Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-12
CITY GLOBULES,

The Catholic Orphans fair has been post
poned to November 10.
The 9th treasurer paid eli the street force
yesterday, sl,277.74; sewerage force, $2636S;
contractors, $l,345
Early yesterday morning an unknown vandal
carried off the portable oyster sign standing in
front Of SCOTS restaurant on Third street.
The United S, ates district court met yester-
day morning, but no business being presented,
adjourned until tomorrow at II o'clock A. NJ.
Yesterday, Noyes Bros & Cutler paid $363.65
duties on imports. The goods were directly
imported from across the waters by the firm.
Twenty-Five car loads of cattle from Montana
consigned to eastern markets passed through
this city last night over the Chicago, Mlwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad.
The strike of the boiler makers in the shops
Of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba rail-
road is continued, and steps have been taken
to inform the members of the craft at other
points Of the situation.
A party from Minneapolis named Irwin
Barnum was at police headquarters, yesterday,
to recover horse. He states the dark brown
animal, in weight 900 pounds, was stolen out
of his barn Friday night.
The St. Paul Arion society will give grand
concert and ball, at the Atheneum, the
evening of the 9th inst. The music will be
furnished by the Great Union band, and the
affair is anticipated with great pleasure.
Mr.. Mark Durham, njured few days since
at Anoka by falling under the cars, was yes.
terday brought to this city by DR.. Murphy and
conveyed to st. Joseph's hospital for treat
ment. DR.. Murphy says his patient is doing
well and will recover.
According to the police court docket, drunk
enness in St. Paul is measurably on the in
crease. Eight offenders arrested for this mis-
demeanor were disposed of by Judge Flint
yesterday, and it wasn't an uncommonlv good
day for tanglefoot either.
Blear-eyed, sodden and debauched in phys
ical vice, Hannah Walsh faced police court
justice yesterday morning destitute of every
"omanly virtue. She had yielded to an IN
quenchable thirst for drink and was put out of
harms way by a thirty-day sentence to the
couuty Jail
man named T. NJ. Cary was arraigned at
the municipal court, yesterday morning, on
the charge of keeping a disreputable house at
the corner of Fifth and Minnesota streets. A
continuance was requested and the examina-
ton was postponed until the 10Th inst, at 2
o'clock P. NJ.
An old man, named Martin Gray, whose tot
tering form and snowy locks ill became the
precincts of police court, was before Judge
Flint, yesterday morning, charged with drunk
enness. He begged piteously for an opportunity
to leave town, and sentence was suspended for
the tulhlment of his purpose.
MIR. Parson, who has machine shop at the
corner of Fourth and Exchange, reported the
loss of coat valued ut $40, yesterday morn
ing. He was at work outside removed his
coat and hung it on reaper. Having occasion
to enter his shop, he did So and coming out
shortly afterwards found his coat gone.
At one time, in the early history of St. Paul,
the name of William Tanning was associated
with the most honorable connections. Since
then he has fallen to the degraded level of a
common drunkard, and is persistently given
to indulgence in his cups. He was 'before
lsing to better, he was let off with the light
fine of So, Oh payment of which he dis
charged. In the evening he was again picked
up hopelessly drunk and locked up.
James Kennedy was arraigned at the mu-
nicipal court, yesterday morning, charged with
violating the fire ordinance, which consisted of
assisting at the Capehart- Kennedy moving bee
on last Sunday. The defendant asked for
jury, and the following names were drawn and
the case was set for trial Wednesday, the
18th inst: Ferdinand Erdman, G. F. Pusch,
Zachariah Lyon, Albert Armstrong, Charles
Friend, j. Fl. Hicks, James Malon, r. j. Stock
ton, Eugene Stilwell, Thomas Erd, John Lied
man, J. G. Taylor.
The way of the transgressor is indeed hard
They strobe into the municipal court yesterday
forenoon, begemmed in Jewels and bedizened
in the costly earnings of their shane, veritable
whited sepulchres. They paid over their money
and went free. At the same time the sapient
star-chamber affair, known as the grand jury,
were holding secret inquisition. with the social
evil as the topic of discussion. They returned
indictments, about the same time that the
keepers were paying tribute to the city for the
privilege of conducting their illicit traffic. 1t
was certainly strange anomaly.
While Trout Brook engine and hose cart
were on their way to the fire last night, the
hose cart collided with a two-horse rig which
was standing in front of Conley's variety
theat1e, on the corner of Third and st. Peter
streets. The outfit, which was from Robinson's
livery stable at Saltwater, was driven by Mike
Fortune, resident of that place, who was at
the time seated in the buggy. The collision
threw out Fortune, and the horses ran down
Third street, but the buggy being so badly
smashed prevented them from going far. and
they were stopped at the junction with Waba-
shaw. Fortune miraculously escaped with but
few scratches, and the horses and what there
was left of the buggy were taken to judd 3
livery stable.