Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-14
CITY GLoBULEs.

CITY GIOSULLiS.
The annual closing exercises of St. Joseph
academy will take place on Wednesday after
noon the 30th inst
There will be prayer meeting at the Y. N
O. A. rooms this evening at 8 o'clock, conduct
ed by Mr.. Levin johnson. All are invited
attend.
A rumor, which could not be traced, wa
heard last evening" to the effect that bo
living on Exchangr street accidently shot him
self yesterday.
| Burglars entered tho Dispatch counting room
Saturday and thoroughly inspected the safe
which had been carelessly but kindly left un
locked, They obtained nothing.
| A meeting of the German Society was helt
yesterday afternoon, at which arrangement
| were made for their excursion to Forest Lake
to take place on Sunday, the 9th inst.
A woman named Maggie Mofit was detected
about o'clock yesterday morning in the act
of stealing barrel slaves from Grubers cooper
shop on Eagle street. She was arrested by
Officer Gruber and will have chance to ex.
plain this morning.
The community generally will sincerely sym.
pathize with Chief of Police Weber and his
estimable wife over the death, yesterday, OF
their youngest child, promising boy of nearly
a year. The little one had been ailing but a
short time. The funeral is announced else
where.
Birmingham Bros, well known grocers of
East Seventh street, finding that their in
crossing business required change to better
havyn vpA M To No
272 in Gotzian's new block. They keep first
class grocery. and have fine run OF trade, for
which their new store is well adapted.
Rev. j. Sunderman, of Henderson. occupied
the pulpit of the German Evangelical church
on temperance, st. Paul, and Rev. J. G..
Kochler, of the st. Stephen church of Chica-
go, will preach at same church next Sunday,
the regular pastor, MIR. Baur, having gone to
Wright county in this State for the purpose of
organizing two congregations of the same
church.
The backwater made considerable encroach-
ment upon the Sixth ward flats yesterday and
the rising river begins to threaten considerable
property. Mcintosh, of Robert street, yester-
day removed his cattle from the slaughter house
yard. Flat boats and bardges are In demand
for, saving wood, land Mr. Jaeger, the brick
maker is planning to build floats for bring
ing brick from his yard.
Mr.. G: A. Schmidt, OF South Minneapolis,
visited st. Paul yesterday, in search of his
eleven year old son William, who left home
last Wednesday. When last seen he was board
ing the train for st. Paul, and according to all
he is a precociously bad young citizen.
He is said to have an inclination for cabbaging
other peoples goods, and if arrested he will be
sent to the reform school by his father, who is a
very respectable man.
A disgraceful fight occurred at Bateson's
bagnio, on Hill street, about 2 clock yester-
day morning, between several demireps and
half dozen pautaloon harlots, who are even
worse than the inmates. The doors and win
dows were smashed in promiscuously, and the
names of the elegant young pseudo bloods
who inaugurated the row, will be given to the
public if ascertained, in to.morrow's issue of
the GLOBE.
painful accident occurred st the Jackson
street depot about 80 o'clock yesterday after
noon, resulting seriously to a brakeman named
o. Il. Green. A few minutes before the $3.50
o'clock train for Minneapolis pulled out, Green
stepped Eetween two cars to adjust the coup
ling. In so doing his left hand was caught
between the bumpers and fearfully crushed.
The sufferer was taken to Dr.. Murphy's office,
and it is thought that the hand will have to be
In the silent hours of yesterday morning
thieves forced an entrance to Dewald's saloon
on Wacouta street, aud helped themselves in
manner that made the contents of the place
look sick. The place didn't boast of very
large stock of goods, wet or dry, but of what
was lying around loose they helped themselves
very generously. They collared three boxes of
cigars and quantity of benzine. In case they
should guzzle enough of the latter the chances
IRE that the GLOBE will be called upon to
chronicle the early demise of two or three low
lived crooks.
For several days past Contractor Charles
Stanley, residing in the First ward, has COM
planned of losing tools. From time to time
his workshop would be entered and the sudden
manner in which shovels disappeared finally
became very mOnotonous. A solution to the
disappearance OF SO many tools came yesterday
in the person of q man named Hunt,
who was caught in the act of walking off with
a shovel. He was handed over to Officer
Brosseau, and lodged in the station. He evi.
IDENTIFY had penchant for tool stealing as
fine monkey wrench was found in his coat
pocket The case will come up to-day.
When the passenger express on the West Wis
consin railroad drew up to the depot about II :45
D clock yesterday morning, several hours late,
q young man named r. B. Swipe, from st.
Louis. stepped to the platform to look after his
baggage. He carried with him a valuable breech
loader which he left with his trunk on the
platform, while he started to look up the
baggage master. Returning in few minutes
he was surprised to find that during his brief
absence some one had stolen the rifle. The
thief evidently seized the rifle just as the train
was pulling out for Minneapolis, upon which
he took passage. Chief Weber telegraphed
to Minneapolis and there is one chance in a
hundred that the fly coppers up there may cap
ture the thief.
Missing at Milwaukee.