Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-24
CITY GLOBULES.

An adjourned meeting of the common coun-
ell is called for this afternoon at s clock.
Hannah WALSH was up again yesterday on
the old charge of being too fond of her bulge.
She was sent up for the usual period of thirty
days.
Mr. Frank Davis has been acting auditor for
the St. Paul & Duluth railroad, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of G. f. Cruft, au-
ditor and general ticket agent.
The St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance
company lost 81 900 by the fire which destroy
ed the wholesale drug house of Robert p.
Smith, of Alton, ILL.,, Thursday night
Yesterday, fifteen liquor licenses or Sl,5GO
was paid in for the privilege of selling the de-
coctions. Over fifty are due yet and warrants
have been placed in hand for service on some
of the delinquents.
The train on the st. Paul Minneapolis Il
Manitoba road from St. Vincent, due in this
city at o'clock, did not arrive until mid
night. The delay was caused by the engine
giving out above Melrose.
Engine No. is undergoing repairs, made
necessary by the blowing out of flue while
at work at the fire in the Sixth ward Wednes-
ready for duty this evening.
Officer DeCorsey interfered with an Amazon
ian contest between two strapping African fe-
males on Jackson street last night After
bit of a tussle and much Precipitation he got
Emma Stuart and Eliza Gill to the lookup.
An aged veteran named Hoyt, with game
leg aud dizzy cady, was before Judge Flint
Yesterday for being on a bender. He Is good
shoemaker and promised to attend to business
if discharged. He was given the opportunity
to reform.
Young Memo ayouth who roams about too
much at night ever to become President, was
arrested on Third street, last night, for indulg-
ing in a fight. The other party, who helped
him along in the affair, was also taken to the
lookup to keep him company.
John Stackman sized up to & big drunk
night before last and as the foot proved too
much for his underpinning, he was trundled to
the Lookup. Yesterday he was before Judge
Flint, who gave him sixty minutes to get out
of town. Of course, he skipped.
While the town clock has been all right on
the strike, for months it has made all kind of
time record on its faces. Yesterday MIR. P. j.
Egan took the contract of putting the city
time in order, and Mr.. Gridley went to work to
put the machinery IN OIuel'
A party with the euphonious name of Brown
was at the police court yesterday, charged with
making an aggressive carom on the optic of
man named Russaw, to the great detriment
and usefulness of that gentleman's organ of
sight. He paid five bills for the amusement
and was discharged.
A decripit damsel named Lizzie Williams,
Of Saltwater, was before his honor yesterday
for the second time this week, charged with
drunkenness. This time she promised to walk
n chalk line to her place of residence, instead
of which she walked to the cooler, where she
will tarry for thirty days.
United States Commissioner Cardozo had l..
@. Barrett, of Steele county, before him, yes
terday, on the charge of manufacturing tobac-
co without paying the special United States
tax. Barrett was held to answer at the next
term of the United States district court in
5000, and furnished bonds.
Edward Francis was arraigned at the police
court yesterday charged with the larceny of q
watch from McKinney's livery stable. The
watch is the property OF man named Albert
Nelson, and was cabbaged from his vest which
hung in the office of the stable. The prisoner
was committed for thirty days.
The st. Paul colored Dramatic club propose
to give an entertainment on Wednesday even
ing, February 4th, for the benefit of Mrs. Hen
~, whose husband has lately been afflicted
with blindness. On the occasion the club will
present the comedy of LEND Me Twenty Shil-
lings," to be followed by the roaring farce of
"Mr. Bodkin's Troubles"
remarkable commentary on the moderate
and pleasant weather enjoyed in this vicinity
at present is the fact that for several days past
masons have been engaged in laying the foun-
dation for Michauds new building on Waba-
shaw, near Seventh street. The last stone was
laid on yesterday, and the foundation ia now
ready for the superstructure. For charming
Winter weather st. Paul beats the world.
An informal wedding took place at police
headquarters, at which Chief Weber assumed
the dramatic role of ''bless you, my children"
But before the nuptial knot was tied Capt.
Clark and the chief had to use much persua-
sion, assisted by the tears of the bride, to in
duce the bridegroom to right the wrong he had
put upon the girl. The girls name is Emma
Duchanne, and the petrayer is Louis Pleiss.
Following the line of the services of lesson,
the Union Bible class will study to-day ''the
temptations of Christ as recorded in the
Fourth of Matthew. The class meets in the
hall at No. 81 Wabashaw street, which is a deci-
ded improvement over the crowded quarters
formerly occupied, in fact the growing popular
ity of the class made larger audience room a
necessity. The time of gathering is 4:30 P. NJ,
and Rev. ID. Il. Breed and Mrs. Z. II. Miller
will continue their joint charge of tho service.
BOGUS DETECTITE.