St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-19
rinkers. pleyte,s life is not quite SO serene as

drinkers Pleyte's life is not quite SO serene as
it was, and he now fears violence at the
hands of enraged saoonkeepers. Chief Eles-
worth has given Morton and Pleyte full police
power and will see that they are protected.
Wednesday night some one removed a gate from
the fence in front of Gen. Hobarts residence ON
the West side, and since then the trees in front
of his house have been grdled. As the general
is an active member of the Citizens league, 1t is
surmised that some over-zealous beer-drinker is
venting his spleen against him. Viewing the
case from both sides one is inclined to the opin-
ion that the league is becoming fanatical in its
workings, and that men who will consent to act
as spies in work of this kind, are Of class that
will bear watching themselves. The law govern
leg the liquor business in Wisconsin prohibits the
sale of intoXicants to minors, but 1t is doubtfulf
the framers of the law ever contemplated any
such work as is now being done by the Citizens
league For city of its size there is very little
drunkenness in Milwaukee, and the agitation
being aroused by the alleged temperance reform
ers at the present time is apt to give outsiders
false impression of the citys morality. The
Citizens league is overstepping its bounds, and
will lose the sympathy of many law and order peo-
pie If IL persists in its system of espionage.
SHORT NOTES.
The Musical society met Monday evening and
elected j. A. Beecher, president; VIM. Biersach,
vice president; C, A. Meissner, secretary; Henry
Hesse, DR., librarian; VIM. Rohlfng, treasurer;
and Ernst Vilter, financial secretary. The cleo
tion of a musical director to succeed Eugene
Luening, who recently resigned, was deferred
until the next meeting of the society. Frank III.
Damrosch is favored for the position.
A. NJ. Thompson, the we'll known journalist,
of this city. who was part owner of the Sen
dnet, has retired from the Chicago Journal, and
is now taking rest. E. A. Calkins, formerly
of the Sunday Telegraph, now fills Mr.. Thomp
son S vacated place on the J0uT1Qk.
Mrs. Zach Saveland and her daughter jose
phine are about to start trip to Norway, Mrs.
Savelands native land.
Comptroller Kuehn has appointed Ferdinand
Wilde deputy collector. For three or four years
past Mr.. Wilde has been in the music business as
the senior member of the firm of Wilde s. Uhlig.
He was associated for many years with III. n.
Hempsted, the veteran music dealer.
The Little Sisters of the Poor are completing
their home on the corner of Twentieth and Wells
streets 1t will take S4S, 900 to pay for the work
and they are now canvassing the city for funds.
The Sisters are now caring for 106 unfortunates,
but when the new building is completed they
viii be able to receive $50.
Alderman Michael Gaynor who was shot and
mortally wounded at Chicago Tuesday by James
Dacey, ''pot-house politician was born and
raised in Milwaukee. His parents resided for
many years on the south side of Huron street,
near jackson.
Truman II. Judd, wealthy Milwaukeean, who
was for many years quite prominent in the lum
Der business died in California about week ago.
His remains arrived here to-day, and were imme
diately inferred in Forest Home cemetery.
Ex-Mayor John NJ. Stowell has purchased the
half interest of the Filler heirs in the Cream City
iron works for $4,000.
Peter McGeoch and Daniel Wells, Jr., have not
yet effected a settlement. Their case still wags
on in court, and it is evident that it will outlive
public interest in the great pork and lard failure
that ''downed'' McGeoch and fleeced Wells.
The Catholic bishops of Wisconsin, Minnesota,
the upper peninsula of Michigan, and Dakota
conferred with Archbishop Heiss during the past
week Bishops Grace and Ireland of st. Paul.
Leidenbusch of St. Cloud, and Marty of Dakota
were present The result of the conference has
not been made public. CESAR