St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-13
Among the Firemen.

Superintendent of Fire Alarm jenkins has
been i'll for several days past, and is yet I'M
able to attend to his duties.
It is current about the department that
one of the officers of No. is to join the
ranks of the benedicts on Thursday evening
next.
Pat Smith, engine driver for the 3's, is off
on two-days' leave of absence.
T. O'Connor, pipeman ON theNo. 4engine,
was all but suffocated by smoke at the East
Sixth street fire. He was overcome, fell in
the hallway and was dragged out and resusci-
tated by Capt Brunell.
R. J. Spell, third pipeman on the No. 2, is
on the sick list.
The new telephone rules are now hanging
in all the engine houses, with the clause
about loafers added thereto in huge black
print.
IN. LIS A. H." are the mystic letters
posted conspcuously about the No. 2 engine
house. It's the lieutenant's..idea (eupho-
neously called by the boys"Telow Waddle''),
and translated means. ''No loafers allowed
here.''
l.. B. Gehan, No. As engineer, is the pos
SCISSOR Of fine trotter and a new sideba
buggy.
Ned, one of the horses of engine No. 2,
stepped into the open man-hole on Broad
way and Eighth streets Saturday night and
received a bad cash in his leg, which viii lay
him off for n month. He is in the hospital at
the No. ! house.
The repairs at house No. are still going
on and when the boys get through and fur
nish their rooms they will have the finest
quarters in the city. 1t is the intention to
give ball or entertain ment to aid them in
raising the 5000 which they propose to ex-
pend in fitting themselves out.
| James Kuchern, familiarly known as
'Chub, 'truckman for the headquarters COM
pGny, calamity offered to escort fair dan
Ger home from the chemical ball the other
night. lie had TO walk half mile beyond
the pillow works and got home just iu time
for breakfast.
| Chemical 2 gave n ball last week, which
was great success in ali respects. The pro-
ceeds will go toward fixing up their apart
ments.
A. Martin, No l engines stoker, has
wholly recovered his pristine vigor and is on
duty again.
All that remains Of the old Minnehaha en-
CINE, which was brought here in 1868, is a
| whillctree now in use on engine T. So
many changes have been made in the ma
chine during the past seventeen years that
this whiflletree is pointed out as a relic.
c. NJ. Stay, truckman on Hook and Lad
der l, is guitarlst.
The oldest horse in the department is
! ''Tom, - to which name has lately been pre-
| fixed Dynamite He belongs to the As
hose cart, is almost seventeen hands high, a
bony bay, and gentle rs a kitten. "Dyna-
mitc'' Tom has been in service nine years,
and is great pet.
Hook and Ladder No. lost their door
! opener, species of iron clowbar, at one of
the fires last week, and confidently expect
| the finder 10 return 1t to them.
| II was No. ? engine which broke the man
| hole cover on the corner of Eighth and
! Broadway in running to Saturday nights
alarm. These covers are altogether too light
aud made of east iron, consequently they
! break easily when such heavy vehicle rs a
fire engine runs over them.
Engine No. is in the department repair
shop.
Hose carriage No. . had an axle sprung
and its framework damaged by the street
car collision last week 1t il in service
/ again.
The secret society fever has laid hold upon
the tiremen, aud Kellogg and Kelliher OF
headquarters are the latest subjects for
| mystic hOuOrs.