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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11

you yell Pillsbury.b ''Hurrah for Pills
bury" feebly responded Dickinson, in a
voice that seemed to come from the base
ment of the next building. lone" senten-
tiously remarked his tOrmentOr. as he drew
out a notebook and prepared to keep score
IA little louder this, too" ''HuTrah for
Pillsbury." said the wretched Dickinson, in
a voice of agony, as the perspiration stood in
beads upon his head" Whats thai yer
sayin'," demanded a tough looking man in
the crowd. "Hurrah for Pillsbury," said
Dickinson. for the third time. Dry up on
that, will you?" said the tough. ''Hurrah
for Pillsbury." again cracked Dickinson.
Heres a man yelling for Pillsbury,"
here" yelled the crowd. ''Hurrah for
Pillsbury,'' came for the fifth
time. This was too much.
There was a rush and a scramble
and Dickinson was pulled from the step,
turned upside down, thumped and pounded.
A number of friends rushed to his rescue,
and with the aid of policeman, gathered
the unfortunate Pillsbury man up from the
sewer and conveyed him to a place of
safety. He offered to pay the S25 rather
than to be compelled to give the remaining
twelve hurrahS, but the winner of the bet
let him OFF. saying he had got more
than the moneys worth in fun.
DEBTS AND REVENGE.
In the excitement and bitterness of the
campaign itself, were many ludicrOus
incidents. One of these occurred on Satur-
day evening. A man rushed into the
GLOBE Office and announced he could now
wipe out all old scores. He was shoe
maker and had a bill against a foreman of
a certain establishment owned by promi-
nent Republicans. Now" he exclaimed
triumphantly, ''you just say in the GLOBE
that If that man gets such good pay, why
i'm thunder don't he pay his shoe bill. That
will be good lick at the Republican party
and will probably get me my money. too. !"
The man was utterly dumbfOunded and dis
gusted when he was famed out of the office
with a chair.
A good old lady from the Second ward
had grievance. of a purely personal ma
ture, against Aid. E. NJ. johnson, and on
the same day she appeared at
the GLOBE with her pleasant
Irish face beaming with complacency. She
wanted the stOne-arch bridge alderman
ripped right up the back in most exemplary
style and proceeded to give history of him
from way back. When it was explained that
the GLOBE was not cunning for the Second
ward alderman's scalp on any but political
grounds. her wrath and disgust were bound
less and she left the Office determined to
take the warpath on her own account.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
Saved His Pretty uustache.

A few days before election Capt. c. B.
Tirrell shook his pocketboOk in the face of
an impecuniOus court reporter, and said:
''Betcher $500 Pillsbury's elected" The
reporter answered that he couldn't put up
years salary on the turn of an election.
but would wager his mustache against the
captains that Ames would be elected. The
captain tEOughtfully caressed his Twas
with-Grant mustache, then gaZed at the
hirSute innocuous deSuetude that graced
the reporters upper lip. He remarked that
it was giving odds of 100 to 1, but he
would take the bet. The day after the
election the court house attaches wandered
in the clerks Office one by one to take last
farewell look at the captain, and offered all
sorts of suggestions. One said that he
might as well let the gOatee go with it
so as to complete the deSolation. Another
remarked that perhaps the reporter would
be satisfied with two eyebrows, and would
not insist upon the pound of hair. The
captain stood the lire bravely, until he went
home for dinner, where his fearful family
besought him not to carry out the bet. AT
3 o'clock the reporter appeared to demand
the bond. The captain met him at the
door and rushed him into the vault. What
/ transpired between the two will probably
never be revealed. but when the captain
emerged from the vault he wore a satisfied
smile and has not since shaved OFF the mus
| tache. The reporter the next day came
out in new plug hat and paid up his press
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
BLIND BRIDEGROOM.
After Many Years His Sight Is Re
stored and He Sees His Wife.

