Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-18
CITY aLOBULEs.

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A meeting of the board of education will be
held 1880 O'Clock this evening, the object be-.
ing to pass upon the teachers salaries.
Mr.. William S. Batson, of this city, who is
engaged in blasting out the rock of the St.
Louis river near Thompson, is meeting with
great success.
fire on the 18th destroyed the blacksmith
shop, carpenter and paint shop of Fort.Steven-
son, D. T. 1t caught from spark in the
blacksmith shop.
Col. Lewis Merrill, Seventh Cavalry, who has
been in command of the forces guarding the
workmen on the N. P. R. R. during the sum-
mer, is in the city.
Best Bros. of this city have taken a large
force of men to their camp on the Sioux river,
near Bayfield,, where they are engaged in ex-
tensive logging operations
A search warrant was sworn out yesterday
by Peter Van Hoven, to recover q setter dog
supposed to have been stolen by male attache
of Hattie McBride's bagnio.
A distressed female applied to the police
court yesterday for warrant to arrest butch.
er boy, whom she said had insulted her. She
was advised to sleep over it.
A detachment of thirty. seven recruits from
Columbus barracks arrived at Ft. Smelling
yesterday, in charge of Lieut.. sickel, Seventh
Cavalry, for the Seventeenth Infantry.
Pacific lodge, I. o. G.. T., will hold an open
meeting at their hall, corner of Seventh and
Jackson streets, Monday evening, Dec. 20, to
which all friends of the order are cordially in.
vited. A splendid time is expected.
Gen. Terry has received dispatches from
Major Brotherton, at Fort Buford, that Scout
Allison expected to leave the vicinity of Woody
Mountain with the whole of Sitting Bulls
camp on the 18th for Fort Buford.
Two suits were commenced in the district
court yesterday against N. B. Harwood, the
plaintiffs being the American Hosiery com.
pany of New York, to collect $S,274, and l..
Schofeld, of Philadelphia, to enforce payment
Of $3.50.
The first annual ball under the auspices of
Banner Lodge No 4, A. 0. q. W., will take
place at Sherman hall on Thursday evening, the
18th of January. The arrangements are in
in charge of competent committee, and the
affair promises to be great success.
The case of Officer James Nugent against
John Wann for $500 damages, on trial in the
was given to the jury at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Up to late hour last night the
jury had not agreed upon verdict
A rehearing was had in the United States
circuit court yesterday, on a demurrer to the
complaint in the case of E. C.Nettleton against
B. Mosier and Others. The action is to quit
the title to large tracts of Indian lands. The
demurrer was argued and submitted.
a drunken Swede was arrested by Officer
Lynch on Rosabel street last night, his mutilat-
ed face indicating that he had been subjected
to severe pounding. He stated that he had
been whipped by an Irishman, but was too full
to give details. He may be able to explain
this morning.
The sale of season seats for the Abbott
opera entertainments closed last night, and
this morning at o'clock the sale of sittings
for single performances will begin. There is
promise of q big rush, as many of our citi-
zens did not care to attend all the operas, but
Will take in one or more.
A memoranda was filed by the full bench of
the district court yesterday, denying the mo-
Katie Thompson Ashton against Susan L.
Thompson, on the grounds that the account
ing as per former decision Of the court must
be had first, and that the motion for new
trial is out of order
Last Monday boarder at O'Connor's on
Minnesota street named Jas. Slaugh decamp-
ed with pair of new boots belonging to
man named j. Gallagan Yesterday morning
the former was observed by Chief Weber near
the Merchants putting on great deal Of style
with the new stogas. He was collared and
brought before Judge O'Brien, who sent him
up for thirty days.
A harmless looking Teuton named John
Schultz was before hizzoner yesterday charged
with indulging too freely in tanglefoot bulge.
Thursday afternoon he started out on collect
ing tour and as fast as the money came in he
exchanged it for booze. At nightfall the dram
shop had his money while he was toting
around very large drunk. He was sent to
the quay for four days.
About 4:3O the miners who are assisting in
excavating on the Sibley street lots to be occu-
pied by the Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson &
Co. block, in blasting frozen earth, sent big
chunk straight against one of the windows of
Craig & Larkin's store, and broke plate of
glass which cost about 5000. Another chunk
did duty by breaking a glass in Granger &
Hodges store adjoining.
Dennis Flynn had been so badly broken up
from deep potations of corn juice that he al
most had 'em in his boots. He was arrested
by Officer Gibbons night before last in o de-
moralized condition on Minnesota street.
When asked what had become of his hat he re-
piled that he had donated it to the society for
the regeneration of heathens from the vice of
drink. Bean porridge will be good enough
for him for four days.
A stalwart young fellow, of grand ply.
sique, named James Dolan, with tough look
ing and badly used up face, was before hiz.
zoner yesterday for having indulged in fear.
full bum. He is fireman on the West Wis
consin railroad, and Thursday night he filled
up his receivers with bug juice and got off
the track, making as bad wreck Of himself
as one generally sees. He was sent to the
cooler for four days to sober up.
A petty sneak thief and crook named Will
liam Welch was before Judge O'Brien yester-
day, charged with the larceny of robe from
Rev. Valentine Stimmler and several articles of
wearing apparel from the O'Connor house, on
Minnesota street The defendant has the rep
utation of being hard citizen, and is dan
gerous man to have the freedom of the city.
He was put out of harms way for ninety
days, and took the medicine without groan.
An alarm of fire was turned in from box No.
a at $50 o'clock yesterday morning caused
by the burning of the wooden sidewalk on
Third street at the lower end of the wigwam
occupied by Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson s.
Co. The fire was put out with few buckets
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