Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-30
CITY eLoBULEs.

The busiest place in the city about these
times is the mammoth carpet store of John
Matthies.
b. Sahlgaard, Esq, yesterday paid s71. IS
duties on one imported patent Helioshine win.
dow shade.
The Northern Pacific railroad yesterday de-
livered ffty-nine car loads of wheat and one
car load of -four at Duluth.
this morning. at which time 1t is expected that
the grand jury will make preliminary re-
port.
Gov. Pillsbury received yesterday patents
for land under .he swamp land act, for 6,s7s
and 85S2 acres respectively, both in the St..
Cloud land district.
A little child of Frank White, residing at
No. n West Ninth street, was bitten by vic
ious dog last evening. Dog days are over for
that animal if it can be found by the police to-
day.
Officer Mullin went ont to White Bear Lake
yesterday, to serve two replevins. He came
back highly elated with his success, having
settled matters to the entire satisfaction Of all
parties.
Considerable excitement was created about
7 o'clock last evening by chimney burning
out on the corner of Sixth and Wabashaw st..
A large crowd assembled but no alarm was
turned In.
The Second Ward Hancock and English
Club will meet at the old court house this
evening, and will be addressed by ". u. Kel-
ly, Esq, and other speakers. Republicans es-
pecially are invited to be present.
At last there is good cross-walk at the Juno
ton Of Wabashaw and Seventh streets. Now
let us have new walk along the east side Of
Wabashsw, between Fourth and Fifth streets.
Is the county too poor to afford it?
Residents in the neighborhood of irvine
park complain that Street Inspector Smith
has closed up all the avenues Of ingress or
egress to that place of resort. Orders were
issued yesterday to remedy the evil complained
Of.
Chief Engineer Strong and Alderman Grace,
chairman of the council committee on fire
department, were out yesterday examining
the telegraph poles of the fire alarm. Their
report will be made to the couacil at its next
meeting.
The grand jury held two sessions yesterday,
and were occupied in the investigation of
cases sent up from the municipal court. A
report upon two or three of the cases will
probably be made upon the opening of the
court this morning.
e. F. Elwell, convicted some ago for selling
liquor to the Indians at Brainerd, was yester-
day released from the Ramsey county Jail by
United States Commissioner Oardozo. under
the poor debtors act, he having served out his
time less the fine imposed.
Seymour. the whitewssher, is out a horse and
wagon. He says he stopped to ''see man"
at Mike Lyons saloon on Mississippi street,
about 8 O'Clock last evening, and when he came
out his rig was missing, and he had to hoof it
to the city hall to report his loss. The outfit
may be at home this morning.
The German society are actively preparing
for the celebration of the twenty-seventh an
nual celebration of the organization of the
society, which takes PLACE October 18th, at
the Athen@um. The programme. consists of q
theatrical performance, music, dancing etc.
The entertainment promises to be one of the
best ever given at the Athenwum.
William Geisking keeps a saloon near
Dayton's bluff. He is poor Judge of the
age of customers, and occasionally sells liquid
poison to minors. His ignorance In this
respect cost him $25 and costs yesterday morn.
ing, and hereafter he says he will require his
customers to bring with them certificate of
the date of their birth, certified to by their
baptismal sponsors.
Thomas Holmes, Fsq., of Shakopee, an old
veteran Of seventy-six years, known to every
old settler in Minnesota, the original owner of
the town site of Shakopee, Holmes City, and
various other embryo cities, came down yes.er-
day to shake hands with his numerous friends
in st. Paul. Uncle Tom is seriously contem-
plating visit to the Yellowstone, to lay out
another city. Such men never grow old.
About o'clock last evening dzpper little
coon called at the second hand store on the
corner of Seventh and Minnesota street. and
offered coil of garden hose for SALE. He OBJ
tained 80 aud lit out, only to fall in the arms
of Capt. CLARK of the police force, who had
seen him q few hours before on begging ex-
pedition. If any reader of the GLOBE has lost
a coil of garden hose worth from ten to twelve
dollars they can find it by calling on Oapt.
Clark.
Mr.. 8. 8. Watkins, of the State Fish Com
mission, has gone to Duluth, to be absent
two or three weeks, to collect and save half a
a million eggs of lake trout eggs. Up to this
Glm0 Tue e6p0rlmeutb VI bu0 COuuIsSluu Will
lake trout have been highly successful. The
eggs have hatched we'll, the fry have -four
ished in the ponds and it is believed they are
increasing in the large interior LAKES in which
they have been deposited.
His name was Thomas Hogan, and he labor
ed under the impression that he owned both
sides of Jackson street, including the Mel
chants hotel. Sergeant Walsh endeavored to
convince him of his mistake. but, like all will
full men he was bound to have his own way if
he could. He couldn't. The result was he
passed the night in tho cooler. and yesterday
morning he was condemned to eat bread and
meat at the county's expense for the next ff-
teen days.
Ferdinand Heusch is not altogether unknown
to fame as it is recorded in the annals of the
municipal court of the city of st. Paul. He
registers about once year according to his
own statement. On Saturday last he visit ed
the city and concluded that he had mission
to put a head on a neiehbor named Anton
Steingruber. This be succeeded in doing, in
the neighborhood of Ames farm on their way
home. The amusement cost him only SIS and
costs, which sum he contributed in response
to the polite request of Judge McGrorty yes
terlay morning. The urbane Judge inrimated