Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-23
CITY GLOBULEs

Hearts of Oak at the Opera house to.
night.
Up to nightfall yesterday there had not been
single arrest.
The criminal term OF the district court COM
mences to-day.
The Mormon iniquity Will be ventilated at
Sherman hall tonight.
st. Paul is becoming the most orderly city
on Sunday in the Union.
The annual masquerade ball of the German
society will take place at the Athenwum this
evening.
The skating is superb and the river was
crowded yesterday with those who delight in
this pastime.
Next to red hot stove last night buffalo
coat and over shoes were the most comfortable
things in existence.
Prof. Willeston will address the Wednesday
evening prayer meeting at Plymouth church
on the present claims Of Carleton college.
The alarm of fire from box No. 5, about 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon was occasioned by
slight blaze in one story building on Prairie
near Exchange street. The damage was nomi-
nal.
Major Bracket arrived from Red Wing yes
terday morning, having in custody man
named Albert Sanders, proprietor of bagnio
in that city, charged with selling liquors with
out special license.
Sheriff Richter returned yesterday from a trip
to Emerson and Winnipeg, where he went in
search of witness for prosecution in the Hes.
peler case. He reports the mercury at Winni-
peg Saturday morning, at 40 degrees below
zero, with splendid sleiEhing.
The dog trains for Gen. Rosser's South
Saskatchewan exposition will leave Winnipeg
by rail to-day for the end of the track, from
which place they will be sent to Fort Qu' Ap.
pellee, where Gen. Rosser, who leaves Winni-
peg on February l, will meet them.
Mr.. w. l.. McGrath, received from the
United States fish commission at Washing
ton, last week, twenty German carp, very
eculiar and valuable fish, which he has
placed in the beautiful little lake that covers
about fifteen acres on his farm beyond Como
The dramatic division of the German society
has in active rehearsal and will soon produce
the five act play of 'The Stranger, or Nissan.
thropy and Repentance" This play is an old
favorite in it's English adaptation, but has
never been played here in its original text by
Kotzebue.
A reward of 81 900 is offered for the arrset
of VIM. Burke, alias 'Billy, the kid" who
escaped from the Albany county, New York
Jail on the 18th inst. He is wanted for grand
larceny, and is described as being five feet, six
inches in height, "a years of age, weighs lac
pounds, is fair complexioned, and wears light
moustache.
Yesterday afternoon running match wal
arragned betwean George Leyh and Jack Ryan
the distance being from Grotes Tivoli across
the st. Paul bridge and return, for wager Of
s. The match came off ct 4 o'clock when
both men got q good start, but before the
turn was reached it proved grand fizzle
Leyh, who is overstout became wind
broken, and Ryan was taken sick. The result
was an oyster supper all around.
Officer Baer found a little blind child locked
up in poor old house, on Fort street, neal
the Seven Corners, last night. He heard the
child crying for some time, till finally be
thought he ought to look after it. When be
went to the house as above stated he found il
locked. Concluding that he ought to do some
thing about it he broke in and found no fire in
the house and the child very cold. He re-
moved it to place where it could be warmed
and made it comfortable. It seems that the
parents are in the habit of locking it up in this
way and leaving it, but last night was colder
than usual, and the little thing suffered good
deal