Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-04
CITY GLOBULEs.

CITY GLOBULEs.
The liquor licenses yesterday numbered 116
on the books, paid up. In words and figures,
oil 900 in the city treasury.
To-day is the forty-6rst day of the present
term OF the district court. An end will soon
be reached. as there are only two more jury
cases on the calendar.
DIR. O'Leary's lecture tonight is to both la
dues and gentleman. The subject is Marriage
ana Divorce. The audience is sure to be q
large one. Go early and take your sweetheart.
The usual Monday meeting. of the bridge
commission was yesterday postponed subject to
the call of the secretary, Mr.. Cochrane, who is
confined to his residence, the victim to a bad
cold.
Engine houses No. and No. 3 were thrown
out OF the fire alarm circuit yesterday, by q
breakage of the line. The break was soon
found to be at box No. T. Seven Corners. and
speedily repaired.
Joseph Lick, Jr., has sworn out a warrant for
the arrest of Ludwig Manke, Frank Hood, s..
Hood and M. Martz. He claims that thew
pounded him Sunday afternoon while he was
coastlng, on the corner of Pleasant avenue and
Sixth street.
half-breed named John Burnett was
brought from Detroit last evening, the prisoner
OF United States deputy marshal. He is
charged with selling liquor to Indians, and will
have hearing before Commissioner Cardozo
this morning.
twas rumered, yesterday, that a fire had
broken out at the Metropolitan hotel, but a call
at that caravansary proved the report to be en-
tirely without foundation The indignation is
great towards the vandal mean enough to cir
culate such an atrocious report, and if identi-
ned he will be summarily punished.
Lsst night Mr.. Carpenter paid neighborly
visit to Mr.. J. W. McClung, on Summit avenue.
He. as it were, took advantage of the remnants
OF snow, and paid his visit in sleigh While
indoors doing the agreeable, a sneak-thief came
along and did the disagreeable by lifting a
handsome wolf robe out of the sleigh.
The high wind yesterday didn't do much if
any, damage. But apprehending fall of the
cornice about the Metropolitan hotel the side
walk was blockaded as a precaution, and pc
destrians were warned to keep in the middle of
the street, to escape I'M jury in the event of a
fall. The oornice stood against the blast
after all.
John Ashpelund, residing near the Pacific
round house, got gloriously drunk on Sunday
afternoon and raised Ned with bis neighbors
He held an audience with Judge Flint, yester-
day, who reminded him that if people were
bound to dance some one would have to paw the
hddler. He paid $40 and left the room a yery
sober man.
Another attachment was sued out yesterday
against A. Holterhof & Co., whose failure was
mentioned last week. L. Herschhorn & Co.,
OF New York, brings a claim for 81, 3O7 against
the hrm. The affair is a little further com
phcated by the garnishment of the German
American bank; the plaintiff claiming the
bank has collateral security of which they
should share and share alike with other cred
itors.
The manner in which old Boreas made crazy
signs creak, yesterday, was matter of grave
alarm to timid pedestrians, who fought shy of
rusty hinges and disjointed cornices It was a
genuine northeastern on bit of bender. and
the air on the principal streets was tremen-
dous with an indescribable jargon of sounds.
1t was the language of demoralized signs while
the eye Toasted on flying hats. No damage is
reported.
Last night Sheriff Thompson was in the CITY,
lie was fulfilling an official mission, and had
for his purpose the capture of a Young man
named Ward. Ward was alleged to have gone
through the money drawer Of q restaurant in
the adjunct, and he was wanted both to refund
the money and to answer for the theft. The
case was given into the hands of Capt. Clark.
though the sheriff took look for himself.
About 10 o'clock Capt: Clark got on to the
man, and gave him into Officer Nugent's GUS
tody Ward was put safely away in the lock-
up, and Sheriff Thompson will take him home
to-day.
Unless there's another fall of snow, sleigh
ing is badly spoilt for this season. yerv
big thaw, with favorable wind struck the
edge OF winter yesterday and made the bulk of
the cold weather melt away. The streets and
sidewalks became slop runway for the melt
ing snow. and all sleighs were discarded Tor
wheels by noon. As late as midnight, the
thaw continued with no sign of falling Their
mometer. The maximum thermometer yes
terday was 80 degrees above zero and the mini
mum 49, The air was downright balmy, and
not few got to using Thompson's Seasons in
an apostrophe, Come, gentle sping! Ethereal
mildness, GOMEZ
George lllingsworth, the incorrigible petty
thief, has probably met with a mishap which
will incapacitate him from his vocation of steal
ing buffalo robes for all time to come. Yester
day ne was brought into the city with both feet
badly frozen. He had been picked up on the
roadside near Rice lake by farmer in this
condition, and brought to town. He was taken
TO the city hospital. It is more than likely
That amputation Of his feet, or part of them.
Will be found necessary. Illingsworth stole q
buffalo robe out of sleigh. which Mr.. Charles
Passavant had driven to Mr.. VIM. Lindekes, on
Eighth street, Friday night. He had tried to
sell it for liquor in the city, and finally dis
posed of it in New Canada With the proceeds
II the sale he filled up with the ardent. stray
sled outdoors, laid down in the snow. and was
frozen.
Articles Of incorporation were filed in the
'tflce OF the secretary of state yesterday of the
Western Air Line railroad COMPANY.
he object of the incorporation is the construc
Ion OF line of railroad from point ON the
Northern Pacific railroad in Otter Tail county.
va Alexandria, Douglas county. Willmar'
Aandlyohl county, and Window, Cottonwood
county, and thence to the southern boundary of
me, q state IN jackson county. The capital stock
u Inc corporation is placed at $4,000, OOO to
which figures the highest amount of indebted
ness is limited. The incorporators and first
board OF directors are: A. A. Brown and J. B.
1owlng, OF Douglas county; A. E. Rice and E.
of Kandiyohi county; A. McCrea and
VI. Anderson, of Otter Tail county; Ole Peter
son, j. G. Whittemore and O. N. Barsness.
d Pope county; Edward LARSEN, of Swift
county; A.. d. Perkins, of Cottonwood county:
). +. doodsell, Of Mower county; X. 81. Hell.
ing, OF Brown county; and J. w. Cowing, of
Jackson county
PERSONAL.