St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-21
THE CITY.
CITY GLOBULES.

The thing is being done very quietly, but
the snow and ice are on the get up and get
thus far this month.
The directors of the alms-house and hos
pital met yesterday and issued thirty-one
orders for wood and provisions.
Major Mclaughlin, and Sitting Bull, the
great American squatter, will leave to night
for the Standing Rock agency.
That artificial dummy at the city hall yes
terday morning, sent the chills way down
through the heels of Joe's boots when he
spied it.
The Sun Insurance, of San Francisco,
was admitted by State Insurance Commis
sioner A. R. McGill yesterday, to do business
in Minnesota.
The board of public works were in COM
mittee meeting last evening, hard at work
wrestling on the proposed assessments for
the Seventh street fill.
Herman Wurtz, of 157 West Third street,
had his little three year old daughter Annie
stray away from home yesterday, and would
be glad to hear her of whereabouts.
Gus Lemke, printer, who was arrested
on Wednesday night for drunkenness, de-
veloped signs of delerium tremens at city
hall yesterday, and was lodged in the county
Jail.
The committee on streets, of the city
council will hold meeting at 80 o'clock
this evening, when it is expected that the
street railway question will receive another
airing.
The attorneys for the defense in the Vein
oh
and Gebhardt Wallrich. The names were
enormously given in the report of the trial
yesterday.
d.. Smith, of Hinckley, charged with sell
ing liquor to Indians, entered plea of
guilty before Judge Nelson yesterday, and in
view OF eXtenuating circumstances in the case
light fine was imposed.
The st. Paul club will shortly commence
excavating for the proposed magnificent club
house to be erected at the corner of Fourth
and Cedar streets. The plans of the building
have not yet been determined upon.
It's not the easiest job in the world to fool
Ramsey county criminal jury, and Judge
Wilkin has been locking them up quite
strongly for the preservation of peace and
good order in the city for the past two terms
of the court.
Officer Jerry Sullivan arrested James Sulh-
van arrested in West St. Paul last
evening on warrant issued by
Judge Burr. The charge was for disorderly
conduct, and the patrol wagon gave James
ride over the bridge to the city hall.
The sheriff of Fargo with four guards, ar
rived in this city yesterday, with John Glenn
son, John Mcmahon, Lewis Myers, Chas. c.
Spencer, John Kane, John Riley, Geo. Cole
man, Thos. Donovan and j. G. Rice. under
sentence Of from five to on e year for robbery.
They are to be placed in the territorial prison
at Yankton.
During yesterday at the farmers conven-
ton in the capitol, Mr. G. W. Haigh, of Blue
Earth county, state secretary of the National
Farmers alliance, issued eleven charters for
subordinate branches of the alliance. The
organization has for its principal object the
uniting of allpersons engaged in agricultural
pursuits to combat the encroachments of
monopolists.
An action for 1000 damages was begun
in the United States circuit court yesterday by
Julian G. James, against Josiah E. Hayward
and Peter Smith, of st. Cloud, Minnesota.
1t is alleged that the defendants caused an
excavation to be left open and that on August
first, 1888, the plaintiff, while proceeding
along the street, fell into the hole and was
seriously injured. His damages are laid at
the sum stated.
A very pleasant Wedding was celebrated
yesterday at the residence of Mr.. Henry
Lang, on the West side, when his niece, Miss
Lizzie Schimedeman,' was united in mar
rage to Mr.. John Hinderer, well known in
with T Doin
None but relatives of the contracting parties
were present Miss Mary Schimedeman, sis
ter of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and
Ed. Hinderer, brother of the groom, as best
man. The bridal presents were numerous
and valuable.
The lyceum of the Y. M. C. A. gave a very
interesting debate last evening at the rooms
of the association. Owen Norris, presi-
dent, presided. The subject under discus
sion was, should women have the right to
vote! and Messrs. Alden Armstrong and
Root spoke on the affirmative and Messrs.
Kirby, Sephton and Connel on the negative.
Messrs. Swift, Evans and Taylor, each sang
solo, and an interesting declamation-Th
Foundation of National Character-was Civ
en- by Mr.. j. F. Freeman. A large and ap-
preciative audience was in attendance.
To the Editor of the Globe:
The person VINO writes an article like that in
your paper of the 10Th Sitting Bnll, and signed
"Citizen," is in the opinion of many folks
n1iSrG6te, grinniaeg, naurderous, coaOardly skuk,
and ordinarily no one of sense would make any
reply to such stuff as he writes Sitting Bull:
the old warriour, has written his name where
all the world can read it.
The last great Indian battle of the New North
West makes a bright red page of history
written in the blood of brave men.
The brave and gallant Custer, with his brave and
noble men, on that bright morning away off in
the soltudes of the Yellowstone, deceived by the
reports of his scouts, anxious to write the most
readable page of Indian war history-too confident
in his power-not liking the idea that any other
commander to share in that, which he fully be-
lieved was to be glorious victory for his troops,
went into the f&ht-met old Sitting Bull and his