Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-23

UESDAY MORNING, DEG
! CITY GLOBULEs.
| No business transacted at the bridge COM
mission meeting yesterday.
Yesterday was a genuine Minnesota winter
day, clear, cold and celebrating.
The Normanna society will give ball at
Pfeifer's hall on Friday evening, December %.
The poultry exhibition closes this evening,
The engineer of No. steamer will visit and
examine the fire hydrants throughout the city
to-day.
| An action was commenced in the district
court yesterday by Ruben Overpeck sgainst G..
Hanley and A. Pearssll to recover the sum of
$49l. :.
P. r. L. Hardenberg vs.. Peter Kuhn is the
title of ! suit commenced in the district court
on yesterday to recover an alleged indebted
ness of $6S6. z@S -..f ID.
Messrs Grace and O'Connor, the committee
appointed to canvass the Third ward for SUBJ
| scriptions to the Irish relief fund, gathered in
yesterday Sis. 81
A watch was found by one Of the members
of the fire department at the fire at 157 West
Third street on Saturday. The owner can get
| it by calling at Chief Strong's Office.
Erick Olson Lind, the supposed wife poison.
er of Wright county, arrested on the 18th inst,
was taken home for trial on yesterday, by
Deputy Sheriff Davis of that county.
The chamber of commerce session yesterday
was quite brief, and but little business was
transacted. The use of the chamber was grant
ed to the Editorial association for Jan. 28th.
| The claims committee from the common
council will meet this afternoon at 8 O'Clock,
| and the committees on fire department and
streets will convene at 80 o. clock in the even
ing. *ss~ -
An order was filed by Judge Brill, On yester-
day, appointing Warren Carpenter, Jr.. referee
! in the case of Thomas q. Pitts against Holz-
heimer i Severance, and Thomas Bowers, gar
| nishee. F8.. f." ...
meeting of the Firemens' Life association
will be held at Minneapolis to-day to finish up
the business of the year. The election of off.
GERS will take place at the annual meeting of
| the association, to be held at Hastings on Janu-
airy IS.
A soldier, named William Clark, was run in
by Coroner Stein, night before last, for Great
ing bit of Iuction on Third street. He was
before Judge Flint, yesterday, little tho worse
for bug juice, and was turned over to the
United States authorities.
While enjoying a drive, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. James B. Power, land agent of the North
ern Pacific railroad company, lost a valuable
coon skin robe from his cutter, which was
found by cigar maker. and returned on yes
terday by acting Sergeant O'Keefe.
The Y. M. G. A. were prevented from hold
ing their usual gospel meeting, last night,
at their parlors owing to the gas going out on
them. Services will be held next Nj onday as
usual, and means will be taken to prevent
reoccurrence of last nights catastrophe.
We regret being compelled to announce the
death of Frank W. Cole, the chief engineer of
the St. Paul & Duluth road. His illness
which was quite brief, terminated fatally
yesterday morning. He leavef, besides imme-
diate relations, large circle of friends to
mourn his loss.
Passengers in waiting at the Jackson street
depot, yesterday morning, were amused at the
antics of an apparently tame otter, which
escaped from its owner and sought refuge under
the sidewalk. aDiigent search was made for
the animal, and he was finally cajolcd into; cap
tivity by an extraordinary amount of coaxing.
A woman giving her name as Mrs. Louis
Shellar, was arrested by Officer Bremen yester.
day afternoon, charged with shoplifting. The
charge was made by W. ID. lngersoll, and the
woman when arrested had two pieces of calico
valued at ninety cents, in her basket. She
was allowed to 90 home, but will be brought
before Judge Flint this morning.
Several well-known citizens have conceived
the idea of taking up collection for the &C.
commodating drivers on the Wabashaw street
car line, which will be given to the benefciaries
on Christmas morning. Mr.. Joseph Mickey, of
the Boston clothing house, has charge of the
subscriptions, and all offerings will be received
at the headquarters cf the firm, on Third
street. ~. .-..
News was received at department headquar-
tiers, yesterday, that Major Thomas F. Barr
Judge advocate, lately ordered to duty in; Sec-
rotary Ramsey's Office in Washington; would
ing the permanent move to Washington. Major
Barr will remain here until the 10th prox. and
then depart with his family for his new sta
ton. ......... ...
Yesterday, T. r. Huddleston vibrated, as it
were, in courts of law. In the forenoon he ap-
peared in State court as INSTRUMENTATION
ed elsewhere-aud in the afternoon he assumed
the role of plaintiff in the United States cir
cult court. His case against the Northern Pa
citic Railroad company was called up. As will
be remembered he brings suit to recover 81 500
for services rendered before the State leRisla-
ture in 1877. Under the suit, he not long ago
obtained judgment for 800 or thereabouts
but the Judgment having been set aside, the
case came up yesterday for Jury trial. Hon.
W. p. Olough appears for plaintiff, and Gen.
J. B. Sanborn for the railroad company.
The annual renting of pews at Plymouth
church took place last night. The attendance
was not 80 large as gathered together last year,
and for tho matter OF that the pews were not
sold so we'll. At O'Clock bids were asked for
first choice, ETC.. Mr.. Shandrew acting as auc-
tioneer. Col. Griggs obtained the first choice,
which was awarded to him for $40, the price of
the pew selected being additional. The second
fell to 81. NJ. Hart for $l5, and the third to
Capt. Berkey for $40. Following this up to
was So each. From the thirteenth pew to the
eighteenth, 81 was paid, after which the rent
al varied from SO to 50. The whole amount
realized for choice was about $3.50, to which
should be added the price of the pews fixed by
the society.
Obituary. 49,"
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. PA. A. Gordon, af-
ter q long illness, died of consumption at the
Gait House, this morning. Gordon was one of
the old citizens of Louisville. He was in his
SEVENTEEN year, and was secretary and treas
urer of Elizabethtown & Paducah road for some