St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

| It is known now that the alluSlon to
Mayor Ames in one of the high school class
day papers was entirely without intention
of offense Maj. Henderson was absent
from the city and joins in the regret that
any offensive construction should have been
put upon it.
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If this torrid weather continues much
longer the Northwest will lose its reputa-
ton as pleasant summer resort, in favor
of Winnipeg and Hudson Bay. Such
weather, however, is the exception which
proves the rule, and it will soon be over.
A week of intensely warm weather comes
every summer, if only to show, by contrast,
how delightful the average temperature is.
Such Sunday as yesterday drives all of the
moving population out Of the city. The
motor line was compelled to use every car
it had, even trotting out the new and old
closed coaches and still could not carry the
people.
| There is current proverb in relation to
| Sunday fishing that is somewhat musty,"
| as Hamlet says. But Sunday is a great
| day for fishing, for the simple reason that
| many men cannot set the time on any other
day. 1t might have been noticed yesterday
that not man or boy armed with rod
| landed at a depot or descended from q
motor train without good string of fish.
| Not an accident occurred, and it is said not
an oath was necessary to the capture Of the
fish. Ten times as many men went fishing
as went to church, with the exception of
the Catholic church, which is not re-
proach to the clergy, but simply shows fish
J ing is more fascinating than sermons-and
| the returns were solid.
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Local Izaak Waltons say the fishing
was never better than this spring. In
lake Calhoun bass are plentiful and rise to
Pickerel are not scarce; white sun
| fish and the festive croppies are
only waiting an invitation to bite. At Min
netonka it is the same way. and the lone
| fisherman has had no occasion to complain
of his luck or quote the maxim which re-
lateS to damp posterior and hungry in
terror.
Some one took occasion a short time
since to laugh at the GLOBES suggestion
that Minneapolis and the Exposition build
ing would offer rare inducements to the
national committees when they selected
the locations for the great political conven-
tons in 1888. Yet see how popular this
section is becoming, and how many ma
tional gatherings are pointed this way. The
Presbyterian assembly was here, the
Augustana synod will be here. the Ma,
tional W. G. II. U. will be here, and the
National Association of Train Despatchers
was here. The state pharmaceutical, med
ical and turner organizations will all be
here this week. Minneapolis is getting an
abundance of these gatherings and more
are coming. Next year the Knights OF
Labor will be here, and the year following
the national conventions will come.
Escaped From the Sheriff.
J. n Austin, the welI-known detective
of the Omaha road, is an exceedingly dis
gusted man. Last Wednesday he arrested
at La Crosse L. B. Gibson, alias t. B. Will
son, a railroad brakesman whom he had
been following for two weeks. the man be-
ing wanted for the crime of forging the
name of B. A. Mcguire and drawing his
months salary from the company's pay cal
at Kasota. On Friday he turned the fellow
over to the sheriff of LIE Sueur county, who
allowed him to escape from the window of
the room in which he had been locked UP
by jumping to the ground distance of
fourteen feet. The description of the man
is as follows: Height, feet inches; 2S
years old; has dark hair, eyes and mus
tache; has bad teeth and is minus the first
and middle fingers of his left hand; is a
good talker and by profession is railroad
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