Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-13
CITY GLOBULEs.

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Judge Nelson's decision in the suit of John
Wann against P. H. Kelly appears on the
seventh page.
Murphy and Fox, two of Sheriff Riehter's
bean fends were released yesterday, having
served out their time
Rev. R. F. Maclaren will preach on the tenn
Presbyterian church.
The fire department desire to return thanks
to Mr.. Chas. Voss for refreshments furnished
during last nights fire.
A special meeting OF the Knights OF St.
Paul, will be held at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow
evening at their hall in the basement OF the
Cathedral.
At recent meeting OF the Opera House
bowling club the badge was won by Mr.. J.
Fl. Wampler, who bears the honors with
proper dignity.
Assistant Auditor Hult passed the cigars
around yesterday, occasioned by the advent of
a second assistant in the shape of a bouncing
boy baby. Encore.
On application of counsel yesterday, Judge
Simons issued orders directing the sale at pub
lie auction of certain assets of the estates of
A. H. Strouse and j. H. Briedert.
A cordial invitation is extended to strangers
and commercial travellers to attend the song
service this afternoon, from to 5, at the Y.
M. G. A. rooms, corner Fifth and Wabashaw
streets.
The annual meeting of the State and st.
Paul societies for the prevention Of cruelty to
children and animals, will be held at the Office,
No. So Robert street, next Tuesday afternoon
at O'Clock.
A decision was rendered by Judge Brill yes
terday sustaining the demurrer of the plaintiff
to the third and fourth defense of the answer
in the case of Chas. Fl. Bigelow ct al. against
Crawford Livingston.
The divorce case of Krestine Landaas against
Peter Landaas, in which action was brought
for cruel and inhuman treatment, came before
Judge Simons yesterday, and was referred to
Warren Carpenter to take testimony.
Mrs. R. A. Lanpher and Edward H. Judson
are getting the material on the ground, corner
of Marshall and Western avenues, for three
double dwelling houses, six tenements, to be
constructed as early as possible in the spring.
The buildings will front on Western avenue,
and corner on Marshall. The total cost will
be about $4,000.
A shivering wretch named Kiron Denney,
who looked as though he had reaped the
whirlwind, was before hizzoner yesterday
charged with the larceny of scarlet shirt
from a store on Wabashaw street. The proof
was not very convincing, and the charge was
changed to vagrancy. He was sent to Rich
ter's roost for thirty days
Last night Capt. clark succeeded in arrest
ing clothes line thief named Clara johnson,
her latest adventure being in the yard of Mr..
P. O'Regan, which she entered and stripped
of quantity of valuable linen. She was ar
rested in her rooms on Fifth below Jackson
street, and large number of the articles stolen
were found concealed in her trunk.
''Bobbie'' Smith, the venerable cripple, who
was brought to the Jail from the poor house a
few days since and who is alleged to be insane,
was taken with commissions yesterday fore
noon and almost climbed the golden stairs.
The old man is perfectly harmless and it is a
scandal to humanity that he should be locked
up DR.. Stewart thinks he cannot last long.
James Pease is one of those utopian minded
beings whose abstract methods of thought
sometimes leads them to perpetrate kleptO-
mania. Night before last his mind grappled
with the concrete in the shape of a. pair of
boots with he tried to nip from in front of a
shoe store at Seven corners. He was before
the court yesterday, and paid $40 for making
the bad break.
Owing to the vast accumulations of ice the
miserable man-trap known as the Seventh
street bridge is in a more precarious and
dangerous condition than ever. The rickety
old structure is loaded down with ice and it is
reported that portions of the sub-structure
have sprung from one to three inches. The
rotten concern should be condemned before
committing wholesale murder.
The police did land office business last
night in the way of collaring DRINKS. At
O'Clock this morning Officer Cook arrested
two timber DRINKS, who were.laid out within
block of each other. One was snatched from
Fourth street, IN front of Judd's, and the other
had fallen down the stairs leading to the base
ment of the Opera House. Itwas thought the
fall must have injured him, but when rescued
he was snoring like wolf
Abrahamson, proprietor of the second hand
store, Seventh and Cedar streets, was brought
to City hall yesterday afternoon, and after a
lengthy buzz he sent his clerk to the store for
the sealskln cap and imitation seal stolen by
Ward the young fellow who was committed
last Friday. 1t is about time that some action
was taken to guard against the off-hand pre-
MUM offered in this way for stealing.
William German, the painfully thin fellow
with whskers as large as brush for clothing,
was up again yesterday on the old charge of
bulge He was before the court last Thurs
day and promised to seek the shades of his ru-
raj home if released, on which condition he
was ordered to light out. Like the proverbial
penny he showed up again yesterday as drunk
as ever. He will languish for ten days.
About forty-fve young men interested in
the foundation of temperance military COM
pany assembled in the basement of the cathe-
dral last night to perfect the organization.
Permanent officers will be elected at the
next meeting to be held at 7:30 o'clock Tues
day evening. The following as a committee
on bylaws will also report at that time
Messrs Bradley, OKeefe, Morarity, White,
Dickinson, O'Hara and Mullin.
A ridiculous wrangle was ventilated in the
police court yesterday between two old people
named A. Pierrong and John Tault. The lat
ter had Pierrong arrested for assault, and his
two sons were arraigned for abetting the con-
spiracy. The old gentlemen quarreled over the
possession of house owned by Tault and &C.
cupiod by the PierrOag family, who were Or
dered to leave, under judgment for restitution
IF ,roy,icoc orpnored that defendants had