Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-18
CITY GLOBULES.

The street railway builders have taken pos
session of st. Peter street, from Third to
Tenth streets, and will have track laid there
before this week is out.
Prof @. s. Campbell and H. s. Moore have
issued call for a meeting and dinner of the
Dartmouth Alumni in Minnesota. It is to
take place at thei Merchants hotel on the even
ing of April 22.
The cold blasts which swept over st. Paul
yesterday from the snow belt of Wisconsin,
were exceedingly disagreeable, and excited
general commiseratiOn for the unfortunate
people compelled to live in such climate the
year round.
A grand social ball will be given by the St.
Paul machinery moulders at Pfeifer's hall on
Friday evening next, April %. 1t will no
doubt be a pleasant occasion, to which the
friends of the organization will look forward
with interest.
Only one order was issued from Department
headquarters last week. Lieut. Colonel J. N.
G. Whittle, having relinquished the unexpired
portion of his leave of absence, was ordered to
rejoin his station and take command of the
Fifth United States Infantry.
The song service at the Young Mems Chris
tian Association to-day is, as usual. at
o'clock, P. M. Mr.. J. @. Huntington, the
general secretary of the Minneapolis associa-
ton, is to make the address, and the service
is to be conducted by Thos. Cochran, Jr.
A man named Martin Conner went into VIM.
Lees store on Third street, yesterday forenoon,
andi stole a package of penknives. He was
detected in time to call Officer Rouleau to ar
arrest him. At o'clock Judge Flint inter-
viewed him and gave him thirty days in Jail.
There can be no more interesting subject
than that upon which Rev. Mr.. Smith lectures
at the First M. E. church, next Tuesday night.
Men and Money interests everybody. The lee
ture is spoken of in the very highest terms
wherever it has been delivered. Let none fail
to hear it.
''Houses to rent" command a premium in st.
Paul at present. The demand is immensely in
excess of the supply, and the notice of John
Grace in the want column of the GLOBE this
morning, that he has two desirable tenements,
will be read with interest by small army of
house-hunters.
Capt. Berkey's horse took fright, yesterday
afternoon, while hitched in front of the st.
Nicholas hotel, and with buggy attached made
Third street lively for a while. Joe Conley
stopped the runaway at the corner of Robert
street, without injury to himself or damage
to buggy or horse.
Frederick Won Bodenstedt, the German poet,
at present sojourning in this city, visited Min
neapolis, Fort Smelling and the Falls yesterday,
IN company with several we'll known German
citizens. Tonight he will deliver his famous
lecture at the Athan8um on Women IN the
Occident and the Orient"
Gideon Longtien was before Judge Flint
xryifh ohuciuu hiS forn w
and disturbing the peace on University
avenue. Poundmaster Shields testified that
the wife of the prisoner had called upon him
to settle dispute, and that he became SO
noisy that he was placed under arrest. He was
fined So and discharged.
The Minnie Sherman passed inspection yes
terday afternoon and was commissioned. She
Is staunch craft, stern wheeler, of 161 tons,
equipped with two non-condensing engines
with 10x14 inch cylinders and i've foot stroke.
She is 13l feet long, 80 foot beam with foot
head. She is supplied with all the ife-saving
apparatus of passenger steamer.
Mr.. Moses, who keeps saloon on the corner
of Seventh and Cedar streets, demurs to the
statement that he drove into j. B. Cooks bag
gage wagon. He was simply riding with an
other party MIL. Stevenson, when the collision
took place and neither one was intoxicated.
The collision, Mr.. Moses alleges, was purely
accidental and certainly not chargeable to him.
An automatic fire extinguisher was tested in
a new frame building on lower Jackson street
yesterday. 1t is so constructed that the heat
of the fire causes the water to be turned on and
also sounds an alarm bell. The test was wit
messed by large number of gentlemen and
the apparatus worked to the satisfaction of all
present. Another exhibition is to be made to-
morrow,
Mr. D. Hill, builder, of Red Wing, who was
in st. Paul yesterday, is engaged in erecting
at Northfield new college building and re-
building the one burned a few months ago,
and in building at Hudon a two-story block
of three stores for 81. A. Taylor, the wealthy
newspaper man, who can afford a good many
more bricks than he can carry in his, hat and
is using them to build up his town.
MIR. George Mitsch commenced an excavation
yesterday on the lot adjoining the drug store
of Dreis & Mitsch, corner of st. Peter and
Ninth streets, for foundation for the frame
structure on the corner of Seventh and st.
Peter streets, where he proposes to erect a
fine three-story brick block, work upon which
will commence as soon as he can get the present
build ings removed.
The special taxes or licenses for the coming
tax-year, beginning May l, are being paid IN
at the office of the United States collector of
internal revenue with commendable prompt
ness. The receipts yesterday amounted to
$I400. The indications are that cigar manu-
facturers, liquor and beer manufacturers are
extending their licenses, besides many new
parties have undertaken the traffic.
The committee of the supreme court, con-
sisting of Messrs. H. r. Bigelow, George B.
Young and @. D. O'Brien, for the examination
before them yesterday MIR. Thomas OBrien,
of st. Paul, and MIR. Edward III. Van Cleve, OF
Minneapolis both of whom, after thorough
examination, were pronounced duly quahhed,
and were awarded certificates to that effect by
the court.
In 1856 a Winnebago chief named Baptiste
LIE Salier is said to have placed the sum of
81, 600 in the hands of the late George Culver
to keep in trust. The alleged claim has been
permitted to run for the last fourteen years,
until few days since when bill of $1,000
with interest was filed in the probate court
against the estate of deceased. The hearing on
the claim commenced yesterday, and was on
trial last evening.
Friday evening Bob McParlin hired buggy
and horse from Days livery stable at the cor
ner of Washington and Fifth streets for an
hour 8 ride. The hour was extended through
the night, and yesterday morning Day having
heard McParlin was in Minneapolis, secured
the services of Officer Lowell, who arrested
McParlin and brought him back to this city.
McParlin explained that he was on hurrah,