St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01
A Case of Mad lnfatuatiOn and the
DeplOrable Results to
Which it Led.
An American Girl Abroad Clears Her.
self from the Base InsinuatiOn
That Her Father Peddled Pills.
The Sweet Girl Graduate Scores Victory
Over the Normal Board-Leagne
Club Matters.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe. !

we are short of school ma'ams IN ST. Louis
it seems, and the young ladies are mistresses
of the situation. Heretofore each young lady
entering the normal school has been required
to sign pledge that she would attend that
institution for two years before presenting
herself for teachers place in the schools.
Somehow, either because husbands were
plenty or other fields of labor were more pay
ing, about sixty-five new teachers are needed
here annually, and the normal does not pro-
duce that many. The normal girls have
wanted their term shortened, but the school
authorities have declined, and there the
matter has rested for some time past the only
overt acts of hostility being the singing by the
young ladies, during the music lesson, of songs
calculated to make Principal Soldan's hair
curl. Early this week the girls held meet
ing and discussed the situation; they deter
mined to cut off the teacher supply alto
gether. A new class had just graduated
from the high school which should go into
the normal next Monday. Committees of
girls were appointed, who W aited upon each
OF the high school young ladies, and by ca
joery, bullGozing, molasses candy, or l
know not what intimidation or argument,
forced each of these latter young ladies to
sign pledge that they would not sign the
two year pledge required by the school
board Like sensible gentlemen the school
board has surrendered, eighteen months at
the normal is to be the rule hereafter, and
the fair conspirators are Intoxicated with
victory.
But it is not altogether of school girls and
their conspiracies that St. Louis has been
talking this week. We have had an old and
well known name
DRAGGED INTO THE GUTTER,
and the gossips have, of course, been
busy making the very worst
of very bad case. / am in a position to
give you the inside facts in the story exactly
as they occurred. The Garveau family is
widely and honorably known here, they are
of French extraction, as the name indicates,
very wealthy and moving III the best society
here. Jim Garveau, young and rather
wild man about town, met and became wildly
infatuated with girl named Effle Davis,
who had begun an adventurous life some
seventeen years ago at Lincoln, Illinois,
where her people are still living. Garveau
promised Effie If she would reform that he
would marry her. His father heard Of that
matter and made most vigorous efforts to buy
tue girl of. In the midst Of the negotiations
she disappeare and no Que knew where she
was but Jim Garveau. He had placed the
girl in the Catholic convent at Council
Bluffs, not alone for reformatory but
for educational purposes, for Efie
although very pretty, with great liquid
brown eyes and an almost perfect figure, was
a very ignorant little body. The nuns after
time learned the girls history, and of
course, sne had TO leave the convent She
drifted back into the old life, but young
Garveau could not keep away from her, nor
she from him. Her father spent thousands
OF dollars useiessly. Al Iast jim tired Of the
affair and went away to Omaha and ente red
into business there, giving Ellie to under
stand once for all that all was over. A cou-
Pile Of days since she went up to Omaha aud
tried to kill him. She was arrested and by
some sort Of legal quibbe got out Of the city.
| understand that her nearest friends believe
taat it is only question OF a few days time
when she will throw away her life Of which
she is very tired.
Turning from the tragic to light comedy
bow many people in St. Paul remember Miss
Lily Woodbridge, who Was some
years since constant visitor to
the up river watering places Well
Lily and her,mamma went to Europe last year.
and captured the Lieut.. Richard Won Bayer-
Enren burg, a lieutenant in the German army
and a subject Of the King Of Written burg.
Miss Lily became l-geboren
frau Won Buyer, etc, and all went merry as
marriage bell. Alas, however, for the
permanency OF human happiness, a rumor
introduced itself into circulation that the fair
Lily was of plebeiau birth aud not tit to as
soeiate with the court cards Of stuttgart and
Ulm-that her father, horrible TO relate, mad
ACTUALLY PEDDLED PILLS
and peanuts in years gone by, thus entirely
uniting his progeny for admiIture with the
Sang Azul. Now it is q matter of cold truth
that Lily Woodbridge was aud doubtless Is, as
pretty girl, pquiut, charming, graceful
aud gracious as ever stepped in a number
two aud half shoe, and her husband is q
heavy looking, pas:y faced Dragon that
Lad no fright to such delicious little
wife as she1s. There was trouble, as say,
and the troubles spread across the sea, and
took 10 ST. Louis as we'll as Stuttgart. and the
mamma at ouce Strengthened out the whole
matter Certificates were made out BY re
spousible persons, so the tory runs, that 1t
was not Lily's father, but her step father,
who had da65ed in pills and peanuts An
L., 3. 4
Lis was viaIicited wloily and fully Size
can be received hy his royal highuess, the
toy king of Written burg, and tarter paste
boards with the mobility Of the kingdom. and
not ore dare say pills" once.
The political situation is amusing. We
have a municipal election coming on in
April and, OF course, all OF the candidates are
trimming hard for the race. State Senator
McGinuis Is, or rather was, candidate for
collector, a very fat little JOB, and so are Mr.
Hudson, the present incumbent, Mr. Rosen-
blati. the cx-eOllec,or. aud several others.
/ In order to knock out every body else, and
/ to pose as a financial reformer, Mr.. McGin-
I MS called for a committee Of tie senate 10
7 come down % St. Louis, examine into the
collection OF the revenue here and suggest a
/ means Of correcting its abuses. Tne first
! two DAYS OF the Investigation went smoothly,
| for Mr.. NEG He oowled out Mr.. Adreon,
1 the comptroller, by exhibiting TO a
| startled community that Mr.. Adreon had
[ neglected 70 pay his own taxes be upset
/ Mr. Rosenbiait by showing him to be some
thing over 81, 900 in debt 70 the city, and
/ Mr. ROsen blatt had to acknowledge the corn
aud psy the money. Just As the committee
/ vas finishing is work
An ISorisTTTvE REPORTER
/ discovered that Mr.. McGinnis was himself q
delinquent from 1872 to 1879, aud 50 the
circus ended. with & BON bshsu for the in
vsstigator and the senator went OF 70 the