St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-16
The News Matter Evolved in the Flour
City on Peaceful Sabbath
Day.
4 Young LfSy's Brilliant Scheme to
Raise 1>,ney in Aid Of Charit-
able Institutions.
Doings of the Bible Society and the Blue Rib
bon Exhortation of the Murphyites-
Sunday Concerts.
The Reverse Of the Picture Shows the Usual
Course of Crime in a Large
City.
MINNEAPOLIS TOPICS.

With wild anxiety the average Minneapo-
Titan seizes his paper every morning, and
then, in the depths Of despair, eNclaims:
''No, the academy insurance isn't settled
yet!3 Bat his paper perhaps says it is
''happy Ia inform its readers the matter is
nearing an adjustment" or something to
that effect 81 don't see,'' said Mr.. Press
ing,one of the arbitrators, ''why there is such
& demand for this thing. Is it a matter of
such grave importance 10 the Minneapolis
public." That's Just the question-is it!
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The lower wards, the Seventh and the
Sixth, are not exactly settled as TO the loca-
ton for the south town bridge, Washington
and Franklin avenues having each their
favorites and advocates. At Saturday
nights meeting at Weeu-O,sen tabernacle,
the latter was unanimously selected, but
yesterday the friends of the Washington site
claimed that meeting was packed for the &C.
casion- Other meetings will be held and a
full expression Of sentiment obtained. The
greatest good to the greatest number,
should be the motto OF these searchers after
truth.
Day by Jay new recruits are heard of for
the small army that Will start from Mime
apClis to invade Washington on inaugural
day. The fare for the round trip for excur-
sions is only 500, and few dollars more for
sleepers, so the expense will not be great.
At least one, and perhaps two, military com
psnics viii be well represented. Several
gentlemen interested in going, and in hav-
ing large excursion, are working the mat
ter up. Only two weeks remain now
Among the many important municipal
affairs now undergoing discussion and re-
ceiving the attention Of special meetings,
that Of properly lighting the streets Of Mime
apois, is being neglected. Il is Of para
mount importance, rs the present system is
wOrfully Insufficient and inefficient. Such a
public locality, for instance. as where Sixth
street inttrsccts Hcnncpin avenue should
never be left in the Stygian darkness that
now nightly pcrvadcs it. 1t is simply shame
ful- Five blocks away, on cross streets, The
electric mast gives no light worth speaking
OF, and pedestrians may knock their shius
or footpads ply their neiarious work, and the
city be wiser.
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Renters are making great cutlery over the
scarcity Of small and eligible houses aud say
they are com PEELED to 20 two miles out to get
anything resp, ctable. 1ney make tine point
that when houses are put to rent at
figure within the reach of u modest salary.
they are utterly without conveniences Of any
kind. just Al this time rents are down.
and the prices are not the subjects of com
plant, unless II is that to get ordinary CON
vcnicnces reuters are compelled 10 take
houses really too large for them and pay
rent proPortionately high. 1t is one of the
unavoidable evils that landlords have tene-
ments for the money they bring and not the
conTcniences they afford
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Mardi Gras, which will be with Us to-mor-
row, will bring no special celebration. A
fcw dancers will take advantage Of the last
opportunity before Lent, but in this busting
part q the world and Sin a winter city,
carniyals are too outre for success. The
birthday Of the immortal George will be here
next week. but We have had 50 many Of his
birthdays -l54 Of them-that they are grow
ing tribe monotonous. As the day comes
on Sunday, Minnesota ministers will observe
il by preaching temperance sermons, by re-
quest of the ". G. T. { Of the state
George would have been Pleased with that