Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-18
CITY GLOBULES.

The Sorenson murder case will be taken
up for a second trial in the district court
tomorrow morning.
Applicants for admission to the bar will
be examined by the committee and Judge
Simons next Saturday.
The plat commission met yesterday and
approved the plan OF the Reserve Garden
outlets belonging to the Thompson estate.
The examination of applicants for ad-
mission to the bar has been postponed till
10 a. M. next Saturday before Judge Sim
ous.
The case of VIM. Kelly, the urchin who
polished off another small boy, was called
in the police court yesterday and dismissed
for want of prosecution.
The series of sermons on religious prog
ress by Dr.. Dana Sabbath evenings are
proving of interest to his hearers. To-
night he speaks on the Interpreters
House and It's Lessons"
No mail has been received on the Iowa
& Minnesota and Sioux City railroads
since Thursday. The Duluth and Northern
Pacific mails due here Friday got in yes
ter1ay morning.
Two decisions were rendered by Judge
Simons yesterday in the cases of A. Nam
strolm and Peter Jindsll against NJ. D.
Clark, in both of which Judgment was
ordered for the defendants.
A raw recruit named Andy Doherty was
arrested at Seven corners by Officer Vaugn
yesterday afternoon in the act of trying to
sell his uniform to get the wherewith to
buy bulge. He was yanked to the cooler.
To the infirmity of being lame G. Neill
adds a weakness for tanglefoot, and to-
gether they down him. He was up yester
day for drunkenness, but the court pitied
his condition and sentence vas sus-
pended.
Ii was mentioned in the GLOBE yesterday
morning that another new bank was to be
started in St. Paul with capital of $780,
900. It is understood that Peter Berkey is
to be president and Frank B.Clarke is to be
vice president.
Mr.. Ed. Hammond, janitOr at the CAPT
tol, presided yesterday at the destruction
by fire of relics of the wildcat currency
days of Minnesota. The fire licked up
issues of twenty different banks, which
we're printed to represent 83,000,000.
The brilliant Aleck Of the p P. in re
porting the civil action of Geo. Nitsch vs..
Michael Lynch, tried in the district court
on Friday, stated that defendant was up
for horse stealing. This is pretty rough,
and it is understood that Gribble has been
retained in another libel suit.
Edward Fay was arraigned before Judge
Burr yesterday on suspicion of being the
party who grabbed the watch and chain of
a Red Wing merchant last Wednesday
night on East Third street. There was no
direct testimony, and the case was con-
tinuad to the 9th inst. to await develop
ments.
batch of fine old FOUNDERS were ar
raigned yesterday on the charge of va
grancy, and they were sentenced to ninety
days in the workhouse. Whan it is consid-
cred that they had to take a bath before
entering, with the mercury at 1C below,
the hardship of the sentence will be appre-
ciated.
At about 1850 o'clock yesterday
forenoon engine No. 8 responded
to a still alarm caused by fire in the roof
of the grocery and saloon, corner of Ninth
and Robert streets, The fire communicat-
ed to the roof from the chimney. The
flames were subdued before gaining much
Roadway and with very little damage.
The state insurance department moved
into its rooms in the new capitol yester-
day and will be followed the first of the
week by the adiutant general, the public
examiner and the secretary of the state
board of immigration, leaving only the
judges of the supreme court, the state
library and Historical society in Market
hall.
Judge Wilkin filed an order yesterday
afternoon in the case of G. L. Horst VS.. the
city of st. Paul and Eugene Smith and
others. The court finds that Eugene Smith
is entitled to $361.41 from the co-defend-
ants and that VIM. S. Hughes is entitled
to 5000. Counsel in the case are directed
to prepare a report and submit it to the
court.
1t is about time that some action be
taken to prevent reckless driving. Yester
day afternoon man driving a grocery
wagon came tearing down st. Peter street
at terrific rate of speed and when Seventh
street was reached he ran into a lady and
two gentlemen who were crossing the
street. One of the gentlemen was knocked
several feet and it was miraculous that he
escaped without injury. The fellow drove
away when he should have been waltzed
before the court.
VIM. Perkins, young and tony looking
beer tosser, was before the court yesterday,
charged with the larceny of a seal skin
can from the Merchants hotel. The cap
was the property of Gordon E. Cole, and
it was cabbaged while the statesman was
eating dinner. Perkins was also suspected
of being concerned in the larceny of
watch and chain from the Red Wing mer-
chant. but of this there was no direct testi-
mony. He will do time in the workhouse
for ninety days.
DR.. Smith, of the state board of health,
returned to St. Paul yesterday, from Ait
kin, where he went in company with DR..
Hewitt, to investigate the smallpox mat
ter. He reports that the situation is not
nearly as bad as rumored and that while
the disease exists to some extent, there
was no foundation for the sensational scare
that was made by some papers, concern
"a -o,,ooas nr Smith thinks that IL