Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-28
CITY GLOBULES.

The arrival at the Merchants yesterday filled
more than six pages of the registry.
The funeral of the wife of Officer Baer will
take Mace at O'Clock this afternoon.
Only two simple five-day DRINKS answered
Judge Burr's roll call yesterday morning.
There will be a reception at Grace Methodist
Episcopal church thi evening. All are in
vited.
Notice of the allowance of an invalid pen
sion claim for $3.50 was received by Adjutant
General Van Cleve yesterday.
The work of laying the tagging in front of
the entrance TO the Market house, to COM
prise parts of the sidewalk, has been COM
menced.
The iudges of election Of the First precinct,
Second ward, will meet on next Tuesday, from
sa. m. to 9 p. m, for the purpose of register
ing names.
The polls in the Third precinct of the Fifth
ward have been changed from Collins street
TO Norris mill, on Lafayette avenue, near the
railroad crossing.
Mr.. Bert Presley yesterday flung fine
American flag to the breeze from the high
flag staff surmounting his handsome new
block on East Third street.
The Pootechnic union of the House of
Hope church will give a musical entertain
ment (free) at that church this evening. 1t is
somewhat novel in character and is gotten mp
entirely by the young people.
In the municipal court yesterday the case of
John T. Wilson, for failing to take out city
liquor license, was postponed to the first
proximo, and that of Benz. Schuman, for a
similar neglect as to butchering, to Saturday,
November 10.
Interference of some kind with the fire
alarm telegraph, about o'clock yesterday
afternoon, sent in to Engine House No. /, a
false alarm, as if from Box ~, which sent the
bows out on a fruitless hunt for fire, greatly
to their disgust.
team belonging to a man living at Farm
ington took fright near the corner of Third
and Market streets and ran furiously down the
street and started to run across the bridge.
When almost half way across they were stop
ped. Fortunately no damage was done.
The house committee on congressional ap-
portionment held q meeting yesterday, and
resolved to report Mr.. Colquhoun's bill, al
ready published in the GLOBE, withoutrecom-
mendation. There were so many differences
of opinion that it was found impossible to
reconcile them.
An elks head and antlers-a trophy of the
hunting party from Worcester, Mass, who
arrived yesterday morning from the end of the
track of the Northern Pacific road in Monta-
na-was displayed in front of the Northern
Pacific headquarters yesterday, and attracted
great attention from passers by.
The committee on interpretations of the
house held meeting yesterday afternoon, at
which the bin declaring telegraph companies
common carriers, and furnishing the compa-
MES for neglect or misconduct, was consid-
cred at length. The bill was argued against
by the attorney of the Western Union Tele-
graph company. The result of the deliber-
atoms was that the committee decided to rec
ommend the bill for indefinite postponement.
The weekly drill of The Allen Light Guard
last evening was an occasion of special inter-
est to the members, Capt. Bean, on behalf of
Col. Allen, presenting the company with the
magnificent set of cOlors purchased for it by
the colonel in New York city, in honor of the
name it bears and does credit to. While Capt.
Bean performed the ceremony very gracefully,
he will not take it amiss when we say that
the pleasure of the occasion was greatly mar
red by the unavoidable absence of Col. Allen.
The annual ball of the St. Paul Liederkranz
was held at Pfeifers hall last evening. The
attendance was unusually large and select.
Among those present were large number of
the members and officers of the legislature.
The programme contained twenty-four num-
bers, all of them being danced with full rep
resentatiOn on the floor. Shortly after II
o'clock supper was served and heartily en-
joyed. The company dispersed at an early
hour this morning well pleased with the
evenings entertainment
The laborers engaged in removing the
abandoned gas main on Wabashaw street, sue
ceeded in getting up quite sensation at about
4:30 yesterday afternoon. The abandoned
main occupies the centre of the street. and in
front of the custom house where the sensa-
ton occurred, is directly under the east rail
of the street car track. In excavating to re-
move the main this rail had been undermined
for distance of three or four rods. Five men
were engaged at the time digging at depth
of three feet, when several of the sleepers or
ties, moreOr less rotten, bIoke, letting the rail
into the excavation, in its fall catching the
right leg of one man and pining him down in
the bottom of the ditch. Though his leg
was fastened his mouth was not, and he set up
a series of yells which would have done credit
to Comanche Indian, which soon brought a
goodly crowd to the scene. In a short time
however, the rail- was lifted up and the man
Strengthened out, when 1t was found no bones
were broken, and after little he was able to re-
sumo work, though handling his injured leg
very gingerly.