Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-02
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CITY GLoBULEs.
The temperance bowling alley, Opera House
block, is steadily gaining in popularity.
Including the call tomorrow only three jury
cases remain on the district court calendar.
The police and fire departments and city
officers were paid their February salaries yes
terday. About $4,000 was thus disbursed
The board of directors of the aims house anc
hospital met yesterday and audited February
bills to the amount of $l,406.3l, against
Sl,947.33 for the corresponding month las
year.
Peter Bott was one of those who was present
at the board of public works on Friday, ane
protesting against the change of grade OF
MARIA and Hoffman avenues. He madea forci
BILE speech on his side of the case.
Another of farmer Webb's drivers was taker
into custody yesterday for refusing to pay tn.
wood measurer's fee. Upon reaching the mu
nicipal court however, he adjusted the matte,
by payment of the fee (l0 cents) and costs.
Mr.. Thomas Lyles, the barber has leased fo
term of years the large room in Opera Hous,
block in which he took refuge after the Music
Hall fire. Ladies and gentlemen's bathing
ro0 3 IS and ada ladies' hair dressing establishment
The Marine building was center of attrac
ton to the school teachers yesterday. They
got their February pay in checks on the Mer
chants National bank, and Tine didn't shoul
der many minutes, before the cash was in h;nC
for the months onerous service.
Gen. G. G. Andrews will repeat his lecture
Life and Manners in Sweden and Norway
at the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church or
Tuesday night. He has delivered the lecture al
about thirty different places during the winter
and drawn the highest encomiums.
The guests at the Arcade hotel, on Robert
street, were greatly alarmed early yesterday
morning owing to the discovery of rattle,
extensive, but not dangerous chimney Camilla
grafton. The fire was discovered on Friday
evening, and ragged furiously for over three
hours, resulting in thorough purgation Of the
chimney.
serious collision took place on Bridge
square yesterday noon, between a farmer s
wagon and hack driven by young man
named Cody, which was fortunately unoccu-
Pied The most serious damage was sustained
by the hack, the top of which was knocked
into smithereens. The damage will not ex-
coed 800.
A sturdy looking young fellow with shout
ders broad enough for toll came into the DO
lice station about night-fall yesterday. He
represented himself from Minneapolis He
was the owner IF a wife and child. Three in
the family, and the three had been without
food for three days. He remarked in a yery
emphatic way, for one weak from starvation,
that he wanted something to eat. He was rec
commended to tax the charity of Minneapolis,
but meanwhile was directed to put himself in
communication with Aid. Grace.
While Mrs. W. J. Dyer and sister were attend
ing the religious service at the rooms of the Y
M. @. A., corner of Fifth and Wabashaw streets,
last evening, daring thief succeeded in max
ing way with the family conveyance. The rig
consisted of bay horse attached to two seat
cutter and containing handsome gray robe
The animal was marked with three white legs.
thereby making Identification comparatively
easy. Intelligence was received at midnight
that the horse had been found hltched to post
near Plymouth church.
The GLOBE spoke yesterday of Mr.. Charles
Passavant's unfortunate ride to Mr.. VIM. Lin
deke's residence on Eighth street. While en-
gagged indoors, a sneak thief appropriated a
handsome wolf skin robe in the sleigh, belong
ing to Judd's livery stable. Yesterday, Capt
Clark got on to the thief. Needless to say, it
was the notorious George Illingsworth. He
has penchant for loose robes, and makes his
presence almost ubiquitous in the city to steal
them. Yesterday he offered the robe at the
Harvester Works for 80, but before he could be
apprehended, he got out of town. Officer
Kenaly was sent out to New Canada to get hold
of the rogue and bring him in.
The case of the city against James Rockford.
charged with an assault and battery, came up
in the municipal court yesterday for the third
time this week. 1t will be remembered that
Rockford was arrested few days since at the
instance of Michael McDermott, who claimed
to have received an unwarranted beating from
Rockford in his saloon, on Minnesota street.
The testimony of a dozen witnesses was ad-
duced, showing that the charge against Roch-
ford was exaggerated to greater extent than
the facts justified, whereupon the defendant
was discharged. At this stage of the proceed
lngs McDermott manifested his true nature by
vltuperating the witnesses in the vilest billings
gate. Obstinately refusing to heed the admon-
itions of the court, he was finally committed
for four days.
The twelve good men and true who scrupu-
lousy weighed the evidence in the case of H.
B. Cladin VS.. The Williamsburgh Fire In
surance company, on trial in the district court
Friday, returned verdict yesterday morning,
after being out all night, for So 1222O in favor
of the plaintiff. The action arose from the
burning of Murphy's dry goods store in 1876,
resulting in the transfer of certain insurance
policies to 81. B. Clafin & Co., in order to
satisfy debt, which the company declined to
adjust, on the grounds that intentional fraud
had been committed by Murphy in purchasing
the goods. The first suit was brought in the
United States court, resulting in verdict for
the insurance company. A second trial re-
suited in an unsatisfactory verdict for plaintiff
after which action was commenced to recover
the amount Of policies with interest resulting
with the above named effect.