Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-21
CITY GLOBULEs.

The clerks in Collector Bickels' Office were
busy yesterday in dispensing special TAX
stamps and licenses.
Adjutant General Van Cleye yesterday re.
ceived notice of the increase OF an invalid pom
sion from IS to $l2 per month.
The name Of Carl Anderson was on the list,
at the ssance yesterday morning, but the peel
er said that the prisoner was too drunk to
bring over.
A decree of divorce was rendered by Judge
Brill yesterday, separating Mary Butts from
her husband, Chas. n. Butts, on the grounds
of desertion.
At late hour last night Officer DeCorsey
discovered three suits of clothing in front OF
Pillsbury g. Tallant's clothing store, on Third
street. he slowed them away for safe keeping.
z For the first time in several years Manager
Davidson was obliged to suspend the sale of
tickets at the Opera House last evening. The
demand to see Haverly's black boom over.
taxed the capacity of the house.
VIM. Munson and A. J. Balstad had spat
yesterday afternoon at the formers saloon, on
Seventh street, during which Munson hit Bal.
stad on the head with carriage whip. He
Will dubWeI lOI tuS doodult Cnlo luOl uluSs
A miserable wretch named Frank Sommers
was before his hizzoner yesterday charged
with trying to whip woman named Mrs.
Johnson, on Eagle street. It was drunken
fandango, and the prisoner was fined 80 or
ten days.
The Harwood failure had a little airing in
the U. s. circuit court yesterday in the shape
of taking testimony in garnishee proceedings
of R. NJ. Obenteufer and others against G. q.
Petit, assignee, and the First National bank of
Minneapolis.
It is understood that arequisition has been
issued by the secretary Of war for Is conviots,
now at the military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, to be transferred to Fort Smelling,
where they will be put to work on the i'm.
provements in progress.
Vincent shatter said 1t was fine country
and that no one power man could put bride
on him not II he knowed 1t. Moreover, be
would get as bloody full as he had mind TO.
Hizzonner thought the young man was a lit
tie raw, and it cost him five bills.
When Frank Hall faced the fiddler yestsr.
day, Special Officer Fitzgerald explained that
he had yanked the prisoner from box car,
where he had been sleeping. Also, that early
in the evening defendant and two other men
had tried to break into car loaded with
goods.
LAST midnight fire was discovered among a
quantity of boxes, at the corner of Fifth and
Rosabel streets. It caught from an ash barrel,
and would have communicated to an adjoining
building had it not been for the timely inter.
vention of Detective O'Connor and Officer
Hanft.
Tuesday night peanut butcher named Fred
Daagher visited the st. Louis bagnio where
he felt called upon to punish one of the In
mates named Fannie Richmond. A hackman
named Frank Smith is supposed to have had
hand in it, and the girl swore out warrants yes
terday for their arrest.
A victim of tangle-foot named George Pin
ney faced the bias-eyed old dame at the police
court Yesterday, trembling with tremens. He
was helplessly boozed and brought in by Bailif
Dowlan. Several of his friends were present
and they interceded, offering to take him
home. Sentence was suspended.
The marriage of NJ. L. Delaney..snd Maggie
Denzer took place Tuesday night, at the resi-
dence of the young lady's parents on Rice
street. About midnight the neighbOrhood
was aroused by the most hideous racket, pro
ceeding from brigade of youngsters who
charivarled the couple with horns, tin pans,
Oystercans, etc.
The st. Paul library was closed on Monday
last for the purpose of having much needed
repairs made to the rooms. Some friends to
the institution offered to make present of
new carpet if the directors would provide for
the rest of the expense. In few days the
work will be finished, and the rooms will be
very attractive and probably more frequented
than ever.
A queer-looking snoozer crept into the
police court yesterday, and with an air of
profound mystery he took something from
under his coat, wrapped up in newspaper.
Upon removing the paper rock rolled out.
He stated that he had been hit with the rock
by boy named Steve Sullivan and he wanted
revenge. A warrant was issued for the arrest
of the boy.
Gov. Pillsbury yesterday examined the plans
of Architect Burlington for the new capitol
building with that gentleman, which COM
pleted his preliminary examination of all the
plans presented He will now 60 through
them by himself, comparing all together, and
probably reach decision upon which to adopt
by the last of the week, when proposals for
the building will be invited.
Mrs. Cahill lives on Seventh street, and she
employs or boards woman named Mrs.
Wood. Night before last tony colored bar
ber named John Pierson called at the Cahill
mansion and invited Mrs. Wood out for
stroll. Mrs. Cahill told the latter that Pierson
was not the right kind of company, and she
ordered him to leave the house. He left, but
before doing so he knocked her down. Yester.
day warrant was issued for his arrest.
A more abiect picture of human vice and
frailty than that presented at the police court
Yesterday, is seldom witnessed. Conrad and
Margaret Schaltz, man and wife, were up
charged with being drunk and disOrderly.
They were dirty, blear-eYed, and swollen with
rum Tuesday night they met on Washington
street, and battle was prevented by Officer
O'Keefe, who ran them in. They are in the
same boat, which is careering down the break.
ers to destruction. Each of them went up for
thirty days.
Yesterday afternoon two young men named
John johnson and John Ferguson went into
Nick Unten's saloon, on West Third street, to
watch a game of pool. One of the players
hung his coat on rack, and while the game
was in progree Ferguson became absent
minded, and In a At of temporary abstraction
he put his hand in the pocket of the strangers s
coat and transferred pair of gloves to his
own pocket. Unten got on to the racket and
the young fellows were arrested: johnson
was discharged, aId 1t cost the other man S25
to get out of the scrape:4