Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-09
CITY GLOBULES,

CITY GLOBULES.
The supreme court meets at 9:30 this morn
ing.
Two noisy DRINKS howled the hours away at
the lookup last night.
The monthly meeting of tho State Firemen's
Life association will be held at Minneapolis
to-day.
The police were instructed last night to see
that all saloons were closed promptly at II
o'clock.
A social ball will be given by Lincoln Grove,
No. II, U. A. o. D., at Pfeifer's hall, on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 3lst.
The eastern train on the Chicago, st. Paul Is
Minneapolis road was two hours late yesterday,
owing to the freight blockade at Elroy.
An action was begun in the district court,
yesterday, by II. B . Kellogg against o. Dali
rymple to recover S44O.Sl on promissory
note.
A young boy named Hines was arrested by
Officer Palmer last night for stealing wood
from Martins lumber yard on West Seventh
street.
meeting of the special committee on rail-
roads is called for this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The claims committee will hold meeting at
the same hour.
A gang of forty track-layers who have been
at work an the Fergus Falls division of the st..
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba road. returned
to this CITY last night. H..
A sprig of the old stock named Patrick
shaughnessy was up yesterday charged with
an overfondness for the pizen. He squared
the drunk by plauking down three dollars of
his dust.
Superintendent Burt went up to Mankato
yesterday and this evening delivers the first
lecture of series to be given under the
auspices of the High school of that city during
the coming winter months.
Suit was begun in the district court yester-
day by Mayo Clark against the Eureka Iron
company, of Michigan, to recover damages of
$572 alleged to have been sustained by the
non-fulhllment of contract.
The bridge commission met yesterday morn
ing, but transacted no business. The iron con-
tractor stated that all the material was on the
ground, and if the river kept frozen solid the
bridge would be completed by Jan. l,
A veteran sinner named James Mcfarland
was before Judge Flint again yesterday on the
old charge of drunkenness. He promised to
take the pledge for one year if let off, and, as
his shoes were tolerably good, lie was ordered
to hoof 1t out Of town.
The anniversary of the Immaculate Concep.
ton was appropriately observed in the Catholic
churches of st. Paul yesterday. At the
Cathedral high mass was celebrated, followed
with sermon by Rev. Father Stanley, q large
congregation being present.
Complaint has been made at the municipal
court by Officer Roullan against Archie Nc
Leod, manager of Seott's restaurant, to the CT
feet that the bar is kept open for tie sale of
liquors throughout the night, contrary to the
city ordinance regarding the same.
Mrs. Catherine OConnor visited the police
court yesterday and related a narrowing story
concerning the refractory conduct of her son
Francis, whom she desires to be sent to the Re-
form school. The lad has not yet seen a dozen
summers, but according to her own story he is
thu very quintessence of pure cussedness.
The case will be investigated.
A team of horses attached to farm wagon
owned by Rudolph Volmer, which were hitched
in:front of Michand Bros grocery store on
Seventh street, broke their fastening and ran
away yesterday afternoon. At the corner of
Wacouta street the wagon struck q post and
was totally wrecked. The horses were stopped
at the corner of Broadway and Seventh
street.
The sweet, crisp air of yesterday morning
brought no solace to the six shivering wrecks
Of humanity that confronted Nemesis at the
municipal court. Their blear eyes, unstrung
nerves and fably faces, bespoke plainly that
they were all victims to the monatruous vice
of drink. 1t was the usual array of Monday
DRINKS, and they were let off with light fines
or sentences.
Yesterday John Olson, whose case got a men
tion In tho SUNDAY GLOBE was arraigned be.
foro United States Commissioner Cardozo, on
the charge of selling liquor without special
license at Cokato. He waived examination,
and was held in 5000 bonds to appear at the
next term of the United States district court
at Winona. Sureties were found, and Olson
was discharged.
Louis Degree tackled several degrees toe
many of the ardent Saturday night and made
Rome howl by going on the rampage His
courage waxed strong in proportion as the bed.
bug whisky was poured down, and mistakinc
an inottensive party named John Roberts for
blawsted Englishman, he proceeded to wipe
out the representative of that government. He
was before an unbiased tribunal Yesterday
and paid $40 and coats for the jamboree.
Yesterday afternoon young man giving his
name as John Toohey, called at the police
station and stated that he wished to make p
complaint against a man named Ramsden, who
keeps saloon at the corner of Seventh and
CEDAR streets. Toohey says he worked two
months on Ramsden's farm and has not been
able to collect all of his wages. So to get even
he wants Ramsden arrested for selling LIQUOR
to minor, which he claims he is doing. He
was referred to the city attorney with his
grievance.