St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-16
THE CITY.
CITY GLOBULES.

Six deaths were reported at the health
Office yesterday.
A case of scarlet fever is reported from No.
81 Indiana avenue.
Diphtheria was reported yesterday at No.
1O7 Custer street and No. 1875 Rice street.
John Anderson will be examined in the
probate court to-day, on charge oil insanity.
Nj. Leonard Johnson started yesterday for
New Orleans with car load Of Percheron
horses. The stock was shipped from North
field.
The Edwin Gribble suit for libel again st
the Pioneer Press for SIS, 900 damages will
be calledin before a struck jury in the dis
trict court to-day.
A pension was received at the adjutant
generals Office yesterday Of IS per month
for veteran at Nashville Centre, carrying
with it S272 back pay.
All the old soldiers, and the young folks
should listen to the programme to be given
by Acker post this evening at their hall,
corner of Third and Exchange streets.
The Lizzie Crosby suit against the Street
Railway company for 1854 damages, was
partially heard before struck jury in the
district court yesterday and will be concluded
to-day.
Postmaster DR.. Day Cd yesterday appointed
VIM. NJ. Abrahamson as auxiliary letter
carrier, vice Thomas Duffy, who was dis
missed for Decentralization. The salary is
5000 per annum.
The approaching nuptials are announced
of Police Officer Chas. SchefTer, one of the
and Miss Katie Norton, of Waseca. The
wedding will be celebrated on New Years
day.
In mentioning in the social column, on
Sunday, the marriage of Miss Minnie,
daughter of A. B. Wilgus, to DR.. JIM. WEIGH,
the day was left uncertain. The happy
event will occur on Tuesday the 23d in
slant.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
the following persons: Oscar johnson and
Ellen Hollengren, Thos. j. Morrissey and
Maria B. Quincy, Andrew Adamson and
Christine Wharnberg, VIM. Zielsdorf and
Mary Arerdt.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Nelson, of the
United States circuit court, and a jury took
up the case of Geo. w. Dilley VS.. the Chi
cago, Milwaukee 81 St. Paul Railroad COM
pany, in which suit is brought for SO, $50
damages, caused by the destruction Of prop
erty by fire, near the railroad tracks, at Farm
ington.
1t is most urgently desired that the public
remember the usual donation visit at the
Woman's Christian Home, corner Of Still
water and Olmsted streets to-day Tuesday,.
Money, fuel and all sorts of household sup
plies will gratefully received. A committee
will be present to receive visitors during the
day,
Arrangements have been completed for
the athletic entertainment to be given at
Market hall tonight, for the benefit of Paddy
Norton, the famous pugilist. A number of
noted athletes will appear, and the pro-
gramme of sports is one of the finest ever
gotten up III this section of the country.
Some exceedingly fine sport is assured and
there sheuid be big turnout.
In the U. s. circuit court yesterday Judge
Brewer and jury took up the case of Marcus
H. Oman VS.. the Northern Pacific Railway
company being an action for $4,000 dam
ages for personal injuries and the death of a
horse, inflicted while crossing the tracks of
defendants. c. d. O'Brien represents the
appear for the plaintiff.
The GLOBE acknowledges the receipt, from
City Attorney Murray, of new and hand
some volume containing com pilation of the
charter and city ordinances. The volume is
neat and tidy in appearance, contains 531
pages and is the most convenient thing of
the kind ever gotten up. In Short in the
words of the language fend, it supplies a
long felt want.
The Bates and Hudson avenue citizens
will demand the building of cisterns and the
erection of fire alarm boxes in that vicinity
OF the city council, feeling their insecurity
from fire by the lack of these things at the
fire OF Monday morning, when the nearest
cistern was 1900 feet distant from the fire
and the nearest alarm box at the corner of
Fifth street and Maria avenue.
Charles Nelson, proprietor of Minneapo-
lis employment bureau, was arrested by
Officer Mcbride yesterday on the charge of
swindling Andrew Lunden and five other
laborers out of SO each. He enga ged them
in st. Paul and sent them into the country
to get work, each of the men paving him a
commission of SO. On arriving at the place
they found the talk about employment was
all fraud, and returning they had him ar
rested.
The loss of Peter Hoffman on the two build
ings burned on Bates avenue, on Monday
morning, is set down at 50, 60O The con-
tents of Brennan's butcher shop were valued
at 5000, and are supposed to be insured,
while Mr.. Smell claims loss of SO, 600 on
the contents of his store and household fur
niture, on which there was an insurance of
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man had any insurance, or how the fire orig
mated.