Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-22
CITY GLOBULES.

CITY GLOBULEs.
The fire alarms have averaged one day
thus far this month.
Sheriff Richter yesterday bought 215
pounds of turkeys for his prisoners.
The work of cleaning the snow from the
sidewalks went bravely on yesterday.
The school teachers were paid yesterday,
something over $4,000 being distributed
among them.
The paper of Golfers Lights of London
company, is the finest spread in this city
this season.
The sheriff had gang of men out yes
terday cleaning the snow from the walks
around Court House square.
The journeymen plumbers of st. Paul
will give their annual ball Friday evening,
the 10Th inst, at Pfeifer's hall.
Sheriff Brown, of Pembina county,
Dakota, passed through st. Paul yesterday
with two prisoners for Detroit.
The testing of the fire alarm boxes was
proceeded with yesterday and many peo-
pie thought there were many fires.
w. S. Sheridan, head waiter of the Sher
man house, mourns the loss of an overcoat,
lifted during the breakfast hour yesterday
morning.
The Street Railway company will divide
their gross receipts of their several lines
Christmas day among their DRYERS, as
Christmas gift.
70 ~ fba
ton of jai.er till tomorrow. In the mean
time Mr.. Jessrang will continue in his old
place and hold the fort.
Fire alarm boxes GO, at Marie and Fifth
streets, and 25, Jackson and Eighth streets,
were placed in the circuit yesterday, and
upon being tested were found to work all
right.
The Telephone company have put an in
strument in the residence of Chief Strong
of the fire department, SO that parties
having telephone connection can
speak with the chief hereafter as occasion
shall require.
The case of Catherine Finnerty, of the
Sixth ward, arrested month ago yester-
day upon complaint of her husband for
undertaking to caress him with hatchet,
already continued three times, was again
continued yesterday until the 10th of Jan
uary, so that the husband, if he really de-
sires, can take the case before the grand
jury.
Col. Taylor, state librarian, yesterday
received from the compiler, Osborn q.
Oldroyd, volume of the Lincoln Memorial
:Aioum lmmortelles, containing original
.lfe pictures, with autographs from the
heads and hearts of eminent Americans and
Eur Peans cotemporaneous with Abraham
Lincoln, together with extracts of his
speeches, letters and sayings, etc.
A citizen expresses some doubt as to
portion of the story in yesterdays GLOBE,
about a cow 100 years old. The
statement he objects to, is, that the cente-
marian animal is still alive. He is ready to
swear that it was slaughtered some months
ago, and that its beef has been since then
fetailed in this city! He declares he has
dislocated his jaw several times, trying to
''chaw" up piece of the venerable kline.
Mr.. D. R. Noyes gave very interesting
and instructive lecture last evening in the
parlors of the Y. NJ. G. A., on ga trip to,
the Yellowstone park the wonderland of
America; many incidents of the trip, fish
stories, beautiful descriptions of the Gey-
sers, the mountains and streams, were given
and many curious and wonderful speci-
mems of the region were shown; the trip
throughout was very enjoyable and all
present were delighted.
The members of the Turner society held
a meeting at Turner hall last night for
the purpose of making some arrangement
whereby the debt incurred in the construc-
ton of the new hall might be wiped out.
After talking the matter over it was finally
determined to form stock company. This
was done and those present signed for
$1,000 of shares. There is no doubt that
the whole stock will be subscribed and
this fine organization will be enabled to go
ahead and take the position it ought to
occupy.
State Treasurer Kittelson yesterday re-
ceived letter from L. S. Mortimer, con
nected with the postofice department.,
Washington, D. c., enclosing five old wild
cat bank bills and requesting information
as to whether the records of the Office
show them to be redeemabIs at this t1me,'
The bills enclosed were two So on the Chi
sage County bank, Taylors Falls, 1859; a
3 on the Exchange bank Of Glencoe, 1868;
3 On the Farmers bank of Garden City,
1000, and 10 on the Bank of Rochester.
tooS. treasurer Kittelson has not yet
oeen able to find the fund in which they
are redeemable.
The Wyndaih Comedy Company.
Mr.. Charles Wyndam and his comedy
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