Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-18
CITY GLOBULES.
Iuncil meeting tonight.

City council meeting tonight.
Judge Simons yesterday filed a decree of d.
vorce in the case of Lena Fernandez from
Louis A. Fernandez.
Anna Olson, indicted by the late grand jury
for keeping house of prostitution. appeared
in court yesterday, plead not guilty and gave
bail in the sum of S700 for her appearance for
trial.
The sidewalk on the west side of Wabashaw
street from Third street TO Booths restaurant
is the worst in the city that can be found.
The street force should see to its repair with.
out delay.
Frank j. Davis and R. R. Odell, of Mime
apolis, were yesterday admitted to practice in
the courts of the state, by the supreme court,
upon certificates from the supreme court of
New York.
Governor Pillsbury yesterday awarded the
contract for eleven drill holes for sewer con-
nection In the new capitol building to Roose.
year & Co., of Minneapolis, their bid 50 per
foot, being the lowest of three received for
the work.
The district court did Z rushing business
yesterday in dlsposing OF parties indicted by
the late grand Jury, Herbert O'Neal. Allen
Mcdonald, John Leddy and Peter Mason, all
indicted for larceny, either pleading guilty or
being convicted on trial.
Thomas Jefferson, the porter of Chinns
gambling rooms, who was accused Of disor-
y conduct in throwing man down the stairs
of the establishment last week, was Yesterday
discharged from the accusation of disorderly
conduct on account of want of evidence.
Among the importations recorded at the
Office OF the collector of customs yesterday
were a case of guns from England for NJ. F.
Kennedy q Bros; two cars of mill machinery
for Jesse Ames & Son, Northtleld; and several
cases of wines from Germany for George
Benz & Co.
The demolition of the Masonic memorial
arch was completed yesterday forenoon, and
the imposing structure now only lives in the
memory of the thousands who have looked
upon and admired its symbolic beauty, and
heartily sympathized with the purpose for
which 1t was constructed.
A pleasant little episode occurred on Friday
evening last. in this city, wherein the men,
bers of Grace Methodist Episcopal church and
friends of Rev. H. G. jennings, gathered in
the church parlors, and after spending an hour
i'll sociable way, presented the retiring pas
tor with purse of S55 in gold.
1t appearing to the court that Arnold Der.
tram, accused of an attempt to drfraud the
postoffice department by false returns, had
previously been guilty of like practices, he
was brought into the United States circuit
court yesterday and his bail increased from
$500 to 5000. Bail was given and The prisoner
was released.
In June last Warmers auction store was
robbed of goods to the value of Sl50 to 5000.
A short time after officer DeCorsey struck a
trail which led % the arrest of Herbert O'Neal
and Allen Mcdonald and recovery of the sto-
len good. The two worthless were
indicted by the recent grand jury, and their
cas9s being called for trial in the district court
yesterday, both withdrew their former pleas
of not guilty, entered q plea of guilty, and
were committed for sentence.
Last night about $50 as a young man
named John Connors, resident of La Sale.
ILL.,, was passing down Seventh street, he was
attacked by two men between Sibley and Wa
couta streets, knocked down and robbed of 50
in money and a silver watch of small value.
The robbers made good their escape, and the
young man was picked up by Officer Larsen
and taken to the city hospital His injuries
are not serious, though he has q severe con-
fusion about the head.
On Sunday night about II O'clock Thomas
Manley was in the act of ascending to his
room on the corner OF Jackson and Sixth
streets when he made misstep, and losing
his balance fell headlong to the foot of the
stairs, striking upon his head. He lay in
sensible for some time, when he was discover.
ed and carried to his room, where it was
found that he had sustained severe, though
not dangerous injuries about the head. He
was attended by DR.. Quinn, and at last &C.
counts was doing well.
Mrs. Mary Z. Bronson, of Hawley, Clay
county, called upon Governor Pillsbury yes
terday interceding for the pardon of her hus.
band, now serving term of one year in the
penitentiary from April last for the larceny of
twenty-eight bushels of wheat. Mrs. Bronson
represents that she and her five children are
destitute and with no one to look to for sup
port but the husband, that he has paid rea-
sonable penalty for his crime and that the in
terests OF humanity demand his release. The
governor has the case under advisement.
The special laws of the last Legislature
making q volume of 1924 pages. while the
volume of general statutes embracing all the
general laws in force in the state, occupy only
994 pages. More striking illustration of the
evils of special legislation exist undoubtedly,
but this one item shows the necessity for
some limit to this class of legislation.
Auu now the legislature called IN special seS
sion to provide for a settlement of the old
railroad bonds, is grinding out special laws
at the rate of half a dozen day, and the
members have yet hardly got warmed up to
their work.
Capitol Engineer Morton was looking ex-
ccedingly well pleased yesterday afternoon.
he has had trouble all the fall in heating the
new Market house, the trouble being in the
capacity of the chimney. Saturday he shut
off the fires, and with force of men went to
work and put in new smoke stack, removed
the brick breeding and put in new iron one,
and made other necessary changes. The work
was prosecuted all through Saturday, Sunday
and Sunday night, at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning the fires were started under the
boilers, and found TO wo.k to perfection,
though the wind was in the direction from
which the most trouble had before been exper-
fenced Mr. Morton and the state Officials