Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-07
CITY aLoBULEs.
Ia France wins the day.


cold Yesterday afternoon.
The Unity church fair will be held at Mar
ket hall to-day and tomorrow.
The December term of the United States
circuit court will commence Monday next.
sPirates of Penzance" this afternoon and
uOliyette, this evening, by the Boston Ideals.
Now it is the telegraphers who are to have
a ball. They will hold forth at Sherman hall
December 20.
Superintendent Alexander, OF the street rail-
way, expects to have cars running again on
Wabashaw street tomorrow.
DR.. Wheaton, the health officer, yesterday
Informed GLOBE reporter that no new cases
of smallpox had been reported to him.
1t is the general sentiment that the per-
formances given by the Boston Ideal Opera
company are among, the most refined, artistic
and enjoyable ever given in st. Paul.
Rev. NJ. D. Edwards will give an infomal
talk on Egypt, illustrated by large photograph
ic views, at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms, tomorrow
evenidg at o'clock. All are invited.
n. Mann, ESQ.,, master in chancery, is
engaged in taking testimony in the case OF ID.
Sahlgaard against the st. Paul s. Manitoba
Railroad company, growing out OF the reor-
ganizatlon of the company.
A magnifciently executed crayon portrait
of A. T. c. Pierson is feature in the show
window at Steven & Robertson's. 1t is a
speaking likeness, and is the work OF j. s.
Braastad, the crayon artist
The work was rushed along rapidly on the
new business blocks yesterday. A section OF
cornice appeared on the Mannheimer block.
The cornice is also going on the new block OF
Auerbach, Finch & Van Slyck.
A man named John Kahler, of Red Lake
Falls, Polk county, was before Judge Nelson
yesterday, on the charge of selling liquor to
Indians He plead guilty and was sentenced
to pay fine of $50 and be imprisoned one
day.
Excelsior Lodge, /. o. o. F., has elected the
following officers for the ensuing year: Noble
Grand, E. Houston; Vice Grand, A. 81. Foster;
Recording Secretary, E. P. Wilgus; Cores
pondng Secretary, j. A. Bedford; Treasurer,
E. Rotert.
Not only is the prevailing mild weather
being taken advantage of to finish up the
many uncompleted buildings, delayed by the
unfavorable weather in the fall, but many new
structures, especially dwelling houses, are
being commenced.
Miss Adelaide Phillips, Mr.. M. W. Whit
new. Mr.. Tom Karl and others of the Boston
Ideal company who were not in the cast, oc-
cupied seats within the orchestra rail at the
Opera house last evening, and were among the
most appreciative of the performance OF "Ihe
Mascotte" by their fellow artists.
]. Riley and Pat Dorsey, arrested Monday
morning by Officer Murphy for the theft of
pair of harness from Griggs & Co., grocers,
had their examination before Judge Burr yes
terday morning, and were committed Tor
thirty days in default of S25 fine each.
Judge Lochren, recently appointed as asso
ciate in the fourth judicial district, opened
court Yesterday at Redwood Falls, Judge
Cox's district, and Judge F. M. Crosby will
open a term of court at Marshall, Lyon county,
Tuesday next the 18th, in the same district.
W. Piss, hack driver, was arrested yester-
day morning by Officer DeCorsey, for viola
ton of the hack ordinance in persisting in
keeping his hack standing in front of the
Merchants hotel. Upon being arralgned in
the municipal court, he demanded a jury
trial, and the hearing was postponed to De-
cember TO-
Mr.. Baldwin's last organ concert at the Bap-
fist church, takes place next Friday evening
at s o'clock. This will be grand musical
feast. The organ selections will be among the
finest Mr.. Baldwin has yet rendered, and the
assistance will be given by Miss Carrie <. Ma
son of New York, Miss L. G. Fay, Mr.. W. FL.
Leib and Mr.. G. Willrich-
Daniel Mcmahon, who formerly kept
little fruit and candy stand on Wabashaw
near seventh, indicted by the last grand jury
on the charge of taking indecent liberties
with little girls visiting his place, and the
trial of whose case was postponed to the next
term of court, was brought before Judge
Wilkin in chambers, and released in $500
bail.
The flags on the several engine houses of
this city were at half mast yesterday, in re-
snect to the memory of Neil Fredericks, assis-
taut chief of the Minneapolis fire department,
killed by the mill explosion Sunday, and whose
funeral took place in that city yesterday after
noon. Mr. Fredercks was well known to the
members of the st. Paul fire department, by
whom he was highly respected.
The excursion under the auspices of the
Buford Plow company, to the lumber of
some 200, leave by special train at o'clock
this morning for Rock Island, the manufac-
turing head center of the company. They
are due back Friday at 9:25 p. m. Mr.. j. "a.
Burwell, manager of the st. Paul branch OF
the company, has charge of the excursion,
and will see to the comfort of his guests in
his well known and princely style.
Chief Webber's trip to Fsribault yesterday
in search of William Potter, the absconding
cashier of Charley Caldwell's place, turned out
10 be wild goose chase. The chief went
down there in response to telegram stating
that man answering to the description OF
Potter had got off of the train at that place.
After the chief had run down the man who
was alluded to in the telegram he found that
he was not the party wanted. The chief re-
turned to St. Paul last evening, but Detective
Bresette is still on the war path after Potter.
c. W. Crandall, the brute arrested Saturday,
charged with au attempted rape upon little
9-year-old German girl in the Sixth ward, was
arraigned in the municipal court yesterday
morning. While the investigation made by
the county attorney left little room for doubt
as to Crandall's guilt of the charge, as above,
there was some doubt of the prosecution
being able to prove to the satisfaction of a
Jury, and the charge was changed to disorder
" conduct, upon which Crandall was sent to
Jail for ninety days IN default of the payment
of 500 fine.
Mr.. John Williams, well known old citi-
zen, formerly city clerk, residing on Ninth
street near Fort street, was run over at about
O'Clock last evening, while crossing Waba-
shaw street, corner of Sixth, by a man driv-
ing a light express wagon. The driver,
though seeing Mr.. Williams fall, paid no at
tention to him, but drove of rapidly. Either
in the fall, or by blow from the horses foot,
Mr. Williams sustained a scalp wound of some
two inches in length, and was rendered tenn
porarily insensible. He was assisted into
Lux's drug store, just opposite where the &C
cideGt occurred, and his wound dressed, after
which he was taken to his residence. No seri-
Gus results are anticipated.
John Sherman, who suddenly dropped dead
about 9 o'clock Monday night at the stables
of the American express company, by whom
he was employed, was quite well known in
the city, having been for several years engaged
in drtxr