St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
THE CITY.
CITY GLOBULES.

The public schools closed yesterday for a
week.
1t is time for Aid. Van Slyke to begin to
put his parks in order.
Wabashaw street building establishment
has added donkey cart to its former attrac-
tons.
The county assessors commenced moving
their desks, ETC., into their new room in the
county jail building yesterday.
Sylvester Montour was run in last night
crazy drunk When locked up he made
Rome howl with his outcries. He also fought
the officer when arrested.
Fred Burnhof, a respectable appearing
young man, was arrested at Bridge
square about O'Clock last night because he
persisted in blocking up the approach to the
bridge.
Mrs. A. E. Dewitt & Co., the popular mil
liners and ladies furnishers, corner Broad
way and Seventh street, placed two elegant
signs on their business block yesterday.
They are artistic gems in their line.
Requia Rescraft, frieudless old lady
aged seventy-three years, was found to be
insane at an examination in the Probate
court yesterday, and was ordered committed
to the asylum at st. Peter.
The upper end of Wabashaw street was
thoroughly tackled by the street cleaners
yesterday, as well as the upper portion OF
Seventh street, and they seemed to be doing
the job without any ''plans and specifica-
tons"
The patrol wagon was called to the corner
of Sixth and Sibley streets at $50 O'Clock
last evening, to take in charge
a paralyzed drunk. He was carried in on a
stretcher and his name is supposed to be
Chas. Clancy.
The only excitement at the state capitol
yesterday was a peddler Of patent attach
ment to knife to peel apples and potatoes
with economically, and slice them up
for pies, soups, ETC., without chance to cut
ones fingers.
Horace Silsby, of Seneca Falls, N. Y,
manufacturer Of rotary fire engines, meets
with the fire commissioners at central fire
hall at 3 O'Clock this afternoon to consult
with them in reference to repairing the old
Minnehaha steamer, which is in bad trim.
A new athletic game among the hook and
ladder boys at Central fire hall is called the
neck rush. Two leather collars are attached
to a rope, when the contestants get down on
all fours and pull each other by the necks for
dear life. There is, Of course, champion
down there in this eccentric sport whose neck
resembles in size the leg of Barnum' s Jumbo.
An alarm of fire was sent in from box 81
at 1927 yesterday afternoon, caused by de-
fective chimney setting fire to small
story and half house of Judd Murphy, $50
Western avenue, and. occupied by the owner,
which was burned to the ground even before
chemical No l could reach the spot. The
loss on the building was 5000, and on the
contents $40: both being uninsured.
The committee on streets, of the council,
held meeting last night and acted On sew
eral petitions The petition of Chas. A.
Martin, for S161 damages alleged to have
been caused by the overflow Of a sewer, was
reported adversely upon. City Engineer
Somers submitted plans for the reconstruc-
of spans of the Wabashaw street bridge,
which will be reported favorably upon.
A report reached this office that small
child Of some poor parents, living on Robert
street, was run over yesterday on the corner
OF Robert and Twelfth streets, by passing
wagon, and killed. Upon investigation it
was found that the vehicle passed over both
legs of the child, but that no permanent in
jury resulted, it having escaped with nothing
beyond two pretty badly skinned shins.