Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-03
To-DAy's WEATHER.
CITY GLOBULES.

being all torn up.
Collector Bickel, of the internal revenue
service, raked in $7,126 yesterday.
The receipts for fines imposed in the
municipal court yesterday amounted to $50.
Workmen commenced excavating yes
terday for the new addition TO the city hall
j6i'.
The horse-railroad track on Wabashaw
street is being taken up and relaid length
By length.
Col. Taylor, OF the state law library, has
received the thirteenth annual report for
the state of Rhode Island.
The attention of the new sidewalk in
spector is called to several horrid pieces
OF footing on WabRshaw street.
The foliage begins to creep out on the
trees but for number of days has seemed
to look sorry that it put in an appearance
SO soon.
The Thomas festival chorus are notified
tomeet at 1870 sharp, this evening, at Tur-
ner hall. A mass rehearsal will be held
and every member should be present
pUnctually.
Judge Burr, of the municipal court, and
family, left yesterday for a two weeks
visit in the south. Associate Judge A. S.
Hall will dispense even handed justice
during Judge Burr'5 absence.
A false alarm came in from box II about
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and in the
evening about s O'Clock another alarm was
sent in, caused by the wire at the Metropol-
itan taking fire. No damage at all.
John Gaettle, in company with Capt.
Barney, went up to Minneapolis yesterday
and explained to the railroad men of that
place the numerous advantages that his
car coupling invention has over all other
kinds.
The city engineer, city attorney and ex-
City Engineer Rundlett were in consulta-
ton yesterday to perfect the proposed
building ordinance, which will probably
be presented at the next meeting of the
council.
The committee on police of the city
council met yesterday afternoon, and de-
cide3 to recommend Isaac Wesley Evans,
(cOlored) as member of the police force,
and also to make arrangements for q
patrol wagon.
The board of public works held special
meeting yesterday afternoon and approved
the Pay rolls, and sent the matter of grad
ing Chestnut street, from Pleasant avenue
to Fort street, to the council, with a favor
able recommendation.
The two fresh Americans of African de-
scent, who stole seven dollars from Mrs.
Mary Barnes few days ago, had their trial
yesterday before Judge Hall in the munich
pal court. They both pleaded guilty and
were fined SIS each, which they paid.
They will never get rich at thai rate.
Lieut.. Clyde, of company K, Second reg
iment Minnesota National Guards, of Lit
tie Falls, was in the city yesterday on
matters pertaining to uniforJning the
same. Boylon & Co., of New York city,
are making the uniforms of nine of the
several regiment companies, and each suit
averages the cost of $3.50.
Carrie Mccarthy, q poor, unfortunate
woman, well-known to most of the people
of st. Paul, who was quite we'll off several
years ago but is now poor, was locked up
IN one of the cells at the city hall last
night. She has been in the hospital for
several weeks and recently got out. She
was suffering from the effects of morphine
and fairly howled in a most frightful
manner.
The members of the grand jury, on re-
firing, Immediately took up the case of
jacobson, who was arrested by Officer De-
Courcey on charge of stealing lot of
carpenters tools. After getting through
with that they turned their attention to
Nelson, who is charged with robbing the
proprietor Of the St. Thomas hotel of $50.
1t Is understood that indictments were
found N each of the cases.
Postmaster Day yesterday appointed
Geo. W. Hardacre, late of Chicago, as su-
perintendent of city carriers, in place of
Geo. Topley, resigned. Mr.. Hardacre has
had an experience of some Is years in the
Chicago postofice in almost every branch
OF the business, and is in reality an expert.
just such an officer as our growing CITY
needs Mr. Hardacre will assume the
duties of his new Office on the 18th inst.
Messrs. Fairchild & Davidson, the live
real estate dealers, yesterday took possess
ion of their new Office on Jackson straet
IN the Davidson block, and are fitting il
up in good style. The Office room thew had
was altogether too contracted for their ran
idly increasing business, and thew have
therefore taken the whole of the first fioor
No. 334 Jackson street, where Wilpus was
They will be ready to see their friends in
good shape in day or two.
Californian says that for street dip-
cling and mining in that country nothing is
used but the long handled and sharp curved
blade Ames shovel, and says it makes him
groan to see st. Paul laborers SWEATING
away with the short-handled SCOOPS COSTING
ten times the labor to throw a lift of dirt
from the street to cart, as the long shovel
in addition to whose penetrating power of
blade is added the immense leverage gained
by its ten-foot handle on both leg and arm,
Railroad Commissioner Gen. James H
Baker left the city yesterday for Albert
Lea to investigate the particulars of re-
cent railway accident happening there, in
which parties claim locomotive engineeT
was culpable. 1t seems that a railwav
yard boy named Frank Hardy was told to
pull pin from freight train while the
same was in motion, by the engineer afore
said, the result being that the lad was rur
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