Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-25
CITY GLoBULEs.

morrow.
Sixty miles steamboat ride and forty rail-
reading, all in one day for $500, to Dalles and
return.
The minstrels have left and it is now in or
der to stuff the harvest of local gags. BY their
fruits We shall know them.
Ferdinand Winter was fined $500 in the mu-
nicipal court yesterday, for hurting Teutonic
billingsgate at his neighbors.
bug-juice fend named Watt not of hymn-
book fame, got four days sentence yesterday.
for feeding his diseased palate ON sixty second
fluid lightning.
State Treasurer Pfaender yesterday pur-
chased $4,000 of United States 6 per cent.
bonds for the benefit of the internal improve
ment land fund.
barbara reynolds was up yesterday, charged
with maintaining q pungent and mephitic nui-
sance. On recommendation of City ATTORNEY
Murray she was given until to-day to sweeten
up the premises.
DR.. Murphy reports Office Nugent's condition
as very favorable. His dislocated shoulder
having been replaced, he is doing comfortable,
and the hope is expressed that he will be out
within a week or ten days.
The board of equalization met yesterday
forenoon and occupied all day in canvassing
assessments No definite action had been
taken at nlghtfall. when the board adjourned
until 10 o'clock this morning.
The st. Paul & Sioux City railroad is now
doing larger passenger traffic than ever be-
fore. Especially is this true of through bust
ness, which started in brisk early in the season
and has been steadily growing ever since.
The st. Paul Sioux City railroad company
are in receipt of three bran new passenger
coaches and three baggage cars, built to match
the new sleepers st. Paul and Sioux City.
They are perfect beauties and will be run in
the Omaha Express.
Davy Crockett, not the dramatic hero, but q
saddle colored citizen Of African descent. was
before Judge Flint yesterday, charged with
dlsorderly conduct. Not having the needful
wherewith to discharge his fine, he was COM
mitted for week.
The rush of Southerners to Minnesota is
something unparalleled. Every railroad train
and every steamboat arriving brings full
compliment. Many stop in st. Paul at least
for few days, but the majority go out to some
of the many lakes with which Minnesota has
been SO literally supplied.
tailor, working for Quinn ings, the Mime
sofa street man maker, went into George Nor
tons saloon on Fourth street yesterday after
noon. He came out shortly afterward full of
whisky and with broken Jaw. 'Twasn't the
whisky which broke the tailors jaw, but "a
kick from Morton's No. IA br,gans A war
rant will be issued for the kickers arrest to-day.
We learn from the attorneys in the suit of
Mrs. Ashton against her mother, Mrs. Thomp-
son, that Horace Thompson is only brought
into the suit as matter of legal formality.
de paid all moneys over to Mrs. Thompson in
full, and whatever difference if any. which
this suit will settle will be to determine
whether Mrs, Thompson fully accounted to her
daughter for the money she Mrs. IT, received.
Owing to the frequency of robberies of late,
the chief OF police has come to the conclusion
that preventive measures must be inaugurated
and strlngently enforced. Orders have been
issued to the police to arrest all loiterers OF
ioafers on the street after - clock, and unless
they can give satisfactory account of them
selves, they will be run into the lookup and
brought before Judge Flint for sixty days
term of service on the rock pile.
The steamer Josephine, of the Diamond Jo
line, was in Wednesday evening, With a fine
excursion party from Rock Island and Burling.
ton, accompanied by the Rock Island cornet
band. The party spent the day yesterday in do
ing the grand rounds" and last evening
started on their return trip, all uniting in
the declaration they had had a grand, good
tlme, both on their steamboat trip up the
river, and in doing the dual cities.
Governor Pillsbury, Attorney General Wilson
and Clerk of the Supreme Court Nichols, The
| indisposed State officials, were at their respec
tive offices for little time yesterday, but are
All are doing well. however, and they propos,
to visit Crookston again in their capacity Of
railroad land commissioners, the 3Oth inst,
when it is to be hoped they will fare better
physically, then was the case on the occasion
of their late visit.
| The popular K. N. packet Red Wing, Capt
Hight, make the levee at 42O yesterday after
noon, bringing in fair freight and cabir
full Ut passengers. She found a goodly mum
per OF doWn-river passengers, 1000 barrels Of
nour and considerable miscellaneous freight
awaiting her arrival. The return for St. Loui,
was commenced as soon as the transfer of trip.
could be made. The next packet will be The
hob hoy, tomorrow at IL noon, to be followed
by the Northwestern Sunday.
Col. J. Fl. Drake, land commissioner of The
st. Paul Il Sioux City railroad, is in receipt OF
some splendid samples of wheat, oats and bar
ley' OF snls years crop, grown along the line OF
the road in Nicollet, Mobiles, Cottonwood. Rock
and jackson counties. An examination of the
samples will convince the most skeptical thai
minnesota can grow big CROPS, and that it has
been done this year. But while the crops men.
TONED are fine specimens of what Minnesota
can do, Mr.. Drake has q far greater wonder in
sample of hax, from two hundred acre field
grown by Messrs. Thompson Kennedy, OF
Heron Lake. The land was bought in April
and ploughed and seeded to flax in MAY, it be.
ing undertaken as an experiment.. The gentle.
men are well satisfied with the experiment, as
from present indications the crop, at the pres.
ent prices; will yield gross income of SO pei
seeding and harvesting the crop, and at least 4
half OF the price paid for the land.
Prof. Jabez Brooks, of the State university.
in communication to G. 8. Bryant, secretary
of the State High School board, reports the re-
suit OF els inspection Of the High school at Du-
luth, as required by the law for the encourage
ment OF higher education in the State. Prof.
George Ripley is principal of the school. with
Mrs. N. w. Kimball as assistant. It has thirty
three pupils in the grade aud two in the B
grade, and the course of study pursued is that
required by the law in question. The school
has two qualified to enter the Freshman class
of the State university, who were examined for
the state diploma, and have intimated their
intention of pursuing a course of higher edu-
cation at the State university. Prof. Brooks
closes his report with: The undersigned, from
the inspection made has no hesitancy in saving
that said school las thus far fully complied
with the terms of tho law and rules of the
board, and is entitled to the amount of appro-
priation named in the statute.
Superintendent Wright and Professors Tay-
lor and Donnelly continued the examination
OF applicants for position as teachers yester-
day. The examination was confined to those
applying for 9Th, 9Th, 7th and 8th grade posi-
tlons. There were seven applicants, all ladies.
and among whom were Misses Eupenie Nc.
Grorty, May Whitaker and Minnie Spencer. of
the last graduating class of the High school.
The board of examiners will inspect all papers,