Daily globe., 1879-03-16
CITY GLOBULES.

simple drunk and nothing more, at tn,
municipal court yesterday.
The citizen who tickled his strawberry ebec
last week may now hang up his hoe.
Veteran soldiers, their widows and orphans
crowd the district clerks Office after back
bounties.
The diminutive item had to be seized by the
halr and clothed in overshoes and an ulster
yesterday, before it was sufficiently thawed
out to pay its respects to the reader.
The property owners in the vicinity of the
corner of Rice and Blanca streets want fire
alarm box located there The council will be
petltloned to that effect next Tuesday.
The announcement in this mornings GLOBE
that Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore will reach st.
Paul Tuesday evening will be read with pleas.
ure. The arrival of this ship creates a furore
everywhere.
The death of million weather prophets is an.
nounced from various parts of the country with
the advent of the present cold snap, and for
fear the man anticipates we fendishly re-
mark that the above is drawing it mild.
The German Christian Literary society will
celebrate its tenth anniversary at the NJ. E.
church on Rosabel street next Tuesday even.
ing. musical and literary entertainment
will be given with other appropriate com
memorative exercises.
The case of Joseph Brunette, charged with
selling liquor to the White Earth Indians. and
which has hung fire for several days before the
United States com missioner, got a hearing yes-
terday. After "the hearing Joseph was COM
mltted to jail in default of 5000 bail.
The choir of the church of the Assumption
German Catholic) have in rehearsal for Easter
service the grand mass in F from Carl Kemn-
ter. A thorough drill will be given the vocal
lists, and the solemn music is promised to bs
rendered in a most excellent manner
Edward Coon came down from the pineries
yesterday, picturesquely attired in pair of
scarlet trowsers. The boys got onto the racket
and started the music by asking him to drink.
He imbibed freely and made Rome howl with
his orgies, being finally run in by Officer Nor
gan in sadly demoralized condition. He will
languish for four days.
Several weeks ago the GLOBE gave an ac-
count of Peter Johnson's theft Of cow from a
widow, Mrs. Cannon, residing just below West
St. Paul. johnson sold the COW for S11 to a
West st. Poul butcher. and then hid himself in
Minneapolis. He was apprehended there, and
$3.50 found on him. johnson is now in iail
and yesterday was visited be the widow, who
induced him to give her an order for the
$3.50, which the chief of police retained. She
got 1t-and $3.50 for a COW is rather cheap
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock Mrs. J,
Burgess, milliner, number 80 west Third street
had couple of Improbable customers. Thew
came IN, two women, accompanied by sandy
moustached, bifrucat,d monster. He dilIy-
dallied near the door, while the women folk
look at the gear. fxin's OF things. They made
no nc purchases. And after they had gone, Mrs.
Burgess discovered that they had taken two
baby sacques, some embroideries, etc. The
losses were reported at police headquarters, but
somehow no very accurate description could be
given of the shop-lifters.
Bids were opened yesterday at the Office of
State Treasurer Pfaender for supplying the
State with one hundred and fifty cords of green
body maple wood, which amount is estimated
sufficient to supply the capitol building for the
year 1879. But four persons or firms took
enough interest in the matter to put in bids. as
follows: Willis Masters, $4.S7 per cord; Geo.
Wills, $500 per cord; Northwestern Fuel com
pany s5.17 per cord, and Smith & Lewis s5.24
per cord. 1t will be seen that Mr.. Masters is
the lowest bidder, and if that gentleman will
only furnish evidence of his ability to faith
fully perform the contract he will receive the
award. 1t not the award will 90 to the next
lowest responsible bidder.
Prof. Irwin Sheppard, superintendent of pub
lie schools of Winona, recently spent day
with superintendent B. F. Wright in visiting
the schools Of this city, and expressed himself
much pleased with what he saw in the various
grades, and with what he learned Of the man
agement. he stated that the penmanship on
the examination papers was the best he ever
saw, and requested J. D. Bond, superintendent
of writing, to send him specimens of pupils
writing from the different grades. Mr.. Bond,
yesterday, forwarded to Mr.. Sheppard over 300
pages written by pupils from eight to four
teen years of age. This is the third call for
pupils writing that Mr.. Bond has had this
winter from superintendent of city schools.
High noon, and Caidwells on jackson street
was thronged with dense multitude partaking
of the high old lunch spread out. In stalked
a red legged blanket pants-red- headed
hair-lum herman. he was surely relative of
Robbin- the-bobbin- the -huge-bellied- Ben, who
eat church, and eat the steeple, eat the priest
and all the people. For this sturdy gent who
looked like incoming and outgoing day-red at
both ends, proceeded to cast himself outside of
every delicacy or substantial in reach. There
were Others who wanted chance. and remon-
strated with the cormorant. He declared he'd
chaw them up, and to prevent such cannibal-
ism, Caldwell called in Officer Morgan. who
pulled the fellow out and passed him along to
the station. little later Judge Flint put him
to board in the county Jail for four days.