St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-25

with gold and hoped with the same precious
metal, they are perfect barrels and will hold
about half pint each. They were filled with
the -four, appropriately inscribed and sent 70
the Danish minister at Washington, by him
to be forwarded 10 their destination They
go 10 the two daughters of the King OF Dem
mark, viz: Dagmar, empress of Russia and
Alexandria, princess of Wales.
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In the matter of salaries TO city officials,
the stipend paid TO street commissioners
should receive some attention. Property
owners, at least, know how Important is the
Office OF a street commissioner, but few OF
them know how poorly he rs paid. The sal
airy is $500, and the officer is Obliged to keep
horse and buggy. Why, mounted patrol
man gets more. 1t Is almost a miracle how a
street commissioner can afford TO hold the
Office ut such figure. An investment OF
$500 or $500 for horse and buggy is neces-
sary, TO begin with, aud then he must pay out
500 year TO keep them, leaving him 5000 10
live upon. The committee on salaries might
well consider this matter.
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II is, OF course, unnecessary TO say So but
the GLOBE yesterday morning published the
first and only correct list OF police officers.
Even with stealing the list, getting it printed
and getting IL when sent into council, none
of the other papers had II correct. The fact
is, these papers have become so accustomed
to lying about the present administration,
they keep ii up from sheer force of habit.
Ii is the height OF absurdity for the COM
mittee appointed for that purpose to attempt
or expect TO get at the particulars of the city
hall Job by the manner it is now employing.
And why are the doors closed? The public
has right to know whether the committee is
doing its full duty in the matter, and the
only way it can know is through the columns
OF the daily press. When reporters are eN
cluded from such committee meetings, IL is
generally safe 10 say there is something
suspicious about them. There is right way
of conducting Investigations OF this kind. but
the committee has not taken IL. The public
demands that the truth shall come out and
council and committee owe il TO themselves
to go to the bottom of what the public now
regards a. an infamous job by which the city
WAS terribly taken in.
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The newsboys even have the the infection.
Brutus Henman is the name of one of the
young Arabs, who is youth OF unusual fac
ulties. His descriptions of sights and scenes
at the dime museum and Comique lay the
Bad Boy in the shadow of envy. Last night
he came into the GLOBE Office and usurped
the religious reporters desk long enough TO
grind out the following:
Sweet are the roses,
Sour are the grapes.
Bananas are sweeter than the rest:
The violet is the sweetest,
Its perfume is the neatest,
But Doc Ames is a dandy, and better than
"Pillsbury's best
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It's not very often that one sees lady with
courage enough TO go and procure marriage
license herself. The custom has always been
TO have "Chawley'' or ''Gawge" procure IL,
and pay for it, too, but in this instance things
were reversed The young lady, whe, by the
way, was pretty and neat, walked up 10 Clerk
Davenport's desk and without a blush or II
CULVER asked for the license, swore that there
was no good reason why she and her intended
should not be Joined in the bonds Of matri-
mony, and, pulling a neat little purse from her
pocket paid the fee without a word, as though
she had had much experience. But of course
she had not, and perhaps the man in the case
could not get time 10 purchase the license, or
perhaps he did not have the courage.