Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-08

The expenses of the water commission
erss board for November were about $500.
The teachers in the public schools will
mold their regular monthly meeting to-
morrow morning.
The Fergus Falls train due in st. Paul
nt D. M, left at 55 last night, but was
mot expected to arrive till this morning.
The river is at last frozen over at this
point and the people of st. Paul can claim
Chat they have now bridge of size-a nice
bridge.
The board of workhouse commissioners
went out to the grounds yesterday after
noon to look over the buildings and take a
general survey.
4 car off the track at Eagle street, de-
layed outgoing and incoming trains of
the Milwaukee & St. Paul road a considera
BILE time last evening.
The deed from Kemble P. and o. O.
Cullen to Bartlett Presley, of several lots
On the corner of Summit avenue and Jo-
sette street for $4,000, was placed on
record yesterday.
j. G. Dohrneau says under oath that j.
L. Fox put head on him on Monday, and
he wants revenge at the hands of the law.
The matter will be looked into by Judge
Burr on the 18th inst.
Several residents Of the city were
making anxious inquiries yesterday for the
man who drove the Indians out of the
country. It would have been dark day
for the poor devil if he had been found.
Robert Hirst, charged with obtaining
money under ia lse pretenses, was brought
before Judge Burr yesterday morning. He
waived examination and was committed in
default of $3.50 bail, to await the action Of
the grand jury.
Messrs. Lamson, Costello and Engels,
directors of the workhouse commission,
accompanied by Secretary REM, visited
the site of the building yesterday and
looked over the condition of affairs. They
express the hope of having the building
ready for occupancy by the LIST of January.
TIE board Of control held regular
weekly meeting yesterday. In fact it was
q sort of annual meeting, as aside from
she usual routine business transacted, the
board reelected Drs. Stewart and Wheaton
as county physicians, Daniel McGrath as
keeper of the poor farm and Mrs. Thomp-
son as matron of the city hospital.
very pleasing entertainments consisting
of music and rea ding, was given at the Y.
NJ G. A. last evening. The instrumental
duet by Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. Rose was very
finely rendered. "When The Tide Comes
7I,,'' v-cs --elI emo hv Miss Owen, as was
also the trio ''The Queen of the Night by
the three above named parties. few Sc
3ections were read by the secretary.
Detective O'Connor returned yesterday
from a very successful business tour to the
order to swindle his creditors, had run his
goods off to an adjoining town. O'Connor
followed the matter up and chased around
over the country, till at last he tracked out
Che goods and had them restored to the
owners, or at least had them accounted for.
1t vas good piece of work.
About the coolest thing on record of
which the GLOBE has any knowledge, is the
fact that Charley Whitman, was around
the streets yesterday collecting bills for
the Peoples Ice company. Talk about
cheek! Why, a pair OF government mules
who accidentally saw him present one OF
those little bills, turned around the corner
of block on lower Seventh street
and absolutely wept from envy.
A month or SO ago man by the name
of Hughes was robbed of quite large
sum of money On Cedar street, as he
claimed. M. Roach, G. Smith, M. Gray,
4. Wheeler and ]. Corrlgan, were charged
with the crime Yesterday they were
brought before Judge Burr and the in
vestigation resulted in Roach and Smith
being held to await the action of the grand
jury and the other three were discharged.