Cincinnati SUI.
Several years ago a resident of one of
the suburbs had the misfortune to become
totally blind, cataract forming over his
eyes. While in this condition his wife
died.
A you ng German girl, whom the unfor-
fortunate man had never see n, was very
attentive to the wife in her last i'll mess, and
after her death did what she could to make
the grief-stricken husband and his two
little children as comfortable as possible.
Such devotion did not go unrewarded.
The blind man proposed and was accepted.
He married the faithful girl. Two children
were the result of this union. During his
years of blindness the SightleSS man never
lost hopes that some day he might again
look upon the beauties of nature and the
loved ones around him.
A physician was finally consulted who
agreed to attempt the REM oval of the cata-
ract. The operation was successful, and
he from whom the light had been shut out
so many years saw again. He was al most
beside himself with joy. A friend, who
was at once recognized, came leading lady
by the hand.
''Do you know who this is?' he said to
the happy fellow.
''NO, do not"
''Ths is your wife," and then the happy
pair, one of whom had never seen the other,
fell into each others arms, and domestic
scene of pathetic beauty ensued.
The two little children were also brought
into their father. He clasped them to his
beating heart. and all the miseries of the
past were forgotten in the pleasure of that
moment. This is true story. The actors
in this life panorama, covering a period of
ten years, are all alive. The husband sees
as well as he ever did. and he is now in
business in this city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11

and reflected the bright sunbeams on every
street of Minneapolis. They were the COM
monest stakes in an election upon which
more and more various wagers were laid
than any within the history of the North
west.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
CoNGREsSMEN'S LETT ERs.
How Som Arc Answered and what
Becomes of the Rest.

The letters received by congressman are
of all kinds, and some of them are very
funny. Your average congressman gets
from ten to fifty letters day, and the men,
Der who W ould do any work upon the great
questions of the country must use stenog-
rapher. Now nearly every member has his
shorthand clerk, who comes to him in the
morning or evening. answers his mail and
and runs about the departments
for him, writes Washingto on
correspondent of the Cleveland Leader.
The congressman takes bundle of about
twenty letters in his hands and sits down in
his room with his stenographer at his side.
The stenOgrapher has a pencil and note
book. The congressman takes up letter
by letter, and as fast as he can talk reads
off an answer to it, which the shorthand
man takes down as fast as the words fall
all from the members lips. A half hour
fiasses and the twenty letters have been
pnished.
What would have taken the member four
hours to do for himself he has accomplished
in thirty minutes by the aid of his stenog
rapher. This may be at IL o'clock in the
morning. He now goes 10 the capitol. and
when he returns for dinner at his twenty
three letters are lying on the table ready
for him to sign. He does this, and his
clerk mails them.
Some congressman allow their clerks to
write their notes on a typewriter. Others
must have them written out by hand, as
letters on the typewriter look too much
like printed circulars. In written letters
nine out of ten men who receive the letters
will think the congressman did all the writ
ing themselves.
A long letter from congressman is a
big thing to the constituent in the back
county. He takes it around shows it to his
friends, then lays it away in the family
Bible and keeps it as reyerently as though
it was his grandfather's will and the old
man was yet alive, had lots of property and
likely to drop OFF any day.
Some congressman answer every letter
they receive. no matter how trivial the af-
fair or how silly the request. Others throw
away a great part of their correspondence,
and others never readsbffice- seeking letters
! at all.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
OF No Account.

Next to nothing-A dudes undershirt.-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The latest instance OF absence Of mind
The dude.-Hartford Sunday Journal.
The dude is the Topped appendage to
which Darwin Observation-Disclosures Times.
The dudes pants are rarely as narrow as
his ideas, and they are generally better
braced.-Fall River Advance.
The unweaned dude, sitting at play,
generally has the head of his cane in his
mouth.-New Orleans Picayune.
Next to nothing-A fashionable young
lady out in a promenade with society
dude.-Chicago Telegram.
The dude is not without his virtue. He
Is living proof that nature does not abhor
a vacuum. and that Providence is filling the
world with chrome copies of manhood.
Fall River Advance.
The dude clutches the arm OF girl and
leads her off as if she were prisoner being
taken to police-statiOn. He Is for the
moment a sort of limb-beau experience.
New Orleans Picayune.
A dudes best friend is his mother.
Mothers make dudes. They are supported
by mothers i'm most cases. The dude Is a
creature too delicately organized to work
and too shallow to live by his wits. They
smoke cigarettes and go to matinees-
Orleans Picayune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11

