Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-14
CITY GLOBULEs.


The Rice street cistern was filled by steamer
No. yesterday.
A special meeting of the city council will
be held this evening.
The largest crowd of the season attended
the concert at Rice park last evening by the
Great Union band.
The shades of Rice Park were enjoyed by
large number of people yesterday, who had
nothing to do but try and keep cool.
Judge Simons was engaged yesterday after
noon in hearing N. Chambers objection to the
assessments for grading Torrent street.
A heavy cloud of smoke was visible early
last evening over the bluffs in Dakota county,
AMI it was conjectured that some farmers
dwelling or barn was burning.
Mr.. William Walsh, clerk of the board of
control, was busily engaged yesterday in pre-
pairing his annual report for the fiscal year
which ends on the 3lst of this month.
The passenger train on the short line struck
a COW at the Fort street crossing yesterday
morning. The train fortunately was not
thrown from the track, but the COW was con-
verted into rather tough beef
Everything in the way of business is on the
boom in st. Paul The Terra Gotta Works
company have found it necessary to enlarge
their facilities, and for that purpose have
leased part of Col. Kiefer's property at Posts
Siding.
A horse attached to one of John Donahue's
lumber wagons took fright on Fifth street
Yesterday afternoon and ran with great speed
to Browns livery stable, back of the custom
house. No damage beyond the fright to the
lad who was driving him.
A lady called at the Office of the Diamond
10 steamboat line yesterday morning andleft
pocket book containing $40 lying on the
counter. She returned an hour afterwards TO
find her treasure just where she left it. Ev-
erything is safe among the steamboat boys.
Mr.. Charles Bingham, the B. cornet player
of the Great Western band, an artist of ex-
cellent ability, has severed his connection with
that organization, and joined the band of
Haverly's New Mastodon mlnstrels. He will
Join the company at Eau Claire this evening.
The Great Western band will go to Mime
apolis this evening as the escort of the
st. Paul Turnverein to participate
in the torchlight procession of
the Northwestern Turnverein. The associa-
ton will hold three DAYS session in that
city.
Mr.. Hedinger and party leave for Fort
Assiniboine tomorrow friday. His party of
some fifty men are nearly all made up, with
the exception of a few bricklayers and a cook.
Parties who can fill these positions can get
job by applying at the American House at
once.
An old man named Burnes, who boards at
the Merritt house, was buried yesterday under
an embaokment in the Sixth ward on which
he was at work, and was badly hurt. When
rescued it was proposed that he be taken to
the city hospital, but he stoutly objected, and
was therefore left at his boarding house.
A plat of Michael & Robertson's addition to
the city of st. Paul was filed with the regis
ter of deeds yesterday. The plat covers sixty
acres of land, situated south of Ayde's farm,
and west of Stlnson, Brown & Ramsey's addi-
ton, and comprises the south 60 acres of the
northwest quarter of section IL, town rs
range %.
The Knights of Pythias of this city some
time since received an invitation from their
brethren at Saltwater and Minneapolis to par
ticipate in picnic at white Bear lake on the
2Sth inst. At a meeting of Champion lodge
held last evening the invitation was accepted,
and il was resolved to attend accompanied by
a band of music.
John j. Kelly, truckman, of No. 139 Frank
lin street, was Frustrated by the heat yester-
day afternoon, and was taken in nearly IN
conscious condition into Staples lumber Of
fee, from which, early in the evening, he was
taken home, still needing care, if not in dan
gerous condition. At 10 p. m. his condition
gave hope of his speedy recovery.
Hon. James Middleton of Washington
county, and other farmers throughout the
State, inform the GLOBE that the heavy rain
of last Thursday and the succeeding hot
weather has had tendency to induce rust in
the wheat, and also to color barley. Mr..
Middleton says there will be no number one
barley this year from this cause.
Thomas Mealy is his name, and yesterday
afternoon he came to the conclusion that he
owned both sides of the street in the vicinity
of the Merchants Hotel Officer Cook dis
puted his title and, in order to settle the ques-
lion, invited Thomas to partake of the hospi-
tality of the city over night and let Judge
Burr act as arbitrator this morning.
Mr.. John Grace yesterday received from his
farm near Graceville several samples of wheat
heads culled at random, and vouched for as
fair samples of his field of 100 acres. The
largest meaaured trife over five inches IN
length; the shortest four and half inches.
Mr.. Grace anticipates large crop, and judg-
ing by the samples furnished he will not be
disappointed unless some unforeseen accident
should occur.
That fishing party consisting of Judge Kid
der, Nate Myrick, John A. Mclean, W. Il.
Shelly and Thomas Bowers, who went out to
Lake Minnetonka on Tuesday, had a delight.
full time. Sheriff Eustis, learning that his
bailiwick was to be invaded by such a sus-
picious party, met them at the depot at Mn
neapolis and kept them in sight during their
trip. They brought back something less than
a car load of fish.
The omnipresent John Smith is always on
hand when trouble is abroad in the land. The
last scrape he got into was for affectionately
caressing man named Frank Kent with a
croquet mallet. Strange to say Frank did not
appreciate the favor, Tor rather mallet,j and he
had John arrested. His honor, who is an
adept in playing the game of croquet himself,
came to the conclusion that the mallet was
put to an unlawful use, and, therefore, fined
John Smith SIS, which he paid. There Is
GOODNESS existing between Smith and Kent
inst of praspnt and Smith deo1ines hereo flor