St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30

mere VIII pc YesJry LneetlHS u" y"
night OF st. Johns parish.
The directors of the Southern Minnesota
live stock and fair association had bust
ness meeting on yesterday.
The new grocery house of Patterson, Half
bill & Zimmerman have just sold bill OF
groceries which are consigned to Montana
territory.
The managers Of the opera house and
other prominent citizens met at that insti-
tuition yesterday afternoon to decide what
style of chair to purchase.
The new gutter at the corner of Front and
Welnut streets proved weak sister and
gave out during the recent rain storm and
again flooded the basement of the Citizens
National bank
Mr.. G. W. Gelmore, an attorney of Pipe
stone City and former resident here, was
looking after some property interests at Man
kato yesterday and will remain in this city a
few days.
Vim. j. Hobbs, former proprietor Of the
City Billiard hall, has opened No. 422 South
Front street, where he will be pleased to see
all his old friends and others who may see
fit to call. His place will be known as the
G. A. r. Billiard hall.
His excellency, Gov. L. F. Hubbard, Wis
tied the Second Normal school of this city
Saturday, and expressed himself highly
pleased with the institution and also much
surprised at the tokens of remarkable pros
perity which Mankato city showed.
The Opera House company or some one
else ought to open the gutter in front of that
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instead of taking the sidewalk, for its guests
attending that institution or the rink could
arrive ana depart with greater facility.
A call at the new quarters Of Mr.. E. NJ.
Pope, in the Masonic hall block, found him
fairly domesticated in his new quarters, which
, cover an area of 52x90 feet, the basement
and first floor each. Mr.. Pope has large
line of agricultural implements, and handles
all kinds Of farm produce.
Telephone communication has again been
restored and the familiar 'shelIo' is again
heard in the numerous stations in this city.
The new telephone headquarters in the dis
trict telegraph company's Office are fairly es-
tablished and will probably be permanent.
The Georgia MINISTRIES, in gilt and brass
buttons, with an elegant drum major and q
full brass band paraded the streets yester-
day. and despite the mud drew the usual
'smalI boy'' crowd of followers. In the
evening they gave an exhibition at Union
hall.
The military band has just received
a set of elegant helmets and will
receive their complete uniform in a
few days. They will be light blue pants with
black stripes on the legs, dark blue double
breasted dress coat, with shoulder knot and
light blue trimmings. This band
Is composed in the main of new
players, but they are working up rapidly to a
point where they will be credit to themselves
and their city.
Messrs. Scheiber & Wenters are about to
take possession of the grocery business of
George Koenig, having purchased his entire
stock of goods, good will and business. They
will open at once first-class bakery and
will be prepared to supply anything In their
line. Mr.. Koenig expects to engage in a
manufacturing business. Being an old and
experienced cracker baker, Mr.. Koenig will
no doubt open cracker factory, and while
he has not as yet decided upon location, it
is to be hoped that he may make Mankato
his location in that line.
The Southern Minnesota Live Stock and
Fair association have not been idle the past
few weeks. A sufficient number of stalls
have been completed to supply the needs of
horses in training and ground has been
broken for their track. This will be half a
mile course, sixty feet wide and the best one
in the west. A natural elevation or mound
running parallel with the home stretch will
enable. 10000 people to see every step the
horses make, obviating the necessity of pur-
chasing tickets to the ampitheater. The
completion of the track and buildings will be
prosecuted with the utmost vigor.