St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
STREET SAYINGS.

STREET SAYINGS.
Those who have not heard Capt. Starkey
make a speech, just when he felt in the
humOr for it, are certainly unfortunate.
Few men have ever approached him in this
line. 1t is not often that the American
eagle bird gets lifted quite so high as il
does when the captain makes one of his
efforts. When he does make one of these
efforts his sentences are polished, his voice
takes on melodic tone, while his words
naturally arrange themselves into kind OF
rhythmic procession of noble and beautiful
thoughts. 1t is not often that he is found
just ripe for such an effort, but whenever
he is so found he should be listened to.
Such an occasion occurred few evenings
ago at the meeting of the Citizens union in
West st. Paul. The meeting had taken
up the matter of the West st. Paul levee
and was hard at work discussing it, Those
present had turned it inside out and were
ripping and tearing it all to pieces, when
Capt. Starkey addressed the meeting in his
happiest manner, and in closing quoted that
beautiful passage from Milton in regard tC
the leaves in Valambrosa. Judge Wood,
who had been an attentive listener to Capt
Starkey's speech from the first, as soon as
he heard that last remark jumped UP an6
declared that it was an insult to the levee
He Wood had been many time:
all over it and was familiar with
the whole of it, and he die
nor hesitate to say that he knew it had M
ValambrOsas on it, and had not had since
Mayor O'Brien banished everything under
Ordinance No. 10. The matter was ex
planned to the judge that he misunderstood
the remark, and that it was a little compli
mentary quotation, a little nosegay o.
poetry, as it were, and in this way threat
ened unpleaSantneSS was averted.
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II wouldn't be in the shoes of either Mr.
Kelly or Mr.. Doran for good deal."~ The
remark was made by statesman who ha:
had lots of experience in practical politics
Just think! There will be perhaps hall
thousand positions to be filled in the
course of a year or two, and those two mel
have got to stand all the brunt of the pull
ing and hauling of the two to nine riya
candidates there'll be for each position. It's
really cruel on the part OF that meeting tt
impose task of so much delieacy and in
volving such hard toll upon those two pool
men,"
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Messrs, Andrews IL Co., who appeared
before the board of education at its last
meeting with contract which some of the
members of the board declared to have beer
obtained by fraud, and which the board
utterly repudiated and refused to recognize
in any form, have had one interview and
perhaps more with some of the members
through their agent in regard to the whole
matter of the contract, as well as in regard
to the putting in of a bid. The agent eX-
presses the hope that Andrews & Co. have
not prejudiced their case by the course
taken. 1t is probably true to certain ex-
tent that this hope is well founded, and
that the board will consider bid made by
that firm and deal justly toward it. Still
there is bad odor all about the contract.
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Superintendent Cox of the Ryan hotel
/ had good joke on Mr.. Ryan the othel
day. You know we commenced work OF
the hotel Just year ago, and the coItrac
for Its completion extends to July. Well
so far as the building is concerned, | could
have it ready by June LIST, and on meeting
Mr. Ryan q couple of days ago / informed
him had hotel i could rent him. HI
expressed good deal of surprise at the
rapid way in which the work has gone for
ward. For its size it was put up quicker
and in better shape than any building in tn,
country.
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Janitor Ed Hammond, in imitation of thu
aborigines of Minnesota, burned over the
prairie plat surrounding the state house yes
terday, and in company with Assistant
Davis from the Soudan, afterwards raket
the premises clear of the deposits of winter
debris. As the sun dropped behind ST
Anthony hill, Ed pronounced the goot
work finished and sharpened up his Thomas
Ratchet in preparation for city CANNES whC
have taken notion that this open space i:
dedicated for their especial occupancy as {
play ground.
4. W. Perrin, the popular clerk in tn,
secretary of states department, effeetually
put up the bars between himself and tht
King of Norway and Sweden BY going be
fore the supreme court yesterday and tax
ing out his second papers, constituting hin
q full-fledged American citizen and lOya
subject of Uncle Samuel
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A gentleman now residing in st. Paul
but who ten years since was connected Will
firm in Chicago that worked several rail
roads in the interest of newspapers, genera
| literature and delicious edibies, was III,
party on whom Frank Landers, the conf
denee man now in the county jail, worke,
his first snap. LandeTs was then but L
years old, and he succeeded in getting jol
as train newSboy, although his older brothe
John had proved so crooked that he has
been discharged by the same employers bu
a short time before. Frank was bright ant
| sharp, and gave promise Of being goot
| salesman. He went wrong however, ant
was discharged. He was broke and out O
a job so he set his inventive genius to wOrI
TO make a stake" He succeeded. HI
| took train to Freeport. where he inter
cepted train from Centralia {,
Dubuque. on which a green hand wa
working for the firm. With pencil behin,
his ear he accosted the newsboy and in
/ formed him that he had been sent to ehecl
/ him up. take his money and trunks and dis
charge him He went TO work in
I systematic manner and found the boy owes
| SIS but had only SIS. The latter sum h
took after exacting promise that settle
ment would be made for the balance. ant
with the money and well-stocked trunks o
the salesman he went 10 Chicago. Their
I he hired privilege on night train an.
with his stolen capital went 70 work H
I prOSpered for about two trips and then wa
/ found. His deficit was made up BY friend
I and on account of his youth he was per
mitted to 20 free. His assurance and gall