Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-12
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CITY GLOBULEs.
Some of the streets are getting dirty.
Base ball, hoops and marbles are now in sea-
son.
Third street should receive its first spring
grading.
Judge Brill failed to preside at the district
court, yesterday, owing to the serious illness
of his father.
There's considerable vexatlous litigation in
this city. AS an instance, the municipal court
disposed OF forty-three civil suits yesterday.
Action was commenced in the district court,
yesterday, by G L. Farwell against N. @. Puert-
ches, to enforce Judgment of $251.51 and costs.
Aid. Mccarthy is suffering with severe at
tack Of cold, which seems to have settled upon
his lungs, and it is to be hoped that the indis-
position will not prove serious.
Mrs. Preston, residing on St. Peter street
near Ninth, has become an obnoxious neighbor
and undesirable tenant. She got double no.
tice yesterday from her landlord and the police
to vacate.
pear with bandaged digits, all the result of
trying to stop a base ball on the end of those
members instead of letting it drop easily into
the palm Of the hands.
The gauge showed depth of water of two
feet seven inches, yesterday, rise since the
thaw commenced of about nine inches The
rise is very moderate however, only amonnt-
ing to about an inch in twenty-four hours.
One simple drunk was up in the police court
yesterday. This was even further simplifed
by Mr.. James Doherty, the offender, who sig
nlhed his willingness to take the pledge The
surprise was administered and Doherty was
discharged
The st. Paul& Sioux City railroad company
have the right to build their shops as soon as
they may desire. Yesterday payment of
about Sis, 600 was made for the A. s. Elfeldt
property and tie deed to the premises was de-
ivered to the company.
The post commandant of Fort Smelling wants
Samuel M. Manton and James Devine, and to
aid in their capture, the chief of police is fur
nished the usual army descriptive lists"
where man six feet high may Just as apt be
reckoned at four feet two as anything else.
At midnight last night Col. Culver was rest
ing easier, and unless it was the ease which pre-
cedes dissolution, the symptoms were favora-
BILE. The continuance of life gives some hone
to the public that he may still be spared, but
his medical advisers give no hope.
Charlie Esler of ST. Peter, who has large
circle of friends in this city, met with a seri-
GUS and painful accident few days ago. A
hot globule of molten iron hit him near the
eye, while he was experimenting cas- ting.
which may cause him the loss of his eve, or at
any rate scarify his face very badly.
bill for divorce was yesterday filed in the
office of the district court by Hans Oleson
from his wife Christine whose promiscuous
style of bestOwing her charms has become to
the last degree distasteful. They were married
in 1869 and lived together up to last Decembe
when the virtuous Hans was first brought to a
realizing sense of his wife's perfdy.
At a late hour last evening Capt Clark and
Detective Bresett observed three suspicion
looking characters skullking along Washington
street. Upon being accosted they were unable
to give satisfactory account of themselves.
and were accordingly run in on general prin-
ciples. They are regarded as desperate char
acters and will find recreation at Col. ALIENS
wood pile.
rare entertainment is announced to take
place at Knauft's hall on the evening of st.
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tertainment is given under the auspices of the
st. Vincent de Paul society, for the benefit of
st. Mory's school, and will consist of musical
selections interspersed with a number of choice
readings. The entertainment is for the benefit
of a worthy society and should be we'll patron
lied.
The artistically inclined, and lovers of good
music should bear in mind the rare treat Of
fered by the st. Paul Musical Society. in their
third concert of the season, to take place at the
Opera House tomorrow evening. In addition
to the excellent home talant, the entertain
ment will be enhanced by the presence of Mrs.
Jennie May Jewett, the accomplished soprano,
who has kindly consented to appear for this
occasion only. A family matinee is announced
for Friday afternoon, commencing at 2:3O
O'Clock. The price of admission is exceeding
ly low, and seats should be reserved at once in
order to avoid the rush.
The mandate has gone forth that Mr.. Peter
Brown must quit. The official index finger of
the police force made the sign for him to 90.
and he has gathered himself together and sham
bled out of the city. Brown has been arrested
for larceny more times than the Siamese twins
had fingers and toes He'd established a repu-
tation for expert stealing which would have
made him nj : unsafe on resurrection day. He'd
get at the first symptoms of foot, and purloin
the archangel's trumpet, thus preventing the
beginning of eternity. Peter has gone to Still
water, not in an official sense, but as a private
citi' en-. to take in the extent of his probable
hereafter.
No more within the gates of our beautiful
city will the lowing and pestiferous herd be
allowed to perambulate the back alleys in quest
Of the vagrant (not fragrant) cabbage leaf
No more will pesky ours have the opportunity
of badgering lean bovines, to the edifcation
pon1 AL
organizing circus side-show exhibitions on the
principal promenades of the city. The ukase
has gone forth, and Officer Mitchell. acting
poundmaster, did it with his little CAD. From
this time henceforth, commencing to-day, no
COWS will be permitted to run at large within
the city limits, and owners are hereby notified
that all animals of the above persuasion found
running at large will be taken to the pound
and disposed of according to law
The council committee on streets and alleys
had meeting yesterday afternoon, to specially
consider. the matter of a change of grade on
Fourth and Fifth streets, between Maria and
Hoffman avenues. Aldermen Dowlan, Nc
earthly, Belote and O'Connor, and the city at
torney, were pre3ent large delegation of
property holders for and against the measure
were also in attendance. The proposed change
of grade has heretofore engaged the attention
of the board of public works, and was bv them
referred to the council. The same opposition
as expressed at meeting of the board, was re-
peated yesterday. The committee then took
the matter under advisement, and resolved to
recommend to the council that the proposed
change be not adopted. or in other words, that
the old grade. be restored.
The sale of season tickets for the Hess opera
season, commencing next week, will take place
on Friday. the 18th inst. beginning at A. M.
Tickets for the season with reserved seats in
the parquet and circle will be sold at the re-
markably low figure of So; matinee included,
81. Season tickets with reserved seats in the