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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
NEW YEARS DAY.
TIE HAPPENINGS IN ST. PAUL. YES
TERD4Y.

A Notable Excursion From River Falls,
W1s.---List of the Visitors---The Calling
Business---Hotel Spreads---Carving the
Postum.
New Years was bright and cold. 1t was
the coolest day of the year. Business was
generally suspended-banks, courts andpub-
lie Offices closed, and there was little left to
do except to resume-drinking eggg-nog.
The custom of New Years calls was quite
generally observed, and carriages were flying
about in all directions. The cool air outside
braced up the gentlemen and enabled them
to drink coffee at great many different
places. The calls were accordingly more nu-
merous than usual.
About town there was nothing of general
interest. 1t was too quiet for comfort. In
the afternoon goodly number attended the
trotting matinee on the ice, and some fine
exhibitions of horse-fesh were given. Every
thing was orderly everywhere as far as the
pablo were advised, and altogether the New
Year opened as auspiciously as any other
day. There is consequently no occasion for
those who have ''sworn off, wishing it was
last year or next year. It will be perfectly
natural to break the ''swear" and go right
along just as though 1879 was the same as
any other year which isn't any different.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
Assessment for Change Of Grade
on Streets in First and
Fifth Wards.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works,
Cry OF ST. PAUL MIMI Dec 81 1879

CITY OF ST. fAUL, MIMI, Lee. 81, 1915. J
The Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of st. Paul, Minnesota,
will meet at their Office in said city at II NJ on
the 18th day Of JAM, A. D. 1879, to make
assessments of benefits, damages, costs and
expenses arising from change of grade on
the following streets in said city, on the prop
erty on the line of said streets on which said
changes of grade are made and benefited or
damaged thereby, to-wit:
Third street, from Commercial street to Maple
street.
Fourth street, from Commercial street to
Maple street.
Fourth street from Hoffman avenue to Maria
avenue.
Fifth street, from Hoffman avenue to Maria
avenue.
Fifth street, from Commercial street to Ma
pie street.
Seventh street, from st. Paul & Pacific Rail-
road to Margaret street.
Kittson street, from Seventh street to Third
street.
Neill street, from Seventh street to Third
street.
Prince street, from Broadway street to Kit
son street.
Hoffman avenue, from Seventh street to
Cherry street.
Maria avenue, from North street to Hudson
avenue.
Ravine street, from Hoffman avenue to Ma
pie street.
Euclid street, from Hoffman avenue to Bates
avenue.
Hudson avenue from Hoffman avenue to
Maple street.
Conway street, from Commercial street to
Maple street.
Maple street, from Seventh street to Plumb
street.
Commercial street, from Fourth street to
Third street.
Bradley street, from North street to Seventh
street.
Thirteenth street, from Robert street to
Broadway street.
Fourteenth street, from Robert street to
Broadway street.
Broadway street (west side), from Grove
| street to Twelfth street,
Pearl street, from Canada street to MISSISSIPPI
! pi street.
| Valley street, from jackson street to Broad
way street.
ALI persons interested are hereby notified to
represent at said time and place of making
said assessments, and will be heard.
| II. NJ. RICE, President.
| Official: r. L. GoRMAN,
| Clerk Board of Public Works.
| 352-4
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
MICHIGAN'S NEW CAPITOL.
Dedication of the Building and Inaugural
ton of Gov. Crosswell--The Legislature
Organized.

