Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-15
CITY GLOBULES.

in half a dozen or more loads of wool, from
Litchfield and other towns of Hennepin county.
Major Bracket, United States deputy mar
Hastings & Dakota railroad, for over two
weeks.
The condition of W. R. 'Scofeld, injured by
the railroad accident Sunday, was reported by
DR.. Murphy yesterday as favorable to his
recovery.
Judge Simons rendered decision yesterday
denying the motion to strike out the demur'
Ter in the case of Elizabeth C.. Parker against
the city of st. Paul.
Onthe opening of the district court yester-
day morning the jury in the case OF James
Perry against W. J. Mcmahon, returned yer.
dict in favor of the plaintiff for S5oO.
Edward Sweeney, insane, was brought TO st.
Paul Yesterday from Dakota county, and is
confined in the county Jail. The unfortunate
Young man was formerly resident of this
city, and is well known.
The members of the Druid societies of this
city are making elaborate preparations for the
opening of their new hall, corner of Seventh
and St. Peter streets, which will be opened
with grand ceremonies tomorrow evening.
The journeymen plasterers will hold their
meeting in the chamber of commerce, Rogers
block, at O'Clock tonight. 1t is expected
that there will be large attendance, as all the
plasterers in the city are invited and. business
of Importance is to be transacted.
Barney Mullen, a genuine son of the old
dart, with no guile in his heart save too fond
appetite for his benzine, was up yesterday
III NTH ind, frisku tOOf
''Guilty, yer honor" was his answer to the
usual inquiry, and he was sent to the roost
for five days.
It was reported at city hall list night that
thieves had made a raid on a number of
farmers wagons at the hay market on Min
nesota street, which had been stripped of their
whiffie-trees This is new branch of theving
industry, and the police are on the lookout
for the perpetrators.
Yesterday the district court took up the
case of George Perry, by his father, James
Perry, guardian, against W. j. Mcmahon, for
$1,000 damages alleged to have been caused by
false Imprisonment and defamation of char
acter The case grew out of the same difficulty
upon which the action was commenced which
was tried in the district court last week.
Adjutant General Var Cleve, yesterday re-
ceived notice of the allowance of three in
valid pension claims as follows, viz: one for
S1,196S0; one for 1874 Is; and one for S403. So
The latter is Mexican war claim, when the
applicant was discharged in 1913, and his
claim for pension on the ground of heart
disease and palpitati on of the hear made
through Gen. Van Cleve only last year.
Hugh Canker, like the illustrious Dick
Swveller, is overload of a generous snifter.
cankering cares of life by generous bumpers
of bulge. He succeeded and the old stuff laid
him out He was picked up by Officer Cook
holding down a sidewalk on Fourth street.
Yesterday he was before hizzoner, who gave
him a five days pass to the bean banquet in
the quay.
A dispatch of the 18th from Camp Poplar
River, received at department. headquarters
yesterday, announces the departure for Fort
Keogh of the battalion of the Fifth infantry
under command of Major nges. They will
escort to Fort Buford 153 recently surrendered
and captured Indians, bringing the number of
hostiles taken in the winter campaign in which
Major Ilges has had so conspicuous a part TO
91S.
A freight train on the ST. Paul & Duluth
railroad met with an accident at Center City,
yesterday afternoon, by which caboose and
two of the cars were thrown from the track
and trainman named Devins was slightly in
jured. He was brought to this city and con-
veyed to Dunn's boarding house, where he
was attended by Dr. Murphy. He sus-
tanned a sprained ankle and cut on the
head.
Frederick Dean, no relation to Daisy, OF
ballad reputation, faced the owl-eyed image at
the police court yesterday, and acknowledged
that he had been as drunk as a fiddler's canine
of the feminine persuasion. Officer Bremen
remarked that the gentleman had been found
in the dumps on Third street scandalizing the
good little boys who were on their way to the
sanctuary. He was assessed IS and paid the
coin.
A man named Joseph Willis was arrested by
Officer Zrkelbach last night on a State war
rant charging him with embezzlement. The
warrant was issued on complaint of one James
NJ. Cooley, who charges that on October 18Th
the defendant obtained horse valued at S25
representing that NJ. B. Farrell would furnish
security for payment of the money. It Il
claimed that the horse was procured with in
tent to cheat and defraud.
The soldier boys on the frontier and else.
where throughout this military department
are to have fair allowance for practice shoot
Terry announces that of the rifle and carbine
ball cartridges manufactured prior to January
l, 1877, forty rounds month, per man, may
hereafter be used for either hunting or target
practice, in addition to the twenty rounds O
month, per man, of ammunition of later
fabrication.
Articles of Incorporation of the Mankato
Mutual Building and Loan association were
filed with the secretary of state yesterday. The
capital stock of S5O0,O0O to be paid in month
ly instalments. The incorporators are G. F.
Piper, A. F. Bechdoldt, Il. G. Akers, James
Shoemaker, Leo Lamm, Wendell Hodopp,
Thomas Bennett, George Pars, W. w. Bray.
den, Frank Fowler, L. W. Burgess, John A.
Lanborn, Robert Fl. Rose and John A. Will
lard, of Mankato, and Charles A. Chapman,
of South Bend.
Clara johnson, the miserable young woman
whose pastime consists in depicting clothes
lines and in the petty larceny of female wear
ing apparel, was before the court yesterday,
charged with the larceny of a quantity of
goods. Capt. Clark testified to the arrest of
the girl and to the recovery of some of the
goods. Mr.. O'Regan identified number of
articles taken from his clothes line, and Mr.
and Mrs. Mcnamara identified several things
taken from the Clarendon hotel She was
committed for ninety days.
Mrs. W. L. Davis, ayjformer old settler in
st. Paul, died at St. Louis Sunday night She
was a sister of Joseph Guion, of this CITY, and