Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-30
CITY GLOBULES.

The city has sold 325 liquor licenses.
Chief Strong left for Red Wing yester-
day to attend the meeting of the State Fire
association.
City treasurer Refs is anxious to have
the legislature give the authority to col
Iect delinquent taxes.
The effects in the governors Office were
being got in readiness for removal to-day
into his rooms in the new capitol.
The state legislature in its great act
How not to elect U. S. senator" will
meet in Joint convention at II m. to-day.
The clock in the market hall tower is
demoralized, and should promptly receive
the attention of the regulator. city
clock an hour too slow is n. G.
A number of the members of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen, of this city
will attend the ball to be given by the
order in Minneapolis tonight.
Wabashaw street was RECALLED with fu-
rious double runaway yesterday afternoon,
during which score of more of persons
narrowly escaped serious injury.
The many friends of Hon. Vim. Bickel
and family will be panied to learn that
the condition of their son Eddie, who is i'll
with typhoid pneumonia, is considered ex-
tremely critical.
To-day Mr.. Watkins will put in the
waters at Saltwater 100000 white fl sh eggs
and tomorrow 100000 into the waters
along the Iowa & Minnesota division of
the Milwaukee road.
Judge Wilkin on yesterday appointed
Messrs. l. V. D. Heard, Lorenzo Allis and
John W. Willis, as committee to examine
applicants for admission to the bar. The
first examination will take place Feb. II
His name was Jones, and he emulated
Dick Turpin by carrying a ninety-nine
cent revolver in his pocket. The court
is down on this kind of 'hard" men and
the prisoner was fined So, and the gun
was confscated.
Secretary Young, of the state board of
immigration, reports receiving a large
number of letters lately from Kentuckians
asking for information as to the advan-
tages offered by Minnesota and other sec
tious of the Northwest for settlement.
Harry Childs was before the court yes
terday charged with the larceny of pack
age from an express wagon. No prosecu-
ton was made and as it was shown that
ne was under the Influence of liquor when
the otfense was committed, he was only
committed for fifteen days.
The gambling cases of j. Connors, D
Thompson, J. Evans, 4. Childs, j. Cove,
J. Shanks and J. Donahue we're called be-
fore Judge Burr yesterday, and jury trials
were demanded in each inst lance. The
cases were set for trial on the 10th, 18th,
10th and 18th of February, respectively.
August Walters is his name, and he
comes from West st. Paul. He was
brought over by Officer Mccarthy, on a
charge of beating his wife. He not only
beat her but threatened to cut her throat.
In the struggle she succeeded in getting
the knife away from him, which was very
fortunate for her, and probably saved the
papers from recording another murder.
There is a domestic crime for which the
law provides no adequent punishment. 1t
is that of wife beating, and for the wretch
es who indulge in this brutal propensity
there should be the stocks and whipping
post. Hardly day passes but what offend
ers of this kind are before the court.
Yesterday there were two cases. Chas.
Leyhwas arraigned for whipping his wife,
and the hearing was continued until to-
day, and Ellen Murphy swore out war
rant for the arrest of her husband on
the same charge.