Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-03
CITY GLOBULEs.

The Arion singing society will give concert
at the Atheneum next Monday.
The new iron rod fence around the Capitol
grounds is being painted bright black.
''Song service" tomorrow at P. NJ at the
rooms of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton.
The work of demolition of The dangerous
walls of the burned Davidson block is pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
MIR. Edward Patterson, of Pine City, we'll
known in st. Paul, dropped dead in the street
in that place yesterday.
The last of the tar and gravel walks put down
in the Capitol grounds, some two or three
years ago, was torn up yesterday.
The State reform school board met yester-
day. No business beyond passing upon the
ordinary bills for March was transacted.
Tomorrow Sunday there will be an even
ing entertainment, the last of the season, at
the Turner hall. The programme is most
promising.
motion for alimony will be made in the
district court to day by the plaintiff in the di-
vorce suit of Theresa Frey against her husband,
Henry Frey.
The funeral of George Crusen, who died from
injuries received on Thursday morning, will
take place this morning from the Assumption
church at o'clock.
Having completed the cutting off and slop-
ing of the Capitol grounds, force is now on
gagged in removing the rubbish and cleaning up
the grounds generally.
A fine pickerel weighing thirty-two pounds
was displayed in the st. Nicholas hotel last
evening The fish was caught at Lake Como
Yesterday afternoon by Col. KnauH
A glance up and down Third street any time
between o'clock in the morning and in the
evening will convince the most skeptlcal that
st. Paul is enjoying general business
boom.
Stone masons have resumed work on the
building being erected by Mayor Dawson, cor
ner of Fifth and Wacouta streets, for the
Headquarters office of the st. Paul d Duluth
railroad company.
Mr.. Daniel Smith, merchant OF Pine City,
while driving across Snake river Thursday,
broke through the ice and himself and horse
were drowned. MIR. Smiths body was re-
covered by some indians.
Peter Hanson came down from the plnerles
last Thursday and celebrated his advent by in
dulging in tanglefoot toot. He was arralgned
at the police court yesterday and discharged
upon the payment of $3.
The German society held special meeting
last night and resolved to give benefit per-
Torrance. at the Athen@um, for the widow
and orphana of the late janitor, Mr.. Bethele,
at the end of this month.
The contractor having cut down the bluff is
he
the basement of the headquarters building OF
the Northern Pacific railroad company, corner
Fifth and Wacouta streets.
Adiutant General Van Cleve received notice
Yesterday of the allowance of a mothers PEN
sion at the rate of So per month from Septem-
Der IS 1862 the date of her sons death. Tho
arrearages amount to l,747.2O
Owing to the absence of Rev. s. G. Smith,
the union bible class meeting to-day, in the
parlor of the Y. M. c. A. at 430 P NJ, will be
taught by Mrs. Il. II. Miller. All interested In
bible study are invited to attend.
The Easter musical programme presented at
the Christ church last Sunday, and which
created 80 favorable an impression, will be re-
peated at the service tomorrow morning, by
request of large number of friends.
suit was begun in the district court yester-
day by James P. Gribben against Lena and
Thomas E. Knox to recover the sum of 1916
for merchandise sold to the defendants. Plain
tiff also asks for lien on the defendants prop
erty.
Deputy United States Marshal Bracket is in
receipt of letter from Fargo which says the
overflow of the Red River is assuming threat
ening proportions in the quantity of waterto
the extent of two feet and a-half in the pIinci-
pal streets.
The St. Paul boom is already receiving logs.
The sheer booms have been swung into place,
and all ia in readiness to take advantage of the
present stage of high water. Several million
feet are over the falls and the corporation ex-
poets prosperous season.
A descendant of Ham named John Stewart
was arraigned at the police court yesterday
charged with tackling too much five cent gin.
He looked as though the bender had been a
great deal too much for him and was given a
week in the cooler to sober up.
A change was made in the management of
the international yesterday by the proprietor
Mr.. M. T. G. Flower, surrendering the lease to
MIR. Samuel Mayall. The house will however
be kept open, John j. Porter, the affable clerk
of the hotel, sbeing placed in charge for the
present.
tramp eQL6ISu buc Icul VI OOsSPh I'LL
mann's hide store at 65 Jackson street vester-
day morning and lifting one of the hides piled
there carried it around and sold it to an en-
ploye in the front of the store for 1926. The
Joke was not discovered until the youth had
been gone about two hours.
Brick laying upon the foundation near the
corner of Sixth street on Jackson, put in seven
wears ago, was commenced yesterday. In the
interim between the completion of the founda-
ton and commencement of work yesterday
upon the main building, the country has pass
ed through great business depression, but the
rebound has now commenced.
One of the reform school guard was at po-
lice headquarters, yesterday afternoon, max
ing INQUIRIES for Herman Fritz, who had escap-
ed from the reform school. Fritz lives over in
the Sixth ward, and Is one of the gang of boys
sent to the reform school for breaking into Pres
ley's fruit store some time ago. He effected
his escape yesterday morning early.
The board mark yesterday showed six feet of
water in the river, rise of four inches for
twenty-four hours. Reports from Lake City
and Reeds Landing received by Capt. Reaney
states the ice in Lake Pepin is broken up
badly, and liable to move at any time, certain
" in two or three days. and with good north
west wind probably in the next twenty-four
hours.
Yesterday afternoon, a burly Bohemian
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