Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-14
CITY GLOBULES.

part Of the week.
The workhouse will be ready to receive
guests to-day, or by tomorrow at the
latest.
\ wolf-skin robe belonging to Mr.. Hodg-
son was stolen from his cutter in front of
the postof1ice.
Judge Brill on yesterday took up the di-
vorce case of Martin Feist gainst Ber-
nardina Feist.
Chief Weber and City Attorney Murray
attended the conclave of the knights of
Pythias in Minneapolis yesterday.
The employees of the postof1ice rejoiced
yesterday over the possession of two ele-
CANT carrier tables. They are new and
handy continuance and they will seat ten
carriers each.
The Sir Knights of st. Paul will leave
for Hastings in body on the noon train
to-day, where they will attend the funeral
of the late William Grosvenor. They will
return by a special train.
The literary class of the Y. NJ. G. A. will
give an entertainment consisting of music,
readings, recitations, etc, tomorrow even
ing at O'Clock in the parlors of the asso-
ciasion. All are welcome.
At meeting of the Hennepin county
deleaa ton, held at the Metropolitan hotel
last evening, it was voted to recommend
the passage of the park bill substantially
as drafted by the park commissioners and
allow the issue Of 100000 in bonds.
Bids will be opened by the board of pub
lie works, Friday, for the proposed culvert
over Phalen creek, to cost about $25,000
It will be $50 feet long, sixteen feet wide
and fourteen feet high, and the top or
roadway will be sixty-six feet in width.
A venerable party from the rural dist
riots named Richardson, was arrested by
Capt. Clark and Detective O'Connor yes
terday afternoon,h his condition being blind
drunk He had 1902 on his person and
was IN company with two women when
run in.
Dr.. Murphy desires it understood that
the remains of the switchman, Mcmahon,
who was killed on Monday night, were
taken to the establishment of Leigh 81 Co.
by order of the railroad company, and not
by his direction, as intimated in a morn
ing paper yesterday.
A youth named Michael Robeskyi ran
away from home, few days since, because
his step-mother beat him. He sought
refuge with family named Tubeson, and
yesterday his father had him before Judge
Burr The court gave him nice talk, and
he promised to be a good boy.
Chas. Anderson guzzled tangle-foot
Monday night until he had the blind stag
gers when he cabbaged sheep from Nc
Intosh's shop on Robert street. He tried
to sell the mutton for thirty five cents, and
being detected he was run in. A sentence
of thirty days was imposed.
Before hizzoner yesterday camel
stalwart named P. W. Ressman, the young
man who in drunken frenzy drew re-
volver on Third street Monday
afternoon and attempted to make
things exceedingly lively. He had moth
ing much to say and he was fined so for
disorderly, s. for carrying concealed wea-
pons and the gun" was confscated.
Tomorrow Thursday evening is to be
grand gala night at the st. Paul skating
rink. Manager Hazard has arranged for
. grand display of fireworks, which will
snrpass anything ever seen in this region,
and has invited the members of the legis
lature and the aldermen of the city to be
present. It will be grand masquerade
carnival that will be worth attending.
About . o'clock yesterday morning a
barn on Eleventh street, between Mime
sofa and Robert streets, was burned, with
Loo e l,r,,N ol~ a
o'clock, a small barn worth about 500, on
Eleventh street, between Cedar and Min
nesota, was destroyed by fire. The struc-
ture belonged to John Kerwin. Both these
buildings we're undoubtedly set on fire in
tentionally.
James Thomas, alias Mississippi Red,
visited st. Paul yesterday, having just
served three years. sentence for burglary
in the penitentiary. Mr.. Thomas is look
ing well and he still maintains that he
went up an innocent man. He speaks we'll
of the treatment received and pays high
compliment to the warden, doctor and
deputy of the prison. Thomas seems to
be all right and should be given helping
hand.
About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
man who dld not give his name, was found
by Capt. Clark and Detective O'Connor, in
a pretty bad state of intoxication. The
two officers took him to the city hall and
locked him up, where he remained until he
got sobered up. On searching him they
found over $500 in money on his person,
among which were several twenty dollar
gold pieces that were found in his outside
overcoat pocket.
A very respectable appearing elderly
man, well dressed and well behaved, who
gave his name as Vim. Shakford, was ar
rested last evening on charge of stealing
a bottle of bay rum from Wilkes drug
store at the Seven corners. The gentle
man claim that he intended to pay for
the rum, bat the boy says the man pur-
chased some small article and that while
he (the boy was making change the man
pocketed the bottle.
Mrs. Fred. Whitaker died yesterday
after brief illness Of pneumonia. Her
husband died Saturday of the same dis
ease. Mrs. Whitaker seemed to lose heart
. from the moment of her husbands death,