Daily globe., 1879-02-09
CITY GLOBULES.
The city treasurer disbursed s191 Yesterday
to the street force.

The city treasurer disbursed s191 yesterday
to the street force.
The city contractors were allowed s., 600
yesterday az partial payment on contracts.
Lincoln Grove No. II, Druids, are making ex-
tenslve preparations for their grand calico ball
to be held at Armory Hall Feb. q.
The State House of Representatives met at
lo o'clock yesterday, forty-three members
answering to the roll-call-eleven less than a
quorum. An adjournment was accordingly
| taken until tomorrow, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen's
second annual ball takes place next Thursday
evening, at Armory Hall. Tickets can be pro
cured and orders left for carriages at A. P.
wilkes, Il. .. Sweeney's and J. P. Aliens drug
stores. .
Inc second number of the Inclepende1t
Farmer and FSreside Companion appeared
promptly on the first of the month, handsome
~ embelhshed, and really excelling the first
! issue, winch we considered an excellent num-
per. Ihls publication ought to be generously
supported by our business men.
The first grand masquerade of the season.
under the auspices Of the German society. will
,o ne given at the Atheneum tomorrow evening.
Inc music Will be furnished by Seibert's full
concert orchestra, and novelty has been Of
1ered IN the shape of $50 in gold for the best
costume and dancer. The managers have been
lnoe1atlgable IN their efforts to secure the sue
cess OF the entertainment, and the masquerade
promises to be the grandest of the season.
CHANGING to meet one of our prominent busi-
ness men yesterday, the Dunham-Town scan
dal' at Minneapolis, came up, and though the
gentleman Is not friendly to Durham. he er-
pressed the opinion that Injustice was done hv
assuming IN advance that he was guilty of the
oaences charged. This gentleman argued that
II guilty ne would never have made an assault
whlch was sure to bring the whole scandal be-
Tore the public, but would rather have sought
concealment. There is good deal of force to
the argument.
line engagement of the Wallack dramatic
company, commencing at the Opera House to-
morrow evening, promises an entertainment
winch no cultivated citizen of st. Paul can
wen afford to forego. The company supports
me me celebrated comedian Mr. John Dillon, who
Will appear as the central attraction in the
1nlmltable IL comedy of "Toby the Coniurer."
Mr. Dlllon's fame as a comedian is based upon
tne truest principles of the art, and the mere
mention OF his coming should be sufficient in
oucement to hll every seat in the house.
The two men from Sandy Bar arrived in town
yesterday, and being seized with an unaccount-
able lassitude superinduced by the fatigue of
the journey and further accelerated by numer-
GUS potatlons of tanglefoot they pillowed their
heads at night all on the unfeeling boards of
me me transfer house at the foot Of Sibley street.
Ohcer Calvin would fain have aroused the
PlIgrlms from their slumber, failing in which
ne procured dray and landed the innocents
at the station. They will, no doubt. be suffi-
GENTLY sober to reveal their identity this morn
ing.
AS promoter of lively broils, old fashioned
bug-juice can't be discounted. It might have
been viewed from this standpoint by Thomas
Carr and Edward Dervine as thew took nm
enough OF the aforesaid to asphyxiate a brace
OF very feeble intellects on Friday night. and
then again it mightn't. 1t is quite certain,
however, that the row took place, and that
Captain Clark called the turn on the principals
as he dragged them out of Conley's VARIETY
theatre. They had nothing to saw when the
case was called yesterday, and it naturally fol
lowed Tor the court to do all of the talking. who
dlsposed OF Carr Tor eighteen days, while the
latter will remain down, until next Sunday.
1t is rare indeed that more imposing
funeral cortege is seen than the one which &C.
companled the mortal remains of the late vii.
nam Mattocks to their last resting place on YES.
terday afternoon. In addition to the lsrps
number OF friends present, the funeral was at
tended by the Knights of st. Paul, the Father
Matthew Temperance society, the paid fire de-
partment association and the fire department
| proper. The following well-known citizens
acted IN the friendly capacity of pall-bearers
MI. Thomas Grace, Mr.. Richard Ireland, Mr..
timothy Reardon. Mr.. G. B. Stanley and Mr.
John Bell. The remains were conveyed to the
Cathedral where high mass was celebrated, fol
lowed by an eloquent tribute to the memory OF
the deceased by the Rev. Father Stanley, afte,
which the remains were inferred in the Catholic
!, cemetery.