Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-27

last night, was caused by ire in shed at the
rear of Peterson & Smiths butcher shop, at PAL
Broadway. The fire was extinguished by q
stream of water from garden hose without
any damage.
Col. Samuel Woods. United States army, has
been relieved from duty as chief paymaster of
this department., and has been ordered to San
Francisco for assignment to duty. Dol. Geo.
L. Febiger will assume the duties of chief pay
master of this department..
Sheriff Barton, of Rice county, passed
through the city yesterday, with four candi-
dates for Saltwater. Isaac Applegate and
Charles Curtis, two of the gang will spend if
teen months at hard labor for assault and rob-
berry, and James Wolford and Joseph Gleason
will do likewise for cattle stealing.
Saturday next at 10A. NJ. the State returning
board will proceed to canvass the votes of the
late election at the Office of the secretary of
State. The canvassing board consists of the
secretary of State, the two justices of the su-
preme court and two justices of the district
court.
The ladies of the German NJ. E. church are
giving fair at Knauft's hall. It was auspi-
ciously begun last night, and will continue to-
night and tomorrow evening. The hall is
beautifully adorned, and tho tables are hand.
sale, while refreshments are offered in abund-
ance.
letter has been received by police author;-
ties from Capt. Murphy, of Bismarck. The
letter stated that Andrew Stapleton. who claim
ed to have been robbed of $500 in this city a
short time ago, worked for him about a month
last summer and received $40. Stapleton'r
bundle is "sized up by Murphy at about
$45. .-. $500. H.. sss
festive cub attached to bread wagon,
owned by Peter Bolts. got on rampage yes
terday morning and proceeded to make things
lively in the vicinity of Seventh and jackson
streets. The animal started south on Jackson
street and illustrated the eternal fitness of
things by colliding with bread wagon owned
by John Gels. The mad career of the brute
was here terminated. having accomplished no
great damage.
The case of Roger Healy, charged with fes-
looming Mallacha Welsh with beer glass, by
which the latter's pericranium sustained seri-
GUS injury, came up on continuance in the
municipal court yesterday morning. DR..
Stewart explained that the victim of the as
sault would not be able to appear for several
days and the hearing was continued until the
18th day of December.
The st. Andrews society has secured the ser
vices of veteran piper, who served all
through the Crimean war under Sir Colin
Campbell, to furnish the music on the occasion
of their banquet and ball on Monday evening.
1t will be the first opportunity yet afforded our
citizens to hear the genuine bag-pipes played
by genuine Scot, and the treat will no doubt
be greatly enjoyed, especially by those who
have listened to the inspiring strains of the
pipes on the heaths of auld Scotia.
A pleasant reunion took place at the st. Paul
gymnasium, night before last, large number
of the opponents of the manly art being in at
tendance. Among those present were quite a
number of the retired and honorary mem ers,
prominent among whom was Lieut.. Nickerson,
formerly an active and foremost member. The
exercises were in charge of that most popular
and efficient exponent, Prof. Jimmy O Brien
and the exhibition was highly pleasing and sat.
isfactory.
John Koch was a:raigned at the municipal
court yesterday morning on two charges. He
drank unlimited quantities of lager and prac-
ticed base ingratitude on a saloon keeper
named Kornisch by getting away with So of
that sentleman's lucre. About this time he
hankered for fight and the longing was DEM
onstrated on a fellow countrymen named
Thera. He was committed for two weeks on
each charge and will hang up his sock in the
county Jail.
Max Schmidt was before Judge Flint yester-
day charged with cabbaging q low-necked ul-
ster from party by the name of Matthias
Thome. The latter left his coat on 3 pigeon
hole table in the Washington house one even
ing last July and discovered it on the manly
form of Schmidt last Monday. Smith testified
to having found the BENJAMIN in barn, a
portion of which is occupied by employees of
the ice company as sleeping apartment The
evidence was not strong enough to sustain the
charge of larceny, and the case was dismissed.
John Larson, of Carver, tried to call the turn
on the denizens of st. Paul, Yesterday, and got
badly left. He must have taken the populace
for community of marines, and with this OBJ
jeot in view he hied him to the city with a
CARLOAD of Thanksgiving poultry. The poul-
try was all spoilt and the hungry populace
didn't invest worth cent, the worst of it be-
ing that Larson knew the birds were diseased
at the time they were offered for sale. Officer
Patterson swooped down on the caboodle and
Larson was brought before Judge Flint, who
confiscated the turkey and discharged the Gull
prit on payment of costs.