Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-28
CITY GLOBULEs.

CITY GLOBULEs.
The Mississippi ia once more on q decline,
the fall yesterday being one inch, leaving two
feet eight inches in the channel.
Grading operations on tho short line railroad
are completed, excepting about 100000 yards
of steam shoveliDg, which is being done by the
company.
Harrison Johnson, tho man who plastered
Peters eye with a damaging blow, few nights
ago, was given fourteen days in Jail yesterday,
by Judge Flint.
There we're four nuisance cases up in tho
municipal court yesterday; all got continu-
auce not of the nuisance, but of the cases to
abate the nuisance.
Haverley's theatre in New York was the only
place of legitimate amusement kept running
during the entire summer season, and that to
paying business continually.
Prof. Seibert's Great Western band will fur
nish the music for the grand fete of the
Knights Templars at White Bear to-day. OF
course the music will be first class.
The X. N. transfer steamer Charley Cheever
will leave the levee at 10 NJ. to-day, to connect
with the Belle of La Crosse, at Hastings The
Clinton will be the packet tomorrow
Officer Babe found red morocco pocket
book on Wabashaw street, yesterday. 1t pur-
ports to belong to John H. Healey, or at least
has his name in it. 1t awaits an owner at DO
lice headquarters.
team of street car mules made it lively for
the space of ~ minutes from Fourth to
Fifth on Wabashaw street, yesterday morning
about o'clock. They got loose from the car
and started, but were caught before any harm
was done.
Parties served with delinquent notices of
personal taxes, unpaid, had better visit the
sheriff at an early day and settle up. 1t is his
intention to begin process to recover tho de-
linquent taxes at once; prompt attention will
save the penalty.
There were two drunks of UNEQUAL propor-
tions in the municipal court, yesterday. At
any rate David Moran was given twenty-one
days in Jail to sober up in; and John Kelly's
drunk was measured by four days as sufficient
to recover his lost sobriety.
Mr.. Kelly, of variety fame has engaged space
on the State fair grounds, aud is erecting
mammoth tent in which he will give perform
ances during the week continuously. He has
secured first class variety talent and will no
dOubtdo thriving business.
Collector Flower yesterday received large
invoice of new goods imported from London
by Messrs, Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson & Co.,
upon which the duties amounted to 1854. The
invoice bore date Of July 80 at London, and
had occupied only four weeks in transit.
]. Il. Haverly employs, in his corps of man
ayers, for his different theatres and travelling
combinations no less than eighteen Of the
most popular and active men in the profession.
One OF the most popular and enterprising of
the number, MIR. @. E. Blanchett, is now in the
city.
Cooper street deserves to be looked after
Between Ninth and Tenth streets the wild hemp
has grown up on both sides of the sidewalk,
and the branches almost meet, thus concealing
to great extent the pedestrians highway.
Something should be done for that thorough
fare.
Yesterday, Mr.. Ed. A. B. Gresche, of St.
Louis, lost his pocket book, containing So in
money and some valuable papers. 1t was lost
in the vicinity of the Lake Superior depot, or
his pocket was picked thereabouts Any one
recovering the pocket book will find it to their
advantage to leave it at police headquarters.
The new light draft X. N. packet Red Cloud
was at the levee all day yesterday, putting off
her up and taking on her down trip, in which
was included some 5000 barrels of flour The
handsomely fms. ed cabin, and will undoubt-
edly prove n favoritc with the travelling public.
large delegation of the knights Of Damas-
Gus com andery will visit Eau Claire, Wis.,,
on Tuesday next, on which date the grand COM
mandery of Wisconsin meets in annual session.
They will be the guests OF the grand officers of
that State. On Thursday they will 90 to Hud-
son to assist at the institution of a new com
mandery there.
The delay in completing the Fort Smelling
bridge n eets with the disapproyal of every
one, and the subject is debated whenever two
or three men gather together. There is, &C
cording to the contract, penalty of 1926 a dav
for every day of delay after Sept l, and it is
enforce its collection.
The st. Paul & Sioux City railroad com pany
intend to commence upon the grading for the
spur track to the location of their new machine
shops In the Fourth ward the last of next week
or first of the week after. 1t is the intention
OF the company to get in the foundations for
all the buildings this fall, and probably some
of them will be fully completed before snow
flies.
Charles q. Ainsworth, charged with throw
ing Adam Neide's boy over the bluff near the
Protestant asylum, had partial hearing in the
municipal court, yesterday. So far as heard,
the evidence went to show that the boy took
the tumble himself, and that Ainsworth was in
no immediate way to blame for it. But on mo-
tion of defendant the case was continued to
the Goth inst
A board consisting of Gen. H. H. Sibley,
Gen. Il. W. johnson, President W. W. Folwell,
Col. h. G.. Hicks and Hon. Knute Nelson will
assemble in the pal lors of the Nicollet House,
IN minneapolis, on Thursday, Sept. 2Sth, 1879.
Tor the examination of applicants for the an
polntment to cadetship to West Point. Young
men who desire to serve their country sbould
make note Of this.
Chief Weber was terribly cut up, SO was ex
Chief Beck, about the GLOBE give away yes
terday or their little game to catch an Iowa
fugitive from justice. But then thew ought
not to be, when reporter of the p. p. Dragged
yesterday in the municipal court room that The
wnoie business had been told him four days
ago. but that he'd promised not to publish
until Chief Weber said he might.
The Chicago Church Choir Pinafore Co.
travel in special Pullman car. The entire
company number forty-six persons. Two
special trains over different railroads will have
ing on Saturday night at Des Moines. until
their arrival here Monday morning, as no repu-
lar trains run on Sunday. The expense of get
ting the company here will reach nearly one
thousand dOllarsr
Yesterday, the word making Mr.. Jesse w.
Holmes and Lizzie NJ. Scott, one, was pro-
nounced by Father McMullen, in the Cathe-
dral. The bride is from Watertown. MINI.
and the bridegroom, until recently, claimed
the far away State of Maine as home. Preced-
ing the marriage ceremony high mass was cele-
brated. The bride was attended by a few in
Innate friends, and she and husband were given
tie hearty good wishes of nriest an ali fr;an5
present.
MIR. Dan Woodmansee returned from St,
Louis yesterday with some fifty head of horses