Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-27
CITY GLOBULEs.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union to-
day at Jackson street NJ. L. church at o'clock
P. NJ. A full attendance is desired.
Fiftyfve recruits leave Fort Smelling to-day for
Fort Randall. Lieuts. W. J. Reed and Young,
of the Seventh infantry, go oat in command.
Huna Vend wants Thomas Adams to answer
in the municipal court for being disorderly.
She swears to it, and the warrant will be served
to-day.
The county treasurer of Hennepiu county
visited the county treasurer of Ramsey county
Yesterday. 1t was an instructive Visitor the
county treasurer of Hennepin county.
The members of the St. Paul gun club it,
tending to take part in the tournament to be
given by the Winona club Sunday the 3lst,
will indulge in a practice shoot this afternoon.
The st. Paul & Duluth railroad company
have filed with the secretary of state notice
Of the location of a branch line, running from
Wyoming to Taylors Falls, a distance of nine
teen and one half miles.
About noon, yesterday, small boy was run
down by hack at the corner of Seventh and
Cedar streets. Fortunately the little fellow
escaped without in jury, and unfortunately the
careless hack driver escaped before he could be
arrested.
The police have found out, beyond a
doubt, who perpe.rated the robbery and assault
upon Donker, at the corner of Fourth and
Rosabrl Streets few nights ago. Warrants
are out for their arrest, and the criminals will
be secured to-day.
Complaint is made that a crowd of boys
make the vicinity of Rice and Blanca streets
fairly dangerous by their hoodlumism. Pitched
battles are engaged in daily, and after the fight
%Lo,r ~.
stolen from nsighboring grocery stores.
Our astronomical society has received the
following telegram to-day, August Goth. IT.
d. Simonton, Secretary: Third comet for 1879
just discovered at SJrasburg, Germany, by
Hartung, in right ascension II hours. min
utes, and 81 degrees north declination. Mo-
ton southeast, appearance faint
letter was received at department head
quarters, yesterday, which gives gratifying
news from Fort Assinniboine the new post on
Milk river. Col. Lee. in charge of the building
of the post, is pushing matters rapidly forward.
1t is confidently asserted that he will have all
the troops and officers in quarters by Oct. 18th.
Levi Tate, the colored man who was sent to
Jail for abusing his wife, is insanely jealous
and accuses Louis Liverpool of being unduly
intimate with Mrs. Tate. This charge Liver
pool strenuously denies and the evidence
shows that he was not even in the city at the
time of the 'cake Walk which aroused Tate's
jealousy.
The street commissioners are doing pretty
we'll of late in compelling property owners to
repair and replace their sidewalks, but there is
ample room for further industry. On many of
the principal streets decided improvement
may be made in the condition of the walks.
which now threaten the limbs of those who
tread them.
State Treasurer Pfaender having received
the last installment of tax upon the gross earn
ings OF the railroads of the State for the twelve
months from J1ly !, 1873, to July !, 1879,
footed up the totals yesterday and found the
payments aggregated $209, 469.l9, against
$l65,26lo7 for the previous year, showing an
increase of 44,2O7.32.
Henry Warfeld brought suit yesterday
against Mary Linden for $4,000 for false i'm
prisonment. Mary Linden obtained o iudg-
mcnt against Warfeld for 1924. 81, and the
sheriff returned no property found. Defend
ant then alleged that Warfeld was about to
leave the State and had him arrested. He was
discharged soon after his arrest but he never
theless brings suit for So 500.
Harry Birmingham, the grand sentinel Of the
grand encampment Of Knights Templars, has
put on an extra stock of dignity, tempered
with alfabillty, in anticipation of the coming
Masonic fete at White Bear lake on Thursday.
Harrys sword will guard the entrance from
the approach OF intruders, but will watt the
guests or Damascus cOmmandery within the
enclosure in knightly style.
The paper for Haverly's Church Choir
Pinafore company, which fills the State fair
week at the Opera House, was placed on the
boards last night under tho personal super
vision of Q. +. Blanchett and Charley Haines.
The company has been strengthe ned in the
chorus since it was here last, but our citizens
will be glad to learn that all the leading men,
hers Of the cast will remain as they were on
their last visit
Under the law creating the State board of
equalization, the terms of one-half the men,
bers expire each year. Yesterday Gov. Pills
bury filled the vacancies occurring this year
by the reappointment of the retiring members,
as follows: VIM. Dawson, Second district; A.
X. Ankeny, Fourth; Geo. G. Chamberlain,
Tenth; and H. s. Soelberg Twelfth. The
board Is to convene ut the capitol Tuesday
next, for the discharge of its duties.
John Peters, the boarding house keeper at
the corner of Wabashaw and Exchange streets,
who was assaulted by a would-be boarder on
Monday evening as recorded in yesterdays
GLOBE, was unable to appear in the municipal
court yesterday against his assailant, Harrison
johnson. His eye, into which johnson placed
his left duke was very much inhamed, and it
was feared that inflammation of the brain
would supervene. If it should turn out thus
there would be clear case of murder.
Washington Humphreys is vicious moke.
He was arrested over in West St. Paul yester-
day, by Officer Brousseau, for stealing q wise
from Halloway's jewelry store. Humphreys
was passing along, saw no one about, and
slipped into the shop. There was nothing
handy to steal except the wise, and rather than
pared to carry it away. just then Officer
Brvusseau screwed his official optics upon him.
and selling him in the vise.like grip of the
law conveyed him to the station.
Program lie of the Rice Park concert this
evening by the Great Union band commenc
at o'clock:
l. Festival March. ..................D Downing
z. Spring Flowers Waltzcs. ......... Bousquet
8. Aria from "Stabat Mater" ~. ....... .Rossini
4. Potpourri, Daily Life; or. '.How
Folks Grieve and Rejoice. III. Rausch
3. Jubel Overture. g. Bach
g. tND 1ro...... ......''.''.'.. VI. CarI
(6) Humor Polka. f. Behr
z. aye Olden s,"-Graud Medley E. Boyer
8. Tornado Gallop, E.hat Cornet Solo. E. Boyer
Charles Geisler, Nathan Blumenthal and
Meyer Rosenhalf live we'll out on Robert street.
The three mixed themselves up in triangular
difficulty to which bull dog made the fourth,
as kind of an evener. Not even satisfied with
the interposition of the dog in the quarrel, all
went to court, The dog following the three.
Matters were arranged by an impartial distri-