Daily globe., 1881-01-18
CITY GLoBULEs


day, and will stand the ordeal Of a secon
trial.
The committee on gas of the council vii
meet at Q O'Clock this afternoon, and the com
mittee on ordinance at 2:30 o'clock.
i A special meeting of the Knights of 81
Paul will be held at 7:3O o'clock this evening
at their hall, Seventh. and Jackson streets.
Adjutant Gen. Van Cleve yesterday receives
notice of the allowance of an invalid pension
claim for 81, ,496 go, and of an increase from s
to 81 per month.
Sheriff Richter returned venire OF thirty
two petit jurors in the district court Tel
were excused and special venire for ten NOR
issued, to be returned to-day.
The case of the city against Abraham Zim
norman, charged with frescoing the bugle o
one Nelson, all for 80 cents was dismissed in tn,
police court yesterday for want of prosecution
Mrs. Dorman, living at the corner of Tenth
and Robert streets, took three grains Of NOR
phine by mistake Sunday afternoon, intending
to take quinine instead. Prompt remedies
saved her life.
| An action was commenced in the district
court yesterday by James II. Davidson against
the Keokuk Northern line packet company, to
enforce payment of 5000 for professional ser
| vices as counsel.
The railroads were all right yesterday The
| Hastings & Dakota was again clear to Orton-
vile, the st. Paul g. Sioux City free from OBJ.
structions, and on none of the other roads
were there any serious delays of trains.
Scandinavian citizens turned out in large
numbers last evening to hear the lecture of
Bjornsterne Bjornson,-quite filing Pfeifer's
Hall. Judging from expressions of satisfac-
ton bypersons in the audience, the lecture was
an interesting one.
Hon. j. N. Searles, member of the House
from Hastings, was thrown from a sleigh on
Sunday, and suffered dislocation of his left
ankle. The accident will probably prevent his
attendance upon the session of the legislature
for some weeks to come.
The Opera House will be occupied every
night this week, viz: Tuesday night, c. K.
Davis in Hamlet; Wednesday and Thursday
nights, Mitchell's Pleasure Party; Friday and
Saturday nights, The Palestine Arabs. Re-
served seats now on sale at box office.
The novelty of vocal quintette composed
of one soprano and four male voices will be
presented at the Baldwin concert, House of
Hope church, next Friday evening. The par
ties who will render it are selected from among
the very best vocal talent to be found in this
city.
When time was called at the police court
yesterday, the docket bore the name of only
one sinner. His name is Charles Gustavson,
and he was arrested on Sunday fairly picked
with booze. He deposited $40 for his appear
ance, and not showing up the money was for
feited.
An exclusively Scandinavian tramp lodging
place has been established at the capitol-for
the session only, it is to be hoped. The air of
the Senate cloak room has exposed the thing,
and City Jailor Jessrang is becoming jealous.
He makes no distinction in nationallties, but
lodges all the homeless who come to him.
The festivities, at the Halfway house, were
interrupted, night before last, by decided
unpleasantness between j. c. Ferguson and
young fellow named Horn. The battle was for
blood, and when the music let up 10th men
were badly punished, Ferguson getting the
worst of it.
Ex-Officer Waterhonse visited City hall last
evening and left complaint as long as the
moral law, setting forth that he had entrusted
come off, to certain parties who had made no
returns. The paper is designed as a complaint
in suit for damages.
was collared yesterday for peddling without
license. His stock in trade consisted of a
quantity of notions, which he carried in his
grip. He was before Judge Burr, and dis
charged on promising to procure license,
quit the business, or leave town.
A reward of S100 is offered by the sheriff of
jackson county, Wisconsin, for the arrest and
detention of E. J. Poole, who is wanted on the
charge of incest. He is about six feet tall, 40
years old,.weighs 165 pounds, brown hair and
staggering gait. Hewas under bail for his
appearance in the circuit court of jackson
county.
An insane man named John Shufelton was
arrested by Officers O'Keefe and Lynch yester-
day forenoon in the act of forcing an entrance
to the residence of well known citizen in
lower town. He was lodged in the county Jail,
and information of insanity was filed. Several
times within the past few days he has called
on Sheriff Richter, and requested that official
to send for his trunk, as he knew he would be
arrested.
Our citizens generally will be gratifed to
learn OF Tie appointment Dy speaker fIctcner
last evening of Capt. Henry Hurter to the po-
sition of second assistant sergeant-at-arms of
the House. In making the announcement the
speaker said he would have been appointed be-
fore but for the expectation that he would Sc
cure better position in the Senate, but that
hope being disappointed, he took pleasure in
giving him the only position in his gift.
Capt. Hurter made his first appearance on the
street yesterday since the accident which cost
him an arm on the night before the election.
The alarm of fire from box No. "a at 63O
o'clock last night was occasioned by the burn
ing of the small frame building adjoining the
Sioux City freight house at the foot of Robert
street. The building was used by the company
as storeroom for oil rags, and owing to the
persistent nature of the fire the freight house
proper was only saved by the gallant and Wig
Orous efforts of the department.. All the com
panies turned out but only No. Q remained on
the ground The fire ragged for nearly two
hours and was difficult to suppress owing to
the fact that it was in the roof. 1t caught
from spark from fire used to boil oil rags.
The loss is about 5000.
An alarming runaway occurred on East
Seventh street last night, throwing the
residents of that thoroughfare into the great
est CONSERVATION. Between 10 and II o'clock,
while proceeding along Seventh street, near the
bridge, team owned by Ferdinand Willius be-
came frightened and started to run going in such
q rapid and reckless manner as to brin o. the cut-