Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-24
CITY GLOBULES.
Overshoes are at a premium.

Overshoes are at a premium.
The ice king has evidently lost his grip.
The board of public works meets to-day at
10 o'clock Am
Twenty tramps will be discharged from the
county Jail to-day.
Church attendance yesterday was painfully
small in the sanctuaries. There are very many
fair weather Christians.
While the city folk grumble at the slop and
slush, the farmers welcome it as worth a ton
of man ure to every acre.
The decision in the Lautenschlager motion
for new trial Is rendered to-day at 2 o'clock
P. NJ. Judge Wilkin delivers the opinion.
Last night Billy Horn, too many horns ahead.
was run in about midnight by Off Ger Nugent.
Horn Is notorious character, and is ready for
anything in an evil way from petty to gran
larceny with the accompaniment of burglary.
Run him out.
The weather, yesterday, was analysed by a
local scientist and found to consist equally of
snow, rain, hail, slush and profanity-a vile
and sinister compound of which youipaid your
money and took your choice.
Very likely Charles Brack was driving fast
to put up his buggy and get out his sleigh be-
fore the snow melted. Anyway he came bulg-
ing along by Seven Corners yesterday after
noon. Officer McMahon saw him and called
for halt, which Brack obeyed. Then he was
walked off to the station, where he was booked
for fast driving.
Old Boreas uncorked his walls last night, and
streets like a veritable simeon. The blast was
indeed aa nicht cofiy, no ov,d
cadaverous tramp could have been seen wend-
ing his melancholy way to the station house,
preferlng the Indifferent accommodations of
immurement to the piercing GOODNESS of the
clements.
There will be u meeting of railroad men at
the rooms of the Y. M. G.. A., tomorrow even
ing, at o'clock. The object is to organize a
Christian association among this class of citi-
zens and all railroad men, whether church
members or not, are urged to be present at this
conference. MIR E. D. Ingersoll, Y. M. G. A.
secretary of this branch of Christian work, will
be present.
Station-keeper Jessrang provided accommo-
datiuns for twenty eight tramps last night
twenty-five Of whom NJ ,de voluntary applica-
ton for shelter. 1t was reported early in the
evening that Il large number of tramps were
alternating in a caboose on the railroad track
near the Lake Superior depot, which resulted
in visit to that locality by the 9 o'clock re-
lief, who ,'nly succeeded in making three
arrests. two of whom had just arrived in town,
and are not regarded as cramps.
Thomas Mara and Augustus Beck are two
notwithstanding sprigs whose early training
has not been productive of that degree of plety
which home example should have naturally in
culcated. They indulget in game of pool at
Third street saloon yesterday afternoon, the
outcome of which was unfriendly words and a
bit of an alteration. Chief Weber happened
to pass the locality and nipped the bloodless
battle by conducting the belligerents to the
station, where they languished last night quite
detected and repentant.
All unknown to the home folks Chief Strong,
st. Paul, and Chief Bracket, of Minneapolis,
have been having good time. The st. Cloud
J0u'mol-P'eSs of the Goth inst says: Chief
Strong and Chief Bracket, of the st. Paul and
Minneapolis Fire departments, came up Tues
day to see some real metropolitan life, and
were taken in charge by Chief Rosenb berger and
Foreman Legle who showed them pretty much
all there was of it. The boys had the flags dis
played from the fire eng inc and hook and ladder
houses, and put their best foot forward in
honor of their guests, giving them a reception
in the evening at the Little Giant Engine
house, at which speeches were made by various
persons. The visiting chiefs returned home
yesterday, we'll satisfied that st. Cloud isn't a
bad sort of Place to come to.