Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-15
CITY GLOBULES,

elected commander of Acker Post. No. p,
for the ensuing year.
The burning out of an old chimney on
Commercial street caused the lower town
steamer to hurry out yesterday morning.
The petit jury will be called in the
United States circuit court this m ,rning,
and the hearing of jury cases commenced.
The council committee on police have a
meeting at 3 o'clock this afternoon and
the committee On streets at in the even
ing.
Rev. DIR. Dana, has just returned from
Winnipeg, where he went to preach the
dedicatory sermon of the First Congrega-
tional church in that city.
Kennedy & Bros, gunsmiths, ETC., yes
terday received an importation of two
very valuable guns direct from Birming-
ham, Eng. Geo. Benz also received an
importation of rum and wine from Ger
many.
The second annual state reception of the
Brotherhood photographers will be held at
Sherman hall this evening. A general in
vitation is extended to all railway and
commercial telegraphers throughout the
country.
The town of Odessa, upon DEVILS lake.
was put upon the market at Grand Forks
yesterday by the sboomers'' of the site.
Lots to the amount of $4,000 were sold
IN two hours. prices ranging from $500 to
$500 each.
Hon. Jonathan Simmons and wife. Lit
tie Falls. are in the city making holiday
purchases, with headquarters at the Mer-
chants. Soon after 1883 is ushered in, Mr..
and Mrs. Simmons will leave for New Or
leans and Florida for the remainder of the
winter.
The death of Mrs. e. T. Archibald at
pundas. Mimi, is recorded in the GLOBE
this morning. She was the mother of
John Archibald, recently connected with
the st. Paul roller mills. Her funeral
takes place at Dundas at 2 p. m. to.
morrow.
When the company took out the new
Hayes truck yesterday morning for the
purpose of drilling and exercising with it.
one of the whiffietrees broke. The break
was not serious one, and will not inter-
fere IN the least with the efficiency of the
machine.
Mayor Rice yesterday appointed Ernest
Boerman to the vacancy in the police force
caused by the resignation of J. C. Newell,
to accept the position of tillerman on the
Hayes. fire truck. Mr.. Boerman has for
a year past been in the employ CT the gov
eminent as shipping clerk under Lieut..
Bailey.
Judge O'Gorman, judge Of probate, yes
terday received from DIR. G. X. Bartlett,
superintendent of the st. Peter insane
asylum. his quarterly report of Ramsey
county patients discharged. They are:
Joseph Reiling, Thomas Lully, Matilda
Peterson, Barbara Cannon, Anna Rose.
Ann Hicks and Laura Shephardson.
A small frame house belonging to Off
Ger Palmer and located near the railroad
bridge was wholly destroyed by fire about
10 o'clock last night. The uptown steam
ers went up Fort street nearly to the rail
road crossing,bu there is no water in that
yicinity and, of course, the steamers could
do Ao:ai:,s, The loss was $500 Or $500.
The chamber of cor.m.eerre committee on
Ere department had another meeting yes.
terday. but it is understood nothing really
new was developed. Another meeting will
be held to-day when the committee will OK
anime the council fire department COM
mittee, the board of fire commissioners,
Chief Strong and others, with special ref
erence to the needs of the department to
put upon footing creditable to the city.
Leonard Roehl, the Lafayette avenue
saloon keeper, charged with the shooting
of VIM. Collins about month ago, was
yesterday discharged by Judge Burr. The
evidences showed that Roehl was set upon
by a crowd of four or five persons, and
that the shooting was in self-defense. Col
Inns. it will be remembered. was in crit
ical condition for several days, and he is
not yet entirely recovered from the wound
he received.
T. P. Gallagher, Thos. Davern and Z.
Mclaughlin. the trio Of Minneapolis bioods
arrested Wednesday upon the omplaint of
a liveryman of that city, charged with be-
ing disorderly, had their hearing in the
munich pal court yesterday morning ana
were discharged by Judge Burr. Imme-
diately after, they were re-arlested,
upon complaint Of the same party, charged
with cruelty to animals, the hearing being
continued to the 26th.
lHore Was a large dItSuOduCo dI Il0
Y. NJ. G. A. sociable last evening, and
every one had a most enjoyable time.
Mrs. Sunbeck sang several pieces very
sweetly, and the recitation by Miss Arm
strong was given with fair expression.
Short addresses were made by Messrs. J.
Spetch and J. II. Thomas, also, few Sc
lections were read by the secretary; after
which refreshments were served. An in
formal lecture will be given next Thurs
day evening by Mr.. d. r. Noyes on the
Wonderland of America.
The ticket agents at the union depot re-
port that yesterday they sold as many
tickets as they did any day during the cut
One lady came down from Fargo, to 60
East She had secured her ticket from
Fargo to st. Paul. and from Chicago
to the East, expecting to get dollar ticket
from St. Paul to Chicago. She found to
her great disappointment that yesterday
morning the rates had been put up to the
former figures and was much disguised.
Of course she had to pay the new rates be-
tween st. Paul and Chicago or lose her
ticket to the East. She paid.