Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-22
CITY GLoBULEs.

The chamber of commerce did no business
yesterday morning.
The months contribution of the social evil
to the city treasury amounted to $S09.50.
The Troy laundry had holiday yesterday
zer the arrival of a nine pound boy, who cane
to bless the household IF Miles E. Briggs.
In the Sixth ward, Sunday night, new Dem
ocratic voter was registered. Aid. Mccarthy Is
responsible for the thirteen and half pounds
of warranted true Democracy.
The st. Paul & Pacific offices presented an
animated scene yesterday afternoon, the occa-
sion being the paying off of the force of grad
ers recently engaged upon the st. Vincent ex-
tension.
The ladies' relief committee will be at the
Baptist church chapel. Wacnota street, from
2 to5 O'Clock this afternoon, ready to receive
contributions of clothing, etc, for the yellow
fever sufferers.
Report has it that George Acker was over in
West st. Paul. Sunday, canvassing. Report
has it that he lost his spectacles. Report has
it that he couldn't see his way out of the Sixth
ward, and was led over the bridge.
Officer Nugent found little waif on the
corner of Jackson and Seventh streets, about
o'clock yesterday. The little boy could give no
account of himself. He was brought to the
station, and the case made known to the good
sisters Of the orphan asylum. They have taken
the little stranger in until an owner can be
found for him.
The new Keokuk-Northern line steamer,
Tidal Wave, will arrive here this evening, and
Tidal Wave is the largest boat ever coming to
St. Paul, being sone ITS feet in length. Her
accommodations are first class, and with Capt.
VIM. Burke on deck, passengers can be assured
of pleasant trip.
Yesterday the st. Paul & Pacific company re-
ceived two elegant sleepers from the Delaware
car company, of Wilmington, Del. The cars
are named st. Paul and Minneapolis, respect
lively. Two companion sleepers will be re-
celved from the same mandatory some time
this week. These sleepers are for the main
line from this city to the British line at Penn
bina.
A small fire happened at No. sc jackson
street, yesterday morning about O'clock. The
building was occupied by Napoleon Defour,
and the fire was caused by an overheated stove
pipe. whit h ran from the first floor through
the ceiling. The damages amount to about
BIO. The fire was extinguisbed with few
buckets OF water, and no alarm was turned in.
AAAAos IL uA60, VI ACeoueuE, was OIessAHS Oh
Saturday to attend the crystal wedding cele-
bration of Mr.. Cox, roadmaster on the St.
Paul g. Sioux City railroad, when she suddenly
fell to the floor and was taken up q corpse.
Her death must have been instantaneous. Mrs.
Wise was " years of age, and her husband who
is physically healthy, is quite childish from old
age, .being in his 88th year.
An inspection of the new wing to the capitol
reveals the fact that sixteen of the caps and
stills of the windows and doors, made of the
minneapolis artificial stone, are cracked and
broken, and that the masonry in several places
Is badly settled in consequence. Comp tent
meD assert that when the building is occupied
there will be great danger of the entire struc-
ture giving way. The stone is actually worth
less in such a building as the capitol, and
ought to be removed at once.
One of the O'Briens of this city received a
newspaper yesterday called the O Brien Pioneer
Good idea; would start one in this city.
Got seven " Brien's around; sent out for seven
more. Seven times seven are forty-nine, and
The Pioneer would make fifty in the party. The
paper was declared good one, etc., and the
project either to start paper here, or col
iectiyeiy subscribe for the O. Brien Pioneer, was
about contaminated, when one of the o. Brieps
discovered the motto of the paper: Devoted
t. Republican Principles" They dropped the
subject and the paper.