Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-31
CITY GLOBULES.

Yesterday A. R. Kiefer paid to Internal Rev
enue Collector Biokel $SOO.SO, tax on liquor
recently distilled at his new distillery.
A splendidly bound copy of Picturesque
America" can be purchased very cheap by APP
plication to the GLOBE counting room.
The swell in the river is assuming very re-
spectacle proportions. the board yesterday
showing three feet six inches in the channel
An action was commenced in the district
court yesterday by Henry Weiser against Peter
Ambs and others to enforce payment of 81, 1876.
Hankey's stock yards, on the fiat below the
st. Paul & Manitoba freight houses, are being
demolished to give place to the Union depot
Improvements.
1t was reported, last evening, that Po-
lander while crossing the river in skif from
the lower levee, upset the boat and was drow n
ed. The mans name or the particulars of the
drowning could not be obtained,
we'll dressed young man named Cooley was
arrested last night st the corner of Seventh and
jackson streets by Officer Warehouse. The
youth displayed 30 much fight that two officers
were required to land him in the lock up.
A lad named J. w. Quinn was arraigred at
the police court yesterday on the charge of in
corrigibility. His father testified that he was
beyond the reach of parental control, and he
was committed to the reform school during
bis minority.
A slight blaze occurred about noon yesterday
at the end of Park avenue near the city lin
its. The roof of shanty caught fire from a
spark and for few minutes it burned quite
lively. The fire was extinguished with a few
buckets of water.
jeff. Hudson and VIM. Perkins, couple of
colored scavengers carelessly started a little
blaze in lower town one night last week while
at their work. The fire boys didn't relish it
much and had them arrested. Their careless
ness cost them 80 each.
Spring time has come, or an Indication or
two more impressive than one swallow. Build
ing is looking up everywhere, and moreover
the lung-tester-man, the soap-man, the shoot
ipg.gallery-man have located for a summer
business on jackson and Third streets.
Patrick New had been estranged from his
wife owing to his Incorporate habits. On Sun
day he went to the house for recreation,
breaking down the door, and breaking a well
poll over Mrs. News head Yesterday Judge
Flint reconciled' him to sixty days in jail.
a bow, and also an old man, narrated in yes
terday's GLOBE, was sent up for sixty days.
Hines, the second one arrested, proved to be a
peace maker and not one of the ruffians. The
second ruffian named Allen,i still at large.
Mr. 81. 8. Fairchild is in receipt ola copy of
the London Euening STANDARD of March Sth.
from Mr.. John Wann, containing brief an
nouncement of the burning of the dry goods
Of Anerhach Finch
Culbertson & Co.. with a loss of million dol
lars.
Yesterday George Hoffman was arraigned be
sore United States Commissioner Cardozo on
the charge of selling liquor to Indians. The
bit of traffic took place at Pine City, and the
evidence against Hoffman was sufficient to hold
him to the United States district court in $500
bail.
Gen. Terry and Major R. P. Hughes, A. D.
O., are expected home next Saturday. The
general has been absent for several weeks in
Washington on duty in connection with Gen.
NJ. G. Meigs, quartermaster general, in ar
ranging blanks as well as modes for letting
government contracts IN future.
A catalogue of the st. Paul medical college
for the spring session, beginning April l, is
out. During the last or winter session the
to full course of lectures besides being given
practical opportunities. The college is repre-
scented as being in very prosperous condition
and affords a home opportunity for such as
desire medical education.
About two months ago Edward Davenport
took from room in the Nicollet house on
East Fourth street a coat and vest belonging to
one of the boarders and left the city. Yester-
day the owner of the clothing met the thief in
Minneapolis with the suit on and had him ar
rested. Officer OKeefe was sent up last nj ght
and returned with the prisoner, who will be
taken before Judge Flint this morning.
Adjutant General Van Cleve yesterday re-
ceived notice of the allowance of three pen
sion Claims two minors claims allowed March
23d, one for 81, 65S.96 and the other for $431.25
the other being widows claim for $1,5Sl.33.
The beneficiary in this case is lady 80 years
of age, reiding in Austria, whose boy, MEM
Der of company ID, i" Ninth Minnesota volun-
teers, was killed at the battle of Guntown,
Miss.
Dandy" the we'll known colored man, COM
plains to the GLOBE that some meddlers are
circulating the false report that he has not
been legally divorced from his late wife.
DANDY" says his divorce is the simon pure
thing. warranted to stand any pressure, and
that if the meddlers don't cease mixing up in
affairs. he will see what the law will do for
them. Dandy has blood in his eye and
means biz.
Joseph Corrigan got drunk and ''did the
town" with two excellent friends! The friends
proved to be Barney Murphy and Harry Mar
tin. Of conrse Corrigan lost what money he
had, which he alleges was $55. Martin was
found first and Murphy was then found owing
to his having fallen into an excavation on
Seventh street near Waucouta. He was con-
siderably damaged but both were locked to
await examination for the robbery.
Report was made at police headquarters yes
terday of a small robbery the night previous
in West st. Paul. Mr.. Thomas Manning, the
grocer on Jackson street near Seventh street,
has located branch establishment in lower
West st. Paul, and it was this place which was
burglarized. Entrance was obtained through
the front window, and about sc to $40 worth
of tobacco was taken. From the rough work
done the burglary is presumed to have been
done by boys.
The council committee on fire department
with the mayor, city attorney, chief engineer
ond superintendent of fire alarm telegraph,
met last night at the city hall. The PROPOSE
ton of the telephone company to take charge
of the fire alarm wires for $500 year if they
could put the telephone wires on the same
polls was considered and explained by Super