Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-31
CITY GLoBULEs.

The old market house begins to look terrible
sick.
Adam Fetsch's Globe fans were in use
very generally yesterday.
Blasting was commenced yesterday for the
basement of the new market house.
Tho river declined three inches yesterday,
leaving four feet eleven inches in the channel.
The German society will give steamboat ex-
curslon and picnic on or about the 18th of
next month.
The K, N. packet, the boat for st. Louis
Saturday, ia bringing large excursion to st.
Paul from st. Louis.
Thest Croix packet. Mary Barnes had over
100 excursionists from Hastings and Prescott
for Elmo yesterday morning.
Robert Mcfarland was up yesterday, charged
with vagrancy. Sentence was suspended to
allow him an opportunity to leave the city.
The stone masons have commenced on the
foundation for the second freight depot of the
st. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba com panv.
After protracted spree, Mike MoNiff was
brought up IN the Municipal court, yesterday,
charged with drunkenness. He was committed
for four days.
Arrangements are being made for the pre-.
sentation of the comic opera .Pinafore,', at
the AthenBum, under the auspices Of the
ladies' chorus and the Germania society.
The La Crosse rifle club has accepted the
challenge of the st. Paul rifle club for team
shoot this afternoon, Is ring target, 6 men and
~ snots each. The score will be exchanged by
mail.
The German Singing society proposes to visit
Mankato and New Ulm sometime between the
middle and last of August, for the presenta-
ton OF the opera of the Scar and thinner.
man."
The X. N. packet Belle of La Crosse is on
time, and will take her departure for St. Louis
at IL NJ. to-day. The Belle will be followed
Saturday by the Minneapolis, with the Clinton
for Sunday.
The arrangements for shipping the laws of
the last session of the legislature have been
completed, and county officials and Others en-
titled to receive them may expect their arrival
in few days.
Hon. Isaac Staples, Of Saltwater the most
extensive lumber manufacturer and dealer in
the Northwest, has recognized the way the tide
is setting by opening an Office in Princes
blook; Third street, for the transaction of BUSH
ness.
The ''big 49, bills of Haverly's covering the
bill boards of the city have been succeeded by
his four big "Cs''-the Chicago Church Choir
Company-to appear in Pinafore at the Ooera
House Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings
of next week.
The Odd Fellows of the city have finally de-
cided in favor of Elmo as their picnic ground.
As there are 500 members of the order in the
city. and as nearly all propose to go and take
their wives, their sisters, their cousins and
their aunts, Elmo will have a crowd the day
the picnic comes off.
1t was $4,000 instead of $3, 600 that DR.. Mint
ger was offered for his running horse Mintzer,
| and the doctor has gone on to Saratoga to see
about making the sale. There is quite diff
ferance between $5, 900 and $l45, tie latter sum
being the amount the doctor is reported to
have paid for the horse.
Dalrymple, the great wheat farmer of Min
nesota and Dakota, will commence shipping his
this seasons Dakota crop Monday next. To do
this the Northern Pacific Railroad COMPANY
have arranged to furnish Mr.. Dalr, mple
twenty-six cars per day, and it is estimated ut
this rate it will take nearly three weeks to
complete the job.
Visitors from the South and excursion par
ties are taking advantage of the present stage
of water in the st. Croix, and the elegant boats
of the st. Croix Packet company, for trip up
that river to Taylor's Falls. and a sight of the
famous Dalles. Yesterday the G. B. Knapp
had l25 passengers, and every day the boats go
with cabins full.
a suit was commenced in the district court
yesterday. by J. @. A. Ward against the Dis
patch publishing company, to enforce payment
OF $22S.45 with costs and interest. The above
am, unit is claimed as back salary while acting
in the capacity of local editor Of the Dispatch,
and Jack" says that he is going to have that
money or perish in the attempt.
Hill a man who has a lot of horses for sale
at Gruber's barn, sent one of his hired men
over to Saltwater Tuesday with lot of stock
to sell. Hill lent his man silver watch, to
time his movements likely. Yesterday morn
ing the man got back looking like he'd been on
a sea voyage, but without the watch. Likely
he'd thrown that up, too, in his debauch. Re
port of the affair was made at police head
quarters late yesterday evening.
There has been no little outcry against the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad and
the Northwestern road for unjust discrimina-
IL.
pool lines are beginning the same discrimina
ton IN passenger rates. In other words, trav-
cling men from either Milwaukee or Chicago
obtain ], 000-mile tickets for 500, while all St.
Paul traveling-me commercial travellers, are
charged $50 for the same class of transporta-
tion. Comment is unnecessary.
Some sneak thief possessed of wanton de-
sire just to steal, took an odd and even boot
from Harms shoe store on Third street yester-
day. He punched up No. 6 with No. 8, one
a buckskin boot and the other calfskin.
They cannot be of any use to him, unless his
feet are as i'll shaped his morality is oblique;
SO he'd better return his ill assorted steal. At
Q o'clock yesterday Officer Rouleau recovered
the boots, hid under the steps at the capitol,
and returned them to the owner.
An able-bodied tramp named Stoneman has
been doing the light work. around Mrs.
Taylor's boarding house, at the corner of
franklin and Third street, for the past few
days, receiving as pay his board. Yesterday
afternoon Stoneman left the house about three
o'clock and returned at supper time. Getchell,
boarder at Mrs. Taylor's, when he came home
to supper missed pair of points and vest,
which were hanging in Gis room when he loft
the house at noon, and after learning of Stone
mans leave of absence had him arrested On
suspicion of stealing the articles.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Mcfarland, re-
siding out on Mississippi street near Mime
haha, was saved from imminent peril by the
timely and gallant behavior of Arthur Gauth1er,
q lad IA years old, son of DR.. Gauthier. She
was driving along Jackson near Tenth when the
horse took scare, and turning off short
plunged up Tenth street. Arthur Gauthier saw
the runaway, called to the lady to pull rein
and run her horse into the sidewalk. She half
comprehended and attempted to obey the boys
wise suggestion. Seeing she was too much
frightened to fully obey his directions, Arthur,
at great personal peril, jumped to the head OF
the horse, succeeded in selling the bride rein,
and brought the horse, after plunge or two,
to halt. Mrs. Mcfarland was too much pros
trated te drive home, and her brave rescuer
calamity put himself at her service and con-