St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-24
ALL SORTS.

The lumberman will go to church,
And say his prayers on Sunday;
Then leave the city in the lurch
By evading taxes, Monday.
Prof A. J. Seymour, the mind reader, will
give an exhibition of his powers before the
Minneapolis Press club tomorrow evening.
If he can read the minds there he can do
most anything.
r. B. Forrest emphatically denies the state
ment that he is a candidate for county attor-
ney. His partner, A. n. Jordan, is a candi-
date for judge of probate and Forrest says
his candidacy is only rumor started TO in
jure Jordan.
The Republican county convention will be
held within three weeks and then we will see.
Chairman A. F. Scott will call the Republ-
can county committee together next Tuesday.
William Hennesy Eustis is still enthusiastic
for Blaine. He is one of the few who have
been ''stuck" on the plumed knight, through
good and through evil report, for many years.
]. T. Wyman is mentioned for the senate
He is good man, but is a chronic candidate,
somehow or other.
Lake Calhoun, on Wednesday evening, q
woman was rowing the boat.
The Crown Roller people think that they
can improve on the story told by Washburn,
Crosby & Co., about the reclamation of mail
lost on the steamship Oregon. The same day
that the latter received the letter referred to
last week, the Crown Roller got one contain
ing a draft which had not been paid and on
account of the four months hardness OF
which the proprietors of the mill had begun
to question the veracity of the sender. Five
or six letters were written in relation to the
matter, and the opportune arrival of the de-
layed epistie was most satisfactory dissi-
patton of the mystery.-Northwest ern
Miller.
At the last municipal election A. A. Ames
received 10, Isl votes for mayor and person
named Lawrence received COL votes. Still Mr..
Lawrence seems to think that he was elected
mayor Of the city.
Loren Fletcher don't like to see my name
in print as well as Charlie Gilman does his.
Manager Whitcomb of the Minneapolis ball
club is credited with at least ordinary YER
acity, but he is given to telling fish stories.
| Just before leaving for Milwaukee he f1Shed
the waters of ''Tonka,' and with good sue
cess. He brought back with him pretty
catch, an eighteen-pound pickerel, which
was presented to Mayor Ames. In explaining
how he caught it, Whitcomb AYERS that while
| rowing across one of the numerous boys the
pouderous fish jumped into the boat, and he
gets awfully mad if any one has the boldness
to question the truthfulness of the story.
Col. Plat g. Walker is one of the observing
men of the day. If any popularity or irregu-
| larity in anything is observable to the human
! eye, Col. Walker is pretty sure to detect it.
| His scrutinizing tendency has placed him in
possession of an internal machine, he says,
| that would, if exploded, make Minneapolis
shake from boundary to boundary, and
would deal out death and destruction to hun
dreds of people and millions of dollars worth
of property. This ''infernal machine" is
| in the form Of an ordinary walking
| stick. To the ordinary eye there is
nothing about the cane that would
arouse the slightest suspicion. 1t is quite
white-metal head. By unscrewing the head
is removed, exposing a brass tube, tayerin9
| in conformity with the shape of The cane, tC
| the small end. This tube, which is packed
| with asbestos, is loaded from end to end with
| illuminate of silver, which the most powerful
of all known explosives. Indeed, it is said tC
be as much stronger than dynamite than dy'
Mantle is stronger than common gUnpowder
! This instrument Of death and destruction was
| found by boy on ST. Anthony hill, St. Paul, re
| Gently, and Mr.. Walker got possession the neXt
day and had the charge tested to ascertain its
composition. What to do with the inferno
machine grievously puzzles Col. Walker. Fol
fear of terrible results, he will not trust il
| out of his sight. Wherever Col. Walker goes
that diabolcal walking stick goes. To only
| few confidential friends has he coufided hi:
| dreadful secret, and they now shun him wheI
| they see him coming along the street as any
one would q mad dog. All this is exceedingly
| annoying to the sensitive but heroic colonel
| who in order to prevent a terrible
catastrophe has voluntarily made mar
tyr Of himself, and persistently watches the
| internal machine. A friend adviced him tt
| sink the treackerous machine in the river
but the colonel has too much consideration
for his St. Paul friends, who have such
| violent aversion for SawduSt. Should thu
cane come in contact with some instrument
with sufficient shock to create an explosion
the led of the river would be forced to give
St. Paul it would float. Besides, the fall
might be impaired thereby. Therefore the
heroic colonel bravely cares for and protect.
his Internal machine.
Deputy Sheriff James Doran declares that
he has q rat story which throws the one tolC
! by Deputy Sheriff Baxter completely in the
shade. He says a big rodent gained al
entrance to his bedroom few evenings ago
| and about a. II. commenced chewing dowr
the door. Il knew something had to b.
DONE" said James in relating the narrative
land that / was the one to do it. So
jumped from bed with onlysa sh-I mean
did not have my clothes ou-and grapplet
with the intruder. For long time it was
close contest. but at last, by a Skillful twiS
which learned viii le minister to Tlmbuctoo
1 threw my victim to the floor and sat OF
him. In half an hour he was dead. Cues
the skin will make good overcoat."
perhaps" sighed County Auditor Melon
aid yesterday, perhaps Mr.. w. f. Mccarthy
in thinking that a new man can discharge thu
duties of this Office in a correct manner, ha
not taken into account the fact that the bus
mess is about twenty-five times larger than i
was when l came here. He might change hi
mind when he came to enter upon the duties,
and the jolly auditor walked across the room
punched man in the ribs and fired Off on
of his old-settler jokes.
Notwithstanding the fact that Lorel
Fletcher has written letter saying that h
won't run, there are plenty who think he will
and some are even placing large bets that h
will accept the nomination and make Stron,
fight.
There is strong feeling among the Scan
dinavianS that Judge Lars Rand would max
good man for the probate judgeship, and i
is pretty certain that in case he runs he vii
draw big vote. All manner of objection
are urged against Charles A. Eyert, who 1
after the same office.
Robberies are occurring in Excelsior, An
Okla and various other places in the state. 20
supposed to be under wide-opeu admins
tration. The Tribune, doubtless, wonder
how such things can be.
The fame Of our own Samuel K. Ewing, tn
"Christ of the Revelation has gone abroa
and the New York papers are commenting
upon his memorial to congress.
AS might naturally have been supposed
Mr.. Gifillan pronounces the course Of MI
Fletcher as the height of patriotism and tn
acme of generosity. There are two of 'em il
the scheme.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.