Daily globe., 1879-03-22
CITY GLOBULEs.

STATE superintendent Burt lectured at Red
Wing last evening.
County Auditor Davis rejoices in his first
invoice of Easter eggs.
The delegates to the Chicago immigration
convention returned yesterday.
A thousand barrels day. Did you ever?
No. never, never Well, hardly ever.
The board of public works holds special
meeting on Monday at 10 o clock A. NJ.
The ice has broken away above the bridge
and moved down fifteen or twenty feet
The dust is becoming unbearable, The street
sprinklers ought to be mustered into service.
Tho demoralized stone walk in front of the
store of G. ]. Montfort Il Co., East Third street,
was being replaced with new stone yesterday.
Hereafter the board of public works will hold
its regular weekly meetings on Friday at 10
o clock A. NJ.
Work on the excavation for Commodore
Sixth and Seventh streets, will be commenced
next week.
A complaint was filed at the district clerks
Office yesterday by Gregg g. Co. against T. M.
Schleif, to recover $40 and costs on prom
issory note.
Huge volumes of smoke curled up fro n West
st. Paul yesterday, and were waited cityward,
caused by the burning of prairie grass and dry
underbrush.
The new packet being built at the La Crosse
K. N. boat yards for the St. Croix trade by
Capt. John n. Reaney, will be completed ready
for business early next month.
The st. Louis Gzobe-Democrat of Tuesday
last says: The Annie (K. N. ine) with large
trip, cleared for St. Paul last night and will be
followed by the Arkansas on Friday.
In the case of Seymour, Sabin Il Go. VS..
Isaac W. Webb, transcript of judgment was
yesterday fled in the office of the district
court for $45.6O in favor of the plaintiff.
Sheriff George, of Dunn county, Wisconsin,
is still in the city. So far he has discovered no
trace of the expert burglar who plundered a
jewelry store in Menominee last Sunday night.
Transcript of Judgment was yesterday filed
in the Office of the district court for $52.45 in
favor of the plaintiff in the case of Littig &
Werborne against the Bennett Osborn Manu-
featuring company.
Emil Carl, sent to the State prison from Scott
county for larceny, June II, 1877, for term of
two years, having served his full sentence less
good time, has been restored to citizenship by
Gov. Pillsbury.
Messrs. F. T. Brawley, Robert Thompson and
E. W. Jadis have-been appointed commission
ers by Gov. Pillsbury to organize the county of
Kittson under the act of the legislature ap-
proved February 25 1879.
City Treasurer REM received $6, ,457.39 worth
of cancelled interest coupons from Kountze
Bros, of New York, yesterday. Thus does st.
Paul meet her liabilities with a tax levy of l3
mills and bonds selling at par.
On and after the 23d inst, Sunday, passen-
ger trains over the st. Paul & Pacific railroad
will leave daily at 5 o'clock P. NJ. for st. Vim
cent. and run through without change. To-day
an extra passenger train will leave for St. Vim
cent, and run through without change
It is reported that the Southern Minnesota
railroad company is about to bring suit against
the St. Paul & Sioux City railroad company for
the recovery of 200 600 acres of land which it is
claimed the latter company secured by fc-
titious surveys, and which lands in fact belong
to the Southern Minnesota company by virtue
Of its land grant.
The army of tramps which occupied this
city for a week past: seems to have evacuated.
Yesterday Chief Weber was in Minneapolis,
and paying visit to the lookup, recognized
among the inmates several mendicants who
had been hauled up here and been discharged
after much piteous pleading. Minneapolis is
getting rock-pile ready for such guests as
these tramps, and they who refuse to work are
to be dieted on sawdust puddings.
Gen. sibley is preparing for the Historical
society an account of the tragic events connect
ed with the death of Sir Thomas Simpson, the
Arctic explorer, which took place in Minnesota
near Red river, in 1840. Gen. Sibley was then
justice of the peace for Clayton county, Iowa,
and examined the persons who were witnesses
of the event, so as to ascertain if Sir Thomas
committed suicide or was murdered.
On the 18th inst. q case involving the right
to a patent furnace heat radiator was argued
before Judge Nelson. The plaintiff was George
T. Flint against Robert Bros. & Landon of
Winona. Hon. L. L. Bond of Chicago, ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and W. B. Phelps, of
Nelson gave decision in the matter for the
plaintiffs, referring the matter to H. e. Mann,
ESQ.,, clerk of the court to fix the amount of
damages.
Messrs. John Filtz, Wm Thieke, August
Krumpleman and Joseph Finkler, left last
evening for seeding operations on homesteads
secured in Big Stone county, located last sea-
son. Mr.. Finkler has been the driver of hose
cart No. for several years past, but he now
proposes to become horny handed granger.
The party went well supplied with stock, ma
chinery, seed and supplies. Mr.. Filtz after
seeing the spring work we'll under way will re-
turn and resume his place in the store of q. A.
Timme, corner st. Peter and Tenth streets.
Thursday night several of the Arion society
serenaded one Of their brothers, Mr.. Fischer,
who had perpetrated matrimony. Among the
serenaders was Martin Teipel. The honor had
been conferred, the newly married couple had
returned thanks, and the serenaders were pro-
ceeding home. As they neared Bernard
Michels store on Rice street q gang of roughs
made an unprovoked assault upon them. In
the melee Teipel was struck with slung-shot
and knocked down. He came into the municipal
court, yesterday, and appended his name to
warrant saying John Gneis was the man who
had struck him.
While Alderman Dreis and Mr.. ]. Mason
were returning from Gebhardt's hotel, on Como
road, Thursday afternoon, the buggy in which
they were riding came in contact with an obsta-
Gle and tipped completely over, throwing both
gentlemen upon the ground. The only iniu-
ries received were by Mr.. Mason, who sustain
ed few slight bruises, which were immedi-
ately dressed by Alderman Dreis who, with q
druggists forethought, carried package of
plaster in his pocket. The buggy was not
damaged, and both gentlemen returned to the
city in safety.
A government mule kicked the traces on
Third street yesterday afternoon and decided
to 60 on the rampage. He went, bearing in his
train CONSERVATION and confusion worse con-
founded. With heels gyrating with the We
locity of forty-horse buzz saw, at perpen-
dioular angles with the fore part Of his anat-
omy, he looked like jack rabbit pursued by q
pack of famished wild cats. Generally speak
inp he had his own wav of it unti1 the Mer