Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-06
CITY GLOBULES.

ing.
Building operations in West st. Paul are I'M
dergoing an immense boom.
The internal revenue receipts are falling off.
Yesterday $500 were collected.
Watson & Oxley have removed their general
insurance agency to 122 East Third street.
Rice park is beautiful in natures choicest
fnery. The seats should be put up at once.
1t is daily asked, When will the musical or
CARNATIONS inaugurate the evening concerts2
Damascus commandery was out for drill
last evening at their new grounds on the cor
ner of Eighth and Broadway streets.
Uncle Toms Cabin" was presented to good
houses both afternoon and evening yesterday,
and the audiences appeared to be delighted
with the play.
Work on the new market house is progressing
so rapidly that it will soon be building in
fact as well as name. Masous are now at work
on the second story from the basement.
Three tramps were run in last night, on the
charge of vagrancy. Two of the men were
found begging on Jackson street, and the
other member of the gang was playing the
mendicant racket on Third street.
A musical and literary entertainment will be
given at the Jackson street Methodist Epis-
copaI church, this evening, which prom
ises to be highly interesting. 1t is for benev-
client purposes and will no doubt be largely
patronized.
The case of Matt. Mueller, charged with fres-
Going the head of man named Jerry Sullivan
with beer glass, was called for hearing in the
police court yesterday morning. The COM
planning witness failed to appear and the case
was dismissed for want of prosecution.
The double street car track has been laid
east on Fort street to Chestnut. In view of the
uneven character of the road bed, a top dress
ing should be laid with gravel, which would
flush the surface up to the rails and obviate
much inconvenience now experienced by gen.
eral travel.
The county surveyor ands the committee on
roads and bridges of the county board visited
the Fort road yesterday for tho purpose of max
ing the survey for the necessary Improvements.
Two culverts will be constructed, and, by the
time the work is finished, the road will be, as
long desired by every citizen in st. Paul-One
of the finest driVeways in the city.
EThe shooting of Mart. Cashier at Deadwood,
mentioned in the GLOBE yesterday, was done
by constable named Henry Beaman, when
crazy drunk. Cashier was trying to pacify
BeaInan, when, without word of warming he
fired the ball, entering Cashiers hip and lodg-
ing in the pelvis. As stated yesterday, though
the wound is painful and serious no fears are
entertained of Csstner's recovery.
Capt. Adam Monty, of Saltwater, and pres1-
dent of the Minnesota Old Veterans associa-
ton, was in st. Paul yesterday arranging for
the thirteenth annual reunion.of the old We
terans. The reunion will take place on the sec
ond Tuesday in June and will probably be
held at White Bear lake. The programme has
not been decided upon, but in any event the
old vets anticipate rousing good time.
man named Stephen Washington was ar
rested a few days since and committed for dis
orderly conduct. Since his arrest strong evil
dence has been forthcoming that the unfOr-
tunate man is insane. HIS time was up yester-
day and he was furnished with pair of new
pants and discharged. Upon being released he
laid down on the sidewalk and refused to move.
He was carried into the county jail and will be
examined on Friday.
Robson & Crane will begin their engagement
at the Opera House this evening IN the sterling
comedy "Our Bachelors" They are universal
ly acknowledged to be inimitable in their roles.
In fact, they have created new school of COM
edy in which they have found many imitators
but no equals. The sale of seats has been
gratifyingly large and they are already assured
of full house. No artists on the stage better
deserveit.
Charles 81. Nash complains that injustice
was done him in a paragraph in yesterday s
GLOBE accusing him with being intoxicated
and pushing a man through window of
Rogers hotel He took charge of the individ-
ual named at the request of his employer, and
was conducting him home when he jerked him.
self away and fell through the window. As be
had no money Mr.. Nash volunteered to pay
the damage, and did SO, without waiting for
threats of arrest.
Peter Pelton, the lver-colored husband of
Mary Cressey, came to the police court yester-
day morning, and begged for the latter's re-
lease, she having been sent up last week for
drunkenness. He stated to the court that be-
fore her last spree she had not been budged for
over six months. Last week she was invited
to Hattie McBride's bagnio to assist at the
spring cleaning and she took advantage of the
license to become drunk. On the promise that
he would keep her at home hereafter, an order
was issued for her discharge.
The case of the State against William NAL
10y, charged with the larceny of an overcoat
from DR.. Fishers Office on East Seventh street,
came up for hearing in the municipal court
yesterday morning. The prisoner pleaded
guilty, and gave as an excuse for the offense
that he had been on a debauch and was crazy
drunk when the crime was committed. BE
begged for mercy, promised to take the pledge
for life, and In view of the man having re-
spectacle family the court let him off with
thirty days in the county Jail. He called at
the bishops residence and took the pledge for
life.
An alarm of fire from box was sounded at
5:34 o clock yesterday morning. The fire was
found to be in barn back of 258 Pleasant
avenue and the alarm was so late in coming
in, that the fire was under full Roadway when
the department got on the ground and the
barn was wholly destroyed. Loss estimated at
$1,000. The property belonged to Mrs. Hunter
and was occupied by Alfred Newman. The
origin is supposed to be incendiary or from
tramps taking the hayloft as lodging place.
The hired man in charge declares, when he went
to bed he closed the stable and loft doors, but
both were opened when the fire was discovered
issuing from the loft.
Mrs. Thomas Langdon, meek and white
faced looking lady, read temperance lecture
in the municipal court, yesterday afternoon,
gotten from experience from drunken hus-
band. She reluctantly told her story, which
vas filed with the woe of neglect, restitution
and abuse. Yesterday morning, LangdOn, who
Cor months has failed to support his wife OF
Two children, visited her at her boarding house
Mrs. Maginnis' on Fifth strict, and made such
a nuisance of himself that his wife had IN RIM