St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-16
THE CITY.
GLOBULES.

The Itasca club will meet tonight.
Three deaths were recorded yesterday.
Diphtheria is reported at No. 95S Reaney
street.
Internal revenue collections yesterday
were 50, 961.99.
The mail weighers lately appointed all
commenced their duties yesterday.
The city treasurer has already refunded
$4,000 on the Seventh street assessment.
The committee on claims of the council
met Yesterday afternoon and passed upon
large number of bills.
The children's party to be given at Turner
hall by Prof. Beggs tomorrow night prom
ises to be delightful affair.
In the Ris VS.. Granger suit to settle title
of real estate Judge Brill yesterday decided
that plaintiff is not entitled to relief and
must pay costs.
The sum of S25, 600 was transmitted to
the sub-treasury at New York by POstmas-
ter Day yesterday, representing the semi
monthly payment of the st. Paul pOstotice.
The committee appointed by the West
Side Citizens union to present the levee
construction bill to the board of public
works will present the matter to the board
this evening.
Nels Nelson and Nels Peterson were be-
fore the United States court yesterday for
selling liquor to the Mile Laos Indians at
Mora. Each pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to pay fine OF S25.
1t is reported that the extra pay of the
Western Union telegraph operators has
been restored in Detroit and that it will
soon be restored in Chicago and st. Paul.
This is good news for the boys
One of the occupants of the hack, the
horses of which ran away Tuesday, denies
that the driver was berated, but, on the
contrary, he claims that the latter was
praised for his good Craftsmanship.
OThere is commendable rivalry among the
firemen as to which apparatus shall succeed
in getting to fire first. Truck 2 claimed
two victories yesterday, but the point is
strenuously denied by Chemical 2.
The members of the Dayton Bluff Ath-
letic club will give their first semi-annual
social hop on Wednesday evening, April 30,
at their hall on the corner Of Third street
and Bates avenue, where they will be
pleased to welcome their many friends.
&The Trades assembly will hold a meeting
at their hall on Jackson street on Saturday
night. The representative men of all
trades are urged and expected to be present.
as action is to be taken bearing upon the at
titude of the laboring men in the coming
spring election.
Two new cases were filed with Clerk
Bell yesterday. John X. Sabin sues John
Cady for $40 rent due on the premises No.
SS4 Beech street, and James McHorge asks
n divorce from Diantha j. McHorge, alleg-
ing desertion on the day of the marriage,
which was Nov. -, 1879.
Building Inspector Johnson is busily en-
gagged just now examining the new build
ings that are being put up in all portions of
the city. There are few which he finds it
necessary to condemn. In his judgment
the class of buildings in course of erection
this season are superior in all respects to
those of the year previous This tends to
prove the substantial nature of the city,s
growth.
One of the residents Of the building in
which the fire occurred last night claimed
to have lost $3.50 and a gold watch. A wo-
man named Aggie Kennedy, who was in
the room from which the valuables were alb
stracted, and who remained after the others
ran out upon the alarm of fire, was arrested
by Sergeant Murphy upon suspicion of
knowing something about the matter. She
stoutly maintains her innocence.
The engineers were at Merriam Park
yesterday running lines preparatory to
grading. 1t is understood that the engi-
neers have finally determined to give a
satisfactory grade, one that will, in q
measure, conform to the undulating sur
face of the country. 1t was feared ut first
that arbitrary low grade would be estab-
liShed, and the citizens out there were q
good deal alarmed about it. 1t will be very
gratifying TO them to learn the engineers
have reached this conclusion.