Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-18
CITY aLoBULEs

Ex-Mayor Dawson has sold tract of land
in Smiths addition to Charles and Henry
Sauer for $4,000
Mr.. Frank Breuer, president of the board OF
fire commissioners, left yesterday for an ex-
tended tour East.
The annual meeting of the State Agricuitur-
al society will be held at the Metropolitan no.
tel, Wednesday, February 1.
An extensive sale of real estate for delin-
quent taxes will take place at the city treas
urer's office alto O'Clock tomorrow morning.
DR.. P. s. Haskell is to give medical lecture
on Home Hygiene" before the Y. NJ. Z. A
tomorrow evening at S O'Clock, All are in
vited.
A man named John Dunkin was arrested
Yesterday afternoon charged with the larceny
of a razor from W. H. Robinson. The hear
ing resulted in his discharge
Deputy Steamboat Inspector Scott returned
Yesterday from saltwater. He reports that
the steamer Mark Bradley has been wrecked
and that the Whitmore will be rebuilt.
Messrs H. r. Stevens, Lorenzo Allis and j.
W. Willis have been appointed examining
committee for the ensuing year to examine
applicants for admission to the bar. The
next meeting will be on February IS.
The late Mrs. Dousman was the mother OF
the famous Joe Roulette, who had the honor
of saving the capital to st. Paul, in 1858, by
running away with the bill, the passage OF
which would have removed it to st. Peter.
In the district court yesterday Ole Benson,
Mn(larfbu Inhn HanRs
and James Donovan, indicted for larceny
pleaded not guilty. The same plea was made
by Oliver La Pointe, indicted for assault.
Donovan and Ferguson were released on bail
of $500 each.
The residence of DIR. C. E. Smith, corner of
Fourth and Market streets, had narrow es-
cape from destruction by fire yesterday fore
noon. The fire caught about the chimney over
the kitchen. Fortunately, however, it was
discovered before it had spread to any great
extent, so that the vigorous use of an axe and
several buckets of water subdued the flames
without call upon the department.
A brother of boy named Pat Kelly was
before hizzoner yesterday, charged with having
been drunk and disorderly. Sunday night he
forced his way into the church at the har-
yester works, and once inside the impious
wretch desecrated the temple by using the
cushions as bed, this, however, probably not
being the first time they have been pounded in
that way. He went to the bastile for thirty
days.
There is an old saw that says those who
dance must pay the piper. Sometimes people
get crankey when the tune isn't to their
liking and refuse to pay. Anon they pay and
then squeal. AS general thing man who
bets his money against cards aud loses and
10 oapcidarah1a N O. Yocfardau
morning q man called ON Mayor Rice, with
his wife, and They set up a joint howl about
having lost $40 on card at the Robert street
faro layout. Of course they wanted their
good ducats buck.
There was flied with the secretary of state
yesterday notice of the appointment of Robert
Miller, of Fergus Falls, as attorney and agent
of the Dundee, Scotland, Mortgage and Trust
Investment company, limited, corporation
created by virtue of the general laws of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and ireland,
and also the agreement of said company, that
service OF process or summons in any proceed
ing concerning any real estate in which the
said corporation is interested, made upon said
Miller, shall be as valid and binding as if made
on the corporation.
It will be remembered that about two
months ago. young man named John Ladd
was arrested on the charge of stealing check
for 81, 500 from his former chum and room
mate, named Joseph Tricter. As ne evidence
was produced to substantiate the charge,
other than what seemed to be strong force of
circumstances, he was committed for ninety
days, the object being in the meantime to dis
cover something definite as to what became of
the check Night before last it was found at
their old boarding house by the landlady and
yesterday Tricter was exonerated and dis
charged.
About7 o'clock yesterday morning Officer
DeCorsey was approached by drunken man
on Jackson street, whose bloody appearance
indicated that he might have gone through a
sanguinary war. Upon inquiring it was de-
veloped that the man had fallen from the bluff
on Bench street to the railroad track. He re.
ceived several not very serious cuts in the
head and his eyes were bunged up. The fell
low was beastly drunk and he was taken to
the cooler to thaw out and sober up. In the
afternoon he was. before the court and on
promising to reform he was restored to the
bosom of his family.
In the gray light of early dawn yesterday
morning, pedestrians on Cedar street, oppo-
site the Capitol grounds, were startled by the
ghostly means of voice that seemed to come
from the innermost bowels of the earth or
the tOmbs. One more inquisitive person
sought to investigate the doleful proceeding,
and after quite search the owner of the voice
was found in sewer hole or cistern situated
near the sidewalk. Officer DeCorsey was
present, and with some assistance he succeed
ed in getting the half frozen wretch out of
the hole. He proved to be an INDECENT Swede
who1owered himself into the hole for nights
lodging, and being unable to get out he al
most persisted from cold. After he had been
thawed out he was brought before the court,
and it was considered charity to send him up
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