St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-02


administer to the spiritual needs or some
dying member Of his diocese
Dr.. ]. II. Murphy appeared for the frs
time in his uniform last night. He is Z
large entertainment. he wears his pant
long to protect his calves from the inclem
ency Of the weather.
A large number of business men in tn,
city when the scheme of building the ic,
palace was first conceived, were asked Z,
take stock and refused. Now they're afte
stock and can't get il.
William II. Dixon. assisted by several o.
his department. will attempt to ride on ;
toboggan bare backed. Mr.. Dixon tells {
remarkable story of snowshoe escapad'
he had while in Cuba.
Sheriff Richter is p resident of the Lee
Bear club. which was organized for the pnr
pose of shooting bears carved in ice that
might show disposition to be unruly dur
ing the carnival
A gentleman from Montreal last night
said that never since Canada had her frs
ice palace did so many snowshoers and TO-
bOgganerS appear in a parade as were Ii
line last night.
Barbed wire was put on the fences around
the palace grounds to prevent the small
boys from falling off the board fence.
There's nothing mean about the owners OF
the palace.
Col. William Leip of White Bear says he
don't own any stock in the ice palace, but
he's got big interest in it just the same,
and will stay night and day until the carni-
val Is over.
Several old wagons and back number
vehicles are noticed on Minnesota street
nd fha < lone hat fhnx
should be put out of sight and the street
cleared.
When it comes to mustache. DR.. Cottrell.
secretary of the WakOuta Toboggan club.
can show up as much Of an upper lip adorn-
ment as any one. and it takes, too, with the
ladies.
d. A. Monfort is so enthusiastic over the
ice carnival that he says he thinks he will
sleep in a refrigerator next summer TO pre-
serve the fond recOllectiOns of the winter
sports.
DR.. Quinn was one of the first men to
Join the ST. Georges Snowshoe club. and he
is the only man now who can walk up
stairs with a pair of snowshoes on his
feet.
Raymond Du Pay, it is learned, has
challenged Col. Bend to a race on tobog-
gans. The colonel has the advantage, as
there is not so much running against the
wind.
DIR. w. w. Day, secretary Of st. Georges
Snowshoe club. don't look like man who
can pull the stroke oar of a boat club. but
he did it just the same last year and did 1t
well.
The sale of reserved seats for the car
nival masquerade on Friday night at carni-
val hall, as advertised for sale to-day, is
postponed TO Wednesday morning at 9 a. IN.
On the evening of Jan. 6, st. Georges
SnOwshoe club presented DIR. Macdonald.
their president, with an elegant pair OF
snOwshoes He wears them on his back.
John Clark. at the Ryan refreshmeni
counter last night opened 600 oysters and
put them on half shell. inside of an hour.
He'd like to race withs omebody.
All club members in uniform, and ladies.
will be admitted free to the promenade con-
cert next Tuesday evening at carnival hall.
Citizens will be charged % cents.
The Norwegian ski is so awfully long and
sharp that it is feared dudes will adopt
them for wear on full dress occasions after
the carnival has melted away.
Secretary Crooks of the Carnival Skating
club is an athlete of no mean proportions.
He is winner at ball playing, a clever
sparrer and rafting skater.
1t is said that w. S. Alexander would
give two years of his life to get Bob Kerr,
son of a lord, on the ice. or send him down
sideways on toboggan.
Jan. 10, o'clock p. NJ. Windsor Tobog-
gan club attempts TO bounce a Montana
cowboy. Cowboy draws revolver. Club
bounces somebody else. y
Shrewd spectators secured all the win
dows they could GET along the line of march
to rent to people who wanted to get good
view of the procession.
Two gentlemen in blanket costume at
tracted much attention by driving through
the city in a toboggan, to which horse in
shafts was attached.
A pamphlet Of carnival songs, the words
by Mai. I. NJ. NewSon and music by A.
NJ. Doherty, has been issued and is on sale
at the music stores.
Twelve carloads Of evergreens have been
used in the construction of the arches and
fifteen car loads have been used inside the
palace grounds.
For over an hour last night the ice tower
on Dayton's bluff inclosed powerful RED
fire, which was burned inside with mag
nificant effect
The figures were placed on top of the
columns of the Third street arch yesterday
There is trapper, deer, buffalo and al
Indian.
The first cut of the ice palace as it would
appear when completed, was published il
the GLOBE, Thursday morning. Dec. 3
1885.
In lieu of sufficient evidence it is no
generally believed that T. w. Teasdal,
will accept John j. Barnes snowshoe chal
lenge.
The storming of the ice palace will be tn,
most gorgeous spectacle ever seen in On,
United States since the battle of Appomat
tOX.
Mr.. B. Williams will be special acme
painter for the Manitoba road. He serveC
his apprenticeship in Louisville, Kentuck
The statues put up in the palace ground.
bysCOrlies, Chapman and Drake are yer,
prominent features among the attractions
The Excelsior Toboggan club will NEE
t the Merchants at T:15 D. IN. to-day. with
aoboggans, TO go to the Dayton's bluff slide
Col. Alien didn't march last night Ii,
said he was too tired. but would pranc
around with the boys next Wednesday.
Charley Fairchild says the only objection
he has to snowshoes, they have a decides
tendency to make one bow-legged.
The Merchants hotel has organized to
boggan club with twenty-five members
The president is Col. A. Allen.
Fargo, with her characteristic spirit o
enterprise, sent a corner block of Red Rive
of the North ice for the palace.
Saltwater sent corner block for the ice
palace. 1t was frozen hard when it arrived
here, but it was ''still water"
Anybody would think that II. S. Fair
child had become temperance lecturer Il
hear him praise the, ice palace.
A cork inner sole is the thing to weal
inside of your mOccasins. They should b,