Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-31
CITY GLoBULEs.
Rice park concert tonight.


Strangers throng the streets and I'LL the
hotels.
The Charlie Cheever arrived last night with
the trip of the Dubuque.
The framework for the triumphal arch across
Third street, near the Metropolitan. has been
completed.
No. engine is again in service, after being
overhauled thoroughly for service at the State
fair grounds.
They are coming to the State fair ''three hum
dred thousand more,' and the inquiries for ac-
commodations are crowding thick and fast up
on those having that department in charge.
Mrs. Murnane who lives on Fort street, does
not keep a boarding house and it
was. consequently, not at her house that Kelly,
who was shot on the bridge Wednesday night,
boarded.
The A. O. o. w. society pay over to-day,
$4,000 to the widow of Charles Karger, who
died of sun-stroke on July 18th. This is the
sixth $4,000 paid by the association on deaths
since May LIST.
In running to the fire last night, rubber
If the finder is honest, the garment will be re
turned to the house on Wacouta street, where
it will be thankfully received.
1t is an accomplished fact The flag at the
custom house actually waved, and the matter
was considered so wonderful that it was gen.
orally believed Mic PottgieSer. Jr., was setting
up warm pork and beans all day.
The Mississippi for lack of spissitude-take
your choice for SIS in the two words-is a per-
feet miracle at this point. The depth regis
tered yesterday was only fifteen inches, de-
cline of two and half inches during the pre-
vious twenty-four hours.
An unknown rowdy attacked a GLOBE news
boy the other morning at the corner of Fourth
and Jackson streets, alarming the messenger
considerably. The rowdy had a small chore in
hand in assaulting a boy, but the next time
something more 81 gantic.
Patrick Nash, when the contract for the Rice
street sewer was taken from him, sold his tools
and effects to j. G.. Donnelly, but the city re-
fused to give up possession. j. G.. Donnelly
has entered a suit against the city in the dis
trict court to recover $780, the price alleged to
have been paid by him for the tools.
To enliven the serious and solemn duty of
sentencing men to the stone pile, Judge Flint
had duty to perform yesterday which was
quite as diverting State case with a life
sentence The victim was Olaf Aschem, who
was sentenced by the judge to be bound to
Caroline Est ella Nelson till death should them
part.
The grand fox hunt, one of the great events
of fair week, is set for Thursday. The foxes
are secured, and will be turned loose on the
prairie, near the fair grounds, an hour before
the meet takes place. This will be genuine
cross country hunt, embracing the find"
breaking cover" full cry" lively chevy,
etc., etc., to the death of poor reynard.
The common council committee on streets
was in SESSION yesterday afternoon, and had
under consideration the improvements upon
Lafayette avenue, several of the leading owners
OF property thereon being in attendance. 1t
was hnally agreed to recommend to the coun-
Gil the prosecution of the improvement, with
the suggestion that the area of assessment be
Widened.
Sixteen car loads of cattle from Montana ar
rived at Hankey's stock yards last even
ing oy special train. After recuperating, the
animals will be forwarded to their destination
In the Eastern markets. This shipment is es-
pecially remarkable, as being the first of its
class through this city, and may be considered
as the torerunner OF an extensive trade OF its
kind.
Hon. L. B. Hodges returned yesterday from
Swift county, having accomplished the task of
harvesting and sending to New York the first
c cons OF Minnesota wheat of the crop of
1878; He forwarded thus early by dint of
breakfasting by candle-light and supping in
the midnight darkness, 6,34O bushels of No. /
wheat and SO thought he would come to St.
Paul to take sleep.
At 1890 o'clock this morning Patrolmen De
Corsay and Kenneally dropped upon couple
of suspicious looking characters on BRIDGE
square, who We're roped into the cooler. On
being searche., their pockets were found to
contain all manner OF unaccountable notions
In the way of razors, knives, small mirrors and
other what-nots They were locked up on gen.
eral principles, and will answer as best thew
can before the Municipal court this morning.
There is much complaint among our business
men relative to the recent animation of in.
surance men resulting in the raising of rates
In many instances rates have been doubled In
at least one clse prominent business man
took $4,000 of his insurance to New York and
placed 1T at old rates which were one-half of
present figures of the local board. Perhaps
the com blnatlOn had better read the story of
the chicken that laid the golden egg at their
next meeting.
meeting of the common council commit
tee on fire department was held last evening.
After accomplishing the routine business. the
chief engineer was authorized to proceed to the
fair grounds, and to put up an engine house
and to construct a cistern of fully 800 barrels
capacity. The fire laddies will do the whole
work, which will be concluded by Sunday.
This is a big stroke of business, and will in
sure largely the immense array of buildings
and contents on the groonds. next week.
A drag hunt" will take place this morning
near the fair grounds. The meet will take
place at Z o'clock at the driving park. Beside
the members of the Martin county hunt. the
members of the st. Paul Jockey club will fol-
low the hounds and any citizen who NAV feel
disposed to take a spin across the country, ac-
companled by the finest music to a sportsman's
ears-the clarion voices of pack of hounds
and the huntsmans CHEEKY tally no.
The vacant lot on the south side of Third
street. opposite the Merchants, is an eye-sore,
and the surrounding storekeepers rendered it
all the more hldeous by pouring thereon their
packing rubbish. At $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the straw, hoops and other intlama
BILE debris became ignited, probably by the
stump of cigar. Patrolman Cook, as a fire
department of one, managed to run a line of
garden hose from one of the neighboring build
lngs. and by this simple means extinguished
the flames without turning in an alarm. This
ought to impart the lesson that tipping COM
bustlble rubbish on that vacant lot is a most
practice.
Masonic Munificence.
The charity of the Masonic fraternity is never
done by halves, and yet it is proverbially un-