St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-21
THE CITY.
GLOBULES.

Diphtheria is reported on COlbOrne street.
The reserve pump recently placed in the
pumping station is now i'll use.
The West Side Boat club postponed its
meeting last evening to next Monday night.
Company D performs its regular weekly
drill on Bridge square tonight II the
weather permits.
Capt Burger, state armorer, sent case
of forty-five-calibre guns to the company at
st. Cloud yesterday.
Patrick Walsh and Philip O'Neil engaged
in street fight yesterday afternoon: and
they were both yanked to the cooler.
Mrs N[ulligan. woman well-known to
The police, was taken to the police station
again last night almost insensibly drunk.
The assessment committee Of the board
of public works spent a number OF hours
yesterday compiling assessments OF some OF
the proposed street improvements.
Capt. Thomas Burns pilot of the Mary
Morton, which arrived yesterday from down
the river, reports the water very much
lower than common at this season of the
year.
A pleasant wedding took place at the
Swedish Lutheran church Tuesday night,
being the marriage of Miss Emma Swe1rson
and Mr.. Gus Johnson, both well known in
st. Paul.
Mervine Thompson announces by tele-
graph that he will be in the city this after
noon at 1 o'clock. Betting is lively on the
result of his fight with Billy Wilson next
Monday night at Market hall, Wilson being
the favorite.
Charles Nelson, bright looking young
Swede, was arrested last night on warrant
charging him with baStardy. The victim is
a comedy maiden bearing the euphOniouS
name of Vida Josephine.
A special meeting of the county commits
siOneTs was held last evening to further con-
slider the plans for the new almshouse. The
minor changes suggested at the last meeting
were approved and a few other alterations
made in the details of the superstructure.
Plans for the new building about to be
erected on the corner of Sixth and Jackson
streets by the Bank of Minnesota will be
submitted to the building inspector for ap-
proyal in few days. The building will be
six stories, constructed of brick at proba-
BILE cost of $3.50, 600.
Ethire MERCER, who has been living at
81 Martin street, disappeared on Tuesday
anu UP W " NiOCA 16toU llCtu uOG IL
turned. MERCER has been considerably de-
pressed of late and it is feared that some
thing has happened to him. Heis married
man, 4S years old. with a heavy gray NOUS
tache and small gray eyes. When he left
home on Tuesday was dressed in suit of
brown and wore small hard hat.
When running down Seventh street to
the fire yesterday afternoon, the patrol
wagon slid against street car and badly
bent the tenders over the wheels. The car
escaped with scratch. Complaint made
about car drivers after every fire that in
stead of stopping when the alarm sounds.
as they do in other cities, they drive on at
the usual rate of speed. The result is that
they become nuisance, because they in
terfere with the apparatus whose business
it is to get to the fire as soon as possible.
Yesterday afternoon barn near the cor
ner of Sixth and Willius streets, owned by
Dr.. Waters and leased by John Curren. was
burned with its contents, including two
horses and one COW. The fire had gained
such Roadway before observed that efforts
to save the horses were useless. The cause
of the fire is unknown. The horses were
insured for 5000, while policy of 50. 500
covered the barn and dwelling house, the
kitchen of which was slightly scorched.
This is the fourth or fifth time within a
week that the fire department has been
called out to eXtinguish fire on that corner.