Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-09


Of The Fort Smelling road near the new bridge.
suit for $4,000 damages was commenced
N the district court yesterday by John N.
Warner against the city of st. Paul for injury
alleged to have been done his lot and dwelling
by the city, in CHANGING the grade of Harriet
street.
Officers DeCorsey and Babe have been sub
poened to appear at Shakopee to testify IN the
case of the tramp who burglarized hardware
store last fall of g quantity of revolvers.
They will go down this afternoon or to-
morrow.
Aid. Allen has issued request calling upon
all the members of the council. Architect Rad
cliff and Engineer Sewall to assemble at the
new market house at o'clock this afternoon
for the purpose of inspecting and accepting,
if satisfactory, the new building.
A man named Henry Macarthur was before
United States commissioner Cardozo yesterday.
charged with selling liquor to Indians on the
White Earth reservation. He waived exami-
nation and gave bonds in the sum of $500 for
his appearance at the next term of court.
Arthur Mccarthy, alias Sailor jack" the
Seventh street rag prince. was arraigned at
the police court yesterday charged with as
ssulting girl named Annie Zalwiski. On
motion the hearing was continued to Saturday,
andtiefendsn at gave S75 bail for his sp pearance.
little tramp, known as Shorty" stole 3
coat last night from the Oak Hall clothing
house, and was arrested and run in. He COM
rnitted the theft for the purpose of being
locked up, go as to get more comfortable quar-
ters than the open street while cold weather
lasts.
Sunday night thieves obtained entrance to
Mitschs new building, Seventh and st. Peter
streets, and stole number OF tools belonging
to a carpenter named Conrad. Tho tools were
found by Capt. Clark last night concealed in q
barn and it is thought they were carried off by
bad boys.
T. W. Traeger, who forged aote for $1,000.
on the Second National bank, particulars OF
which appeared In yesterdays issue of the
GLOBE. left on the early train yesterday morn.
ing for Iowa. he promises to square the ao-
count in full, and no prosecution is liable to
follow.
Peter Lalliher swore out warrant yesterday
for the arrest of Seventh street saloon keeper
named McAndrews on the charge of assault and
battery. LSlliher visited the saloon and was
told that he wasn't welcome and was treated to
the grand bounce. The case will come up this
morning.
A hotel runner named John Bordenslaugher
was before Judge McGrorty yesterday charged
with polishing eff one Constance, the runner
for rival bean house. The man with the jaw.
breaking name didn't have much to say and
was fined S5 and COSTS taking his medicine
like little man. He paid the ducats and was
discharged.
Last night about IL o'o clock, as L. M. Gaffney
was driving up Fourth street his front wheels
got caught in the street car track at the Waba-
shaw street crossing breaking the axletree
short eff and also smashing one of the springs.
1t is bad loss to Mr. Gaffney, for in addition
to the expense of repairs he will have to be out
the use of his hack until it can be mended.
Collector Bickel, of the United States inter.
nal revenue department, received, yesterday,
beer stamps to the amount of $4,000, and
cigar stamps to the amount of $4,000. The
sale of cigar stamps is greatly on the increase,
averaging $3.50 per day. The law requires that
cigars shall be stamped at the rate of sc per
1000, which is source of great revenue to
Uncle Sam.
Mr.. s. L. Pierce, counsel for William Faulk-
ner, arrested on Tuesday for violating the
hack ordinance, proposes to test the constitu.
tionality of the statute regulating the hack
business. Tuesday evening Mr.: Pierce ap-
piled for writ of habeas corpus, which is
made returnable before Judge Brill at 10
o'clock this morning.
Quite a respectable looking man named
franklin Hill was before the police court yes
terdsy, charged with the larceny of buffalo
overcOat from the front of Byder's fur store
on jackson street. Mr.. Ryder refused to
prosecute on the grounds that Hill has borne
good reputation and that the theft was COM
mitted while highly intoxicated. The defend.
ant was discharged.
A couple of venerable cobs drawing load of
nay took fright at Seven Corners about noon
yesterday. and elevsting their tails at an acute
angle, .hey ran out Fort street at a rate of
. speed that would have done credit to Rarus.
At the outset they snatehed the hobs from the
load ana dumped the hay on the street car
track, which was most provoking. They were
lassoed at the city limits after rafting and
demoralizing runaway.
diminutive little gray haired man who
looked as if he was ready to dry up and blow
away, named John McManus, was before hiz.
zoner charged with tackling the frisky bug
juice. He was picked up on Cedar street
Tuesday night crawling on all fours, and after
being elevated to perpendicular was steered
to the station. The chancellor stated that he
was decent old man when sober and he was
discharged on promise of goodlbehavioS.
About half past ten last night fire alarm
was given by the big whistle, and steamers No.
l and No. > turned out in hurry, only to
find that the cause of all the fuss was enlv
the burning out of chimney in a house be.
longing to Mrs. 6heeran, on Minnesota street,
between Third and Fourth. In turning at the
corner of Sixth and Minnesota, steamer No. /
swung around, owing to the slippery condition
OF the pavements, and hit post, by which
mishap the engineer. Henry Tubeson, got his
head knocked against some portion of the
machine and received painful injury.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon gentle
man drove up to city hall. leaving his cutter
in front of the building while he went to the
city clerks Office. During his absence, Officer
Cook noticed that the rig was on fire, a volume
of smoke ascending from the interior of the
cutter, and inspection showed that the robes
and blankets were on fire. A few minutes of
prompt action suficed to put ont the fire. and
an investigation showed that it had started
from several hot bricks which had been put in
the bed of the cutter to keep the feet warm.
The damage was nominal.
Blood will tell, and there is nothing so mean
to idle as bad blood. This has been notably
illustrated by several bad breaks recently
made by prisoners in the county Jail. Luckily
in Sheriff King and his competent assistants
the renegades have found more than an equal
match. Yesterday Mike Murphy and Cor
nealius eastman, two of the worst pills in the
box, became noisy and bulldozed the other