Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-23
CITY GLOBULES.

CITY GLOBULES.
County treasurer Rice reports that taxes
are being paid with unusual promptness.
The chief of police has a bunch of keys
picked up on Third street, that the owner
can have by calling and identifying them.
Officer Rouleau has gone to Fort Garry,
and the question is, what has he gone there
after? Some say it's for his health, others
not.
The hotel men held meeting yester
day afternoon at the Merchants for the
purpose of perfecting arrangements for
heading off the deadbeats. They find they
have their hands full.
After subduing the johnson barn fire
Thursday evening, steamer No. reflled
the ciste-n at the corner of Carroll and
Josette streets, completing the work little
after o'clock yesterday morning.
John Anderson, clothes line thief, was
given sixty days in hotel Richter by Judge
Burr Yesterday morning. Some of the
stolen plander is at the Office of the chief
of police and can be recovered upon ident-
ifcation.
J. z. Yule, hack driver, was before
Judge Burr yesterday morning upon the
charge of whipping his wife. In consid
ecation OF its being his first offense. SO far
as known to the law, he was let of or see
bonds to keep the peace.
The public schools Of the city closed yes
terday for the holiday vacation, to col-
tinue until Tuesday, Jan. 3. The specIa!
exercises consisted of memorial papers,
readings, etc. in memory of tie late Oliver
Wendell Holmes, music, etc.
Officer McMahon took fellow into the
city hall last night who was So black that
he made the electric light look sick. The
cause of his arrest was the stealing of
half 4 dozen washtubs from Mr.. Kauff-
mans store near Seven corners.
No. hose cart in returning from the
johnson barn fire Thursday evening, broke
Its axle in crossing the street railroad
track at the corner of Tenth and st. Peter
streets, while the horse was on a walk.
The old two-wheel carts have served their
day and ought to be promptly retired.
Robert P. Lewis and VIM. Chambers
commenced suit in the district court yes
terday against Gates A. johnson, and 9TH
ers, for division of the property known
as Chambers addition to St. Paul, the
object being to secure an equitable adjust
ment OF undivided interests in the same.
A deed was filed yesterday from ARENAS
Gale to Charles F. Tabor, conveying to the
latter lot II, block 8, Whitney & Smith S
addition, for $4,000. The lot is located
on Sixth street, between Jackson and Sib-
ley, and has front Of fifty feet on Sixth
by $50 in depth. This is 5000 per front
foot.
Pin Newton died yesterday morning in
st. Paul, after brief illness of congestion
of the lungs, aged twenty eight years. He
was single man, in the employment of
j. W. De Forest. His friends reside in
Bethel, Kansas. His effects are in the
hands Of Mr.. De Forest. dispatch has
been sent to his friends in Kansas.
Adjutant Gen. Hawley yesterday made
out the necessary papers for admission To
the Soldiers home at Milwaukee of Peter
Brlm, former member of company -
Ninth Minnesota, originally recruited 10y
Major FL. B. Strait. Mr.. Brim is sixty -two
years Of age, and incapaciated from earn
ing livelihood by rheumatism contracted
in the army.
Officer Bresett, who went East af-
ter the fellow that is charged
with stealing something from the
United States Express company, re-
turned yesterday, but did not bring bach
his man. The gentleman who did the
stealing seems to have been succesfuls in
getting away. Still it does not seem that
the express company know whether or not
has lost anything.
Gov. Hubbard yesterday received a no.
tice from the general land Office, Washing
ton, D. c., transmitting copy of approx
ed list No. rs, of swapm and overlooked
lands, inuring to the state of Minnesota
under the provision of the acts of congress
approved Sept. %, 1850, and March -,
1860, in the St. Cloud land district, en-
bracing 22,6OO.42 acres.
Frank Lyons and John Steffis, arrested
Thursday morning by Officers DeCorsey
and Moriarity. upon suspicion of being the
parties who relieved roomers at Patrick
Nierney's boarding house Tuesday night of
SIS, a watch, ETC., and also of picking up
$50 and watch at the Minnesota house
Wednesday night, were held to the grand
jury by Judge Burr, and in default of
$1,000 bail each, were committed to Jail.
Articles of incorporation of the Clayton
Manufacturing company, of Wadena, Wa
dena county, wei @ fled with the secretary
OF state yesterday. The business of the
corporation is to be the manufacture of
piows and other agricultural machinery
and to do general foundry and machine
business. The capital stock is $10O,OoO.
The incorporators are G. II. Peak, L. E
Luce, E. S. Case, John Clayton, A. Murray
Geo. A. Whitney and H. j. Taylor.
About half and hour before the alarm
for the johnson barn fire Thursday even
ing, a boy notified Robert Spangenberg,
butcher, Carroll and Rice streets, that a
fire was in progress in his barn short
distance to the rear of his shop. Upon
repairing to the spot it was found that
some one had gained entrance to the barn,
climbed to the loft and set fire to bundle
of straw. Fortunately the barn was close,
SO the fire burned very slowly and was put
ont by few buckets of water, without an
alarm being turned in. The johnson
barn was only few squares distant, and
it is very probable that the Spang eaberg
incendiaries had something to do with
that fire.
A number of French gentlemen of St.
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