St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-09
CITY GLOBULES.

Four deaths from diphtheria were reported
yesterday.
A case of diphtheria is reported at No. e25
Mound street
Nine deaths were reported at the health
Office for the past two days.
1.-THE choral society held rehearsal last night
the attendance being very large.
The supreme court held no session yester-
day, but will resume their hearings this
morning.
Robert Perry was arrested by Officer Zir-
kelbach yesterday, on suspicion of being an
overcoat thief.
Judge Parker. of the city attorneys office,
is exulting in the possession of handsome
new bill desk.
Marriage licenses were yesterday issued to
F. Lorenz and Ida Severt. and John l.. Kem-
kamp and Lydia L. Bluse.
The police patrol cutter was brought out
for the first time yesterday. 1t is on bobs
and it is regular daisy.
County Treasurer Burton announces him
self in readiness to wait upon all desiring to
pay their real and personal taxes for 1854
Robert Perry was consigned to the cooler,
last evening, for stealing pair of boots
hanging outside of a second hand store.
Geo. Ryan cabbaged a pair Of boots from
a store on Seventh street yesterday, and he
was given the grand rush by Detective John
O'Connor.
Rev. DR.. Forbes, Of the Jackson Street NJ.
+. church, will hole a meeting in the rooms
of the church Tuesday evening, December 9.
All are invited.
The police department and their ladies,
received a com mplimentary invitation last
evening to the Firemens Association ball,
at Market hall on Friday evening
The death of the Rev. VIM. Ashmore oc-
carred at his residence, No. G37 Otsego
street, Sunday evening. He was thirty-one
years of age, and death resulted from pneu-
monia.
A very large and striking picture of the great
canyon of the Yellowstone, painted by w. L.
Anderson, of st. Paul, is on exhibition in
one of the show windows of Dyer IL Howard's
music store.
Sheriff O'Gorman is engaged in summon
ing two struck juries of sixteen each to serve
in the district court in the second Gribble
suit against the Pioneer Press for libel, and
water works suit
On Thursday evening next, the ladies of
Woodland park Baptist church will give a
supper and have a sale of fancy articles, and
they would be glad TO see all their friends
present on that occasion.
The partnership tangle of o. G. Hospes
against NJ. A. Schultz and Geo. w. Becht
was on trial before Judge Wilkin yesterday,
the plaintiff asking a judgment of $1,000
against the defendants.
Yesterday morning the street car track on
Fourth below Robert was very slippery in
deed, and the poor mules with old smooth
worn shoes had struggling time and went
down upon their knees at every step.
John Healey, an old and respected citi-
zen OF st. Paul, passed away yesterday morn
ing. A large circle of sorrowing friends
mourn his sudden demise. The notice of
the funeral is in another column.
Yesterdays additions to the state library
were the Law journal Reports and Law
Times Reports for 1888, published monthly
in London; volume Ii OF cases decided in
the court of sessions, court of judiciary, etc,
and house of lords, published in Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Edward Mahoney, who has been ailing of
consumption for the past six months, died
yesterday morning. Mr.. Mahoney was the
junior member of the firm of Johnston IL
MahOney, and had just embarked in business
when he was stricken down. He leaves wife
and two children. See notice of funeral.
The ''Poice jumper'' went on duty for the
first time this winter, last evening, having
been neatly vanished and lettered during its
vacation. The Doctor and ''Banker Hill,
who were at the helm last night. and in their
buffalo overcoats, seemed in their element
gliding about on the swift runners in obey
ing the calls of the officers on their beats, who
had either picked up rogue or boy.
While driving on Wabashaw street at the
junction of Seventh street yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Stephen Burns, wife of the pro-
prietor of the Market restaurant, was thrown
from her cutter, which caught in the street
car track and overturned. She narrowly es-
capped being run over by street car, but for
tunately was only slightly injured. The
horse ran block when he was captured.
In referring to the trial of John B. Gar
Tough, charged with embezzlement, yester-
day, the GLOBE inadvertently stated that his
bail was fixed at 50, 500, and that he was
committed for want of bondsmen The fact
is that the bail was placed at only 81. 900.
which was given before Mr.. Garlough left the
court room, the same gentlemen signing the
bond as in the original instance, Tracy Bros.
and F. A. Leyde.
The board of water commissioners met
yesterday and passed bills amounting to
$lO,569. After long discussion the en-
gineer was instructed to invite the members
of the city council, the board of public works
and members of the press to Join in an in
spection of the newly completed water works.
the pumping apparatus engines of the sys-
TEN. The inspection viii take place at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The GLOBE gave an exclusive account YES
terday of the robbery of two Celestials who
run laundry on Wabashaw, near Fifth
street Another robbery, almost similar in
character, occurred Sunday night at the Chi
nese laundry conducted by Lu Lee. on
Robert street. During his temporary absence.
his washee place was entered by burglars. who
carried his trunk to the rear of the shanty
and secured the neat sum of $500.
A preacher out west gave out that there
should be none who used tobacco or any bey
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