ton of Gov. Crosswell--The Legislature
Organized.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 1.-The new State
capitol at Lansing was dedicated to-day
and Representative Hall and the corridors
were crowded with people from all parts of
the State to witness the ceremonies. At 10
A. M. Gov. Crosswell, ex-Gov. WEIGH, Green
ly Blair, Baldwin and Bagley, supreme court
judges, proceeded from the Lansing house
to the capitol preceded by two companies of
State troops headed by the Lansing Knight
Iemplar band. On arriving at the capitol
Gov. Crosswell took the chair, supported by
Lieut.. Gov Sessions and Bishop Gillespie of
Grand Rapids. The exercises began with
music by the Knight Templar band and was
followed by prayer by Bishop Gillespie.
Judge Campbell then administered the oath
OF office to Governor Crossweu and Lieu
tenant Governor Sessions. Addresses fol-
lowed by the ex-Governor's present. Hon.
y. y. Grosvener read report of the build
ing commissioners, who then presented the
building to the people through Governor
Crosswell, who briefly spoke in acceptance
and compimented the commissioners. Rev.
L. P. Prudden, of Lansing, then .pronounc-
ed benediction. The band played another
stirring air and the exercises of the day closed.
Both houses of the legislature convened at
noon and proceeded to organization and
election of officers, after which both ad-
Journed until to morrow morning, when
Gov. Croswell's message will be read
This evening the capitol will be illuminat-
ed and reception given by the governor in
his rooms from to 10. The new capitol,
which was commenced about six years ago,
is built of stone and iron, and is as near fire
proof as such building can be made. It is
345 feet long, 191 wide and 165 in height.
Its COST including finishing of grounds and
furnishing, has been $1,5O5, 900.
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ordinary. two large tables be-
ing loaded down with boned
turkey, roast turkey, roast pig, boiled ham,
a mammoth roast of beef supplied by McIli-
tosh, with other meats, salads and bewil-
dering display of pastry, a huge bowl of
foaming egg-nogg thanking the whole. It
was feast fit for the palate of the most
critical of epicures, and when the doors to
the ordinary we're thrown open and Col. AL
lens hearty s'Come, eat, drink and be hap
py'' was heard at II o'clock, there was
grand rush of the Colonel's friends, and for
two hours or more the rush was kept up,
and still when the last person had been fed,
there were many basketfuls of the tooth
some viands left.
At the Metropolitan a similar scene was
enacted. Here the table was set in the bill
lard room. The menu was composed of a
varied and bountiful supply of meats, pastry,
ETC., served in the style of excellence for
which this popular hosiery is SO notsd,
while Col. Culver and his assistants left
nothing undone to make the numerous
guests feel that it was indeed ga Happy
New Year.
The Windsor, Clarendon, Sherman and
international provided no public lunch, but
all presented choice bills of fare for their
New Years dinner, and large number of
guests testified their appreciation by their
works.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
"Uncla IOnao

The Forbes Dramatic company opened
last evening to a full house with Uncle Tom s
Cabin. The drama, though played for
nearly quarter of century, seems to have
lost none of its freshness or interest to the
the majority of theater-goers. The company
cannot be pronounced first class, but it sue
ceeded IN presenting the play in very cred
table manner. The Tom Of MIR. Marble
was excellent, while the Eva was somewhat
of prodigy little tot of four years taking
the role with thorough conception of the
character that might put older actors to the
blush. Topsy was excellent-far above the
average of those creatures who "growed.n
The play was we'll mounted and enthusias-
tlcally received by an audience exceptional
IN numbers and apr eciation.
At the matinee this afternoon Uncle Tom
will be repeated, and at the evening enter
tainment the play of Black Diamonds will
be presented for the first time in St. Paul.
The scene of the drama is laid in the mining
regions of Pennsylvania, and has to do with
the Molly Maguires, who have figured so
conspicuously in the recent history of the
State. 1t will undoubtedly draw large au-
dience.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
The Hotel Spreads .

A feature of the day in st. Paul, always
looked forward to with more or less of pleas
ant expectation, are the generous spreads at
the Merchants and the Metropolitan. In
the preparation of these spreads yesterday.
Coils. Allen and Culver and their corps of
assistants evidently exerted themselves to
excel anything in the past in the same direc-
ton, and that they succeeded was the unani-
nous verdict of the hundreds who had the
pleasure of partaking of their hospitality and
OF wishing mine hosts ga happy Now Year. y
Col. Allen laid his spread in the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
CITY GLOBULEs,

