Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-31
Sergeant Signal Cor
CITY GLOBULES.

During December the police made 1914
arrests.
City hall accommodated 1852 dodgers dur
ing tine month of December.
The postoffice will remain open to-mor-
row morning from 8 to 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Hubbard is down for clarinet sole
at,the concert at Turner hall tonight.
The criminal collections from fines in
the police court last month amounted to
$67s.
There is to be grand New Years ball
at Turner hall tomorrow night with Sci
bert's orchestra.
Matchmaking services will be held af-
ter the close of the evening service in the
Methodist churches tonight.
Rev. S. B. Warner will deliver the New
Years address at the Y. NJ. G. A. service
this afternoon at o'clock. All are wei
come.
City Treasurer Refs, on yesterday, paid
the sum of 81, 9SS.15 interest on city bonds.
and $647.5O interest on bonds of the board
of education. -.
Yesterday afternoon five small boys were
arrested for coasting at the head of Jack
son and Robert streets. They were con-
fined IL durance few hours and released
On promise of future good behaviour.
j. N. Littel, formerly assistant superin-
tendendent of the Louisville, Ky, street
railway, has arrived in st. Paul, and yes
terday assumed the duties of the st. Paul
street railway superintendency. ssss s..A
Next Sunday evening, the 18th inst, the
Maennerchor and Seibert's orchestra will
give a concert at the Athenaum. The pro-
gramme promises some select and enter
tanning music, including choice vocal SO.
lections..
Articles Of incorporation of the Rochester
Seminary and Normal school were filed
with the secretary of state yesterday. The
corporation is to have no capital stock, land
Is prohibited contracting a debt of more
than $1,000.
There was a little New Years at the store
of j. NJ. Warner, 80 East Third street, last
evening. occasioned by the clerks present
ing Mr.Warner with an elegant olive wood
chess, checker and domino box, valued at
$2S. and to Thomas Jebb, head clerk. a
fine pair of gold trimmed spectacles. each
accompanied with many good wishes and
all that.
The crack burnt cork performance Of
the ensuing year will be given at the Opera
house, on Monday, the 18th proximo, by
the st. Paul Ideals, who will appear on this
occasion only in clouded tints. The enter
tainment is for the benefit of the Protest
ant orphan asylum, and fine programme
will be elucidated by some of the best
amateur talent in st. Paul.
The Rev. DR.. s. G. Smith will deliver .
lecture at the Opera house on Thursda,
evening next, his subject being ::Visit t.
Venice" The well known ability of DR.
Smith should be sufficient guarantee for e
large audience, and the splendid subject
will no doubt be treated in a charming
manner. The proceeds of the lecture will
be given to the Women's Christian home
The plat commission met yesterday af
ternoon and approved four plats as fol
lows: Plat of brakes Encouragement OF
lots t, 5, . and 10, of block sc, ST. Pau
proper; Vollmer's Encouragement of blocl
Sc. West st. Paul proper; Henley's subdi
vision OF westerly 141 feet of block %
Brown Il Jackson's addition to West St
Paul: Brakes subdivision of a part Of
block 16, Whitney & Smiths addition t.
st. Paul.
City Clerk Prendergast issued 95l
licenses during 1882, as follows: Liquor
3o4, beer 5, butchers 80, one horse vehicle!
l52, two horse vehicles 13A, peddlers SO
miscellaneous l61. The income to til,
city from this source amounted tx
S5O.577. Eleven persons were licensed K
carry concealed weapons and 2,O40 dos
license We're issued. The total income O.
the city from taxes, license, ETC., wa.
$4,000. The city council held 40 com
mittee meetings and 81 council meetings
during the year.
It was the last day of the old year
practically, and the police court whose
white and unfeeling walls had so Otter
echoed the tales of crime, sorrow and mis-
fortune, looked quite vacant and empty
AS hlzzoner clambered to his seat on thu
bench he looked into the bull pen. which
contained but one solitary old battered
and used up hulk of humanity, who had
been yanked in for vagrancy. The old mar
looked at the clerk and bailiff and then a,
the prisoner, when he addressed the latter
This being the last day of the year, he
said, it is meet that the exponent of JUS
tice in this temple tincture his rulings with
the gentle dew of mercy. 1t would be
we'll if injustice and crime and human
cussedness could be wrapped up in the
shroud of the old year and put on ice tc
keep, but as this cannot be, will let the
prisoner off on good behavior. But vel
honor, said the prisoner, don't want to
be let off; want to go up for a while
That alters the case. replied hizzoner. an6