St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-22
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The woods of Minnesota are apparently
full of men who are willing that the jingle Of
the guinea shall help the hurt that honor
lees.
VIM Bracket, the present accommodate
ing high sheriff of Hennepin county, is en-
tire!y out of the fashion. Unless he files
notice of a contest within three days his
friends will think he has no sand.
1t has been suggested that the Algonquin
club, in the midst of its winter studies Of
JeffersOuiaD Democracy, set apart little
time to pursue the theory of the correlation
and conservation of blind and straddle.
One consecutive day has passed and the
name of Col. NJ. Wallace Glenn has not ap-
peared in any of the papers. The colonel
must be lapslng into innocuous desuetude.
The present dizziness into which Mnneap-
oils is lapsing must be met and counJeracled,
even if q secOnd-clasS snowstorm is called
into requisition.
Manager Couklin, OF the Grand, has the
softest, most persuasive voice in existence,
and when he pats your back and calls you
''old man. the effect is simply irresisti bic.
Since the public green cloth has been so
rudely banned, the sporting fraternity has
taken up the innocent diversion of calling the
turn on the order in which the three regular
attendants will show up at the board of trade
meeting this morning.
Mai. Camps prediction that another fall of
snow would occur yesterday has not been
verified up to date. The major is making
ord His failure to make snow come may be
used against him when he runs for mayor on
the non-partisan ticket.
Mayor Ames has been elected exalted ruler
of the Minneapolis lodge OF Elks, and it is no.
ticeable that there seems to be no disposition
upon the part of the Minneapolis papers to
deny the fact.
R. L. Stillman is putting himself to consid-
cradle unnecessary trouble ABOUT the post
Office. He is making the mistake of suppOs-
ing that the attacks of the Minneapolis Du-
plicate amount TO something more tnan an
excuse for unloading superabundance OF
spleen.
The Iong-stauding joke that railroad cross
ing tenders are never sociable is at last
knocked out. On the corner of Second ave-
nue. and Fourth street southeast is one whom
il is pleasure to meet. He always has a
pleasant word for all who speak to him, and
is even willing to Inconvenience himself to do
one a favor. Such things are rare.
Some people never seem to have any idea
of the eternal fitness of things. One man on
the East side, during the recent snowstorm,
was out shoveling Off his sidewalk until to-
ward the close. The sidewalk is now monu-
ment to his stupidity. The paths he shoveled
speedily filled up, and now three feet OF snow
cover the walk. Since the snow ceased he
don shovel.
Just what fun there is standing on the sus-
pension bridge when a torty-mle-an-hour
wind is sweeping down the river, and watch
ing the men at work on the new bridge abut-
ment, no one has yet been able to lind out, ct
hundreds of able-bodied men stand there day
after day and gaze as if entranced.
The superintendent of the poor has issued
card asking the rich to donate money for a
Thanksgiving dinner to the poor. Ii Thanks
giving could be postponed until few of the
numerous libel suits are won To- lost, Mr..
Snyder might make better collection.
Dave Labidi. the court officer a. Barge's
Annex, resembles very much the pictures of
Napoleon al Helena-that is, he looks like
Napoleon. not like Helena. Very few know
that David is capitalist Three years ago
he invested $500 in lot situated in the SUI
burbs of Chicago A week after bis purchase
q boulevard was laid out and David's prop
perty was appropriated. He was awarded
/ $50 and promptly appealed. jury COM
posed of twelve unprejudiced men of Cook
county returned a verdict in his favor for