The police picked up Mrs. Warley's horse and
buggy astray, yesterday.
The st. Paul Grove No. Of Druids were
presented with handsome Mirror last night
as New Years gift, by Mr.. Nathan " Buck.
Geo. Allen, of the Acknowledgment
knows deorge-was rejoicing, yesterday, oyer
new edition of ''Baby Mine.' presented him
by Mrs. Allen as a New Years gift. It's a
daughter.
The offices at the capitol were closed yester-
day, excepting the treasurer's, railroad COM
missioner's and auditors. These public SER
wants were engaged in shirt-sleeve labor pre-
parlng their several reports to submit to the
legislature.
The IL year old lad, James Candren, who was
reported in yesterdays GLOBE as a runaway
from Minneapolis, was found yesterday. Officer
Morgan collared the youth on the levee and
took him to the station. He claims 'the old
man" is too hard on him.
Among the New Years eve festivities was
that of the Y M. @. A. mission, Dayton's bluff.
The house vas filed to OVERLOOKING, principally
with little ones, to whom the occasion was
made especially enjoyable by the presence of a
generous Santa Claus, with vocal and literary
exercises, the whole concluding with watch
night services.
The State treasurer collected yesterday &c.
SUI interest on State bonds in this city. This
amount is to be credited to the school, the in
ternal land improvement aud university funds.
Besides this amount interest on State invest
ments in United States bonds and Missouri
bonds fell due IN New York yesterday in the
sum Of $36, coo. This makes a grand aggregate
OF $4,000 of interest by which the great State
OF Minnesota is enriched from safe investments
on the Happy New Year.
One Of the neatest incidents of the New
Year was the presentation made to P. Fl. Kelly
by Louis Medal, of Montevideo. When Mr..
Kelly visited the Centennial he was especially
interested in the stuffed images from Sweden
and Norway, and Mr.. Medal being aware of
this fact, forwarded Mr.. Kelly yesterday a
work entitled, ''Billeder af Norges Natur og
Folkelin." 1t is handsomely illustrated, and
MIR. Kelly improved the holiday by reading the
entire work
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
Cotton I'm E,s,,a,f.

The counsel general of the United States
at Cairo has informed the department. of
State that the cotton crop of Egypt for 1878
would fall far short of the average yield, and
that the quality of cotton would be very in
ferior. 1t is estimated that the present crop
will not yield more than 100000 quintals
of SO pounds each, while the exports of cot
ton from Egypt during the three preceding
years averaged 100000 quintals per year.
This great falling off in the cotton crop for
1873 has been caused by the lowness of the
Nile last year, and its unprecedented over
flow this year. The inundation this year
included most of the lands of Lower Egypt,
which we're planted with corn and cotton.
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THE POTTER COMMITTEE.

Investigation at New Orleans Ended-Sec-
rotary sherman Fails to Produce Evil
dence as to misunderstanding Investiga-
ton to be Eeopened in Washington.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. AT to- days session
of the Potter committee, Mr.. John Ray,
counsel for Secretary Sherman, filed COM
munication setting forth he had no intention
OF offering further evidence on the subject
OF lntlmidations in the election of 1876.
Ex-Gov. Michael Hahn was examined. and
corroborated the statement of ex-Secretarv
OF State Deslonde to the effect that blank
commissions of appointment for supervisors
OF registration and clerks had been furnished
to Geo. L. Smith for use in the Fourth Con-
gress1onal district. Hahn at the time was
state registrar of votes. Witness testified
that while superintendent of the mint here.
ne appointed Thomas D. jerks to position.
The only recommendation jerks had was a
verbal one, and witness declined to tell the
name OF the gentleman making this recon-
mendatiOn.
Chairman Potter then announced that
lnasmuch as several witnesses wanted by the
committee were in Washington, the commit
tee would adjourn to meet in that city next
Tuesday. In the meantime, Mr.. ohm Raw.
representing Mr.. Sherman, and another
gentlemen to be selected by the chairman,
would remain in New Orleans and take
whatever testimony might be offered in re-
buttal of evidence already taken by the
committee. The committee then adjourned.
MIR. Potter says Col. F. @. Zacherie will
probably be appointed to act with Hon. John
hay IN taking testimony after the departure
of the committee
After the committee adjourned Mr.. Potter
remarked, in conversation, that the object
of this visit of the committee to New Or
leans was to give Secretary Sherman an op
portunity of producing any further evidence
in support of his charge of intimidation in
the election of 1876, and inasmuch as Mr..
Ray, counsel for Sherman, had commune
Gated to the committee he had no further
evidence to offer on this subject, the object
of the committee in this visit was accom-
plished. The members of the comm ittee
left for Washington this afternoon.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
McClunc Gets a scorchtnp.


At 8:45 last night an alarm of fire was sent
in from box No. II, at the corner of Summit
avenue and st. Peter street. The fire de-
partment responded promptly, and arriving
at the scene, discovered the fire in J. w. Nc
Clung's residence, No. a. Summit
avenue. The hose were reeled out,
but frigid bath was not found
necessary. Mr.. McClung had put out the
ire, but to the serious damage of his fingers.
The family was at supper, when the servant
girl came in and in a casual way stated the
bed was on fire in her room overhead. Nor
sells half way up to the proper cavity were
dropped and frantic rush was
made up stairs. There the bed
was found in lively blaze. The window
was opened and the bed clothes thrown out.
In doing this Mr.. McClung burnt his hands
quite seriously. No other damage. It is
supposed the girl let a candle fall on the bed,
and the bit of a confagration followed in
consequence. =
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
The Notable 4rssay of Ec- Governors.
philadelphia Times.

