Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-25
CITY GLOBULES.

CITY
The committee appointed to examine appli-
cants for admission to the bar will meet next
Wednesday.
Adolph Mayhem was fined $40 for threaten
ing to carve cocktail dispenser named Camp
bell. He produced the coin.
The closing exercises of the girls depart
next Tuesday afternoon, commencing at $50
P.
Lottie Smith, the venerable woman who was
committed two weeks ago for drunkenness,
and who claimed to have been drugged, was
released yesterday.
Mr.. Preston Wolf general agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee g. St. Paul railroad COM
pany with headquarters at Yankton, called on
his friends in st. Paul yesterday.
The jury in the case of D. O. Ross against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
company for $4,000 damages, returned YER
dict of $4,000 in favor of plaintiff.
A BLACKBOARD named A. Peterson was arrest
ed by Capt. Clark Thursday night for insult
ing women. He was before hizzoner yester-
dav, who sent him to the bastile for sixty days.
A bold, bad darkey named Tim Graham was
up yesterday, charged with garrotinga Swede
named Bennington. He held the innocent up
on the street and robbed him of 81. He went
to the dungeon for sixty days.
Officer O'Gorman, one of the new police
men, took the first feather last night in max
ing the first arrests accomplished by one of
Mayor Rice's new appointees He yanked in
two drunk and disorderly cases from Eagle
street.
A tramp named John BOlan was up ycster-
day, charged with raising racket at the low
err levee. He was yanked in by Special Officer
Gibbons. A sentence Of thirty days was i'm
posed, but on promising to leave town 1t was
suspended.
Articles of incorporation were filed in the
register of deeds office yesterday of the "Con-
gregation of the Sons of Jacob" The incor-
porators act as trustees, to have charge OF the
real estate and property of the church. Their
names are n. B. Cohen, Chas. Pulaski and
Moses Kalmerson.
A young man named James Golfer was
arrested yesterday, charged with procuring
four packages of lard from P. H. Kelly q Co.
under false pretenses. He claimed to have
been in the employ of Bohrer & Hullsiek, and
the goods were procured by using their names.
The case will come up to-day.
About noon yesterday Swede named j..
Swanson fell from the steps of the Merchants
National bank, leading to Jackson street. He
sat down on the top step, and, falling asleep,
he rolled to the sidewalk, about ten feet down,
and injured his forehead and eyes. The iniur-
les were dressed and he is doing we'll.
Chief Weber received letter from Detective
Thorp, of Chicago, yesterday, stating that the
man James Collins alias Hall, arrested in this
city for the larceny of an OK and afterwards
taken to Chicago, had been convicted of high
way robbery last Wednesday and sentenced to
six years and six months in the penitentiary.
Contracts were perfected and signed yester-
day by the bidders to whom the awards were
made for work upon the new capitol as fol-
lows, the several parties being the lowest bid
ders for the respective classes of work: j. s..
Burris for the brick work; Wiley & Carlson
for the carpenter work, and the Frontenac
Stone company for the stone work.
Officer Zirkelbach counted the teams pass
ing in front of Auerbach, Finch & Van Slyke's
store for several hours yesterday mot including
hacks, omnibuses or buggies, with the follow
ing results: From to s A. NJ, al; s to 8,
$50; 9 to 10, 1877; 10 to II, 213; II to IL NJ,
1913; 10 to P. M, ILL., to 2, 100: and 2 to 8,
147. Total in eight hours, 1,342 teams
Yesterday afternoon Judge McCrary, of the
United States circuit court, took up the case
of W. R. Schofeld against the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad company for $780,
600 damages, alleged to have been sustained
from injuries caused by an accident. s. L..
Pierce appeared for plaintiff, and Judge Flan-
drau for defendant. The accident occurred last
February at Winona. Plaintiff was crossing
the railroad track in cutter when he was ran
down by passenger train and injured.
Mr.. John Devereaux last night celebrated
his S4th birthday by family gathering at his
residence in the Sixth ward. Mr.. Devereaux
is one of our oldest citizens, having arrived in
this city twenty three years ago. He was for
eleven years an employe in the auditors Of
flee, and up to two years ago attended to his
duties with strict regularity. He has
always been remarkable and respected for
his strict probity and scrupulous honesty, and
the whole com munity will unite in wishing
him many returns of the day He has two
daughters and one son Capt j. c. Devereaux,
of the Northwestern Chronicle, besides nine
grandchildren, all of whom were present last
evening and remembered the old gentleman
with some token of their affection.