St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-27
THE CITY.
CITY GLOBULES.

The society dude may now Fsoak' his III
ster and buy spring outfit.
The street sprint ler fiend will soon get in
his work on the patent feathers of the street
corner sunfower.
Men yesterday were busy at work at the
Harvester works, and it looked as if another
boom was on at that point.
Phalen and Mill creeks are quite high
from the melting snow, of which the country
is now nearly bare.
The treasurer of Ramsey county paid State
Treasurer Kittelson yesterday the sum of S24, :
600 county taxes.
The back pension Of st. Paul veteran,
amounting to 81, 1851, was received at the
adjutant generals Office yesterday.
The ice moved out from in front of the city
below the bridge, yesterday afternoon, the
movement beginning at 5:45 O'Clock.
The new roller rink, corner of Tenth
and Jackson streets, Frank H. Dayton, pro-
prietor, viii be opened Monday evening
next.
State Librarian Col. ". II. II. Taylor re-
ceived yesterday the Wisconsin private laws
for 1857, and the Wisconsin private and local
laws for 1876.
The lady that took an opera glass, that did
not belong to her, from the Opera houe,
yesterday afternoon, will have the kindness
to return to the box Office.
A steamer from this side of the river
reached the West st. Paul fire on Monday in
advance of number six, now housed and
manned in the Sixth ward.
The resignation of John Jessrang, turn
key of the workhouse, which was rendered
some days ago, has been accepted, and is ex-
pected to take effect to-day.
A meeting of the st. Paul Lacrosse club
will be held tomorrow evening at DR..
McDonald's Office Bridge square. All per-
sons interested in athletic sports are invited
to attend.
In Yesterdays GLOBE the name of the
yeung man who broke window on Seventh
street and got away from the police, was Civ
en- as Chas. Gibbons. This was wrong; the
name should have read Chas. Owens.
c. C. Lee, very light-fngered chap stole
apool ball from a billiard table, a hair brush
and sundry other portable goods of the char
acter for which he was arrested by Officer
Morian and registered among the city hall
prisoners.
At Tuesday evenings fires chemical No.
1 and the hook and ladder truck came near
sinking out of sight n the mud in front of
the central fire house and yesterday some
eight or ten loads of stone we're dumped into
the sink hole.
The secretary of war has ordered the
Abandonment of the post of Fort Hale, D. T.. !;
in pursuance of which General Terry has di-
rected that the garrison of Fort Hale be trans
ferred to Fort Sisseton, and that of Fort Sis
seton to Fort Totem.
Henry Hill was nabbed by Officer O'Brien
on the bluff at West st. Paul at $3.50 last
evening and sent in the patrol wagon to the
city hall. He had stolen an overcoat from a
party whose name could not be ascertained,
and had the swagon his back.
John Marks, the well known tobacconist
and cigar maker, of Wabashaw street, yester-
day concluded purchase of Chas. Pottgeis-
er's portion of the Pottgeiser estate, having
a front of twenty feet on Wabashaw street,
next to the American House. The consider
alton was 50, 900.
julius Bornman, rooming on Jackson
street near Sixth, reported to the police yes
terday that he had been robbed of SIT and
watch and chain, by his chum, George Han
son. The young men roomed together and
on Tuesday night Hanson cabbaged the valu-
uables and skipped out.
The many friends of Mr. O. Nadon, one
of the early settlers of st. Paul, and proprie-
tor of the carriage works on Cedar street, will
regret to hear of his DEATH which took place
at 1880 yesterday morning. He was a
member of the Society Francois and leaves
host of friends to regret his demise.
That street car with broken brake
can travel pretty fast down hill was clearly
demonstrated last night when number "a of
the Fort street line started at Sibley, corner
of Fourth street, and brought up with a crash
in the rear of another car near the union
depot. The damage, however, was not
heavy.
The arrival of emigrants at this point
opens well for the settlement of the great
west and northwest. Among the arrivals
yesterday were natives of almost every coun-
try of Europe, besides large sprinkling
from the old provinces of Canada, the latter
bound for Manitoba and the northwest terri
tories.
The excellence of the track, on the Chica-
go, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad,
from st. Paul to Saltwater, was the subject
of remarks by the passengers yesterday, and
the attention of the officials was ali that
could be desired. The road cannot fail to be
favorite with the travelling public. 1t is
''Royal Route'' in reality as well as in name
most ingenious continuance displaying
both inventive ingenuity and mechanical
skill was exhibited at the GLOBE office yester-
day. 1t consisted of handsome settee or
lounge nicely upholstered and cushioned By
simple device the lounge was transformed
into full sized bedstead, the cushions form
ing downy mattrass. Another change and
this convenient and handsome piece of fur
niture was trlrred into dining table and
twelve chairs The inventor of this complete
dining and bedroom suite in one piece is an
ex-soldier who perfected his invention while
prison of war in Andersonville.
An unauthorized item appeared in the
GLOBE yesterday morning to the effect that
Mr.. MueaIonbruch had resigned the position
OF director Of the ST. Paul Amateur orchestra,
and that Mr.. Frank Danz had
been selected TO fill the va
cAncv The whole statement is INCORRECT