President Hayes seems to have weakness
for x-Governors, and it is quite natural, as
he knows how it is himself. When namino
prominent candidates for the German mis-
sion, he got no further than Ex-Governor
Fenton, Ex-Governor Ramsey, and soon to
be ok Governor Hartranft, but he then upset
the whole pail of ex-Governors by referring
the matter to Evarts, who isn't an ex-Gov-
ernor and doesn't care button for ex-Gov-
errors, any more than he does for ex-wood-
sawyers. Hartranft and Ramsey speak
Pennsylvania Dutch, unless Ramsey has for
gotten his by generation of electioneering
among Scandinavians and such like, but
Fenton speaks many tongues, especially in
politics. How would it do for Hayes to cut
the Gordian knot by taking ex- Governor Pol
lock for the German mission? That would
put Colonel Snowden in the mint, Leeds in
the postofice, and probably Hartranft in the
COlleCtOrShip
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"Cu3,ye Dat ,POsS,s,,,. -


Get them together socially, religiously or
otherwise, and the colored citizen can get
more enjoyment to the square inch out Of
the occasion than any other men OF women
alive. What they do, they do with a fervid
zeal. If it's prayer, they can roll out the
petition with sonorous sincerity from
the inmost recesses of their
hearts. If it's an occasion of jollity,
the loud laughter, genuine, good, natural and
hurrah jollity make the air pulsate with the
quintescence of big enjoyment.
That's the way it used to be in ssthem
good ole days fore de war;" Just now the
inroads of conventionalism have made a
break in natures ranks, in this respect.
Colored people don't get the same amount of
fun out of a given occasion as they
used to do. Now and then nature masters a
disciple and a good-natured regular, old
fashioned ''guffaw'' comes bubbling up to
the surface and explodes with mirth-pro-
yoking shout.
All this, the rule and the exception, pre-
vailed at the 'Possum supper given last night
by the African Methodist Episcopal
church.
"Possum,' that word and the juicy lit
tie animal done to crisp brown,
had the power in former days to make ten
inch grins sit upon the countenance of every
individual in big community.
'Possum, ''sweet taters'' and scorn
bread,' "fore God" find the king who ever
sat down to such toothsome meal!
Last nights supper had the genuine pos
sum, imported for the occasion, as the
dish of honor. Tables were
spread, crisp brown roasted 'possums occu-
pied the center of the tables, trimmed of
with the necessary accompaniment.
Then the guests were called in to partake.
There was chattering, and 'possum seemed
Some went at it with full acquaintance OF
Others ventured. And there were actu-
ally some who declared thew
had never eat 'possum. A woful neglect OF
| their education Even more after tempt
ing morsel fanked with the necessary assert
ments, some declared they didn't like
| 'possum.
! Apart from the supper, the good people
assembled to the number of 100 or more
They took up formal chat, which now an6
then rippled out with a joke, and received
the applause of an old-fashioned laughter
shout.
The Rev. 81. Simons was the presiding
genius of the social occasion. He had az
able assistants Mr.. James Henry, Mrs. Ham
ilton and Miss Sarah Edwards. Besides
"the SUPPER" sweet-meat and CONNECTION
table was set. Some fingered about this
and patronized it extensively. The socia
meeting was held for the special benefit OF
the church, and Melted handsomely.
AS the night wore along, the folks woke ur
to the supreme moment, and began to ban
lsh much of the formality. AS some good
| natured gentleman warned up, he infused
] another with his sentiments, and as midnight
| came along revival of good old times was
given in salutes of loud laughter and mirth
full outbursts of enjoyment. Disbanding tc
go home, then real return of former DAYS
was evinced in the jolly good-n1ghts given
| through the crisp. cold night air.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
Mr.. Tilde,s Host PROMISING.
Harper's Weekly.I

In word, New York must be carried:
Tilden can carry it more probably than any
competitor, and the same reasoning which
was conclusive in 1876 it is held will be CON
elusive in 1880. In this view there is no
place for Messrs. Thurman or Hendricks or
Bayard, and among the conspicuous candi-
dates, therefore, Mr.. Tilden is the most
promising.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
PERSONAL.

to most of the old settlers of the State. passed
his New Years in st. Paul.
Charles Golfer Esq, an old-time resident of
st. Paul, but now one of the live men of
Crookston, is in the city visiting old friends.
The presence of Mr.. Golfer among US is espe-
cislly gratifying to old settlers, all Of whom
gave him Happy New Year. with special
warmth.
Lieut.. Gov. J.. B. Wakefield, Blue Earth City,
was in the city long enough yesterday to sam
pie Col. Aliens New Years spread, and shake
hands with a few of his numerous st. Paul
friends The governor will take possession of
his apartments at the Merchants Saturday next,
for the winter.
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Notice of Assignment.

