Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-10
CITY GLoBULEs.
aEO VON D-ACMb-1OH,
Secretary of State.

CITY GLoBULEs.
The clapboarding on the new armory
building was completed yesterday.
s'Beef' was high on Seventh street yes
terday-5Oc for $50 lbs. j. B. as w.
The committee on streets of the council |
will meet at 80 O'Clock this evening.
More shelves are being put into the |
vault at the county CLERKS Office. They |
are badly needed. That vault is cramped,
small and dark.
The case against ]. Guior, charged with
assault and battery, was dismissed yester-
day for want of prosecution.
Joseph Mason paid $500 custom house
duties yesterday on cargo of imported
French wines and brandies.
An alarm of fire was sounded from box
25 about $50 last night and the ap-
paratus went down there to find there was
no fire.
The trespass case Of Smith, Ritcnie and
Harrison, charged with throwing a boat
into the river, was called for hearing yes
terday and continued to the 14th inst.
At special meeting of the board of
public works yesterday afternoon an
estimate was submitted of the cot of a
proposed culvert over Phalem creek, the
cost of which is put at S21,7O0.
The Home Building society on Wednes-
day night loaned $4,000, and it was not
much of a day to loan money either. This
is one of the very best building societies
in st. Paul and is doing large business.
James Kerburn and James O'Brien tried
to whoop each other up at the Union depot
and somebody might have been hurt had
they not got run in. 1t cost O'Brien S.
and Kerburn paid ten bills for his snare of
the circus.
A. Anderson is one of the fellows SO
queerly constituted that they cannot stand
prosperity. He became so elated over the
returns that he had to swell up on tangle
foot and the old stuff laid him out. Yes
terday he went up for ten days.
A couple of embryo statesmen, mayhap,
not more than ten years of age, were ar
rested yesterday for petty thieving. The
young rascals will probably be sentenced
to six months twice a year with their head
under water, so bad little boys had better
take notice.
At the sale of stumpage (old cuttings)
by State Auditor Braden, total of about
100000 feet were disposed of, prices aver
aging about s. per Al. The purchasers
were from Minneapolis, Pine City, st.
Cloud, Aitkin, Grand Rapids, Saltwater
and st. Paul.
A man named E. D. Roberts was arrest
ed yesterday on telegram from Hastings,
charging him with obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses. He is charged with
having bilked hotel keeper of that city
out of $40, and he will be taken back to
answer to the charge.
Among the amusing incidents of the re-
cent election, was a wager between two
well known citizens, one Of whom in case
of defeat agreed to carry the other across
the street. In the words of Samuel Weller,
Jr, we don't see how he could. Bar-et
considering the very bad Rhodes.
George Seibert and number of other
citizens are anxious to have sidewalk On
the north side of Tenth street, and asked
the council last evening to order one. The
request was referred to the committee on
streets with power to act, which settles the
matter satisfactorily in favor of the wall
being laid.
At last it looks as though some actor
was to be taken with regard to the long
hoped for construction of the new cour
house and city hall. With the view Of
commencing proceedings a meeting has
been called of the board of commissions rs
of the new court house and city hall, tx
be held next Monday at $50 o'clock in the
county auditors Office.
Edward Nolanstosses or rather did tos
the fragrant coffee and biscuit at the ney
coffee house. About noon yesterday h
took issue with one of the patrons of tn
lunch house, and from singing the SAVIOR
hash he took up the science of the pugilis
and tried to put head on the guest. OFF
Ger Calvin came to the front, and the fes
tive youth was yanked to the tower. Hi
case will come up to-day.
Verify, it as hard for a Limburger chees
to pass over the line without eluding tn
nose of the custom house officers, as 1t j
for lager beer and whisky to agree. N
insinuation is intended. but Mrs. Glen
and Mrs. Weiss occupy the same house an
they don't agree. Mrs. Weiss goes fo
Mrs Glenn and the latter gets up her Iris
and then there is a picnic. Mrs. Glen
was before the court yesterday and CAV
bonds to keep the peace.
An ounce of prevention is said to b
worth pound of cure, but there is poin
where extremes meet hero and in No il
stance is it better illustrated than in th
frequency with which the fire department
is called out to extinguish imaginary fire
Yesterday forenoon some women residin
in the Sixth ward heard number of boy
yell in play and supposing that the Gal
field school was on fire they turned in a
alarm from box No. II. OF course Their
was no fire.
Two colored girls were passing up Thi,
street last night when one of them wa
seized by man. The other girl lifted
revolver from her ship pocket" or some
where else, and poking it into the face G
the fellow told him with a common, pre-
fame and vulgar expression. to ''let 60 G
dat girl" or she would shoot him. Office
Babe arrested the two girls and locke
them up. They were finally releasd o
bail.