Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-26
CITY GLoBULEs.
Park concert this evening.

Park concert this evening.
Magnificent weather for harvesting.
District court, special term calendar cases
to-day.
The condition of Officer Nugent was reported
yesterday as very materially improved.
The United States circuit court met ycster-
day and without transacting any business ad-
journed until September Sd.
Commencing to-day, the municipal court
sessions will hereafter be held in the building
one door north of tho old market house on Wa
bashaw street.
The large and fine Rob Roy is the X. N.
packet for st. Louis to-day, while the North
western is booked for Sunday and the Alex.
Mitchell for Tuesday.
The complaint of E. g. Pomroy, an account
OF whose domestic troubles has appeared in a
q previous issue of the GLOBE, was filed in the
district court yesterday.
The Rod and Gun club had another pleasant
shoot yesterday afternoon, resulting in I. F.
Kennedy carrying off the badge after a pretty
tight rub with J. Mcmillan.
Military department headquarters received
no news from Gen. Miles yesterday, nor was
any information of hostile demonstration COM
municated from the frontier.
An appeal was fled by James stinson in the
district court yesterday from the award of the
commission appointed to condemn property for
the st. Paul g. Minneapolis Railroad com
pany.
The fine of William Corners who was sent
to the 'cooler" for putting mansard on the
pericranium of man named Quinn, was paid
yesterday, and the prisoner released from the
county Jail.
ALI who 60 to the Lookout pronounce it the
finest improvement ever erected in this CITY for
public use. 1t is the only place where visitors
can get favorable idea of the magnitude and
beauty of st. Paul.
1t is whispered about town that quiet prepar-
ations are being made for a grand regatta at
Lake Elmo during the month of August
something that will excel anything Of the
kind ever before attempted.
A "reminiscences of the late unpleasantnesa
loomed up in the municipal court yesterday
morning in the shape of one-armed veteran
named Michael o Brien. He failed to explain.
and the battle-scarred soldier was committed
for fourteen days.
The Short Line track is laid to the Summit
avenue crossing. Beyond this point there is a
heavy cut, which delays the track-laying, but a
large force is at work leveling the dirt to grade
From the present rate of progress the river
crossing will be reached within few weeks.
Thomas Sweeney has been on the turf 30
long that he has forgotten when he first started
in. He tramped into st. Paul on Wednesday
and was gathered in night before last. He was
Il MT
twelve hours in which to shake st. Paul dust
from his sandals.
The tailor who threatened a warrant of arrest
against George Morton, the Fourth street sa-
loonist, for kicking him, didn't come to time
yesterday. The fact is the drunken tailor
wasn't in Morton's saloon to get kicked by him
or ybody else. He was so drunk the ground
just flew up and caressed his jaw.
Sheriff Newton, of Hastings, visited the
capitol yesterday, for requisition for
a man named William Heninp. who
stole horse and buggy from H. s. Holmes, a
is now in arrest at Appleton, Wis. The stolen
morse and buggy were recovered at Lake CITY,
the 9Th inst.
j. w. Mccall has accepted the challenge of
Owen Sullivan to twenty-mile pedestrian
j.
ne has covered Sullivan's deposit, and the en-
tire stake will be put mp to-day. The contest
vii! take place at the Red Cap grounds in West
st. Paul, on Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock. #
the weather permits.
simon Cunningham was on st. Peter street
yesterday afternoon. No harm in this. but
while on the street he was likewise on bois-
ferrous drunk. Much harm in this: particn..
larly SO when Simon tried to kick in the door
OF score or more houses, to the great alarm of
the occupants. Officer Baer overheard his rue.
lion, collared the drunkard and deposited him
In the lookup.
John Nelson, or the man without hat, was
up yesterday for Selling hat at the Merchants
hotel, with which to cover up his badness. He
was snatched into the middle of next week by
the night Waterman of the hotel, and when
brought into the municipal court the exposed
waste on his head gllstened like the alabaster
divinity In the snOut of the sacred elephant
As no law prevents hairless man from trvino
TO cover up his badness, he was only commit
ted for week.
The board of equalization reasscmbled yes
terday morning, all the members being pres
ent. The work of rectifying the assessments
on persona! property in the First, Second and
Ihlrd wards was taken up and completed.
and the owners of property upon which the
assessments were raised will be duly notified ~
appear before the board. The household fur
nlture, billiard tables, etc., controlled nv Al.
bert Armstrong, receiver of the George Culver
estate, were assessed ON the valuation Of 81
OoO. Adjourned until 10 A. M. to-day.
There was novel kind of race witnessed at
White Bear lake Friday evening. There were
two entries the lake-one being a sail-boat
and the other prominent army Officer. The
latter, ambitious to emulate Capt. Webb. of
the British army, undertook to swim against
che wlnd-winged speed of yacht. The officer
wasn't provided with Boyton swimming suit
but unmindful of such protection he inn,ned
in with his every days on to make the effort
Six feet away from the dock he was dragged
out OF the water by the collar of his coat, wholly
defeated. "AAS
dispatch was received at police headauar.
tiers, Yesterday, from City Marshal Shortall. Of
Saltwater, saying he had one Wood in arrest
and closed with the request that some Officer
come over for him. Wood is the man Who
robbed McAfee, corner of Fourth and Wacouta
streets, OF $lOO worth of tools, not long ago.
was arrested in Minneapolis and escaped there
oy Offering to treat. In answer to the tele.
gram detective Bresett was on the eve of 90
Ing over to Saltwater, when word came that
Wood had broken Jail and escaped. s.First
marshal. ""'0A
The reckless manner in which the work Of
repairing the roof of Hale's building, corner
OF Sixth and Jackson streets, is conducted
very nearly resulted in the serious injury of n
pedestrian about 5 o'clock yesterday after.
noon. AT the hour named large quantity of
brick dropped from the top of the structure to
sne sidewalk, number of which barely missed
striking pedestrian named Grushus, and the
escape from serious, if not fatal results NAV
be regarded as almost miraculous. A r. 3.
reporter happened to be passing at the time
put as the pericraniuns of that staff are &C.
customed to wearing bricks and similar sib-
stances, comment is unnecessary.
The Keokuk Northern packet Red Wing did
not get away for st Louis until about 8 o'clock