Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-30
CITY GLOBULEs.


Mrs. B. f. Wright, wife of Prot. Wright,
was considerably better yesterday.
Dr. Stewart expects to get into his new
house on Washington street in few days.
Tie Street Car company is engaged in
grading up It's track-ways with dirt and
broken limestone.
The exercises Of the graduating class Of
the ST. Paul Business college takes place
this evening at 1880 p. N.
City Treasurer Rice yesterday sent
$4,000 to New York city to meet the bond
ed interest coming due April 1.
Z small boz was lost from No. CLIO
Mississippi street yesterday and for a
while there was great tribulation.
The national guard are going TO give
severe attention to swivel drill and the
stacking OF arms without bayonets.
JAS. O'Foote, chronic dead beat and
vagrant, before Judge Burr yesterday, was
discharged upon promise to leave town.
The receipts of the municipal court this
month will amount to about $4,000, of
which sum $1,10O Will represent collections
from frail women.
4 man who was engaged above the bridge
blasting out ice, foated of down the river
or q cake of ice yesterday afternoon, and
did not stop till ne passed the lower eleva-
tor, when he came il contact with more
ice and escaped to the shore.
! boy named Munday ran away from
the workhouse Wednesday afternoon. He
is the boy that stole the overcoats from
the hIgh school building and is about sew
enteen years old, and had on the workhouse
pants, bit no coat. His shirt was red and
striped.
Frank Joseph was arrested yesterday by
Officer Baer, in the act CT breaking in the
windows of lLr. V. S. Combs residence on
Pleasant avenue. The house has been va
cant for several weeks and some boys have
found their way into it and stolen number
Of small articles Of value.
President Delano was yesterday intro
duced to enc Of the important duties Of
his Office, that Of signing pay orders for
the fire department, but owing 10 his &C
quaintance and familiarity with that kind
of work during his long railroad career, he
took TO it as naturally as duck does to
water.
Nm. McKenny, N. Carly, ". Ryan and
Chas. McDermott, simple DRINKS, and Pat
Moran, noisy drunk, were sent to the work
house yesterday by sUdge Burr; the first
four for five days each, and the latter for
ten days; while II. Skelly, John Benson
and John Sullivan, for the same offense,
paid s. each.
The argument in the O'Gorma-- Rjchter
contest upon the motion OF plaintiff that
defendant show cause, if any he has, why
the Judgment of the court declaring him
entitled to the Office of sheriff of Ramsey
county, shall not take effect at once, will
be made before Judges Brill and Sim ons
at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The committees Of the board of public
works have been meeting nearly every
evening of this week, having in considera-
ton the proposed widening of Grove street
between Broadway and Pearl, and assess
ments for numerous changes in grade in
different streets in the city. The regular
meeting of the board will be held this at
ternoon at . o'clock.
The Faribault soldier boys who took
part in the prize drill at the Armory We'd
nesday evening. spent yesterday in seeing
the city and calling upon friends, and left
for home by the evening train. Though
somewhat disappointed and chagrined at
their defeat in the drill, they bore it philo-
sophically and will try at some future time
to turn the tables on their victors.
". II. Onsteno, Of Rochester, and Charles
Fife, Of Princeton, occupied room % at
the Clarendon hotel Wednesday night.
When they went ID bed they tried the eZ-
pertinent Of blowing out the gas rather
than turning it on. Fortunately a gentle
man occupying an adjoining room discov-
cred the escaping gas in time to avert fatal
results to Messrs. Onsteno and Fife.
The miniature army of carpenters at the
state house were discharged last evening.
the structure being so far finished as to
need the services of but one or two Of the
useful gentlemen to finish up sUndry small
jobs. The change is grateful one to the
occupants of the departments to whom the
hammer and nail blows have grown to be
exceedingly tedious and unpleasant.
deed was filed yesterday from Celestia
B. Gilbert, and Newington Gilbert, of
Lakeland, Washington county, MIMI, to
t0OpIAld A4OASOc. VI &NOW AOAh Why's OOA-
veying the southeast quarter of southeast
quarter of section q, town 90, range 23,for
$4,000. This is the forty acre tract north
of the old driving park, now Midway, and
south of the st. Paul & Manitoba road.
A. j. Gandon, the English agent of
England in the Isle of Jersey, for emigra-
ton to New South Wales and Australia, has
written for documents at the immigration
department of this state, for the informa-
ton of emigrants desiring to come hither
for settlement. As the Lily of jerseys
isle has not favored US with her presence,
send along those native violets, and it Will
be just as satisfactory.
Col. R. M. Newport gave an exceedingly
interesting informal talk on Experiences
of European Travel" last evening in the
parlors of the Y. NJ. C. A. The talk
abounded with amusing incidents of travel
on sea and land, and the vivid description
of the beautiful scenery ard wonderful
sights of the old world told in the colonel's
peculiarly interesting and graphic manner
was like trip across the sea to his hearers.