Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-26
CITY GLOBULES.
park concert tonight.

Rice park concert tonight.
A small two-story dwelling house and store
Immense crowds welcomed the circus yes
terday with its big elephant.
The seats for Rice park have at last arrived,
and few of them were placed in the park yes
terday.
The additional seats for Rice park have
arrived and will be in place for the concert by
the Great Western band this evening.
was burned about $500 or $500 worth out on
Fort street, about 4 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. The house belonged to ?. E. fetert.
Mr.. Morrison and Mr.. Reed. who were in
jured in the upper country a.few days ago,
are getting along as comfortably as could be
expected.
w. W. Cole telegraphed Barnum, at Chi
cago last night, offering him $4,000 for the
use of the renowned elephant Jumbo, for
twenty weeks.
Fannie Witherspoon, one OF Commodore
Kittsons string, won hard fought race yes
terday, at Poughkeepsie, in three straight
heats, in PIG, 2:lS1s, 2:1sA.
In the case of A. &. Barnum VS.. Adam Lin
dig, Judge Brill fled an order yesterday sus.
tanning the demurrer with leave to plaintiff to
amend within Ten days.
Clerk Bells desk yesterday bore evidence of
the asthetie craze in the shape of a big sun
flower. TO which was pinned the Inscription:
Twenty love-sick maidens send this sweet
flower 10 Oscar Bell"
Niessrs. HerZog i Sons, who have the con
tract for the inside iron grating of the Ramsey
short time the Jail will be secure so that even
woman can not escape from it. The contract
price for the work is S2,70O.
Hon. " Jay whippls, of the Winona Herald,
passed through the city yesterday on his way
home from three weeks trip to the Gar
west which Is at present located at the east
5rl base Of the Rocky mountains. Mr.. Whip
pie saw great deal and heard much more of
Ihe vastness of the new northwest.
Attorney Gen. Hahn is preparing the pa.
persl In g case of the state against the North
err Pacific road for some $4,000, being the
AMOUNT OF its per cent. tax on Its gross
earnings, on its business between Sank Rapids
and ST. Faul. The company refuses to pay the
amount upon The ground that the business is
carried on over leased line of road.
M. John Matheis received letter yester-
day from his brother Nick Matheis, dated
from Paris announcing the fact that he had
visited most of the principal cities of Cont.
mental Europe, and was about ready to return
home and expected to reach st. Paul early in
September. Nick writes he has had glorious
time but will be happy when ne gets home
enee more.
The Roland Reed Comedy company, which
will appear at the Opera house the first three
nights OF next week, witha matinee on Wed.
nesday, seems to have a habit of winning
golden opin ons everywhere. Last week at
Naugatuck and at Waterbury, Conn, in each
of which "Cheek' opened the season and in
one dedicated the new Opera house. Crowded
houses and delighted audiences are reported
by the papers of both places. On Wednesday
night of this week at Grand Haven, Mich,
the fall season in the Opera house there was
opened by the same company with the largest
aud most fashionable audience ever gathered
in the city. The piece is now playing the
opening nights of the Milwaukee season in
the Grand Opera house IN that city and giving
the utmost satisfaction.