St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-23
CITY GLOBULES.

ClI4 GLObULES.
There was a gorgeous sun dip yesterday.
There have been twentyfour alarms of fire
the present month.
Justice Dickinson is slowly improving in
health from his recent attack of illness.
Christian Schmidt, a of the Sixth ward, was
aojudged insane at an examination at the
Probate court yesterday, and will be taken
to st. Peter by NJ. Brown to-day.
Miss Katie Kountze, of Pittsburgh, has &C
cepted an invitation to sing the soprano
part in the oratorio of the Messiah, to be
given by the church society next month.
The county assessors moved their office
from the courthouse building to room No
in the second story of the Jail building yes
terday, the latter quarters having been fitted
up for their accommodation.
Vim. Doherty, chronic tramp, got into
an alteration with James O'Neil, stone
mason, at the saloon known as the "Can-
merry" last evening and both were arrested
by Oficer Fetridge and Gagged at the city
hall.
The young ladies of St. Paul's church
guild will give delightful entertainment at
the Atheneum tonight for the benefit of a
deserving charity. There will be variety
of performances on the stage, supper and
a hop. Horse cars will be in attendance
after the affair.
The boarding house of Mrs. Dodge on
Fifth street, near st. Peters street, was
entered by burglars sometime Monday night
or yesterday morning. A small sum of
money and bunch of keys were taken from
the pocket of Mr.. G. j. Rice Another
boarder lost his hat and coat, disreputable
articles OF the same kind.
Last evening Mr.. J. D. Barnes, on behalf
of the st. Paul Athletic club, presented j. j.
Byrne the handsome gold medal that the
club contested for in the tug of war against
the st. Paul police. The athletic team not
wishing individually to compete against
Byrne, and knowing his ability to pull, all
were satisfied for him to have the medal
without a struggle.
Don Halpin and Ignatius Butler felt very
moist last evening, and began rapping on
the lamp posts on West Seventh street and
with boyish glee enjoyed running the police
men around on foolish errands in answer to
this well known signal. But they kept up
their rare fun little too long, and Officer
Zirkelbach turned their left wing and captur-
ing them in the act marched them to the city
hall cages.
At about four o'clock yesterday morning a
fire was discovered in the bar-room of the
Nicolet house, boarding house sos east
Fourth street, kept by John Peters. The
fire department conquered the fire after it
had done only about 500 of damage. There
was also a small fire near Ramsey street the
same morning, but it was extinguished with
small damage without calling the depart
ment.
Mary jackson, the girl who fired the St.
Paul house short time since, and being con-
fined in the county Jail to await the action of
the grand jury, has raised such a bedlam
there that on complaint of Sheriff O'Gorman
she was examined by Drs. Stewart and
Dewey, at the Probate court rooms yesterday
as to her sanity, but no evidences of insanity
being discovered, and she was remanded to
her cell.
Fred Zohn, bright young laboring man,
dropped into the city hall last evening and
stated that he was married to Lizzie Winan S
about three weeks since, and that her father
had stolen her from him yesterday. He
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the townships, and asked to have the police
rescue his bride. Chief Clark will have the
terrible father-in-law interviewed this morn
ing, and the wife will be returned to the now
empty but anxious arms of Frederick.
Coroner Quinn has as yet been unable to
gain any clue to the man found dead last
Sunday on the track of the st. Paul & Omaha
railroad. He has communicated with the
war department, through the state adjutant
general, hoping to find out if it is Capt. j. s.
Bennett tina name found on badge in the
pocket of the man. An inquest will be held
to-day at 1890, at Leigh & Co.'s undertaking
rooms. The coroner is loath to bury the
victim without making every effort to identify
him.
Acker Post G.. A. R., will give an enter
tainment at its hall on jackson street to-
morrow evening. Either Gen. J. B. Sanborn
or Rev. D. Riddellwill deliver an appropri-
ate address, and there will be vocal and in
strumental music. A frst-class quartette
will contribute vocal selections, and ''the
boys" will raise the old war songs. Recita-
tons will also be pleasant feature of the
entertainment. These are truly enjoyable
affairs and the charge is so small, only TWEEN
ty-five cents, that all can attend.