Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-19
CITY GLOBULEs.


The resignation of 81. P. Rugg, as admins
traitor of the estate of Gao. Culver. dec eased,
was fled yesterday, and accepted
The eighteen hotels of Sioux Falls, ordinarily
full, were overcrowded last week during the
session there of the Democratic territorial con-
Yention.
The most select stock of gents gloves. I'M
derclothing, the latest Partisan wrinkle, IN the
Northwest, at DUNES Emporium of Fashion,
&c Wabashaw street.
A. o. Bailey, Jackson street, yesterday snip
ned East a carload of Seneca snake root. The
extract of it will come back to Us, our share of
It. compounded into pulmonary medicines.
Up. Thel was before Judge McGrorty yes
terday, charged with the larceny of harness
from one H. Moeler. There was no testimony
to substantiate the charge and the defendant
was discharged.
small boy named Nash was collared by Of
ficer O'Keefe yesterday afternoon having IN
his possession a new corncob pipe which an
other boy said had been stolen. he was taken
to the city hall and released.
A dirty little tramp. as old as Rip Van Win
kle, named John Peterson Oleson, was arrested
on Sixth street by Big Tom yesterday afternoon
for exposing his person. he was before tne
court and sent up for eight days.
The late dusty spell has leo many citizens to
complain of the lack of attention to surtaclng
the streets, and especially of the too frequent
practice OF leaving on the STREETS the dust mate
rails brought in making sewers.
At meeting of the Arion Society Friday
night g vote was taken on the Presidential
question and the ballot stood twenty-four tor
Hancock and two for Garfield. This may be
considered pretty healthy straw.
An interesting harvest-home service will be
held tonight in Plymouth church, with appro-
pirate music, and the decoration of the pulpit
with grains The Lessons of the Wheat aar'
vest il the subject of the discourse, by Rev.
DR.. Dana.
A miserable specimen of humanity, named
VIM. Knapp, was before Judge McGrorty on
Yesterday, charged with vagrancy. He plead
ed guilty, stated that he was discharged SOL
der and was subject to fits. All this was 80.
but did not account for his black eye. He was
sent up for twenty-five days.
A warrant was issued to Mrs. Lizzie Davis
Yesterday, for the arrest of a man named j. Z.
Kennedy, charged with kicking her down
stairs She refused to swear out the warrant
on the grounds that she was Quaker, and
Kennedy was arraigned in the afternoon, but as
complainant did not appear the case was dis
missed.
Among the familiar objects that greeted
hizzoner when the gavel was brought down yes
terday morning was the blear-eyed visage Of
Michael Herman, who has not drawn sober
breath for over a week. As usual he wanted to
go home, but his broken promises are as IA
niliar to the court an old song. he was
sent to the bastile for fifteen days.
A few days since Judge Brill issued an order
recurring Vim. j. Ramsden to turn over Ger
tain documents in litigation in the cause of
Ramsden against the Sandwich manufacturing
COMPANY. He refused to surrender the papers,
and when the case was called yesterday, he still
remained obstinate. He was arralgned Tor con-
tempt and committed until he makes up his
mind to surrender the papers.
Application wss made by Richard Bradley
in the probate court yesterday, for letters of
administration in the estate of Hugh Chalmers.
He was appointed special administrator and
will dispose of the property. The proceeds
will defray the funeral expenses or Mrs. Chal-
mers and settle the debts of the deceased. In
view of the fact that Mrs. Chalmers died on
Thursday and he committed suicide the next
day this NAV be called quick business.
A stripping named George Brown was up yes
terday charged with raising disturbance on
Fourth near Market street. Officer Babe stat
ed that defendant and Mr.. Barnum had been
found tusseling on Fourth street about IL
o'clock Friday night Mr. Barnum had told
the officer that Brown attacked him, when he
knocked him down. Mr.. Barnum did not ap-
pear to prosecute and defendant was commit
ted for eight days.
Ameeting of the Third ward Hancock and
English club was held last evening at Erd's
hall on st. Peter street. In the absence Of the
regular chairman, Mr.. NJ. Koch presided. The
secretary reported that the committee appoint
ed at the last meeting were not ready to re-
port. On motion Messrs. Pond, Kenser and
Hilderbrand were appointed as committee to
secure speakers. MIR. Koch reported that he
had purchaeeda ck-English and Sibley
flag which would be ready to put up the eusu-
ing week. Adjourned until next Saturday.
a Young and pretty brunette. named Hannah
Dow, was before the court yesterday, charged
with street walking. She was arrested on the
the levee by Officer Bremen, who stated that
she had been drunk and was out all night.
The girl wept bitterly. She explained that she
had arrived in the city On Friday and was on
her way to Saltwater. She was neatly dressed,
intelligent, and related an apparently truthful
story, 1t was considered best to send her to
the Shepherds for sixty days. The chancellor
takes fatherly interest In the fate of the girl
and will try and bring about her reform.
In the words of the sage, how rich, how poor,
how abiect, how august, how wonderful, how
complicated is man! In the bloated face and
bIeared ewes of William Alleyn could be traced
the submerged existence of an Intelligent soul.
He was before the court yesterday for drunk
enness and presented fearful example of the
damning work of rum. He said he was an
Englishman, and by profession physician and
surgeon. Friday night he was picked up by
the police on the verge of tremens, having
pawned gold watch for rum. He wanted to
to go the hospital and the chancellor said he
would look the case up. Meantime he was SEN
fenced to eight days.
The United States Government engineer
with corps of assistants was engaged yester-
day in putting up the astronomical post or
observatory in the court house square. The
post is shielded by a tent and the observations
will of corse be taken at night The post
consists of limestone post about five feet
long in the clear and one and a half by two
feet in circumference. The cap stone is of
st. Peter granite two by two and one half feet
in size and about three inches thick, The post
is intended chiefly to compute local time which
will be done, obtaining the longitude between
st. Panl and Carleton college and comparing
the difference. The longitude of the post is
fixed in accordance with that established at the
,ortbaast corner of the custom house several