St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-13
SAINT PAUL.
Additional City News on the Eighth Page.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.


ures.--Pust master Lees i rOubles
Tipping Up Seventh Street,
A Campaign Story.
''No, typhoid fever is not epedemic In
St. Paul" said City Physician Ancker,
yesterday, but we have made record
on the disease at the city hospital this
summer. Since the First of May we
have had 165 cases of the disease, and
only eleven have proven fatal"
X
Gen. Johnson was visitor yesterday
afternoon at the Office of Prof. Taylor,
superintendent of schools. A couple of
urchins were also there, and were cross
questioned by the general, when it
TRANSFERRED that one of them had been
suspended from school because of mis-
cOnduct-''raising a riot" was the re-
port of the teacher. The general as
Sumed q severe tone and lectured the
lad upon his folly, and pointed out the
splendid opportunities the taxpayers of
the city had placed at his disposal, and
concluded by asking the name
of the school he had been suspended
from? cleveland" responded the boy,
and thereupOu the Democratic general
descended from his sublime position.
"Then," he said, You will know some
thing ABOUT the tariff The boy was
dumfOunded. His nOStrils dilated,
and his eyes cast longing looks towards
the door, while his prosecutor con-
tinued: And you don't know anything
about the tariff? Well. just wait until
the superintendent comes. He'll give
you the tariff" The boy was fast sink
ing through the chair as the general
took his departure, and his mental
agony as to the connection of tariff an
superintendent was one of those sights
which few people can look upon and
live.
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DR.. Snyder-I don't know what this
country is drifting to. Such experience
as the people of Chicago are now going
through is frightful, ami fear there is
q great deal more in it than people are
ready To believe. In open daylight a
mob tear up the tracks Of the street rail-
way and ObStruct travel on it for miles,
by piIing tons of stones upon it. Yet
there Is so much politics in it that the
authorities dare not take the matter in
hand and stop the work of the mob. If
the authorities don't look out it will get
beyond their control soon.
When the Sioux Indians went through
here few days ago on their way to
Washington to see the Great Father,
they were interviewed in their own
language by John McCauley. Since
the death of Louis Robert Mr.. Nc
Cauley is acknowledged tObe the most
accomplished person in st. Paul in the
Sioux language. When old Sitting Bull
saw Mr.. McCauley he was very much
affected, as their acquaintance is of
long standing. The big Sioux chief re-
ceived a good many valuable pointers
from his white friend, and among 9TH
ers was a letter of recommendation to
President Cleveland.
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The aggregate taxation on real and
personal property in Minnesota will
compare favOrably with other states in
the uniOn-at least this would seem so
by the statement of State Treasurer
BObleter. The taxation on real and
personal property in this state said he,
equals Is cents per 500. In Iowa it is
q cents, and in some of the southern
states it figures up to 40 cents per $780,"
Postmaster William Lee is of genial
temperament, and though he is moving
up to three score his disposition is as
sunny as a boys of ten. There are
times in all mems lives, however, when
their wrath rises. and such a time ar
TiveS in the poStmaSter'S official life
when some carrier neglectS to collect
the mail from the boxes along his route
The mail carriers are pretty good set
of boys, as a rule, but they will get
tired sometimes and. in consequence,
somebody's mail reaches its destination
several days after schedule time. Post
master Lee does mt like this, and when
he comes across a case of the kind woe
be unto the carrier. He never bounceS
a man for the first CffenSe, but second
transgreSSiOn usually proves disastrous.
A part of Seventh street is going
through the process Of being ripped
up" The pick and shovel have de-
Scended upon it at two points-at its in
tersection with Jackson and WabaSha
streets. This time the relaying of the
water pipes is the cause. As soon as
the water men get through with the
street it will then be taken possession
of by the Cable Car company, who
stand ready to commence work at the
same points Immediately. Seventh
street, especially between Jackson and
Wabasha. has been graded, regarded and
graded again and severed and watered
more times than any other street in the
city.
The espOusal by Hon. IgnatiuS Don
nelly of the cause of Banker Merriam
recalls an incident ~ tn 9 political career
of the Sage of Nininger: After his
speech in congress by which he sue
ceeded in electing Elihue WaShburn'S
friend, Eugene NJ. Wilson, to congress
and sending Gen. Andrews as minister
to Sweden, he tried his hand at making
Democratic speeches. In the first one,
delivered in lngerSolPS hall, he related
this story: Late one evening during
the Van Buren, and Harrison campaign
1.-THE hottest one in our history tray
eler called at country tave for lOdg-
Ing. Being full of hard cider and Wing
politics he commenced abusing the
Democrats and Van Buren, men. The
hotelkeeper sided with him. and said he
was tired of the corrupt administration
of the Democratic party and should vote
for 'TippeeanOe and Tyler too He told
his guest that he had only one room left,
in which were two beds, and that if
another traveller came he would have
to put him in the same room. As soon
as the Wing retired another traveller
called for lodging, and the landlord eX-
planned that there was only one bed
left, and that 1t was in room already
occupied by gentleman. Salts
factory arrangements were made and
the second traveller prepared to retire.
During the time he took occasion to de-
nOunce the drunken and senseleSS cam
paign of the Wings, saying any one who
would vote for such an old granny as
Harrison should be tarred and feath-
cred. The landlord agreed with him,
saying that he intended to vote for Van
Buren,. In the morning the travellers
got at lOggerheads over their politics,
each claiming the landlord as par
tisan. and each eager to prove the
other liar, FASTENED down to the bar
room in their shirts and slippers. The
Wing, being Il little ahead. bawled out:
Didn't you tell me last night you in
tended TO vote for HarriSOn?" to which