Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
THE NEW YEAR.
USHERING IN THE LITTLE FELLOW
KNOWN Is 1881.

USHERING IN THE LITTLE FELLOW
KNOWN As 1881.
How the Day Was Observed in st. Paul
Change of Officers With Champagne
Thrown in-The White. House Recep-
ton in Washington-The Festivities
Elsewhere.
New Years day in st. Paul was a
quiet but pleasant affair. The weather
was all that could be desired 1t was
cold, not toe cold, but just cold enough.
In fact it was the mildest day we have
had this year, and very agreeable for out
door travel Business was suspended,
the banks having paid the notes
of their customers on Friday, Of
course the hard worked(D government Off
Gals embraced the opportunity to close
their doors and outside of the hotels and
sample rooms business was dull. Calling
was reasonably general, but as the re-
ceivers were "bunched, in some in
stances as many as seven or eight ladies
joining in reception, there was not as
many calls to make as usual. This was
probably well for those who had been too
busy to make their usual New Years re-
solutions.
Of course the great center of attraction
about the middle of the day was at the
Merchants, where Col Allen welcomed
his friends with New Years spread,
such as only the colonel can produce
Everybody calls on Col. Allen, New
Years day, and yesterday was no excep-
ton The colonel was happy, as usual,
and if any failed to partake Of his hos
pitality it was their decided loss.
In the billiard hall Of the Metropolitan
hotel Col. Belote made an elegant spread
the table being nicely furnished, ele-
gantly arranged and supplied with an
appetizing variety of viands. The table
was surrounded for hours with frequent
ers of the hotel and friends of the land
lord, all of whom pronounced the feast
to be admirable.
Mr.. Conrad Schmidt, Of West Third,
furnished New Years dinner to large
number of gentlemen of the city. His
table was kept constantly supplied with
meats, relishes and delicacies, the cook
ing and service being in the excellent
style for which his restaurant lis famous.
Change IN the Municipal Jud1ieship.
The first morning of the glad New
Year was accompanied by a clear bracing
atmosphere, and made radiantly beautiful
by the most perfect sunshine. Up be-
times, for this is a work day world, as
well to the impecunious scribe as other
clay, a GLOBE representative wendell
his way in the early morn to the tribu-
nal of Justice, known as the municipal
court; foras everybody thought, the mod
est little room in which justicee is met ed
out on Wabashaw street, there was to be
the scene of unusual doings.
For be it known there was an election
last fall for the honorable position of
Judge of the municipal court, at which
the dear people, in their exercise of the
elective franchise, by plurality of votes,
exalted Mr.. w. T.. Burr to the high and
worthy station of presiding Judge.
There were those, however, who main
tanned that there had been blunder
made in the time of holding the election,
in consequence of which, it was main
tanned that the election of Mr. Burr was
misnomer.
So favorably entertained was this be-
lief in various quarters that it was freely
intimated that the claim of Mr. Burr to
the Office would be contested by Judge
Flint, the retiring officer.
Yesterday being the day appointed by
law for the new Judge to take his seat,
some interest was manifested in the up
shot of so many conflicting opinions.
But those who expected anything ap-
| III, will
show, were doomed to be sorely disap-
pointed
There was not, in short, the slightest,
contest the claims of Mr.. Burr to the Of
fee.
At 8 o'clock there were present Judge
Bailiffs Dowlan and Mullin, Chief Weber,
Sergeant Walsh, two or three loungers and
several newspaper reporters. Judge
Flint, whose sunny countenance and
amiable presence had gladdened the old
court room so agreeably erstwhile, did
not put in an appearance, and as for Crib
BILE, so far as was known, he might have
been ten thousand leagues under the sea.
At o'clock Judge Burr took his seat
on the bench and a minute afterwards
came IN clear nOIcS from Ddlllu IuulllI,
"Hear We, hear We, hear We, the municipal
court of Ramsey county is now open"
The court being open for business
James Brady, who didn't seem bit hon
ored at being the first offender to be dis
posed of under the new regime, was ar
raigned for the larceny of bundle of
gloves from Crippen & Upson's store, on
Third street. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to thirty days in the cooler.
Judge Burr then expressed qualification
for the cordial manner in which he had
been supported, and remarked that he
would endeavor to conduct the business
of the court in manner that would re-
dound to the best interests of the city.
Adjourned.
Change in the iS,eri17s Office.
The alembic of time on this old and
happy go-lucky world of ours makes
some fantastic mutations Under no con-
d;tiop If 1ifa ic this trI1th On coUpDtlv