Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-10
CITY GLOBULEs.


to 8 inches, giving depth in the channel of
about eleven feet.
The premium list of the State agricultural
society has been placed in the hands of the
printer for publication.
change in the running arrangements of the
K. N. packets is announced, boats hereafter
leaving st. Paul for st. Louis Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays.
Hattie May, aged five years and five months,
daughter of Charles E. and Jane X. Strong,
died in Chicago the I'd inst. Her disease
was cerebro-spinal meningitis
Tho ladies' sociable of the First Baptist
church, will be held on Thursday evening, with
Mrs. J. W. Griggs on Waconta street, instead
of with Mrs. Billson, as before announced.
Col. Hewitt rested quite easily through the
day yesterday and at night was considerably
improved. Though the chances are against
him there is now some hope of his recovery.
Matthias Williams was up yesterday for
drinking deeply of fire water. 1t was agreed
that his future beverage would be ginger ale,
IN consideration of which he paid the city 80.
John McGinty, charged with committing an
assault on the better half of a neighbor, was
before Judge Flint yesterday. The case was
partially tried and continued until the 18th
inst.
The Belle of La Crosse was tho X. N. packet
yesterday, leaving for st. Louis at IL NJ. with
l7OO barrels of -four, considerable miscellane-
GUS freight and goodly number of people in
her cabin.
The case of Charles Epps and Jacob Hoff-
man, charged with bouncing Third street
barber, was called Tor hearing yesterday morn
ing, but as no one appeared to prosecute the
prisoners were discharged.
The jury cases in the q. 8. circuit court
have been finished with the exception of the
Claflin case, which will be continued next Fri
day (to-morrow). To-day Judge Nelson will
call the calendar Of chancery cases.
August Lilyquist, of st. Peter. has been ap-
pointed U. s. mail agent on the St. Paul &
Pacific r. r. st. Peter not only supplies
lunatlc asylum, but also considerable portion
OF the Republican officials of the State.
To-day, John Jeasrang celebrates his silver
wedding. Jessrang is a well known and high
ly esteemed old CITIZEN aud there will be MANY
who will wish him much joy, and a long life
| to him and his wife to celebrate their golden
anniversary.
Dr.. Murphy states that the young man.
Augustus Charles, who was injured in the rail
| road wreck at Sank Rapids, last Sunday. is in n
fair way to recover. The doctor expects he
will be well enough in day or two to start
for his home, Decatur, Michigan.
Department Headquarters was in recent o+
news yesterday relative to Gen. Sykes condi-
| ton. A telegram was received from Browns
vile, Texas, stating that after prolonged i'll
ness he was improving, and hopes at last were
entertained of his ultimate recovery.
The floods came down at Henderson last
ni5ht, with the result of washing out splen-
| did stone culvert put in by the St. Paul h
Sioux City road, this spring, at an expense of
nearly $50, OOO. and delaying the Omaha express.
due ut ii 80, about three hours and half.
Frank Hornug' s case the Washington street
| brewer who used one faucet and one u. q.
stamp for too much beer, was up before q, 8,
Commissioner Cardozo again, yesterday Mr..
q. ID. O'Brien appeared as counsel for defend
ant and obtained postponemenL of the case
until next Tuesday, the 18th inst, at O'Clock
P. M.
The delegations to the Keokuk regatta from
the st. Paul and Minneapolis boat clubs left
for the scene of their victory yesterday after
| moo l. They will arrive in Keokuk to-day at
noon. st. Paul is represented by Messrs. IN
derwood, Getty, Rhodes, Rundlett, Butler,
Bassett. Moo. Reeve, lowering Krech, Whitney
| and Rand.
TWAS learned at department Headquarters
yesterday, that Lieut.. Rousseau's regiment, the
! Twentieth Infantry, had contributed finds FIR
| his defense. It will be remembered that he ia
under arrest by the civil authorities at Brack.
ettsville, Texas, for shooting and killing DR..
Rivers, of that place. The full particulars of
| the tragedy have been given heretofore in the
| telegraph summary, and no additional particu
| lars have been learned since.
The st. Paul Gun club, for want of more ex.
citing SPORT is indulging in matches between
| its members, and yesterday three matches were
shot. In the first match, out of so balls, Pfister
scored "a, and Becker %. In the second Meade
scored 81, and Richardson Is, and in the third
testants banqueted ut W;nker's after the
match, and the defeated challenged the victors
Tor second trial. to be shot next week,
The Horace B. Claflin case against the Com.
monwealth, Franklin Insurance comnanies
and the Western Assurance COMPANY of Toron.
10, received postponement until Friday next
IN the United States circuit court, YESTERDAY.
MIR. A. y. Lamberton, one of the Jurors report-
ed that he had been notified that one Of his
children was dangerously sick, and asked to be
excused. The court granted tho request, and
|
will be decided whether the case will be con-
tinued with eleven jurors.
| Tueeday night Hugh ]. McAeee's machine
| shop at the corner of Fourth and Wabashaw
streets, was broken into and about 500 worth
OF Tools stolen. 1t was matter of great ease
| TO force an entrance, and once in it only re-
CURED few minutes of time to select the most
valuable tools, as they were exposed to view.
mostly. MIR. McAfee suspects a couple of tramp
w W. XXI whom he employed few days ago
OF the robbery. report of the affair, together
with a description of the suspected parties, was
furnished police headquarters yesterday, and a
| search will be made for thieves and missing
| property.
The outlandish bugle employed by the tim
Grant fakir whe~peddles ice cream to the parch-
ca palates of sundry juvenile citizens, was the
occasion yesterday of a very damaging runa-
way. The perambulator was proceeding along
81. feter street when toot from the horn
frightened horse owned by William Erwin.
The animal broke from the iitchinr nost and
started at furious rate down st. Peter street.
An extensive circuit was made, in the course of
which a delivery wagon attached to the horse
was almost demolished. The animal was
stopped at the corner of Sixth and Cedar
streets without doing personal injury,
A Hot Day In Court.
There was an air of brooding lonesome
ness and an absence of sinners at the mu-
nicipal court yesterday morning strangely at
contrast with the scene presented on pre-
cedlng mornings of the week. The court
mounted the woolsack at O'Clock, immedi-
ately afrer which the distaff was notified to
bring in the prisoners. Pending the latter
proceeding his honor extended his gig-lamps
to the tip OF his nose and was in the act of
a "a
when the timid and rotund reporter of an