Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-09
CITY GLOBULEs.

CITY GLOBULEs.
Great Western band concert at Rice park
this evening.
Up to midnight $50 guests had registered at
the Merchants. A good Friday. surely as it
were.
Inc splendid K. N. packet, Alex. Mitchell.
Will DO the next boat for st. Louis, leaving at
IL NJ, Sunday.
The Church Choir Pinafore Company will at
tend the services on the grounds of the Com
mandery, White Bear lake, tomorrow after.
| noon.
A horse attached to Gays delivery wagon
started to run away on Robert street yesterday
afternoon, but the incipient dash was nipped
In the bud by Officer Waterhouse.
Charles OMalley-high sounding name-is
doing the pipe fake about the city. TIA q
snide confidence game, in which he tries to dis
pose OF q meresham for merschaum pipe.
Chief Weber instructed the members Of the
police department, last night to rigidly enforce
the ordinance bearing ON the obstruction of
sidewalks, and all derelictions will I've met with
the pena ty.
The whole police force was summoned to
headquarters at o'clock P. NJ. yesterday. The
object was to give instructions in regard to re-
porting all defective sidewalks, etc., in accord
ance with resolutions passed at the last meet
ing of the council.
Dave Burke the boss hackman, and the
Union Ticket office, at the corner of Third and
Jackson streets, have formed an Office partner
ship: The Union Ticket Office have taken the
INSIDE and Burke the outside of the same
building. Burke has more room but less desk
facilities.
The streets of st. Paul these days look az il
the big State fair was in progress, being jammed
from morning till night, while the hotels are
overcrowded, cots having to be sp cad nightly
IN the railways, and even then it is found inn
possible to accommodate all applying for en-
| tertainment.
United States Commissioner Cardozo dis
posed of one small case yesterday: Mr.. DELL
ing, of Madelia was up for violation of the
internal revenue laws. selling tobacco without
license. 81. was held to answer at the next
grand jury in bonds of $500, giving his own
recognizance.
The theft OF silver watch was reported at
police headquarters yesterday morning. A
boarder at Stones, No. 18 East Seventh street,
was the loser, and another boarder was the
gamer by the business. Thursday night the
ticker was taken, and the taker disappeared
along with the watch.
In yesterdays account of the shooting tour
nament the st. Paul Rod and Gun club was
mentioned as taking part in the shooting.
The credit should have been given to the St.
Paul SpOrtsman's club, As the latter and not
the former named contested in this match,
with the st. Paul Gun club and the Minneapo-
lis Gun club.
a grand reopening of the Chaplin Hall
House, at Hudson, Wisconsin, will take
place on the Goth inst. Bruce's St.
Paul band will discourse music, and altogether
arrangements have been made to make the af-
talr grand event. The imposing, commodious
and convenient structure was erected by
Messrs. 81. A. Taylor and A. d. Andrews, ana it
will be opened to the public under their man
agement.
Inc war department is credited with the
statement that Sitting Bull has never been on
American soil, Gen. Miles to the contrary, not
wlthstandlng. Yesterday, it was learned how
such news might have reached the war depart
ment. Not long ago special emissary in the
person OF prominent officer was sent to Gen.
Miles headquarters direct from Washington.
among other paraphernalia he took with him
lot OF carrier pigeons. Arriving in this city he
stopped long enough, as he supposed, to get the
pigeons accustomed or acquainted with the
environments, his intention being to send
word from the front to headquarters here. As
the officer and birds have been away for some
time, and nary bird, it is thought likely the
carrier pigeons have got to Washington.
A few nights ago despicable thief stole all
the lead water pipe out of Mrs. Campbelps
boarding house, corner of Tenth and jackson
streets. There was big absence of the Gus
tomary flow of Lake Phalen, the morning after
theft. ReD0rf rna 10 To fho nd
the plumber. The latter repaired the damage
| at the usual cost, and the police started in to
catch the thief, cost what it might. Yesterday
officer Waterhouse discovered and recovered
the lead pipe in the possession Of rag picker
at the corner Of Eighth and Robert street. He
stated he had bought the plumber from boy.
officer Waterhouse took up the trail of the mr.
chin and will likely run the thief in with the
receiver of stolen goods, the rag-picker. This
lead pipe trick is very ordinary thing in
large cities, but new break for st. Paul.
pair of mules attached to a stone-wagon
and owned by John Farmer started to run near
the corner of Grove and Broadway streets yes
terday forenoon, and their flight was product
i've OF considerable interest. They made the
circuit of lower town, and it is safe to say that
pair OF mules never had more room than was
accorded the audacious quadrupeds under con-
alteration. The animals came up Pearl to
jackson street and out the latter to Eighth
street, where the spectators were forced to wit
ness thrilling spectacle. The courageous
driver of the team, who had held to the lines
during their flight. attempted to stop the ami
mails by walking out on the pole of the wagon.
Climbing near to their heads, he fairly grasped
tho brides, and with the rapid and reckless
manner in which the mules were going, his sit
uation was remarkably hazardous. The team
collided with J. r. Bazille's buggy near Eighth
street, which broke the force of their fight and
resulted IN their capture. The wagon and