Daily globe., 1879-01-26
CITY GLOBULES.

etit OF idle vagrants, will be ready for business
tomorrow.
The Lincoln lodge No II Of Druids will cele-
brate Washington's birthday with a grand ball
and social reunion.
The comptroller disbursed $4,000, yesterday,
as partial payment on contracts and claims, for
miscellaneous city work.
1he funeral of the late Mrs. Julia Keller,
from Assumption Catholic church yesterday
morning, was very largely attended.
Yesterday Joel Forbes after having passed
satisfactory examination before Messrs. Bell,
Beals and Clough, was admitted to full fellow
ship in all the honors and emoluments of the
legal profession.
The ice trotting track was only moderately
patronized yesterday, the recent thaw and
freeze having made the surface so smooth that
owners OF fast steppers hesitate to speed their
animals over it.
Nearly all the members of the legislature
took advantage of the adjournment to run
home and see their families and constituents
hence the hotel lobbies presented rather
lonely appearance yesterday-for st. Paul.
It's business, sure. The articles of incor-
poration of the St. Paul Union Depot and
Transfer company were fled with the secretary
OF state yesterday afternoon. The provisions
Of the articles and the objects of the incor-
poratlon are we'll understood by GLOBE readers.
The St. Paul & Pacific Railroad company is
in receipt of another magnificent freight en-
glne from the Rogers engine works of Patter-
| son, N. j. This makes eighteen engines this
| company has received within year, and still
1T is forced to borrow from other companies to
do its business
full days healthy exercise was furnished
| the prisoners at the county jail, yesterday, in
| the manipulation of various buck-saws on the
city woodpile in the yard of the old courthouse.
The pile was perceptibly smaller towards the
close of the day, and the impression is that the
experiment was success.
County Commissioners Lindeke Miner, Wag-
| ner, Hoyt and Hunt were in consultation yes
| terday over the grand jury's recent report.
They arrived at no conclusion upon the recon-
| mendation made in that voluminous document,
| but intend to bring it up for consideration be-
| fore the county board at the next meeting, on
Tuesday.
The work of filling up the fiat below the St.
Paul & Pacific depot is progressing steadily, and
with the opening of spring the dirt moving force
will be largely increased. several acres have
got to be filled in to make location for the
| new freight houses and other buildings made
necessary by the construction of the great
| union depot.
The st. Paul d Pacific company has put OF a
| new passenger train between St. Paul and Elk
| River. The train leaves Elk River in the morn
ing, getting into St. Paul little after 10
o'clock in the forenoon, and leaves on the re-
| turn at P. NJ, thus giving parties something
| over two hours here. The train will prove
| great convenience to people along the line.
The United States circuit court, Judge Nelson
presiding, engaged yesterday on an i'm
portant case entitled The Northwestern Mutual
| Life Insurance Company VS.. George A. Brackett
The suit is brought to forclose certain mort
! gage, the important point involved being
| whether or not the corporation has the right in
| this State to loan money on bonds and mort
cages. The case was argued by Hon. George L..
Otes for the plaintiff and the defendants in
| terests were committed to Governor Davis care
| The case was submitted with leave to file writ
| ten briefs.
Articles of incorporation of the Bryant Lii
| brary association were fled in the secretary of
states office, yesterday. The general purpose
Of the incorporation is the establishment and
maintenance of a public library at Sauk Cen
| tire, Stearns county. The management of the
! library is vested in board Of seven directors,
from whom the officers shall be elected. The
following are the officers and directors named
LII Lue 1TtUIeS: HreSlOenC, d. H. Falmer; vice
president, E. P. Barnun; treasurer Mrs E.
Oakford secretary, F. E. Searle; librarian,
Miss Alice Tobey; directors A. Barts and Mrs.
Louise Lamb.
private from Fort Smelling visited the
city yesterday, and to make the day lively he
proceeded to do the benzine act with an alac-
rity that in any legitimate business would soon
make his fortune. After loading to the muz-
zle with zigzag gin, he commenced to look
around for amusement, his particular style
being target practice, which he commenced to
execute on the employees Of the baggage de-
partment at the St. Paul & Milwaukee depot
Hourishing a revolver in recklessly familiar
manner. The sport had barely commenced,
| however, when officer collared the wretched
marskman and struck bee line for the station,
where he was snoozing last night, too drunk to
impart his own identity.