St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-24
STREET SAYINGS.

WneQ those SlX-SlueQ concrete DlOckS were
laid in the sidewalk in different parts of the
city everybody exclaimed, ''Oh, how beauti.
full" One block was black, and one was
white. The variety was charming,a and when
one walked on them he almost thought he
dwelt in marble halls; but the sharp and bit
ing blasts of winter came and the frosts en-
tered the ground, and there they lurked
evidently at work getting purchase on the
beautiful pavements. When thev got a firm
grip they gave it a lift, as any one can see
that passes along Wabasha street in front
OF the American house, near Fourth
street. The beauty and symmetry of that
pavement is no more. Its tesseated charm
has disappeared. 1t presents a ragged APP
pearancc, and is no more beautiful to the
lover of the fine arts. 1t was gay deceiver,
but the frosts took the conceit out of it.
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Mayor O'Brien will get home to-day and
will then probably be able to tell US whether
he is going to have the district attorneyship
or not.
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Among the subjects on which applicants
may be called upon to display their learning
in the civil service examination to-day are
geometry, trigonometry, an atomy, several olo-
gies and number of foreign languages.
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James Kennedyis a gentleman who is
pretty well known in st. Paul and not I'M
known to fame as military man, as about
seven or eight years ago he was made a
major general for m9ritorious services on the
field. Those were exciting times when Maj.
Gen. Kennedy eluded the law officers, sue
cessfully lodged writs of ''habeas corpus"
''quo warranto," and ''bring-him-in-w when
you-get-him." A distinguished lawyer in
st. Paul wanted to get possession of property
on Sixth street, upon which was a house
occupied by woman. She did not want to
give up her house, and Mr.. Kennedy,
like a just and brave man, espoused
the cause of the poor woman. To make a
long story short, when Mr.. Kennedy found
the lady so hedged about with writs he
concluded he could not unite the knot and
so determined to cut it. The writs backed
up by law officers stopped all proceedings.
Mr.. Kennedy got his horses and tackle to-
gether, and at IL O'Clock Saturday night put
the machinery at work and yanked the build
ing off the lot. The thing was done before
anyone knew it, except Nj. Kennedy and
his forces. When the bells were calling
people to church that calm and peaceful Sab
bath morning and the blooming, bashful
maiden with her little prayer book, was seek
ing the sanctuary, there was bowling mob
on Sixth and Minnesota streets. The
legal gentleman and the officers of the
law were there, but what could
they.do? The building was moved. The
woman had possession of it and it was on a
lot that had been hired for her. That attor-
ney was mad and Maj. Gen. Kennedy
was the hero of the hour Wherever he went
the crowd cheered him, and that's the way
he became Maj. Gen. Kennedy.
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This community is a good deal disap-
pointed at our not having ball club in st.
Paul this season, Even some of those who
do not attend the games express regret that
the grounds could not be secured. 1t is too
late now to waste tears over the matter. 1t
will probably be long time before st. Paul
will have another such opportunity as the
one she has just declined.
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A gentleman who saw Dennis Ryan at the
Leland hotel, Chicago, the other day, says
he was invested as city in state of siege
by the thrifty tradesmen Of that town solicit
ing orders for furniture, queensware and
other articles necessary to complete the
equipment of one of the finest hotels in the
world. And yet Mr.. Ryan was the least ex-
cited of the throng. He WAS cool and clear
headed and talked pure business with all. 1t
is, In fact, matter of marvel how MIR. Ryan
can look after every detail of the vast vol
ume and the varied character of the interests
he controls or in which he has large
investments. lie has large mining in
terests in Utah and Colorado, heavy landed
estates in Dakota, millions of feet of lumber
on the stump in Manitoba and elsewhere,
immense herds Of cattle on illmitable
ranges in the West, bank and mercantile in
terests in st. Paul and other places 10 adj
dition to his mammoth hotel now In course
of obstruction and equipment. And yet,
to observe his quiet demeauOr, his unassum
lug manners and the general air Of mod
esty which invests him in his association in
the marts of trade and about the hotel
Hobbies and streets, one would Judge him to
be an ordinary man Of affairs about town,
with no great and varied industries and in
terests on hand Of sufficient responsibility TO
weigh an ordinary mind down into a chronic
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