revenue laws. For instance, it is yer
common thing for wholesale dealer to cut
'caddy" of tobacco in two, for the purpose O
selling one portion to some small retailer
Again, vendor Of cigars may, for the purpos
of causing his boxes to fit nicely in his sho,
case, tear the lids off. In either Of these cases
or in many other simple acts, there may not
the slightest intention to defraud the revenue
fully guarded against, as they render the Who'll
stock Of the dealer liable to seizure. Such wa
the information gathered yesterday by q GLoB
reporter, from an officer Of the internal revenu
department, and it is here given to the publ
for the benefit Of all concerned.