Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
CITY GLOBULEs.


fountains.
The French citizens are arranging for a pic
mic, which will take place next week
There was big rush of wheat teams to ele |
vator 4 and the Capitol City mills, yesterday.
The rehearsals Of the American Dramatic So
ciety during the summer season, will take place
at the Athenaum.
One man said it was hot, yesterday. tie Wss
lust six feet according to- Stees' measurement.
RequieScat IN pace.
The fine three story brick block being built
on lower Third street, by Middleton u Gotham
is nearly ready for the roof.
The rash youth of the period may now lavish
his earnings, and win the affections OF ms
sweetheart by numerous ibations OF lnexpen-
sive soda water.
The city treasurer paid the gas company $4,-
725O7 yesterday. This amount covers the ex-
pense of lighting the city, partially, for the
last five months.
The new car stables, corner of Fourth ana
St. Peter streets, are in process of speedy con-
strurtion, work on the second story being com"
menced yesterday.
The funeral of the late Luke Padden took
pl0CC Yesterday, duu NoS AoeSA>>S> ~
number of friends, the remains being inferred
in the Catholic cemetery.
Westward the coming settler takes his way,
as evidenced by the number of canvas covered
wagons filed with immigrants, to be seen daily
passing through st. Paul.
The billiard room of the Metropolitan hotel'
will be conducted by George Snyder the
veteran minstrel performer, late OF the
NcwhaN house, Milwaukee.
A large quantity of protested paper was SOLD
at auc,ion in the corridor OF the postofhce'
Yesterday, most of which did not bring over
one per cent. of it's face value.
General r. w. Johnson, of this city, has
accented an invitation to deliver the Grafton on
the occasion of the decoration of the soldiers
graves in Minneapolis on the 3Oth inst.
Officer Nugent made an expedition to Pigs
Eye yesterday, and recovered young Castner's
clothing, which old Davis had stripped from
him the day before in drunken mistake.
Mr. John Hoffman, the man who was injured
at the Capital City FIGURING Mills on Thurs
day evening, was much better yesterday, and
no doubts are now entertained OF his recovery.
MI. Alfred Guerin, the young man who was
stabbed in an alteration with Hiram Dyer, Jr',
on Thursday night, is considered out OF dan
ger, and it is now thought he will rapidly re-
cover. .a,r
The council committee on streets made
personal inspection yesterday of Park avenue.
The visit was made for the purpose Of fixing
the grade preparatory to systematized work on
the street.
John Allen, the colored gent who had fight
with Easton Burgett in George Morton's
saloon on the 18th inst, was sentenced to three
months imprisonment in the county jail by
Judge Wilkin, yesterday.
Trains for the Great Union band excursio
to Lake Mnnetonka, will leave the st. Paul
& Pacific railroad depot at 8 clock sharp this
morning. and all who contemplate going
should be on hand early.
The Flynns, three of him, aged respectively
7, 8 and II, were up in the police court yes ter
day for stoning the McIntyres. They were
found guilty, and sentence was suspended to
enable them to go home and be spanked
Deputy Sheriff Harrison took Lawrence Fox
and Charles A. Squires to the penitentiary,
yesterday. These two were convicted of lar
ceny and monumental lying :; the former re-
ceiving two years and the latter eighteen
months time at Saltwater.
Clark Kiefer was the recipient, yesterday,
of a handsome miniature ship, the gift of 8
convict in the State prison at Saltwater. The
vessel is perfect specimen of full rugged
three master, and is the handiwork of Richard
Gessard, convicted of manslaughter.
The amusement week ahead at the Opera
House will be J. T. Raymond, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday nights; Tom Moore cele-
bratlon Thursday night, and Tony Denier's
Humpty Dumpty company Friday and Satur-
day nights, including ladies and children's
matinee on Saturday afternoon.
The ladies of St. Marys parish will give q
lawn festival on the Sd prox. at the residence
of Mr.. B. Beaupre Prof. Seibert will furnish
the music, and other agreeable features to make
the entertainment grand social success have
to the benefit of St. Mary's parish schools.
Yesterday 156 recruits for the Eighteenth
United States infantry, at Fort Asslnnaboine
arrived in the city from New York and Column
bus O. Capt Mackenzie Bates, First United
States infantry, commanded the detachment.
The batch of recruits are ordered in camp al
Fort Smelling to await transportation to theil
regiment.
Disbursements for street improvements were
made yesterday in the following sums to the
named contractors: To James Carr, for grad.
ing Western avenue, $560.15; Boyer & Lux, fol
grading Park avenue, 81, 100. Is; James StarkeY
Fort street sewer, 1875. A.; James Carr, 70,
grading McKubin street, $ll9; and to Moline
4 Weber, Sixth street sewer. $3902.
The season is at hand when the girl of the
period will solicit the young fellow who is gon.
her. to buy the last tickets she has left 70.
the strawberry so:iable for the benefit of tn,
heathens, and smilingly passing over his las
$3.50, the hypocritical wretch will afterward
curse his luck for being born in region wher
such expensive Injuries are made possible.
The Summit avenue lookout which las
evening appeared like light house, is tn
port from which ones eyes can feast upol
one of the grandest views in the woodland
one can know Of the beauties of st. Paul an,
to what the city may reach until from thi
lookout he takes in at q glance for miles in al
directions the land which must eventually max
up this city.
The real estate business is more active in 81
Paul than since the panic, as witnessed by th
large number of transfers taking place daily
Among other transactions yesterday, four 10,
were sold at public auction by Thomas Cool
ran J1., the same being in block 20, Mackul
bin Il MarshalPs addition to st. Paul. The lo
brought 1850 each, and those wishing to pu
chase can secure similar bargains at privat
sale.
A touching case of youthful depravity WI
developed in this city yesterday whereby
father is compelled to swear out warrant f,
the arrest Of his child The complaint is a
industrious colored man named Richal
G. Reynolds, and the power of the law is il
voked to restrain his daughter Alice Ma
from mingling in the society of lewd and ev
company. The case will come before Jud,
Flint tomorrow.
A special meeting of the German society w
held on Friday evening to arrange for the pro
er reception of Gen. Sigel who is expected
this CITY the ensuing week. His visit to s