Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-01
CITY GLOBULES.

CITY GLOBULES.
There will be special meeting of the city
council to-day, at o'clock P. NJ, to open the
bids for building the new market house.
The regular monthly meeting of the board |
of managers of the Women's Christian home
will be held Friday, May I'd, at 2:3O o'clock, at
the home, No. II Nash street.
Capt. John G. Devereaux, of the Chronicle,
celebrated his fftieth birthday yesterday,
though no one would have guessed he was SO
old into ten years, if he had not certified to it.
Real estate in St. Paul has value. Our city
engineer proposes" for economy" to carry a
great railroad over st. Paul, ON stills, across
land that cost only 81 per acre twenty eight
years ago!
Auditor Whitcomb having occupied his new
quarters in the capitol, Insurance Commission
er McGill engaged yesterday in moving
into the rooms vacated, in which he Is to be
domiciled in the future.
The engine and several cars of the morning
freight yesterday on the Main Line of the st.
Paul & Pacific, were wrecked two miles west of
Long Lake station by running into a herd OF
cattle. The engineer and fireman were slightly
injured.
Isaac w. Webb says he brought those suits
in New Canada because he is living there. He
claims to have 900 outstanding, and many
| of the bills he has brought suit on are notes.
Consequently he don't think they are nice
young men.
August Peterson, who was sent to State pris-
on from Fillmore county June Is, 1878, for the
crime of obtaining goods by false pretenses for
| a term of one year, having served his full SEN
| hoc IN no
rights of citizenship by Gov. Pillsbury.
Mr.. Thomas Marrett has sent his promising
trotter Col. butcher, to Chicago, where he will
take his preparatory work for his debut among
the great flyers of the country in the Michigan
circuit. The horse is in charge of Scott Nc
Coy, who has handled and driven him during
his turf career.
The grain market was quiet yesterday, and
with light receipts, values ruled steady, the
best grades of No. wheat selling as high as
IS cents per bushel. The provision and gen.
eral produce markets were fairly active, with
no material change in prices, the general ten
dency, however, being in favor of a decline.
u hotel runner belonging to tee International
hotel, was around the city with blood in his
, eye. 1t looked as if it got there from an over
indulgence in booze, but he remarked that he
wanted to find Jim Middleton, u hack driver
and wanted to find him bad. For all that, thu
: hotel runner limited his inquiries to precincts
far removed from the hack stands.
Joseph Home was sent from Ramsey count,
r to State prison Oct. 10, 1877, for two years TO
an attempt to commit burglary. Home hav
. ing gone crazy on religious subjects, and nov
!. having less than two months of his sentence t.
serve. has been pardoned by Gov. Pillsbury, i
: being feared further confinement would seri
o1u mt IF
Conductor Phelps, of the Milwaukee & 81
:, Paul road is always looking out for attraction
+ for his guests. Yesterday he impressed fee
:. :. tive organ grinder into his service for FIRE
y concert, which included every tune in the box
t In his kindness of heart Jerry called for rep
/ tition of the programme, but just at that tim
It St. Paul was reached, aud the audience es
s capped.
l. Picturesque Minnesota" is the title of
y neat pamphlet issued by the St. Paul & Siou
City railroad describing the points of not
q along the line of that road. Minnetonka
y White Bear, and other summer resorts are de-
n cribed and copiously illustrated, their attrat
IS tions being set forth excellently. Its wide Gil
n culation will no doubt attract many visitors t
a this section during the coming summer.
l. Coming down Washington street yesterda
" and passing the old Metropolitan stables "
found W. A. Judd, the we'll known livery MAJ
ON corner Fourth and st. Peter streets, ha
taken full possession and was making thing
= rather lively around there getting himself Il
~ Gated. He will add great Improvements
h this already excellent barn and run it in CO,
r. nectien with his old stables corner Fourth an
st. Peter streets.
a While viewing Minneapolis from Carpenter
l. tower on Summit avenue Monday tw
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II merits of their glasses. One spectator elaine
n that he could see a fly perched on the top of
N Minneapolis church steeple, while the otht
, averred that while he could see the fly,
o. could also distinctly hear him walk. At las
, accounts the first spectator was rapidly wastin
l. away from sheer disgust.
r The female pupils of the cathedral paris
70 school took their annual ride (Maying) yeste
~ day. Five of Cooks four-horse omnibus'
=" were placed at the disposal Of the school, an
.. the merry faced little maidens scrambled
sI for full days enjoyment. 1t was given the
N in Il long ride through the country and pit
n, mic dinner at Minnehaha. The young folk
at tired out with excitement and pleasure, e
10 back home about z clock.
b. A party by the name of Sweet arrived in IL
re city yesterday afternoon from Oklahoma, low
le in search of 16-year-old runaway son. Swe
put himself under Capt. Clarks guidance, ar
soon found his boy safely CHARTERED at tt
O'Conner house. The youth had done pas
v. ably we'll since he left home, but was vel
ready to receive his fathers blessing aud +
~ turn home to nibble at the fatted calf. Faith
or and son will return home to-day.
n Owen Sullivan, who has heretofore been r
m ported entered for the pedestrian tourn
70, ment at the Red Cap grounds, will not wal
a. He promised to go, under the impression th
he the walk was seventy-tve miles, but when
T. ascertained that only twenty-five miles were
no be covered, he withdrew. He offers to challen,
any of the contestants, however, to walk
= twenty-six hours and will put up as much
any of them will cover on the result
10 The air line railroad passes through L.
BIT Ford's Groveland nursery between st. Pa
an and Minneapolis, rendering it necessary to I
st move trees, shrubbery etc., most admirap
m adapted to embellish the grounds arou,
ar Hamline and College Place next Tuesday, 6
.. of May, when the tree day at Hamline will
~ handsomely inaugurated. Let every man wi
n wants to enjoy the satisfaction of having do,
ne good thing at but little cost, plant tree the