Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-25
CITY GLOBDLEs.

The mud is disappearing rapidly, some of the
best drained streets being already dry and
dusty.
Wabashaw street is pretty thoroughly torn
up between Sixth and Ninth streets for
the purpose OF laying new gas pipes.
The church of the Assumption will hold
Its annual fair at Sherman hall November Sd
and .4th. Their fairs are always attractive,
and UNUSUAL efforts will be taken this year to
m Ike 1t more pleasurable than ever
Richard II. Rodgers and Joseph A. Clark,
charged with robbing the postofice ut Pres
ton, Fillmore county, were yesterday held for
trial by Commissioner Cardozo in $500 bail
each.
The Central Land League will hold general
mass meeting at Pfeifer's hall on Friday even
ing OF this week. Good speakers have been
engaged, and there will no doubt be a rousing
demonstration.
The Patrick Needham, mentioned as trying
Sunday night to clean out Third street, is not
the Patrick Needham who is baggage master
on the st. Paul q Duluth road. This Need.
ham is not that kind of man.
Yesterday morning horse that was being
led along the street fell into man hole on the
corner of Fifth and Sibley streets and broke
its back. When hauled out life was almost
extinct. 1t was knocked in the head to ;spare
it from further suffering.
Gov. Pillsbury yesterday made deed in
behalf of the state to the Winona & st. Peter
railroad company, of sundry tracts of land
amounting to fraction over 1850 acres, due
the company under It's land grant and omitted
in transfers heretofore made.
The Liederkranz are getting ready for their
first ball of the season, to be given Thursday
evening next at Pfeifer's hall. The society,
through their committee, are making extern
slye preparations for the occasion, and pro-
pose to have 1t as near m odel for such affairs
as is possible.
Patrick SINNERS, who has been before the
district court for the past six months on the
charge of larceny from the person, the amount
of the swag being placed at $500, was yester-
dayacquitted byethe jury. The man who
posed in the role of a victim, Mr.. Cardan,
failed to turn up.
Aarticles of incorporation of the Polish
Roman Catholic Society of Duluth were filed
with the secretary of state yesterday. The
officers are: Anton Grams, president: Joseph
l. IL
urer, Belize Kanniski, Frank Grams, John
KOwslawski, Andrew Kusmerick, Wolentz
BOrOv1ack, trustees.
The work of picking out an area around the
basement walls of the new market house is
approaching completion. The work has been
very tedious, and cost from two to three times
as much as 1t would to have made the area
when the basement was excavated. But for
the protests OF the wiseacres against building
decent market, it would have been done at
the outset.
Four men named PAUL., Meyer, Whine and
johnson got into row on the corner of Third
and Sibley streets late on Sunday night, and
were yanked to the cooler. When they ap-
peared before Judge Burr, yesterday morning,
the three first named were properly fned,
but as johnson had suffered a severe cut on
the head the judge considered that he had had
punishment enough and discharged him with
due admonition.
Owing to the changes taking place on the
cornice of McQuillan block the plastering on
the ceiling of the Masonic hall has beer almost
completely destroyed. 1t will be necessary to
work complete revolution IN the lodge room,
which the bretheren have already determined
upon. The hall will be redecorated through
out, and when theimprovementsa are com pleted
it will be one of the handsomest Masonic
halls in the west.
Gov. Pillsbury Is in RECEIPT from the general
land office, Washington, of railroad list No.
SO, of forty acres of land In the Tracy district,
granted to the State by the acts of congress of
March 3, 1857, and March 3, 1865, proved the
18th instant, for the benefit of the Wnona &
st. Peter Railroad company. Also Joint list
of forty acres in the Redwood Falls district,
granted to the state under the same acts, for
the benefit jointly of the Winona & ST.. Peter
and the st. Paul and Sioux City Railroad COM
panies.
The checklist and freshest book agent yet
originated Is young swell now soliciting
subscriptions for one of the numer Gus life's
of the late President Garfield Yesterday af-
ternoon he went through the offices of the
state capitol, of every occupant of which he
demanded q subscription as duty pertaining
to their respective positions, and if refused he
very coolly threatened them with the publica-
ton of their names in black list in tile Pho
ncer Press this morning. A little shoe
leather applied vigorously to that part of his
anatomy which comes IN contact with chair
when he sits down, would do this altogether
too fresh and blackguard agent heap of
good.
Shortly after noou. Yesterday, when De-
tectives Brissett and O'Connor were passing
along Eagle street, nun rnshed down the
Exchange stone steps, apparently under great
excitement, and drawing O revolver command
ed the officials to halt. He placed the revolver,
large self-cocker, within three feet of Mr..
OConnors breast and threatened to blow the
daylight through him. His excitement was
allayed for moment when both officers
pounced upon him, and after q brief struggle
succeeded in disarming him and putting him
in the calaboose. He was found to be lrbor-
ing under slight attack of the '.jim jams"
but will probably be in shape to appear be-
fore Judge Burr this morning.
Gov. Pillsbury yesterday commissioned J.
c. Leavitt and T. B. Casey, Minneapolis, as
delegates from the state at large, to the St.
Louis River Improvement convention, TO meet
Wednesday, to fill vacancies occurring IN the
original list of appointments. The previ-
ons appointments by the governor, for the
state at large, most or all OF whom it is ex-
pected will attend, are Capt. F.. L. Baker, Red
Wing; Stephen Gardner, Hastings, NJ. G..
Norton, Winona; Hon M. II. Dunnell, Owa-
tonna; Fred. Driscoll, st. Paul; Hon. W. D.
Washburn, Capt. Platt and O. Walker, Min
neapolis; Hon. Fl. B. Strait, Shakopee; James
A. Lovejoy, Minneapolis; F. A. Fogg, secre-
tary of the st. Paul chamber of commerce.
Delegates to st. Louis.
The following are the delegates from st.
Paul who have gone to st. Louis: Elmund