St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-08
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CITY GLOBULES.

Prof. G. A. CARAT will give an organ re-
cital at House of Hope church, this after
noon, at 4 o'clock.
There were but few passengers on board
ship on the trip of GAN around the world in
eighty minutes at Market hall last even
ing.
Officer O'Keefe commenced last night to
make the guests at the hotel de tramp register
their occupations as well as place of resi-
dence.
County Auditor j. j. McCardy is just now
very busy in preparing the financial re-
port of Ramsey county for the fiscal year end
ing Feb. IS, 1884.
O. NJ. McLain is adding new shelving and
office accommodations to his first class to-
bacco and cigar store in McKinney's new
Wabashaw street block.
The suit Of Harriet P. Smith against Vim.
ell, on trial before Judge Wilkin and a jury
in the district court yesterday, is for the bal
ance of a note, which, the defendant claims,
has been satisfied.
John Casey, for attempting to in1ict a
few Sullivan slugs on a companion, was
placed in the calaboose yesterday afternoon,
and John Browns body was similarly dealt
with for similar offensc.
building permit for the erection of a
roller skating rink was issued to T. H. Day
ton yesterday. The rink, of which the par
ticulars have heretofore been given, will
stand at the corner of Tenth and Jackson
streets, and cost So, 500.
John Hunter rushed out of a saloon near
the tunnel last night and gtaspng hold of
two little boys accused them of stealing his
money. The great lubber was hoisted into
the city hall by an officer where his funds :,
consisting of 1888, were found on his per-
son.
Messrs. Duncan & Barry, the popular
Third street tailors, received yesterday
through the custom house, the largest in
voice of imported English suiting cloths that
has ever come to st. Paul. The shipment is
direct from London and shows in a high de-
gree the energy that always characterizes this
firm.
Two drunken Swedes, named Frank Weth-
erson and John Russell, got into a fight at
the corner of Rosabel and Fifth streets YES
terday afternoon, and only ceased hostilites
upon the advent of the patrol wagon, which
provided them with means of transit to the
city hall, where they were registered as drunk
and disorderly.
The board of public works have been busy
IN committee the past week mapping out the
amount of assessments to be made on the
1900 lots necessary to the forthcoming
Seventh street Improvements, as well as
upon the assessments for the grading and
slOpIng OF Rice street, for which 1000 lots |
will be assessed
a. McDonough, confined in the county jail |
Tor several weeks awaiting the action of the
grand jury for assaulting an officer in West
St. Paul with dangerous weapon, was adj |
mltted to bail yesterday in the sum of 81 900 |
by Judge Brill for his appearance at the next |
Term OF the district court with John B. |
Olivier and Edward Langevin as sureties.
Hattie Parks, the colored insane woman |
arrested on Thursday evening at the corner
of Eighth and jackson streets and taken to |
the city hall, got loose temporarily Yesterday |
morning and pitched into Jailer Joseph |
Spiel with wild cat fury, rendering him hors |
du combat She was examined at the pro-
bate court in the afternoon, and dispatched |
post haste to st. Peter. The cause of her in |
sanity is unknown.
Lulu NJ. Grant, wife of Elmer C. Grant. |
brakeman, who was killed at Chandler, Wis |
commenced suit against the railroad COM
pany for $4,000 damages, alleging that her
husbands death was caused by the negligence
OF the company, and while obeying the com
mands of his superior. Grant was coupling
cars and was crushed by piling protecting |
over the end Of one of them.
City bonds to the amount of S12O 900 were |
yesterday disposed of by Controller Roche, |
being taken by the st. Paul Fire 81 Marine |
Insurance company, and by the First |
National bank, at premium of15S per cent.
The bonds bear interest at per cent; $685.
600 are issued for sewerage purposes. and
$25, 900 are workhouse bonds. The sewer
bonds run twenty-five years, and the work
honse bonds for thirty years. The receipts
Tor them amounted to $121, $50.
Two suits by Wanner and Co., against J.
j. Watson ct al, were decided by Judge
Simons yesterday. Wanner g. Co. furnished
materials and did some work on houses
built by defendants, but chimney and fire.
place were found to be defective and caused
fire. The court decided that the defend
ants need not pay for this work but were en-
titled to Judgment for S32 damages occas-
Toned by its defects. Judgment for the |
plaintiff for the balance due $204 IA was en-
tered.
Stephen Kult is the owner of lot II, block
8, Robert & Randall's addition, situated on
Eleventh street next to the German United
Evangelical st. Paul church, and yesterday
commenced suit in the district court to re-
cover strip of this lot, five feet nine inches
wide, which, he alleges, the church has ap-
proprited and now holds possession Of Rich
ard Hall and the trustees of the church are
defendants. Kult also asks for 500 damages
by reason of being kept out of the use of his
property.
Louisa Christian, aged SO, has had marital
troubles and asked divorce from her hus-
band, Frank, aged 46. The parties were
married in Birdstown, ILL.,, in February 1877,
since which time the husband has been
guilty of drunkenness, cruel and inhuman
treatment, failing to provide, and desertion,