Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-21
CITY ~GLOBULEs.

The school teachers were paid $1,000
yesterday in December salaries.
The Evening Star Social club will give
one of their delightful hops at P6efer's
hall this evening.
Judge Simons' court convened yesterday
but no cases being presented for hearing,
adjourned to 10 a. m. Dec. 26.
A. G. Rose, who has served as q guard
at the workhouse for some time past, has
been appointed as a regular officer of the
police force.
A regular forest of Christmas trees are
pouring into the city, and it would seem
that Santa CLAUS was going to do the
bang up thing this yesr.
The capitol %janitor is now at work on
the discolored tiles of its spacious halls
trying to scrub out the cloud marks with
SOAP stones applications.
The call has been issued by R. o. Strong
for the annual meeting of the state fire
association to be held in Henderson on
the 18th and 18th IF January.
Herman Greve filed an action in the dis
trict court yesterday against the executors
OF the Pifard property to grant his title to
some property acquired of said estate.
TIL Christmas boom set in at the post
Office yesterday in dead earnest. The
clerks were all as busy as bees, and pack
ages were sent out almost by the wagon
load.
Postmaster DR.. Day rscsived q telegram
from the deparement at Washington yes.
tsrday, announcing the cheerful informa-
ton that his nomination for reappoint-
ment had been confirmed by the senate.
The alarm of fire from box No. % at
7:30 O'Clock yesterday morning was oc-
casioned by a chimney fire at the resi-
dence of Mr.. G. Fl. Hemenway, No. 1858
Robert street. The damage was very
| slight.
The managers of the Womans' Christian
Home will be at the home, corner of Ohm
SEED and Saltwater streets, all day to-day
to receive donations of auy kind that may
be sent in to make glad the hearts of tho
inmates.
St. Louis church, corner of Wabashaw
and Exchange streets, has just COM
pletea a new and spacious
singers gallery in front Of its new organ,
which adds much to the fine appearance
Of its audience room.
The p~ostofice officials have received a
circular from Washington announcing the
redemption of three and six cent stamps,
and three cent stamped envelopes. In no
instance, however, must the stamp or en-
velope be in any mutilated or de-
faced.
1t is expected that the elegant new high
school building at Wadena will be dedi-
Gated on Monday evening, Dec. 81, and
w. w. Pendergast, assistant Of the state
superintendent, accepted an invita-
ton, yesterday, to deliver the dedicatory
| address on the occasion.
The fall term of the st. Paul public
schools closes to-day, and this afternoon
has been set aside in honor of the memory
of the poets Alice and Phoebe Gary. Ap-
| propriate arrangements have been made
to celebrate the event, and attractive p.o-
grammes will be given in all the schools.
Pref. d.. Kiehle returned from Hast
ings yesterday where he made a few re-
marks to the state teachers inetitnte on
Wednesday evening not feeling sufficiently
recovered from his i~ndisposition to deliver
his proposed lecture to that body. The
fact of the matter is that the professor has
mentally overvorked himself.
The Congregation council, assembled at
Northfsld on Tuesday last, to install Rev.
D. M. Williams, formerly of Minneapolis,
as pastor of the Northfeld church, on
hearing that owing to financial distress, az
East Brainerd, the little Congregational
church at that place was going to be sold
under the hammer, to satisfy q builders
lien, promptly contributed 5000 to pay the
debt of.
Trough as q corduroy road" has become
obsolete in st. Paul, and "almost as rough
as the Third street sidewalk" has taken
its place. The condition of these walks
| since the recent snow has been disgrace
full and discreditable to the business men
who violate the law and the police who
fail to enforce it. Our reform govern
ment appears to nave other fish to fry
than attending to the safety of the lives
and limbs of our citizens.
A decision was given in the supreme
court yesterday by Judge Berry granting a
new trial on an appeal of a case of illegit-
innate birth, On the ground that the matter
should have been left to the decision of a
jury instead of being decided by the judge
from which Chief Justice sGil6llan dis
sents. The case is that of Charles Fitz-
gerald born of unlawful intercourse by John
Fitz gerald with his first wife before mar
rags, but treated as a:.son not only By these
parents after their marriage, but also by
said John and his second wife.
Surely 3 Merry Christmas
With one of those meerscheum pipes from Adam
Fefsch,s- CORNER Third and Jackson.