Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-12
CITY GLOBULEs.

Female minstrels at the Opera house this
evening.
Gen. Flower and Inspector Scott visited
Saltwater yesterday.
The council chamber and office of the city
clerk were undergoing the annual spring
cleaning yesterday.
This afternoon the committees on police.
public buildings and streets will hold meet
ings at the city hall.
The Mississippi is again coming up quite
rapidly and there is plenty of time for scatter
ng dampness in the low lands around st.
Paul.
Mr.. II. G. Dewitt has just completed the gas
works for the St. Paul Harvester works,
and now that institution has in operation 200
burners.
The fire commissioners were to have held
meeting yesterday afternoon, but did not for
the reason that Mr.. Hughson, the recently
appointed member, failed to make his appear
ance.
A. j. Morrison, the artist, has just finished
fine oil painting of Col. Mcnamara, mine
host of the Clarendon. The painting is on
exhibition in the window of John Matheis'
carpet store.
James Meyers, of Two Rivers. Sherburne
county, charged with cutting timber on gov
eminent land, waived examination yesterday
before United States Commissioner Cardozo,
and was held 10 the United States district
court in 5000 bonds.
Arthur Simson, of Slayton, is in st. Paul
purchasing machinery for his brick making.
He is preparing to 60 into that branch Of
business quite extensively. he has found at
Slayton bed of clay thirteen feet thick,
which is pronounced to be unusually fine.
Gus Boyer was receiving congratulations
yesterday over the arrival of sixteen pound
boy at his house the night before. The little
| stranger and the mother are doing finely. For
big wheat crops and big, hearty and good
looking babies, Minnesota can beat the world.
1t will be remembered that when the Farm
ers' and Mechanics bank suspended business
some two years ago. 1t owed the city about
$4,000. This Indebtedness has been reduced
from time to time, until now entirely iqul-
dated, principal and interest, by the payment
of 81 ,0S8.17.
Aid. Mccarthy returned yesterday from his
Stevens county farm. The alderman was
feeling in high good humor from the fact that
his wheat is up and growing finely. Some of
the neighboring farmers are not SO well stu.
ated, however, their lands being low and still
too wet for seeding.
In the long pending suit in the district
court, of John Steele aga INST j. w. Bond,
Judge Brill yesterday filed the decision of the
court, giving plaintiff possession of the premi-
SEES, and for costs and disbursements. The
premises in question are those occupied by
defendant, corner OF Fourth and Washington
streets.
Harry O'Brien, employed in Mr.. P. H.
Kelley's store, yesterday supposed he was
going to step on the elevator, but fonnd
when too late that the platform of the ele-
vator was not where he supposed it was. The
result is that he fell from the first 10 the base
ment floor. He escaped without any other
injury than what results from few scratches.
At the instance of Chief Strong and resi-
dents on St. Anthony Hill, Mayor Rice has
appointed John Churchill. foreman of No. 5
fire company, a special policeman. While
Mr.. Churchill is TO serve without pay, his
powers are the same as member of the regu-
lar police force, and he will be found equally
prompt and efficient in case of trouble re-
quirIng the exercise of his police functions.
It has finally been decided to have the sum.
mer encampment of the two battalions of the
State National guard at White Bear lake,
commencing July 20. the camp being located
north of the Williams house. 1t is expected
that the two battalions will each have five
companies by that time, giving full regi.
ment, and thata cavalry company and Capt.
McCarthy's section of artillery will partici-
pate. The camp will be named Camp Hub
bard in honor Of the governor.
Gen. J. q. Baker, railroad commissioner,
yesterday presented Hon. Fred. Won Baum
bach, secretary of state, with the four vol
umes of the medical and surgical report of
the rebellion. Each volume contains about a
thousand pages OF closely printed matter,
with numerous illustrations showing the
character of the most difficult surgical opera
tions, valuable statistical tables, ETC., ETC.,
and from the fact that only limited number
we're published, they are held very high.
Tuesday, David Goodman the second hand
dealer doing business opposite the Metropoli-
tan; senta suit of clothes to a tailor to be al.
tered. While here the clothes suddenly dis
appeared, how or where could not be learned
until last evening, when one Charles McFar-
land was sighted wearing the coat and vest,
the pants being found at his boarding house.
He will be given an opportunity in the mu-
nicipal court this morning, to demonstrate
his claim that he is an innocent purchaser.