Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-07
CITY GL0BULES.

An allowance IOr SZ:0OO DICK peilSlOHS
was received at the adiutant generals de-
partment yesterday.
The Northern Pacific people are boast
ing a good deal of the coal deposits aloHg
the line Of their road.
The closing performance OF the Italian
opera combination Will be given at the
Opera house this evening.
The funeral Of the late Officer John
Sheehan takes place at 8 O'Clock this
morning from the cathedral.
The fish commissioners are still dishing
oat the little fishes all the time, but do not
expect any mere for some time.
The Mutual Fire Insurance company, OF
Delaware, O., was admitted to do business
IL the state of Minnesota yesterday.
Acting Chief Duggan and Assistant Hill
debrand, we're busily engaged IN scrubbing
out an / renovating their rooms in the city
hail.
Mayor Rice yesterday appointed Thomas
H. Dickinson special policeman in the
yard of the st. Paul & Manitoba Railroad
company, vice Pat Gibbons discharged.
There were four fines paid in the munic-
ipal court yesterday-three simple drunks
and one drunk and disorderly, aggregating
$25, and one commitment to the work
house for ten days.
The steamer Minneapolis, of the David
son electric line, has the honor of being
the first boat up the river this season.
Yesterday it came up as far as La Crosse
and then started back to st. Louis.
The ice in the river below the bridge
broke loose yesterday afternoon and moved
down the river to the bend. The strong
current is rapidly wearing the ice away,
and a few days of mild weather will clear
the river to Lake Pepin.
Officer Lowell was credited in yester-
days papers with making a bad mistake
in arresting a crowd of citizens as ''vags."
1t was another officer who made the blundsr
which was unaccountably credited to
Lowell. He had nothing whatever to do
with tins affair.
Nothing could be learned yesterday at,
the general offices of the Chicago, st. Paul
d Omaha road, in this city, as to the re-
ported changes that are likely to take place
on the Royal Route. Most of the officers
are away and those that are here do not
know anything on the subject.
Mr.. Dennis Ryan, who purchased some
time ago large portion of the Desnoyer
estate, yesterday closed up contract for
the remainder of it. This consisted of
hrs. Desnoyer'5 life estate in twenty
acres OF land and $500 per year. Mr..
Ryan now owns both. The price paid is
not made public.
The merchant tailoring establishment of
hraI Il Buckta, $40 Fort street, was bur-
glarized Thursday night. the thieves carry
ing away some remnants of cloth, half
dozen or so handkerchiefs, scarf pins, etc.
The style of work done is accepted as con
elusive evidence by the police that the
thieves were boys.
Special Policeman Gibbons, charged
with Pat O'Halloran, also special officer,
by Gus Eggleston with assault and battery
was discharged yesterday morning by
Judge Burr, upon the motion of City At
torney Murray, who stated that investiga-
ton failed to show any grounds for the
charge. O'Halloran demanded Jury trial
and his case was continued until the 9th
Mayor Rice received communication
yesterday from Capt. Wheeler, of the
quartermaster's department of the United
States army, in which the mayors atten-
ton is called to the fact that the city au-
thorities are dumping refuse upon the lots
purchased for the government to erect a
warehouse. As the government will com
mence soon to work upon the building.
Capt. Wheeler desires to have the dumping
of refuse stopped.
To NJ
last concert of the series that he has been
giving at Turner hall during this winter.
On this occasion he will be assisted by the
members of Bach's orchestra of Milwaukee.
who have been in this vicinity for week,
playing with the Italian Opera company.
the two organizations will present large
and very efficient body of musicians, that
will present superior programme in a
very superior manner.
This afternoon. at 3 O'Clock, an exhibit
ton viii be given at the st. James hotel of
the Pfeiferle fire escape, for which the
claim is made that it is the most wonder
ful life saving invention of the age Some
thing OF this kind the public imperatively
demand as part Of the equipment of
hotels, and such an appliance at private
residences and business buildings, that
offers i'm munity from loss of life, will be
readily adopted. The public will be inter
ested in Witnessing the fire escape exhi-
bition this afternoon.
She modestly put her head in at a store
door, having seen baskets of strawberries
displayed in front, and asked how much
they sold them for. "One dollar basket"
some dollar a basket" she
managed to drawl out in the space of five
minutes, and looking at the dapper young
grocery clerk with stoney stare, she ejac-
ulated: Young man, you will get to the
St. Peter insane asylum before we pick
berries again here, if you don't quit your
horrid lying! Oh, you mean thingw
John Lawrie, for plain drunk, was sent
to the workhouse yesterday for ten days.
Lawrie was arrested for the same offense
Tuesday night last, and discharged by
Judge Burr the next morning upon the
recommendation of City Attorney Murray
and Officer Mcmahon who arrested him,