Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-27
To-DAY's WEATHER.
CITY GLOBULES.

The committee on streets of the council
have a meeting this evening.
Adiutant General Hawley received $1,000
in back pensions yesterday, for Minnesota
soldier veterans.
ArticlesSof incorporation were filed with
the secretary of state yesterday for st. Pat
rick's church, at Shieldsville, Rice county.
OF four plain DRINKS waltZed before
Judge Burr yesterday morning, one paid
S., the other three taking five days each
in the Workhouse.
The collections in Collector Bicker5 Of
fee yesterday for special taxes and licen-
ses amounted to $4,000, and from other
sources about $1,000, or nearly $4,000 IL
all.
The Literary Glass OF the Y. II. G, A.
Will give an entertainment consisting of
music, readings, Rotations &C., in the
parlors of the association this even
ing at o'clock.
The street sprinklers ought to be put in
operation on Third, Wabashaw and sew
eraI other streets of the city. The dust is
getting to be as much of an intolerable
nuisance as was the mud but few days
ago.
While Pat Comfy was driving with a
friend on the Como road yesterday after
noon his horse, which he had bought day
or two before, dropped dead from heart
disease. The horse was walking at the
time.
Connemsra town is all broke up agnin.
all over a characteristic melee and knock
down, in which NJ. Tierney, A. Mcclure
and James Foley were the principal actors,
though nearly the whole colony were en-
gagged and will be in the municipal court
this morning for one or the other side.
The blacksmith shop of Peter Hauper,
corner of Rice and Martin streets, was
robbed Thursday night of brace and two
cold chisels. The fact that other and more
valuable tools were not taken is considered
as strong proof that the thieves were pro-
fessional burglars, who took this course to
replace tools broken or worn in their
business.
The first annual ball of the "Cooks, Pastry
Cooks, and Confectioners' Cosmopolitan
association" took place at Pfeifer's hall
evening was led by Mr.. Chas. Feise, in q
splendid manner. Mr.. R. Kelly was the
master of ceremonies, and to his efforts the
success of the evening was largely due.
The Great Union band supplied the music
The whisky dealt out in this city pro-
duces an effect other than stimulating
is paralyzing, or seems so from the number
of men run into the station so utterly be-
wildered as to be incapable Of furnishing
any evidence of their identity. On We'd
nesday night pair Of speechless topers
were turned, and last night this number was
duplicated. If the experience OF the past
few days continues the results canno5 be
anticipated. One blessing attends this
anamolous condition of affairs and that is
the prevention of back talk to the officers
and disturbances on the streets.
The sale OF stalls at the market house
yesterday was more of failure than on
the day previous. The bidders were few
and the number of stalls sold was limited
to seven. Only one of these seven brought
a bonus and that bonus was only $40.
Stalls 81, %, %, &c and 81 were fixed in
price by the ordinance at $240 each, and
brought that and no more. Stall D was
fixed in price at $500 and brought that sum
only. Stall No. "a was fixed in price for
$240 and brought just $40 over that
amount, and is the only one that did com
mand bonus. Not one butchers stall was
sold.
A completely satisfactory special trial
of the Pfefferle fire escape was made yester-
day afternoon from the rear of Wilder's
block on Sibley street for Chief Fire In
spector j. j. johnson, of Winnipeg, who
gave the apparatus his unqualified APPROX
al over all other inventions of the kind and
adopted the same for the hotels and public
buildings of Winnipeg. Chief Engineer
Black and two of the st. Paul fire commits
sioners were present, and were much
pleased with the simple but effective work
ings of the escape. Another public trial
takes place at the same locality at 10
o'clock to-day, at which Mr.. Hallam, the
agent for the Northwest, will put the appa-
ratus to the severest tests.