St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-30

yesterday as he handed over to the re-
porter copy of his statement of licenses
issued to date. The statement showed that
277 vendors of spirituous and malt liquors
only had taken out licenses, which is just
one short of the total number issued last
year. The licences issued yesterday were:
one peddler 500, one auctioneer 800 and
one bootblack S3. The total receipts from
this source amount to $3.50, 597.
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A visit to the Office of the city clerk re-
vealed the fact that 28S saloonkeepers had
filed their bonds, and the police clerk states
that he has in his possession four more.
This indicates that there are fifteen more
who intend to pay in their $500 each and
take out licenses.
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''What does morning paper mean by It's
allusion to the massacre of innocent black
birds"" queried member of the gun club
yesterday in recOunting and discussing the
pleasures OF the recent tournament. 70,
That was purely facetious," was the reply.
Certainly everybody is aware that a Peoria
blackbird is as devoid of sensibility and OF
feathers and flesh and blood as is the ordi-
nary clay pigeon"
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Sergt. Smith, the license inspector for the
city, has turned his eagle eye toward the
dilatory hackmen and draymen. Said he
yesterday, 1.-The city ordinance requires
that in each hack or licensed vehicle for
hire shall be conspicuously posted the name
OF the owner and the number OF the license
which he holds. l find a general disregard
prevalent and had good notion to COM
mence proceedings to-day, but upon after
L lodi IN oiI-Q them
warming Then if they do not fulfill the
requirements of the ordinance shall make
an example of them"
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''What do you think of the ordinance
Aid. Swanson proposes to introduce in the
council relative to posting indecent, OBJ
scene and immoral pictures, and exhibiting
indecent, immoral, obscene or lasclvlous
works?" was asked the proprietor OF a
Nicollet avenue art store.
81 don't think it can possibly have any
effect upon dealers in works OF art, was
the response. mo jury can be found that
will decide that classical work is leWd
lascivious or indecent, OF that it has ten
dency to corrupt the morals of the youth.
We have just had a test case in the NUM-
cipal court and the defendant was dis
charged, as would be, beyond shadow OF
doubt, any one under similar clrcum-
stances"
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ssThe government realizes not a little
from special taxes in this city," remarked
Deputy United States Internal Revenue
Collector A. B. Hush to GLOBE reporter
yesterday. 1--WE have taken in for beer
and cigar stamps alone for the month OF
May the neat sum of So, 000."
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''Messrs. Bruce g. Carron, the contrac-
tors" said city official yesterday, ''have
arrived in the city. You know the con-
tract for constructing the substructure for
the new bridge to span the river at the foot
of Washington avenue was awarded to
them. They are all ready for business, and
will begin operations just as soon as the
materials arrive and that will be forth
with"
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Speaking of fine stock" remarked V.
G. Hush yesterday, II want to assure you
that tomorrow morning forty head Of the
finest Holsteins that ever set foot in this
city will arrive from Kirkhaven at the driv-
ing park, where they will be sold from
June 4. They are the property of the
Northwestern Importers & Breeders asso-
clatlOn. Ii was their strains tnaJ tOOK all
the premiums at the fair last fall. One
heifer is worth $1,000"
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Col. w. III. Liggett, who is now bo-
nanza farmer, being connected with the
Northwestern Importers s. Breeders asso-
citation, is in the city, the guest of Valen-
tine G. Hush and A. G. Wilcox. Col.
Liggett commanded the regiment that stood
their ground in the Cincinnati riot and he
was shot through the leg, the wound dis
abling him so that he resigned his commits
sion