Daily globe., 1879-03-19
CITY aLoBULEs.

CITY GLOBULEs.
Judge Brill resumed the hearing Of court
cases yesterday.
Yesterday the mesdames contributed the or
dinary amount in fines to tho oity for their
sinful traffic.
complaint was yesterday filed in the Office
of the district court by Andrew M. Bush,
against Robert j. Stockton, to recover $500 on
promissory note.
Liquor licenses to date paid for, 14S, or
$l4,SOO; vehicle licenses, 16. or $50: beer IL
oenses, %, or $sO5; butchers licenses, 8, or
1925, and miscellaneous, 81.
There was large audience present at the
Commercial college last evening to listen to
Major Newson's lecture entitled, Hurry Up.'
The lecture was very entertaining and was lis
tened to with great interest.
Yesterday John Pfeffer was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Cardozo for sell
ing beer without the special revenue stamp.
Both prosecution and defendant were unwill-
until 10 o'clock A. NJ. to-day.
The application for a new trial in the case
of the notorious murderer, George I.auten-
the penitentiary, will be heard by the full
bench of the district court judges this morn
ing, Judges Wilkin, Simons and Brill presid
ing.
The case of J. G. Hunter vs.. William Gra-
ham, on trial in the district court for the past
week, was submitted at late hour Mon day
evening and taken under advisement. The
action was brought to settle rights par tner-
ship, the amount in litigation being about
$1,000.
The returns of the recent election for town
officers in Mclean township, were received yes
terday, showing the following results: Super
vlsors-Louis Nickow, chairman, F. A. Cans
man and w. Buck; town clerk, Daniel O. Con-
ner; justices of the peace John OConner and
Daniel O'Conner.
In the matter of the recent assignment of
Minor Mccarthy, a full report Of which hav-
ing already appeared in these columns, new
petition was yesterday fled in the office of the
district court, being substantially the same as
the former with the exception of the recti6ca-
tion of a few technical errors.
The election for town officers in New Canada
township last week, resulted in the choice of
the following officials: Supervisors-N ].
Brainerd chairman, Henry Brand and William
Kuhlman; town clerk, j. P. Melancon; town
treasurer, r. Bryant; justices of the peace,
E. A. Boyd and William H. Mcintyre.
While patrolling his beat about o'clock last
evening, Officer Rouleau observed tramp
named Riley enter pawn shop with the evi-
dent intention of pawning coat which he
bore concealed on his person. He was interro-
gated. and being unable to give satisfactory
| account of himself, was taken to the station.
The coat was nearly new. being of the sack
description and bearing the custom mark of
George Palms. Riley is a hard case, having
just served twenty days sentence in the
| county Jail.
The st. Paul & Pacific Railroad company has
made definite proposition to sell the Union
| Depot and Transfer company the necessary
ground for the proposed union depot ana ap-
proaches. In fact, the proposition embraces
more ground than the union depot requires.
1t includes the levee front from Sibley street to
the river and the proposed depot site, the
whole amount being about twenty acres. The
price asked is $250,O00. The Union Depot and
Transfer company have taken the proposition
under advisement.
Leopold O. Luther does saloon busir ess on
beer license at the corner of Fourth and Kit.
son streets. On the 18th VIM. Green, Mic hae]
and Patrick Early and Thomas Needham had
| desire to celebrate. Their desire was coupled
with means to carry out their desire. They set
themselves to work to devise way, and the
way they did it was 'to take, carry away and
| steal one small keg of beer to the value If 49,
the property of said Leopold o. Luther
That's what Leopold o. says and swears to in
! a complaint duly recorded and warrant duly
issued from the municipal court yesterday.
| There was flourish of grim-looking revol-
| vers, the air was sulphurious with strange
oaths mingled with more direful i'm mprecations
| and for a minute or two visions arose of the
most blood-curdling consequences. The diff.
Guilty took place on Third street, near Coroner
STEMS Office, the other afternoon, and arose
from difference of ten dollars over q horse
trade. 1t proved big fizzle, however, and the
preliminaries of what might have been lively
| row were as harmless in results as sheet-light.
! ming from summers sky. The GLOBE man
was on hand to do the. obituary business but
didn't bind himself not to give it away.
Yesterday, about 2 o. clock, small lad rushed
into police headquarters burdened with an i'm.
p;rtant mission. He had Just arrested a boy
IN lngersolls store, on Bridge Square, in the
act of stealing, and he wanted policeman to
collar the fellow and drag him off to a dungeon
The taps Of the bell, by the combined efforts
OF Jessrang and the city attorney. summoned
Officer Baer to duty. He repaired to Ingcrsoll'
store, and there took Minef Metz in custody
Meta was discovered by one of Ingersolps cash.
boys stealing bosom shirt, q knife and few
other articles. TIE little fellow, Frank Elgler
promptly made ''the arrest" reported it, and
then ran off to the station as related above
| Metz is lad about l6 years old, and resides at
the corner of Jay street and Western avenue.
He staid the night through at the station, and
wept himself to sleep. For few days back
1ngersoll has been missing small articles, and
| suspicion pointed to Metz, who had been in
| quite often as a customer, to price, but not
particular to buy. When he came again yes
terday, he was watched, with the above result.
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