Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-11
CITY GLoBuLEs.

Indian Legends of Minnesota Lakes, by
Maj. Newson, is having large sale, the first
edition being nearly exhausted. It is pro-
nounced to be the most saleable book In the
market.
Officer Brouseau found man crazy drunk
near the corner of Seventh and Jackson street
yesterday afternoon and after o severe tussle
landed him in the cooler. The man was too
drunk to give his name.
John McCue is his name and he loaded him
self up with too much poor whisky yesterday.
Officer Bake escorted him to the lookup and
while thus acting the part of the good Samar-
itan McCue tore the officers coat. He won't
tear any more coats for the next twenty days.
A year or so ago Mr.. E. Hefernan was
granted the privilege of qurrrying stone in the
alley brck of the Jefferson school building.
He used his permit to the damage of city prop
erty, and yesterday was fined $40 by Judge
Burr for not keeping within the limits of his
permit.
Chief of Police Weber suspended Officer
John Klecacky last evening from duty. The
offense charged against him is made by citi-
zeus of West st. Paul, who found the officer
sleeping on his beat on Tuesday night, took
suspended officer admits the charge, but pleads
extenuating causes. The city council will
decide the matter.
R. B. Galusha, attorney for the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad, yesterday
filed with the secretary of state the plan of
the proposed Strengthening of the line OF that
company between st. Paul and Minneapolis,
accompanied by resolutions adopted by the
board of directors on the 18th of May. The
resolutions were accompanied by petition to
appropriate and condemn lands needed for the
purposes OF the proposed improvement.
II. E. Mann, Esq, master in chancery, COM
menced yesterday to take testimony in the
case of J. V. Farwel & Co. VS.. N. B. Harwood
& Co., of Minneapolis. The suit Is brought
to set aside the judgments confessed by Har.
wood at the time of his failure, and also to set
aside q, the assignment made to Q. Il. Petit.
The taking of testimony in this case, which is
only one of many, will occupy several days.
time. Hon. G. K. Davis brought the suit in
the United States circuit court for Farwell d
Co., and Hon. VIM. Lochren, of Minneapolis,
represents the defendants.
Some time ago Gov. Pillsbury received an
application for the pardon of @. F. DeBar,
confined in the Hastings Jail on the charge of
pended to the application, and after due con-
sideration, the governor issued pardon.
Since that time the conduct of the prisoner
was SO bad, that the persons signing the Pc
titiOn were constr aimed to withdraw their
names. and on Tuesday the governor directed
that the pardon be withheld. DeBar has been
guilty of larceny and other ofenses since the
application was originally filed.
The Old Settlers of Ramsey county, COM
posed of all those who were residents of the
county prior to the admission of Minnesota
into the Union, made an Intellectual attempt to
have reunion at White Bear lake on the 9th
inst. Fletcher Williams was the only old
settler that put in an appearance. "All but
me departed" was his comment as he sadly
turned back from the depot, and arriving at
the Historic Society rooms, he began to write
up the biographies of those he had known in
days of yore.
The wife of Nick Klinger, who Is serving
out ninety days. sentence in the Ramsey
county Jail for beating her, learning through
the columns of the GLOBE that an effort was
being made to release him on writ of habeas
corpus, called upon Judge Burr yesterday af-
ternoon, and in fearful tones asked for protec-
ton. She stated that he had frequently threat
ened her life, and if he was released she was
afraid that he would put his threats into exc
cution. Judge Wilkins decision on tho writ
had not been filed yesterday, but the weeping
woman was assured that she would be pro-
tected.
Mr.. Silas Chambers, Jr., of Philadelphia,
the inventor of folding machines in use in
many of our publishing houses of the coun-
try, and of machines for pressing brick, has
been in the city for several days past, and has
made thorough examination of the clay
hereabouts. He expresses the opinion that
there is, in the immediate vicinity of st. Paul,
a large bed of clay equal to any in the United
States, and capable of being worked into the
best quality of pressed brick. equal to any in
the country, not excepting the famous Phil
adelphia pressed brick. There is good pros
pect for the early development of this source
of wealth.
Cornelius eastman is well known charac-
ter to the police authorities. On Tuesday ne
was released from Jail after serving term of
nine months in the Ramsey county Jail, for
being connected with the robbery of Peter
Bellisle's saloen, on the Hudson road. Yester-
day he proceeded to get on big Timber, and
took keg of beer from one of Hamm's de-
livery wagons, at the corner of Third and
Commercial streets. The driver demonstrated,
and eastman showed fight with stones picked
from the street. Officers Mitchell and DeCour-
sey arrested him, and on being brought before
Judge Burr yesterday afternoon, he was sent
up again for thirty days.