St. Paul daily globe., 1884-09-03

winners of the flag for the best drilled COM
pany. They will, however, continue the
drill at the armory, when 1t is expected there
will be full turnout on Thursday evening
Upwards of forty are expected to answer
their names.
The idea mooted of having part of Thurs
day afternoon declared holiday, so as to
give the employees and others in the city
chance to attend the big fair aud see the
stock and races, is something that should be
pressed to a successful issue. The amount
of business that will be done that afternoon
will be small, as everyone who can attend
the fair that afternoon viii be there. Give
the holiday, and you will lose nothing by it.
The Women's Foreign Missionary society,
of the NJ. f. church, will meet on Friday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock in the church parlors.
All the officers and members are requested
to attend as business OF importance is to be
transacted, and members who have not paid
their dues will please do so before that time.
Mite boxes win also be brought to the meet
! ing by all who have them. All moneys must
| be forwarded to the state treasurer before
! Sept. 10.
A gentleman named Ferguson, who has
been thirty-fve years in Australia was in the
city yesterday, and as he is much interested
in threshing in that region he took a good
| look through the Northwest Manufacturing
! " Car Company's works, and is much
pleased with what the Americans are doing
in farm machinery. He intends purchasing
and shipping to Australia numbero of thresh-
ers, as the English machines they use there
are too slow.
A peculiar accident occurred yesterday
near Schulenburg's mill. 1t appears that
DIR. Donald had driven up there to see pa
tient, and left his horse hitched near the Du-
luth railway track while he went to see the
! patient. When he came out he found his
buggy in a blaze, it being ignted from a
spark from an engine that had passed His
lap robe, rug and lines were burned, and the
paint on the inside of the buggy scorched.
He had some difficulty in extingushing the
flames.
Yesterday we visited the new building
erected by II. Tepass at his brewery as Il
saloon and Office. The building is of brick,
two stories in height. The lower is finely
fitted up, and finished in hardwood, There
are handsome chandeliers. with everything q
as good as it can be made. The office is
well lighted, and has handsome desk, at
which Tepass was presiding. and the neat
ness with which he kept his books might put
many young man to the blush. The up
per part is used as sleeping rooms.
On Saturday afternoon, the game of base
ball, for the benefit of Officer Mccarthy.
promises to be very large affair, the police
being wonderfully successful in the disposal
of tickets, nearly 900 being sold Your re-
porter met several of the police, who said
their supply had given out, and that more
had to be printed. The object commends
itself to the citizens, as there was never a
more popular officer on the force than Dan
Mccarthy, one against whom no one utters
word of reproach since infancy. We learn
that the following are to be players, but the
''Old Folks' team will have reserve force,
so as to complete the game should any tire
| out
POLICEMEN. OLD FOLKS
Matt Shortal. Catcher. ....... Bill Gates.
Big Hans ;........ Second. ........... Bill May.
Dan Reardan. ..... Right. .Malloy
John lorks First ......... Butts.
Geo. Walters. ...... Short ....... Dave Bronson
Evans. ............. Left. Ed. Elliott
Free McKusick.. Pitcher. Gus Easton,