St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-13
STREET SAYINGS.

sit looks now" a gentleman said yester-
day, ''as though the people of West ST.
Paul would lose all that dirt the govern
ment is taking out of the Mississippi river
1t might all be used to grade up some of the
streets in that part of the town, yet through
some mismanagement it's all going down
the river to do no one any good" The per-
son addressed admitted the truth of the
statement, and thought there was no help
for it unless the steps taken by Mr.. Nc
Chung should accomplish something, and he
feared they would not. He thought, how
ever, that when the government got through
in the fall, the hole it dug in the bottom of
the river would be filled up again and that
there would be just as much dirt there as
ever.
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At the symposium held at Grote's by the
musicians who furnished the instrumental
music for the May festival, the enthusiasm
ran so high as to lead some of the speakers
to express the wish that we could have an
orchestra here consisting of fully as many
as the one which played at the festival,
under a competent director. ''This WISH"
a gentleman remarked yesterday, lis very
natural, but how can it be cOnsummated?
That is the question. 1t is an admitted
fact that musicians have to eat. Their wives
and children must have food and
clothing, and where is the money to come
from to support in st. Paul an organization
of forty or fifty musicians with their wives
and children. We have seen one instrr-
mental organization after another started in
this city, and every one has failed except
one, for want of support, and that one is
George Seibert's. Through his industry,
and good business ability and management
this musical organization, known as Sci
bert's orchestra, has continued and been
kept on living basis. 1t is about as large
as the business of the town will support at
present. A few more instru-
ments will be added. probably,
as business warrants. But any at
tempt to establish here at present an Or
chestra of forty or more instruments will
end in failure, complete and entire. If
anyone in st. Paul has money enough to
expend 5000 or $500 day for such an Or
chestra for year, let him step forth. L
should be glad to see him."
Judge Egan on being questioned as to the
work of the grand jury: ''Oh, yes, the
grand jury is at work. I'll tell you how
they do it.. A witness comes in, holds up
his hand, stands around awhile, smokes
cigar, chats, laughs, has good time and
then goes away without spending anything.
You're all right; everybody knows you;
tap ta."
The most lonesome and most seriously
grieved men in town are the base ball
cranks. Said one of them yesterday:
'sWhat's the use of talking to me about the
management not being able to get a lot suit
able for use in the city? That's all bosh.
There are lots of lots we could have had.
It's Just our lot to cast our lot with misfor
tune. There are lots of us fellows just in
the same fix. Now there's Merriam. His
lot was east in misfortune, too, but his lot
was different from ours. 1t was the ballot.
But Merriam is dead and don't know he
suffers"
The vender of bogus stories has started
the report that one of the citizens of st.
Paul is engaged in forwarding Calling
guns to Riel and his half-breeds to aid them
in their contest with the government. The
gentleman referred to is one of our most
calm and peaceful citizens, and is also
almost as much of a philosopher as is Jim
Dillon, whom DR.. Day pronotlnces one of
the most astute and proficient of the phil
osophers. He is Major General Kennedy.
Now, besides being philosopher, Major
General Kennedy is no SLOUGH of lawyer,
and he knows it would be an
illegal and highly improper thing for
him. to do to go around peddling
Calling guns, and such like warlike mate
rails as boys do popcorn.
Nv
After the Roman general, or consul or
whatever he was called, had brought the
great city of Carthage to the condition
where she had to eat humble pie, after ne
had beaten down her walls and driven out
her terror-stricken inhabitants, the hard
hearted and cruel man from Latium sat
himself down on one of the broken columns
amid the ruins of that great city and
grieved over the result. A gentleman
meeting Judge Goodrich, yesterday, near
the crumbling walls of the Hale block,
on the corner of Third and Jackson streets,
reminded the goodnatlred Judge that an
other landmark was going. Eyes" says
the Judge, Carthage delenda est. So they