Sly will not be able to paint the town for
at least week.
Il have wheeled brick in the course of
my career, but never before attempted to
wheel an ice man." said Aid. Sly.
Capt. Mills-This beats the ordinary cir
Gus parade all hollow.
Sackett & Virgins offer a goodly sum
for the wheelbarrow. If Sly will sell ii,
the instrument of torture will be one of the
attractions of the coming week.
Sly appeared more fatigued than he did
at the Leland rink wrestling match.
Mayor Pilisbury did not participate in the
festivities.
Where did Westphal find gloves that were
large enough?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11


loaded in and carried to the lookup. to the
great amusement Of the crowd. Explana-
tons followed and the bettor was released
and compelled to ''set 'em up" numerously.
BETTER THAN CIRCUS.
Paying election bets is, as a rule, as I'M
pleasant duty as a politician has to per-
form. But there are exceptions to all fixed
rules. This was fully illustrated yester-
day. Aid. w. w. Sly in paying a novel
bet pardonably feels that he crowned him
self with a halo of glory. 1t was the
wheelbarrow ride he had to give Herman
Westphal, aud he performed the Office with
commendable pomp and dignity. The pro-
gram which had been mapped out stipulated
3 o'clock as the hour the parade should take
up the given line of march. The people
from every part of the city. and even from
st. Paul, had thrOnged the streets along the
line laid out for a half hour when Aid.
Sly, in his dress suit and silk hat, appeared
at the West. Westphal had preceded him
by at least fifteen minutes. When both
men stepped to the center of Hennepin av-
enue to execute the obligation the
cheers of the crowd made the
welking ring. Emil Torrent had been
chosen adjutant for Sly and Charles A.
Ebut for Westphal. A brawny Ethiopean
carried the banner. on which was inscribed
on the four sides, respectfully:
''Dr. Ames is our mayor. Let us assist
him." II wheel for the G.. o. p" 1.-THE G.
o. p. always fills its promises" "why did
you not tell us you were going to have an
election"
This query of course provoked a deal OF
merriment.
The procession formed in the following
order:
A platoon of police; Danz's brass band;
standard bearer; the wheelbaTow with
Westphal seated on the front; Aid. Sly,
the victim of the bet; adjutants; West
phal's ice-wagon gaily decorated; Mayor
Ames and Col. Glenn in carriage; alder
men and citizens in carriages.
,ra Westphal had on a full dress suit with
white kids and huge boquet of natural
flowers.
% The band struck up and the procession
moved. Sly was in his glory and Westphal
was as pleased as a scholboy with his first
jack-knife. The line of march was down
Hennepin avenue to the city hall, around
the hall, up Nicollet to Sixth street, up
Sixth street to Hennepin avenue and thence
to the West and the bet was paid. The en-
! tire procession at once broke ranks and adj
iourned to one of the rooms of the hotel.
NOTES OF THE PARADE.
Paul Schneideman remarked that he
would rather sell red hots.
The wheelbarrow was newly painted at
| Sly's works. 1t took so much coloring than
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
CAMPAIGN HUMOR.
The Ridiculous Side of a Canvass That
Was Red-Hot in
Itself.
Men Who Wear Silk Hats and How
They Oharred to Possess
Them.
Humorous wagers on the Result ana
the Fun of Paying Some
of Them.
Bets That Ranged From a Three
Hair Mustache Up to Bank

1t was by no means a difficult matter to
spot the winner after the recent Minneap-
oils mayoralty campaign closed. There is
the long-drawn cOuntenance, always the
sure symptom of defeat, but they were so
few as to lead to the belief the entire city
went one way. But there was another
and more certain sign of victory that was
carried aloft much in the same way that a
victorious banner is unfurled from the flag
staff of a fortress, when the enemy is re-
pulsed. OF course the silk hat is referred
to. The day after election glossy tiles
blossomed out like flowers after shower,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11

ont license. The patrol wagon was
ordered out and the pseudo vender was
loaded in and carried to the lookup. to the
great amusement of the crowd. Explana-
tons followed and the bettor was released
and compelled to ''set 'em up" numerously.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
NEARLY COST HIM DEAR.


