Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-30
CITY GLoBULEs.

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Plymouth church picnics to-day at Lake
Minnetonka.
Aid. Grace is making things hum around the
Rice street sewer.
Another big hole is threatened in front of
Rogers block, Bridge Square.
The mark showed three feet seven inches of
water in the river yesterday, and rising.
The United States government steamboat
Montana arrived at the upper levee at P. N.
yesterday.
The Damascus commandery of Knights |
Templar had very effective street drill last
evening, and will have another next Wednesday
evening.
This evening, at the Carpenter House, Sum-
NIT avenue, the Great Western band promenade
concert. The grounds will be brilliantly il.
Illuminated.
Supreme Court Clerk Nichols was engaged
yesterday in indexing the evidence taken in
the matter of the land claims, disputed by the
Brainerd branch.
There exhibite yesterday in the cham
Der of commerce three stalks of corn from A.
Hoterhoffer's farm, Tanner Lake, in this coun-
ty, which are nine feet in height.
The German society will picnic i'll Ban
holzer's park next Sunday, when the Great
Western band will bein attendance and various
athletic and other outdoor games of father
land will take place.
A heavy fog settled over the city for short
time before midnight last night, and made
things almost dark enough for while to in
duce the dunder headed lamp extlngulsher to
| commence business.
Jerry Manning the .'vag" refused to do his
allotted task at the workhouse, and this morn
ing he will appear before Judge Flint to receive
sentence Of an additional twenty days, accord
! ing to the ordinance.
| Professor Hall, OF Covington, Kentucky, a
candidate for the position of school superin-
| tendent, is in the city making the acquaintance
| of prominent citizens. The election takes
place Wednesday night.
| Persons whose conscience trouble them re-
speeding their assessment should bear in mind
that the equalizers are in session to-day at IL
| o'clock, and will be glad to raise the figures on
any undervalued property, personal or real.
The Charley Cheever connected with the X.
N Packet Northwestern, from st. Louis, yes
terday afternoon, which brought up large
compliment Of passengers, and fair freight.
The next packet will be the Alex Mitchell,
| Wednesday.
Dick Grant drew upon himself no end OF
trouble Sunday night He attacked citizen
in the street who turned upon him and gave
him Il first-class drubbing, and then issued q
warrant against him for an assault. He will
answer before Judge Flint tomorrow.
Some ruthless thief or thieves on Saturday
night broke into the outside show case OF
Essery, the Seventh street photographer, ano
stole therefrom portion of the contents. Al
the plumber was of mparatively small value,
this may be considered an act of outrageou
vandalism.
bloody Jracas, in which a knife was freel,
J used, occurred the other day in Mounds View
township between two named Mcconnell
and Castnitt, the cause being trespassing b.
CATTLE The assault will exercise the municipal
court as soon as the parties can be brought be
fore that tribunal
$ The Sixth ward emulated the Fourth ware
: on Sunday evening by getting up littl
t ''divarsion'' on it's own hook. hackma
named Tuenze was beset by Mike Daley, JAG
t Iauderdale and L. Buteau. and was caused t
. imprint upon mother earth about the space b
I wilt occupy In the sweet by-and-by.
Y Sank Centre, Stearns county, is connecte
with St. Paul by iron rail, the track bein
q completed through to that place yesterday, an
1 on Thursday regular trains with passenger an
s freight, will commence running between th
two points. The people of Sank Centre an
St. Paul are to be onglatulated on the close
connection thus secured.
The returns Of the gross earnings for TIL
half year just past of two railroads were yes
: terday filed in the office Of the railroad CON
missioner, as follows: First Division st. Pau
= q Pacifc-commonly known as the mai
line"-from st. Anthony to Breckenridge
g $313, 269.5S; and st. Paul q Pacific first d
vision branch line'-$l94 654.3S. On thes
State taxes were respectively, at per cent
> $9,398.09 and SIS, 639.63.
:. The returns are not all in yet of the amour
Lee expended yesterday in this city in the way {
matches, candles, pieces of glass, cut finger
IS and singed hands to the eclipse in trul
r scientific lyle. Judging from the amount
children with the two fore fingers of each {
their left hands closing each of their left eyes
- the number Of women loose about their wais
- bearing fragments Of glass, and the multituc
of men, also, with glasses, at each sunny sire
Is corner-or what would have been sunny, il
Is hadn't been cloudy-the demand for the art
cles of commerce mentioned in the first ser
h tence, together with the prospect for bad Gre
is for the next eclipse, must have been gre
enough to ''get upa corner. ANY way ii
eclipse occurred and was success-so far a
!, heard from.