St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-28
THE CITY.
ClTYGEoBULEs.

yesterday.
Scarlet fever is reported at No. SS7 East
Seventh street.
Three deaths were reported at the health
Office yesterday.
The resignation of Police Officer Scheffer
was accepted yesterday.
The supreme court resumes its sessions to-
morrow, having adjourned over the holidays
Storm windows were heng put in posi-
tton in the third story of the capitol yester-
day.
Licenses to wed were yesterday issued to
Arnt T. Hood and Guena Knudson, and An
drew Swanson and Mary S. Johnson.
Judge Brewer, of the United States circuit
court, leaves to-day for St. Louis, and be
will not return until the June term of court.
VIM Clellaud and John Murphy, having
got into fight on the streets last night, were
yanked to the cooler where they smashed
everything in their cell into kindiing wood
A circular was received at police headquar-
ters yesterday from the governor of Kansas
giving a description of J. c. Pussy and offer
ing reward of $500 for his arrest on the
charge Of embezzling state funds.
Miss Lima Weller, the accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Weller, of No. 293
West Third street, was made very happy on
Christmas day by the receipt of handsome
upright piano, the gift of her father
A Christmas festival and supper was given
the Sabbath school of the Fort Street Baptist
Mission church at that edifce on Friday
evening. Songs, recitations and old Santa
Clans wPrp down in the DrOpramme.
Clerk Bell of the district court drew the
grand jury from the jury box yesterday for
the January term of the district court, re-
turnabe on Tuesday, January Is, and the
first petit jury, returnable Monday, jan
uary 10.
The st. Paul Syndicate Texas land trial
was adjourned in Judge Wilkins session of
the district court yesterday after three days
hearing TO "Wednesday, January IA, to ac-
commodate the counsel in the same, having
other fish to fry.
Mine host Anderson Of the "Mattern'' has
secured the services of Mr.. E. B. Judd as
chef over mis- splendid culinary department.
Mr.. JuGd comes from the GRIND hotel,
Denver, and he has reputation second to
none in the country.
Mr.. Bryce, the popular clerk at Parnell's, %
Seventh street, met with a serious accident
yesterday while playing with one of the
lady boarders of the Metropolitan restaurant.
His physician says that he will regain the
sight of his injured optic. Mr.. B. declares
tn at If he loses his eye the lady will have to
marry him.
Samuel Bolinger, killed by being run
down by train at the foot of Third street,
on Christmas night, will be buried by the
Odd Fellows lodge Of this city, this after
noon, in the cemetery of the German Luz
theran society in West St. Paul. Guthunz &
Rackstroh, the Wacouta street undertakers,
at the request Of the friends, have charge of
the funeral exercises.
The trial of the case Of Edwin Gribble,
Esq, against the Pioneer Press company for
$4,000 damages for libel will open before a
struck jury in the district court at 10 a. m.
tomorrow, Judge Brill presiding. The
plaintiff will be represented by John B.
Brisbin, Esq, as counsel, and the defendant
by VIM. D. Cornish, Esq. The hearing will
probably occupy several days.
An action has been commenced by d. r.
Gregg. the contractor, against the CITY of st.
Paul, for $500 damages, alleged to have
grown out of his contract for removing earth
On the grading Of Third street. The COM
plant alleges that his contract was based on
the estimate of the city engineer which re-
CURED him to remove $500 cubic yards OF
earth and that in reality he was compelled to
remove IL, 200 cubic yards.
Mr.. John S. Schulze, OF Schulze g. Mac
Donald, has received a unique curiosity from
Mr.. Eugene Johnson, of Glendale, D. T., in
The shape of two deer heads, the antlers of
which are inextricably interlocked. The
young bucks were shot while in the act of
lighting, and as their horns were so tightly
iu'erlaced, it is certain that they would have
otherwise died from exhaustion. The oddity
Is on exhibition at the store indicated.
Yesterdays GLOBE contained the infor-
nation that the woman found frozen to
death in the Sixth ward was not Julia Cum
mings but Mrs. Margaret Bemis, formerly
of Hinckley. Yesterday Coroner Quinn
called on Thomas Reddy, of this city, and
after considerable pressure had been brought
TO bear on the latter he acknowledged that
the deceased was his sister, 1t is under
stood that she left her family some time ago
and that she had been dissipating a great
deal of late.
An exciting runaway accident occurred on
jackson street about O'Clock yesterday af-
ternonn, which fortunately did not prove
very disastrous. At that hour a cutter con-
tanning Mrs. E. S Norton, caught in the
street car track at Fourth and jackson streets
and tipped over; the lady was thrown out
but not injured. Becoming frightened the
morse ran away, going south on Jackson
street; on reaching Third street collision
took place with lamp post and at this point
the horse left the cutter and started out
Third street at a terrific rate of speed. Officer
boerner, who was stationed at Robert street.
saw the approach of the horse and with great
Courage he rau into the street and clutched
the nag at the bride, bringing him to full
stop.