St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-18
THE CITY.
CITY GLOBULES.

IN greenest Yerdure.
The ball of the Hibcrnia Rifles takes place
at Pfeifer's hail this evening.
The La Crosse club will hold special
meeting at D. McDonald's office tonight.
There is trouble brewing between the
dealers in the beverage which cheers while it
does not inebriate.
The street railway force yesterday began
layinga double track from Seven corners
cut East Seventh street.
The armory fair people are issuing a very
attractive paper called the "A,naO,y Fair. p"
1t is a spicy little sheet.
In the United States circuit court yester-
day, James Caro- pleaded guilty to selling
whisky to Indians, and was fined $50.
The fire department was, to have held
meeting last evening at the Court house,
nut no one went there and so no meeting
was held.
Col. Taylor added to the State library yes
terday Shepard's Wisconsin Digest volumes
one and two, and the laws of Washington
Territory for 1888.
The alarm of fire at $40 last evening,
sent in on box 81, was caused by the burning
of a small barn on Nash street between Mis-
sissippi and De Bow streets.
Mayor O'Brien was questioned yesterday
as to the probable successor Of Assessor
Beaumont, and he said for the present he
would have to give the question up.
j. G. Worth, tea dealer, swore out war
rant Yesterday for tie arrest Of Vim. P.
Coclly, coffee broker, on the charge Of as
sault. The hearing viii take place to-day.
james z. BraddocIl was before United
States Commissioner CardoZo yesterday on
the charge of tresspassing en- government
lands. lie was held to the grand jury in
the sum OF $500.
J. F. Braddock, of Grow Wing, was landed
in the Ramsey county Jail yesterday after
noon by United States marshal, for trialin
the United States court, for unlawfully cut
ting timber on government lands in that
section,
VIM. Blackman, colored, was delivered to
'heriT Ottoman yesterday by Detective
Ahcrn, and put under key at the county Jail
for being partner Of Pratt III the late rob-
berry Of Mai Feisc's billiard rooms. The de-
tectye arrested the culprit at La Crosse.
An injunction was served on Mayor
O'BHen yesterday to the suit of Wescott Will
kin, Hugh j. McAfce and others against the
city of St Paul and others, to prevent the
construction Of It bridge over the Third street
railroad crossing, particulars of the suit hav
ing appeared in yesterdays issue OF the
GLOBE.
A meeting of the incorporators of the new
Gcrmania bank was held in the office of
Collector Bickel last night, at which the
board of directors appointed at the previous
meeting was confirmed. Articles of incor-
poraton were also adopted, and the feas
ability of purchasing lot on Wabashaw
street was discussed.
The funeral obseques Of the late Gilbert
Pottgeser will take place at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. The cortege will form at the fami
" residence on Wabashaw street, from
whence the remains will be escorted to
Christ church where appropriate religious ser
vices viii be held, after which the remains
will be taken to Oakland cemetery.
It was mentioned in Tuesdays GLoRE
that the council committee on police did not
meet owing TO the mayor being out of the city
andpapers relative to the business being lock-
ed UP in his private desk. 1t transpired that
the reporter was misinformed as neither
those or any other public papers are kept by
the mayor in his private desk.
Bids viii be opened at the Office of the city
treasurer to-day, for the 100000, five per
cent. interest bearing bonds, for the extern
sion of the st. Paul water works OF the
amount named $500, 900 mature in twenty
five years from April 1st 1884, and 100000
in thirty years from the same date. The bonds
will be issued i'll denominations of $1,000
each.
Last week two boys about ten or twelve
years of age run away from their homes in
g.. Paul. and few dHs snce they we e
found to be in the news boys home in Chi
cago. Their parents made arrangements
with the Omaha road to bring them back,
but before this could be done the boys escap-
ed and one of them got away to Toledo, Ohio,
and the police are after the other.
He was a hornny handed son of toll, and
the scent of clover seed was in his Oscar
Wilde head of hair, as he entered the office
Of Chief Clarke at city hall yesterday fore
noon. He related borrowing tale which
illustrated how very easy it is for man to
fall into the hands of the Philistines, and be
done up. Like most cranks he has patent,
something In the way of a life preserver and
ne resides ON Il farm near Hastings. On ar
irving in the city on Wednesday night, he
engaged a hacllmqn, and in doing the rounds
le claims that the cabby touched" him for
SO. Yesterday he wanted to know how to
get his money back. Truly experience is 4
wise teacher.