Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-01
CITY GLoBULEs.

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CITY GLOBULEs.
All FOOLS Day!
The supreme court meets at II M. to-day.
The Fort Smelling bridge commission met
but transacted no business.
Look out for tricks, not the savory kind
which remove the scentbf bar-room nectar.
They were ono day ahead of time, but they
were April showers that visited US yesterday,
all thesame.
The new rooms for the accommodation of
the State auditor and his assistants are nearly
ready for occupancy.
An amateur orchestra is to be organized at
Armory hall, by Prof. II. Stein, next Wednesday
evening, and those desiring to join are request
ed to be present at o'clock.
There was a jam of teams unloading house
hold effects, farm Implements, seed, ETC., into
st. Paul l. Pacific cars all day yesterday for
shipment to their new frontier homesteaddV
The last of number of important DEGREES in
foreclosures against the First Division of the
st. Paul & Pacific Railroad company was heard
and granted by Judge Brill, in district court
chambers, yesterday.
Mrs. Meyers, an account of whose insanity
and arrest appeared in yesterdays issue of the
GLOBE, was adjudged insane by Judge O Cor
man yesterday and committed to the hospital
for the insane at st. Peter.
Yesterday, Charles Russell, the Todd county
timber trespasser, appeared before United
States Commissioner Cardozo and gave bonds
of $500 for his appearance at the next term of
the United States district court.
The calendar for the April term of the SUI
preme court, which meets at IL M. to-day, con-
tains eighty-five cases. For the first time for
years. all causes in which returns have been
filed have been noticed for trial and are on the
calendar.
The mayor finished, yesterday, the little job
of putting his signature to the $4,000 worth
of bonds 81 1000 each, and the forty-two or
more coupons appended. To-day they will be
turned over to the city comptroller for his
Hancock.
It is expected that Judge Young will return
from St. Louis this week, where he has been
acting in professional capacity in the motion
for final decree of foreclosure of the st. Vim
cent extension of the st. Paul & Pacific rail-
road company.
Frank Eberman pleaded guilty yesterday, be-
fore Judge Nelson, to having sold liquor to In
dians on the Sisseton reservation. He was SEN
fenced to pay fine of 1875 and be imprisoned
for one day. The fine was paid and at shutdown
yesterday he was released from Jail.
A grand opening ball is announced to take
place at the Commercial hotel this evening.
The arrangements have been taken in charge
by the popular proprietor of the house, Mr..
John Frett, which is sufficient guarantee that
the occasion will be one of unalloyed pleasure.
Messrs. I. w. Webb and VIM. b. Fisher,
superintendent of the st. Paul 4 Pacific rail-
road, two of st. Paups horny handed grangers,
having plantations in the Red River valley,
500 miles northwest of St. Paul, have their:
spring seeding more than half completed
already.
Mr.. Vincent, the contractor for the Como
avenue grading, is at present engaged in filling
trestle-work. Mr.. Vincent will complete this
| job in about two weeks, when he will resume
| work on Como avenue, and push the wrk to
| completion in time to meet the requirements of
| his contract.
| The twain, Lawrence Fox and Charles A.
Squires, who robbed Nolans shoe store, No. 63
Wabashaw street, early Sunday morning, were
| interviewed by Judge Flint yesterday. The
conditions were such that both were held in
| $500 each, to answer before the grand jury for
| burglary and larceny. Money they had none,
| friends as few, SO both were committed to
Jail.
Yesterday Will Kiefer and a friend, while
! out cunning did neat piece of sporting
| work. Between the two, they are generous in
| not fixing the responsibility, handsome wide
| winged swan was brought down, the first bird
| of the species which has foated in the waters
n:,1;% Eo,rf VII sr1
| was killed just below Pigs Eye on the Missis-
tsippi river.
Four more pine land trespassers, of the Min
neapolis pattern. were brought to grief yester-
| day. Service was made upon Frederick @. and
VIM. M. Barrows in four suits. They are
charged with having trespassed to the amount
| of $l0,374.91. VIM. 81. Lawrence is alleged to
have done the same $l,3OO worth, and W. 81.
Eldred carted off government logs to the
amount of 49,
Train Dispatcher Drake, of tho st. Paul 4
Sioux City railroad, was relieved from duty
temporarily, yesterday. Mental excitement
was the trouble. Mrs. Drake has been absent
for several weeks visiting friends, and its .
daughter. Drake, of course, has not seen thu
little angel yet but the report is it is faxen
haired and handsome-just like its father
"My daughter, oh, my daughter"
| a BOlQler Oh IDe IleVcuUu AnA0AVIJ uolAOI
Barry, stationed at Fort Smelling, met with I
serious accident there yesterday forenoon. H.
was driving one of the quartermasters teams
when the mules became frightened and RAJ
4 away with them. He was thrown from hi
saddle, and the wheels of the loaded wago
passed over his body across his abdomen. TIL
injuries were severe and may be fatal.
Bow-wow. Wow. What ails you now
The city treasurer has received a big bundle o
dog-tags to be attached to licensed pups, whe
they are 40 permitted to live by proper pay
ment The warm weather approaching, it wi
soon become necessary to label the dogs. an
for this purpose the treasurer has two kinds Q
tags. Brass ones appropriate for the lady
dogs, costing so, and modest bronze ones fo
the gentlemen purps at 81 each.
Poor old Hannah Walsh has succumbe
! again. Only two days ago she was release
from Jail on the intercession of her youn
daughter. Last night about o'clock she g
vigorously drunk down on Minnesota atre'
: and paid muscular visits along the street,
the wreck of window glass showed. J:
Donnelly's store was battered, Ahern's saloe
was smashed up and others had q light touc
e Of the visitation, So or SO worth. She vi
finally collared and taken to the station.
The. finance committee of the society for Il
\ relief of the poor met yesterday for Il
purpose of arranging for the musical entertal
ment to be given for the benefit of the organ
= cation. The oratorio of s'Queen Esther is
y be given, and Profs. Leib and Seeger explain,
le the advantages of offering such piece. Messl
70 Wilson, Mitchell and Gannett, Mrs. Murpl
and Mrs. Higbee were appointed commit
" to arrange for the entertainment. The secl
t. tary reported 156 applications for relief
in March.
The board of health met yesterday afternoe
~ ~ The usual routine work was disposed of, af
be which the board discussed at length the sal
tary condition of the city. DR.. Mattoc
ed called attentlon 70 Inc seMels' anu also me y