St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-23
THE CITY.
CITY GLOBULES.

The police court has had 372 cases thus far
this month.
Last evening the St. Paul Maeunercho
gave Mr.. Henry Luehrsen, who has recently
been married, very pleasant serenade.
Chas. A. Geisbosh a well known citizen,
was to have been examined for insanity at
the probate court yesterday, but gave the
sheriff the slip.
The beautiful decorations in honor of the
g. A. r., at the Metropolitan hotel, excite
universal admiration. The hotel is as gayly
bedecked as a bride.
A. j. Wampler's horse started to rnn away
on Jackson street yesterday afternoon, but
was collared, just in time to prevent excite
ment and perhaps damage, by Officer Call.
The assignment of Samuel B. Larpenteur,
dealer in tobacco and liquors, rs East
Seventh street, to F. c. Abbott, was filed in
the office of the clerk of the district court
yesterday.
1t is claimed that if Dyer q Lux, the con-
tractors, cannot have the Prescott bluff to fill
in the Dakots avenue highway improvement
with they will lose $4,000 if the city holds
them to the contract.
James Brennan, the liveryman, has the
officers looking for black horse and piano
box buggy, which one James Roach hired for
two hours Monday evening and which with
the lessee is missing
BY order of Gov. Hubbard the state capitol
was closed to the public yesterday as it will
also be to day. No one is to be found in the
departments but an occasional busy clerk who
is behind time with his writing.
The local board of the civil service com
mission viii meet at the United States GUS
tom house building at II o'clock this morn
ing to examine applicants for positions in
the pension Office at Washington.
Charles Schlief, held by the municipal
court to the grand jury for the crime of bas
tardy in Rose township, was admitted to $500
bail in the district court yesterday, his sure
ties being L. w. Halfen and August Schlief.
Mr. Jacob Danz, on Saturday night last,
willie going home from the Rice park con-
cert, lost the mouth piece to his instrument,
and would be very glad inded, to recover it.
The finder will confer great favor by re-
turning it to him.
Burglars tried to gain entrance to a West
Third sire ct tailor shop, by removing pane
OF glass, on Monday night, as also to a dwell
ing near Pennington block on the same
street, by prying up window sash. In both
instances the evidence was that they became
scared and took to flight.
Gustave Fontaine, drunk and disorderly
Frcnchman, got so badly out Of his wits as
to interfere with the progress of the work
being done by party of laborers at Post
siding late yesterday afternoon and the
patrol wagon being telephoned he was given
into the custody of the police,
The concert tonight under the direction
Of Will Dorgan, at the Hotel Chateaugay,
White Bear lake, promises to be very enjoy
able. Mr.. James H. Long, from New York,
Will give the ever popular and famous reci-
tation, Islands O'Brien." The excellent
programme merits large attendance.
Secretary Hart, of the state board of cor
rections and charities, is busily prepared at
his rooms in the capital in preparing stats
tics of the several Minnesota charitable and
reformitory institutions, to cover period of
from fifteen to twenty years, for report to
the next meeting of the board, to be held in
this city Tuesday, August 5.
Peter O'Dell, who carved his friend Frank
Carter in recent saloon row, the thing hap
pening so quick that Frank couldn't tell
who did it, at the hearing in the municipal
court although his wounds were severe
enough to send him to the hospital for sew
eral days, has made entirely up with Carter,
and the two rode up to Minneapolis in com
pany yesterday. There's where the police
hope they will both stay.
As j. w. Roche, city comptroller, and Otto
Dreher, of the firm of Walter u Dreher, were
in the act of turning round in carriage in
front OF the city hall yesterday morning, by
the displacement of the lines the horse
wheeled so short about that the vehicle was
completely capsized and the occupants
spilled to the road bed, but very ppily with
out injury.
Blanks for proposals to furnish the insane
hospitals at st. Peter and Rochester, the
state capitol, the deaf, dumb and blind asy-
lutn at Faribault, the reform school at ST.
Paul, and the state university at Minneapo-
lis with coal for the year, will be sent to the
several coal dealers in the state from the
state auditors department this week The
bids will be returnable to the state auditor
August Is, next.
The Prescott trespass trial develops the fact
that no plat of the old st. Paul IL Owatonna
highway through the Prescott property has
ever been filed as required by law and that
Prescott has been in possession of the
premises he claims to have been invaded by
the city for twenty years. The hearing will
probably come to II close to-day and the case
be submitted to Judge Simons for decision
Mr.. I. II. Wheeler, druggist, Binghampton,
n. Y, says he has sold large quantity of