Daily globe., 1879-02-15
TIE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE MORNING. FEBRUARY 1879
CITY GLOBULES.

John Dillon-Toby matinee this afternoon.
The Union bible class meets at the Y.M.O.
A. rooms to-day at 4:SO Pm.
Officer Baer run in Pat Fahey yesterday.
Fahey was more than fairly drunk.
officer Murphy, with ten vigorously-working
tramps, is making the county woodpile look
sick.
Yesterday was Saint Valentines day, and the
missives few about as usual, though there is a
letting up in this nonsense every year.
Hereafter no seats will be reserved at matt
nees the motto being first come first served"
Good idea, and prices 25 and SO cents.
Maxteld Il Co.'S store wagon horse attached,
got ON a rampage yesterday on the levee. 1t
was hurrah crash and smash for awhile
10 date the city has been enriched by $S5OO
payment for liquor licenses Besides these
licenses, twenty-five for miscellaneous purposes
have been issued.
town that the street gas lamps arc put out at
o'clock. The schedule time calls for ''out
lights" at 3 o'clock A. M.
Mr.. John Dodge, the popular head clerk at
the Merchants, is lying dangerously i'll with
an attack of erysipelas, there being no improve
ment IN his condition up to late hour last
night.
An officer from Fort Smelling having kindly
volunteered to come over occasionally to drill
the boys, the com mittee on boys of the Y. M.
y. A. are busy making arrangements to that
END. 1t Will be good thing for the young
sters.
A farmers team made lower Seventh street
lively with their cavorting yesterday afternoon.
The horses got away from the wagon at Sew
enth street bridge, and left for home, leaving
their owner to foot it out into the country
It's case of cross-charges. Thursday Cor
oner Stein got out warrant for VIM. Beiers'
arrest, because BEERS threatened to knock the
coroners chimney down. Beiers yesterday
said 1t was his bull that was gored, and got out
a warrant for DR.. STEMS arrest
The time allowed to pay personal taxes ex-
pires on the 2Sth inst. After that the penalty
attaches. So far this class of taxes has been
PAID up promptly; only a few are left, and a
them from being declared delinquents.
Wednesday evening about nightfall some
sneak thieves attempted to strip Mr.. Joseph
Vance's (NTo. "a West Fifth street) clothes line
of weeks washing. Some noise or outcomi ng
inmate of the house alarmed them, and they
decamped with only a garment or two.
Yesterday G. W. Krook, of New. Ulm, was az
raigned before United States Commissioners
Cardozo for intern al revenue crookedness. He
was charged with selling manufactured to-
bacco without cancelling the stamps. He was
held to answer to the grand jury in bonds of
$500.
Lately the city treasurer advertised the sale
of q lot of property for DELINQUENT assess
ments. The advertisement has answered big
purpose; many have taken advantage of the
days Of grace and have come and taken their
property ont of jeopardy by paying up all as
sessments thereon.
The many friends Of Mr.. Frank Werner will
be panied to learn of that gentleman's indis-
! position, caused by falling from a chair while
regulating clock, at his residence, on Thurs
daT. Mr.. Werner's ankle was dislocated, re-
suitiog in a painful but not dangerous wound.
He will no doubt be sufficiently recovered to
e aroanG next week.
On the toth of Ma, 'ch Hon. II. M. Rices term
of office as a saember of the board of public
works, expires by date of appointment 1t is
generally understood that he cannot be in
duced to accept the office agaln His many
other duties and health forb. d him him burdenng
himself with the manifold lapors connected
| with the duties of the board.
John Dillon and the Wallaek combination
return to st. Paul to-day for two fea. formances.
For the matinee Mr.. Dillon will 3. pear as
Toby" and in the evening in the nfei. drama
| of THE Lancashire Lass" Both bills a. tord
Mr.. Dillon abundant scope for his versat. lie
| talent, and with his excellent support two mos.
| attractive entertainments are assured.
serious accident occurred at Mr.. John
ODonnells livery and sale stable, on Exchange
street, yesterday forenoon, by which that gen.
| tleman narrowly escaped losing his right eye.
| The accident resulted from the unexpected fall
| OF buggy which was in process of removal
! from an elevation to the floor of the barn, a
portion of the shaft coming in contact with the
| right eye, intiicting painful wound. The
wound was dressed at Miller's drug store, and
| it is thonght that with proper medical atten-
tion the eclipse will not prove fatal.
I Notwithstanding the fact that more than a
quarter of million bushels of wheat have
been shipped from elevator to Chicago for
one firm since the 18th of December. besides
large shipments to Duluth, Milwaukee and
Chicago for other parties and is now taking in
| and sending out from twenty-five to thirty-five
car loads day, there was standing in the yards
! yesterday 1853 cars awaiting transfer, and no.
tlces of between 200 and 800 cars lying on side
tracks on the different roads had been received.
Superintendent Zimmerman wishes he had a
z,UUO,UOO bushel elevator.
| st. Paul can feel exceedingly safe under the
effective protection afforded by its police. AS
an indication, last year there were thefts and
rooherles IN the city aggregating $1,S10. Of
this amount 81, lSl were recovered. The great
majority of these losses occurred from petty
thefts, perpetrated by the inmates of the house
where the property belonged. No professional
work to any extent was done; the noses of the
| force being sharpened to detect crook So soon
as he got into the city. Before he had time to
ply his vocation he was gotten out of the city.
The above record of figures requires no wordy