Charles Z. Dickinson. bookkeeper at the
printing house of johnson, Smith & Harri-
son, made a bet which nearly cost him his
life. If Ames was elected he agreed to
hurrah for Pillsbury seventeen times inside
of five minutes. from the steps of the
GLOBE Office at 10 o'clock election night,
or forfeit SIS. AS luck would have ii, Just
as the unfortunate Dickinson had taken his
position a crowd of at least LOCO Ames
men headee by drum corps came around
the corner cheering voc ferously. They
were seeking DR.. Ames whom they learned
was at the GLOBE Office. Three
cheers were given, and the doctor
responded with a speech which made the
enthusiasm still wilder. AT this moment
the winner of the bet held up his watch,
the hands of which pointed to 10 o'clock.
and hoarsely whispered, "Hurrah for Pills
bury. or pay me S25." "Just wait until
these fellows go way" answered the
trembling victim. Not by a long shot;
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11

section was densely crowded. Never did
red hcts meet such ready sale or command
such prices, and the real red-hot man would
have made an independent fortune but for
a counter joke. Some of Paufs friends
went to Lieutenant Helm with the informa-
ton that man was selling red hats with
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
New Spring Styles
n foot wear at Coverings.

H. the times may be quite often;
HUF u Advertise, and see them soften
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
HUMOROUS BETS.

hOMOhOOS
The feature of the great collection of
campaign wagers was the number of ridic-
ulous ones, as we'll in character as founda-
ton. To avoid the name of gambling. and
yet have something at stake, men pledged
themselves, in the event of defeat. to do
the most ridiculous acts imaginable, in
volving not only sport for the multitude
but expense to themselves at least. Men
agreed to become ridiculous by shaving
their boards in peculiar style, wearing
trousers with holes in the seat or KEGS,
shoes that were not mates, shaving off half
Of mustache and dozens of others equally
iudicrous, one man even pledging himself
to do the Lady Godiva act and
run naked through the street in
the event of Ames' defeat. A
prominent attorney agreed to walk to ST.
Paul and back, and Judge of one of the
OF the courts pledged himself to smoke a
loaded cigar in the West hotel at s o'clock
in the evening, and bought off with box
of $40 cigars. Some of the other ludicrous
wagerS are told at length below and these
are given simply as samples.
HE SOLD RED-HoTs. iE
Paul Schneideman knew Ames would be
elected, but he was densely ignorant of the
TACT that he would get over 5000 majority.
]. n. Priester looked for an earthquake.
FOR Ames and Paul agreed If the majority
vent that high to sell ''red-hots'' on the
corner of Ncollet and Washington avenues
FOR two hours. or from to p. m, on
Thursday afternoon he donned a silk hat
and white apron and proceeded to make
good his word. An arrangement was
quickly made with the proprietor of a
'can" and Paul, in stentorian voice, began
his sale.
The affair of course drew an immense
crowd and soon the prominent street inter
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-23

Col. CALDWELL writes vigorously in re-
ply to Messrs. BroCkunier and Whitaker.
Ills card appears on another page. The
IsrELLlGEScER continues to regret the
presonal character OF the natural gas pres
surs controversy. Tho question is not to
besetted in this way, but after all on its
merits. This is a good time to give notice
that gentlemen who desire to avail them
selves OF the INTELLlGENcER's columns to
present their views on gas pressure, will
have to add their names lor publication
otherwise no attention will be paid to
.b,t,