St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-11
THE CITY.
CITY GLoBULES.

Two deaths were reported NJ Inc neaiSn
Office yesterday.
A case of diphtheria was reported yesterday
from Third and Bates streets.
The funeral of the late Edward Mahoney
took place from the cathedral yesterday
afternoon.
A building permit was yesterday issued 70
Henry Freund for an ice house on Chicago
street, between Channel and Hyde, LOCO.
A progressive euchre party was given at
the residence of Mrs. a. z. Law, on Still
water street, last night. 1t proved very
enjoyable.
Adiutant General MacCarthy secured a
place Yesterday in the Soldiers Home at Mil
waukee for Morris Fitzgibbons, an Iowa
veteran, and lately resident in st. Paul.
Three hundred executions against personal
property delinquents and amounting to
$4,000, have been placed in the hands OF
Sheriff O'Gorman for service.
The number of vocalists who were in the
prison pen last night was surprising, and If
there were any popular or ancient melodies
that they couldn't climb their audience failed
to recognize the fact.
Officer Kneally and Duncan arrested James
Shields at Fort Smelling yesterday for steal
ing an overcoat of guest at the Merchants
hotel. last Sunday, recovered the garment
and locked the thief up at the city hall.
While proceeding along Third near Robert
street about s o'clock Tuesday night, DR..
Roy fell on the sidewalk and striking his
head, sustained painful injuries. He was
confined to his house yesterday but hopes to
be around again in a day two.
John Clarity, deserter from Fort Keogh,
and member of the Fifth United States
infantry, was arrested by Roundsman Low
ell last evening and locked up in the city
hall to await the appearance of authorities
from Fort Smelling.
In the case of Thomas NJ. Sexton VS.. The
Queen Insurance company, the jury returned
a verdict in the United States circuit court
yesterday for s94O.31 in favor of plaintiff. In
the case of the Same VS.. The Traders lnsur-
ance company verdict was returned for
$944.9 7.
A still alarm at 1O:41 yesterday morning
called the department to 1893 and 395 Jackson
street, two story frame building owned by
Greve d Co., and occupied by a saloon,
paint shop, plum Der, etc, which took lire In
the attic from a chimney burning. Loss $40
aud insured.
In the United States circuit court yesterday
Judge Nelson and jury took up the case OF
Martin Niskern against the Chicago, Milwau-
kee g. St. Paul Railroad company. The e
ton is for damages of Sc, 40s, caused by the
burning of property near the railroad tracks
at Pennington.
Charley Collamer, tramp, pretending to
hail from Faribault, and who has been lodg-
ing for the past week at the city hall, was ar
rested on the streets last night by Officer
Cook, for the theft Of watch from Mime
apolis party, and will be tried in the Munich
pal court this morning.
The cattle inspector for the city reports
sold in November in the st. Paul markets
$50 head of cattle, 1860 sheep and 1,474
swine During this month he coniscated and
sent tb the fertalizing company twelve cat
tie and forty hogs, while $50 sick sheep were
sent out of the county.
prominent citizen of st. Paul had oc-
casion recently in deciding an election bet
to figure up the number of voting precincts
in Minnesota. He found that the state con-
tanned 500 voting precincts, the largest
number, 81, being ascribed to Otter Tail
county and the smallest number TO Lake
county, which has only two precincts.
The still alarm of fire at 1890 O'Clock yes
te1day morning was caused by the burning
of the roof of the building occupied by Ba-
lille & Partridge, as a paint shop, at the
corner of Sixth and jackson streets. The
fire was put out with the chemical, and it
started from a defective chimney. The
damage was slight.
In answer to numerous complaints the
'doctor'' drove Officers Phil Gibbons and
Jones out to the jackson street hill in the po-
lice jumper, at $50 last evening, where they
pounced upon three or four mobs of young
fellows, who were coasting with hitching hobs
with twenty foot planks, dispersed them,
broke up their running gear stock, and or
dered them to discontinue that kind of fun
in that locality hereafter.
Mr.. James Austin, residing on Lewis
street, is the inventor of valuable process
for disinfecting cisterns, which is done by
oxygenation. It is the opinion Of DR.. Hoyt
and other prominent experts that ninety per
cent of contagious diseases can be traced to
impurities in water and other fluids, and au
an investigation has shown that the ratio of
diseases in this city show great majority in
cases where cistern water has been
used. In view of this the discovery Of Mr..
Austin is invaluable.