Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-01
CITY GLOBULEs.
April fool.

Mr.. Joseph l., Demeules, the letter carrier,
has q new pet, a large Canadian owl, gold
trimmed eyes and all.
Another foot was added to the depth of water
in the river by the rise yesterday, giving nearly
five feet in the channel
If there is any one place in the city that
needs a little fatherly care at the hands CT
the city government, it is the levee.
The articles of incorporation of the st.
Paul and Lake Como railroad were filed in the
Office of the Secretary of State yesterday.
Five car loads of mules reached this city, yes
terday. from st. Louis via the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad, for Oliver Dalrymples Da-
kOta farms.
Barney Murphy was held to the grand jury
yesterday for the robbery of Joseph Carnigan,
particulars of which were given in yesterday 8
GLOBE. His comrade, Daniel Martin, was dis
charged.
Don't accept passes from George Hazard to-
day. They are handsome to the eye but ter
ribly deceiving in matter, and if George should
not say anything, the recipient would think
April foop' very loud.
There was a big rush of land hunters to the
Northern Pacific country yesterday, both the
morning and evening trains going being crowd
ed. The majority of the new comers were from
Michigan and Wisconsin.
w. H. Dixon, lately general ticket agent of
the ST. Paul & Sioux City, has been appointed
general agent of the consolidated Chicago, st.
Paul q Omaha line. Mr.. Dixon's headquarters
will be in st. Paul, and his familiarity with
the duties renders him a valuable aid to the
company.
The new clothing store Of Henry T. john
son, at No, &C East Third street, will be opened
to the public this morning. The store has been
fitted up in excellent style, and the stock OF
goods. recently purchased, embraces all the
latest styles in both mems and boys wear. MIR.
johnson will no doubt have BOOM"
Plans are being devised by number of we'll
known citizens for the establishment of q
pottery manufactory, the arrangements for
which will soon be fully incorporated.
The manufactory will be located at the end
of the Seventh street extension and will en-
ploy capital of not less than $75. 900.
The poles on the Fort road erected for the
telephone wire between this city and Mime
apolis are falling down. They were put in duI-
ing the frost, last fall and now that the spring
thaw has come they are either falling down or
slanting with an imminent danger to telephO-
mic communication between the two cities.
The calico ball at Pfeifer's hall last night
was attended by about forty couple, mostly
young people who have participated in the
winter series of parties given by the Great
Union band. The music was, of course, first
class and the company being select and well
acquainted, the party was one of the most en-
joyable Of the year..
The indications are that we shall have very
high water this spring. and in consequence all
the river men look happy. Last spring the
river was so low that the boating season did
not fairly commence before June /. This year
it will begin with the opening of Lake Pepin,
which with the present weather cannot be de-
layed but few days.
John Griffin is so constitutionally tired that
he must have been born under the sinister in
fluence of the dog star. He is simon pure
loafer, and gravitates between tie police court
and the county cooler. Yesterday he was ar
raigned on the old charge of vagrancy, and he
will harken to the soft, low purr of the buck
saw for the next two weeks.
A faker named George Wheeler, with bran
dy nose and game leg,' was before Judge Flint
yesterday, charged with vagrancy. He works
the charity dodge under the guise of taking"
lead pencils which are used as cover for beg
ging aims. The court thought that he might
be in better business, and gave him two
weeks stretch in the cooler to think the matter
over.
A. 81. Taisey, grand master workman A. o.
U. w., is in town visiting the different lodges
of the city. He will address the membership
of the order at Noble lodge Friday evening.
Since the session of the grand lodge in Feb
ruary he has instituted four new lodges IN this
State, one at Glencoe, one at Appleton, one at
Ortonville and one at Mantorvllle, with total
of 1O6 charter members.
Arrangements have been fully perfected for
grand concert and ball to be given under the
auspices of the Arion society at the Athen@um,
on Monday evening, the 5th inst. An excellent
musical programme has been prepared, and the
concert will embrace the full strength of the
society. The Instrumental music will be fur
nished by Prof. Seibert's orchestra and the en-
tertainment promises to be great success.
Charles Davenport whose capture by Ofhcer
O'Keefe was mentioned in the GLOBE yesterday
for stealing a suit of clothes at the Nicollet
house on East Third street two months ago, got
thirty days in Jail yesterday from the munich
pal court. Davenport was accompanied to Jail
by the man whom he robbed, and they made a
bargain for the clothes, Davenport paying $l4
for the continued privilege of wearing the suit.
There were long faces about the corridors of
the capitol yesterday. Secretary Won Baum
bach received word that his famous setter dog,
valued at $3.50, had passed in his checks, owing
to dose of poison. Word was also received by
Mr. Williams that the royal Gordon setter re-
Gently owned by him. but subsequently by ex-
Gov. Austin at Fargo, had fallen by casualty
of the same kind. The latter dog had one of
the finest pedigrees in the State
Officer De Coursey captured a couple of Po-
landers about o'clock last night who were
having drunken fight on Seventh and Olive
streets One of them was quite ugly and
Bailiff Mullins came to the rescue and both
were landed at the city hail. An amusing
feature of the affair was the fact that one of
the men had stolen ten pounds of dried peaches
and actually walked out of the back door and
entered the front door of the same store and
offered them for sale without having the theft
detected.
John Finn, residing on Ellen street near
Como avenue, is opposed to flood, particular
ly when contiived by human agency. He was
at police headquarters yesterday complaing
that Mrs. Like, neighbor, was draining all
her water off her lot onto his, and that he was
threatened with inundation or something just
as bad. He expostulated with Mrs. Like, but
she wouldn't cease her attempt at amateur
sewerage, SO he called on the police for protec-
tion. Chief Weber sent out man to regulate