Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-30

as used on the altar, and the globe and burner
being the usual pendant chandelier in front of
the altar, containing 1.-THE eternal light" Mr..
MeManus can offer no explanation as to how
the property got into his yard, and presumes
they must have been placed there fully five
months ago. 'he property awaits an owner at
police headquarters.
A painful accident took place on side track
adjacent to the foundry of the st. Paul Manu-
featuring works, at 8 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing, which will cripple the victim for life. At
the time named several employees of the COM
pany were engaged in loading cars, to expedite
cara from one track t" the track adjoining,
The cara had been placed in position, in doing
which the person in charge had neglected to
act the brake, which started one of the cars
down the grade. An employe named Swan
Monson was in the act of stepping across the
track with his back to the Car, when his left
leg was caught by the wheel and frightfulIy
mangled. The young man was taken to St.
Joseph's hospital, where he was attended by
DR.. Hagan, who expresses some hope OF being
able to save the limb. The suffer or has only
been in the employ of the company four days,
having recently arrived from Carver county.
1 For several days past arrangements have
been in progress for agrand reception, intend
en- to signalize the presence in st. Paul of Miss
Elizabeth Hays, of Windsor, Canada, Miss
Julia Smith, Of Detroit, and Miss Ella Fogg. of
Ann Arbor, Michigan, at present visiting
friends in this city. The affair was pleasantly
consumated last evening when, notwithstand-
ing the inclemency of the weather, large
number of invited guests assembled at Col
knuaft's Lake avenue hotel to participate in the
enjoy ments of the entertainment The hote
was brilliantly illuminated and the guests
were welcomed by cheering strains sof melody
a. produced by Prof. Bruce's orchestra, and the
delightful and animated scene presented q
charming contrast to the fOrbidding aspect of
the night without. The evening was passed in
With dancing sumPtous supper was spread
at midnight. and the guests returned at an
early hour this morning highly pleased with
the nights ente rtainment.
As was to be expected, some dissatisfaction
exists among the friends of the young men who
competed for tho cadetship in the examination
at Minneapolis on the 18th and 26th inst and
who failed to secure the prize. The examina-
received number by which he was known
throughout the examination. When the aver
ages were made up it was found that number
ten had the highest average. and number eleven
the next. The names Of these two were nm
known until the list was referred to, and Il
was then ascertained that9Beede and Crimes
were represented Ly those numbers. There IL
every reason to believe that the examination
was perfectly fair, and certainly the members
OF the board were men Of too much character
to lend themselves to rascally scheme to pro-
mote an unworthy boy over his superiors. Hon.
w. y. Washburn was present when the board
met and was particular in his instructions to
say that he wanted the best scholar selected,
regardless Of locality, in his district.