In the matter of the assignment of Zsigo Weiss and
name OF Schultz & Weiss, to Robert A. Smith:
, 10 whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given
that the above named Zsigo Weiss and John Schultz
as co-parners as Schultz & Weiss having their prin
cpal place Of business at the city of ST. Paul, Ram
sey county, Minnesota have by deed of assignment,
bearing date the 1tth day of December, A. b. 1875
made by them and duly fled in the office of the
Clerk Of the District Court for said Ramsey county
at st; Paul. conveyed and assigned to me, Robert A.
smith, residing at st. Paul. all their property and es
e1ecutlon in trust for the benefit of their creditors
and that have executed and fled in said Clerks
ONCE the bond required by law, and accepted said
assignment and trust. ~
ST. Paul, December 18th, 1878.
ROBERT A. SMITH
VIM. 8. MOORE, ST. panI. MINI.
Attorney for Assignee. s1O-S6s
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02

A Derry, Westmoreland county, Pa, station
agent freed an animal in a hole under rock
and tried to pull him out. He has since shaved
off his luxuriant mustache and buried a new
suit OF clothes. Moral: skunk is not pos
sum.
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The Rirer Falls Visitors.

There is no city on the American CONT
nent that offers the attractions for passing
Happy New Year equal to those presented
by st. Paul. The inducements are as mani
fold as they are unique, and it is safe to say
that no other city of the world can vie with the
successful efforts of her citizens in entertain
ing a large party Of excursionists on the first
day of the year.
The idea OF arranging a pleasure excursion
in the heart of midwinter, to any other
northern city but st. Paul, would give rise
to obstacles that would result in the subject
being dismissed as presenting an undertak-
ing whose successful accomplishment would
be impossible.
The most important factor that can by any
possibility enter into an affair of this kind is
the condition of the weather. In order that
full measure of success should attend an
undertaking of the kind under descrip-
tion, there must be an abundance
of weather-not the similar mixture of ele-
ments that ordinarily attends the holiday
season of less favored and unfortunately sit
uated cities-but bountiful down pouring
of bright and luminously clear sunlight In
this respect, yesterday was almost perfect
and the fresh, strong breeze was as sweet
and exhilirating as wine ITSELF The princi-
pal streets presented an unusually gay and
animated appearance, due to the presence in
the city of several hundred excursion
lists from River Falls, who were invited
by A. B. Stickney, the superintendent of the
St. Paul, Saltwater & Taylors Falls and
Hudson & River Falls roads. A free train of
half a dozen coaches were placed at their
disposal, and at 10 A. NJ. the party reached
st. Paul. They numbered nearly 400 ladies
and gentlemen and were merry crowd. A
good many had little business errands to at
tend to, and as the holiday was likely to be
observed by business houses in the after
noon, 1t was business first and
pleasure afterwards. By far the
larger number were excursionists pure and
simple, and devoted themselves to doing the
city. For this purpose New Years day
proved rather unfavorable, so many places
being closed and SO many of our citizens
being engaged in the social festivities incl
dent to New Years. Large numbers visited
the capitol only to wander through the cor
rldors and find the respective official doors
lnhospitably closed against them The
presence of the janitor might have aided
them in seeing the various departments, but
40 10 h1u Ao' oeeh hoIlneo OF Inc coming
visitors, he was quite naturally absent. The
visitors scattered about the city, calling
upon friends and taking dinner at
the various hotels, the Merchants
entertaing the larger number. At 4 P. M.
the return train left the depot and the very
pleasant visitors We're homeward bound. It
is to be regretted that some arrangements
were not made for a formal reception and
entertainment of this party especially in
view of the bounteous welcome which River
Falls extended to st. Paul on the completion
of the 'connecting link a few weeks SINCE
There was no formal list made of the ex-
cursionists, but we append as full list as