St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-12
THE CITY.
CITY GLoBULEs.

The employees of the Manitoba shops and
their families picnic at Lake Minnetonka to-
day
The board of public works failed to secure
quorum at their regular Friday evening
meeting.
Look out for sneak thieves, pickpockets
and house-breakers to-day, just as the circus
bands begin to play.
Monday, August IS, is the date set for the
annual retreat of the Catholic clergy OF the
diocese OF st. Paul.
This afternoon the hard hitters from
Muskegon will play the St. Paul club, when
there will be more blood.
Secretary Young, of the state board of i'm
migration, reports accounts of good crops
from every portion of the state.
Chief Clark of police and number of other
city officers and citizens have returned from
attendance upon the Chicago convention.
The new wheel for Chemical engine No. 1,
to replace the one mangled by the Jackson
street tip over several weeks ago, arrived at
Central fire hall yesterday.
rtha.A 81, 900 cash pension was received at the
\ for atant generals office yesterday for party
n 1900 for st. Paul pensioner.
4 bn the inquest on James Konchal, the Bo-
nnnian found dead in the grass near Stahl-
MINIS brewery on Thursday morning, the
~ found the deceased came to his death
fri b heart disease.
Samuel Nausor, farm laborer residing on
Dayton's bluff, after having been absent a
month in the country tilling the soil, cele-
brated his arrival home last night by
whipping his wife, and was run into the
cooler.
Michael MullarroIl was caught stealing
sidewalk lumber near the Mississippi street
bridge late last evening and was locked up.
He claimed he had been only one year over
from Conamara, and didn't know that he
was committing a crime in taking the boards
to patch up his shanty.
While Mrs. J. J. Barker residing at AL
North Fort street, was attending to her do
nestle duties in the back part of the house
yesterday morning, some one entered the
front door and took her pocket book from the
center table in the parlor The wallet con-
famed several dollars III money. She has
30 clucto the stcky-lingered party.
=. II. Armstrong was arrested last even
ing by Officer Daily while stealing three five
cent handkcrchefs left hanging out by a
careless notion shop keeper on Seventh near
jackson street. 1t was not evident to the
authorities at the city hail on hearing the
young mans story and they were not at ell
convinced that the he meant TO appropriate
the wipes TO his own use.
This morning commences the twenty
seventh semi-annual Red Figure sale at the
Boston one price clothing house, corner
Third and Roberts streets The sales are for
the purpose Of reducing stock and making
room for the purchases for the coming season.
They are always conducted fairly and for
cash customers they afford an opportunity of
obtaining first class clothing at prices much
below retail values.
Vim. Tanning, work house drunk whose
ten days sentence is up to-day, was exam
ined in the probate court yesterday for in
sanity on complaint Of a guard in that insti-
tuition, his disease found to be too much
whisky. VIM. says he is a simpleton, and
that If he ever gets tight the police are after
him, while his two brothers can get Just as
booty as they please and are never hauled
up. He vows vengeance against the guard
who caused his examination for looseness Of
mind.
j. A. Reed, warden of the Saltwater peni-
Tertiary, wrote Governor Hubbard yesterday
that on Thursday noon G. w. Howard, CON
fined there under sentence of two years from
March, 1884, for Minneapolis burglary,
made his escape by breaking through the
roof upon the reconstructed portionBof the
prison and climbing therefrom over upon the
roof of the Office buildings, found his way
down through scuttle to the hall OF the
offices and made good his escape out the
front door. The warden says that as the con-
Wet is railroad man, he has but little hopes
of seeing him again.