Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-20
CITY GLOBULEs.

CITY GLOBULEs.
Judge Thomas Wilson, of Winona. ia in The
city on legal business, with headquarters at
the Metropolitan.
Judge SimOns filed and order Yesterday dis
charging the order to show cause In the cas-,
Of Dale and Donlin against F. Richter, sheriff
A strawberry festival will be given tonight
at the Central Presbyterian church. tooth
some time is offered, and everybody ought Il
60 with their girl
Wednesday evening some unknown part.
drove cow into shed back Of Taylor
Craig's shop on Fifth street, and up to las
night the animal had not been identified.
| On one of the prairie schooners that passed
through this city yesterday was inscribed th'
Legend
| ''In God we trust,
| Shell Prairie or bust"
A plat was fled in the register of deeds
office yesterday of the subdivision of block 2S
Arlington Hills addition to st. Paul. There
are eighteen lots in the addition which is situ
| ated In lower town.
The case of Carrie Morrison, the Niobe Of
Neabites, who is charged with conducting 8
| resort of Ill shame, was called for hearing yes
terday, when counsel called for trial by jury
The hearing was put off until to-day.
Col. Taylor, State librarian, received notice
yesterday from the State librarian of New
York, that he would ship seven boxes on the
10th and nine boxes on the 18th, of supreme
| court reports and other State documents, to
replace those destroyed by the capitol fire.
walking dts yeetsevenillery hi gu and ro.
tund of girth named Bob Kelly. was before
hizzoner yesterday, charged with never know.
ing when to let up on the beautiful bug juice.
he was sent to the quay for thirty days, by
which time he will have soaked out the sour
mash.
A memoranda was filed by Judge Brill yes
terday in the case of Mary O'Neill against
John O'Neu and Others, in which action was
brought to settle the ownership to certain
lands. The court thinks the facts are such as
should come before jury, and ten questions
are proposed upon which to test the case.
There is considerable complaint among resi-
dents at POSTS Siding relative to the slaugh-
ter house of Mcintosh g. Co. It will be graft
flying to persons in that locality to know that
the slaughter house will be removed to the
Sixth ward as soon as the water permits,
which will be In week or two.
The district court was engaged yesterday in
trying the case of the st. Paul & Manitoba
railroad company against Peter Pfeffer. The
case is based on an appeal from the award of
the commissioners appointed to ap-
praise land on Rice street, and the afternoon
was taken up with the examination of experts
A couple of crippled buns, upon whom
misfortune has set her seal to mark them as
her own, were arraigned yesterday for raising
ruction on the lower levee.. They gave the
names of Mike Smith and James johnson. The
former is daft and wears only one arm. The
latter is typical tramp, lean and dirty. They
promised to leave the city if discharged and
the court ordered them to hustle.
William Hamburg is tony barber who be-
longs to the order of full moon. When full,
which is the crowning triumph of the order,
he is as doughty Dane as ever fought on the
field of Cawder. Wednesday night he filled
his hair with bug juice and challenged the
majesty of the constabulary of st. Paul to run
him in. Officer Lynch gave him the grand
quadrIlle and yesterday he went to the rOost
for ten days. The young man was afterwards
released.
The committee on streets will hold a meet
ing this evening at the council chamber to dis
pose of the Jackson street change of grade
matter The committee say it must be disposed
OF. Those who want the grade to remain as
now established, those who want q six foot
grade, as well as those who want three foot
grade through the hill, had best be on hand,
as somebody will be disappointed, and proper
ty owners had best do their swearing as they
60 along.
At the regular meeting of the chamber of
commerce last Monday, several delegates were
appointed to attend the canal convention to be
held in Davenport, Ia, on the 25th inst. Un-
fortunately the chamber neglected to make the
usual appropriation to defray expenses, and
with singular unanimity the delegates have
decided to stay at home. A gentleman who is
interested in the matter informed GLOBE Ie-
none of the gentlemen intended to go. Gen.
Sanborn is on the anxious seat and doesn't
know what action to take.
The news that Mr.. Ross Wilkinson, former
well known character in st. Paul, has been
appointed to the position of marshal for the
northern district of Alabama, will be received
with surprise by his friends in this city, The
wonder will be increased when it is considered
| that when he was resident of Minnesota he
was staunch Democrat. In this connection
good story is related of how his prosperity
is all owing to a joke. During the war he
visited Alabama with the troops, and while
| there he confiscated plantation of several
hundred acres of land. This gave rise to an
insurrection and he visited Washington for
leave to have detachment of troops protect
| the place while he was getting his crops in
| Under the impression that he was q brother
of Senator Morton Wilkinson, the favor was
| granted and he is now to the front as promi-
nent Republican offlceholder.