St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-13
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

There are three officials of the capitol
who, in the language of the poet, ''ain't
sayin' word" They are Clerk Don
nelly, Assistant Attorney General
Childs and Stenographer Milligan. They
have made themselves the subjects of a
good joke, and that accounts for their
Quietness. 1t happened in this way: A
few mornings ago "Stan" Donnelly
came down to his Office at the usual
hour, and was, there but short time
when his attention was attrat ted to the
room adjoining by noise which reSem-
bled snoring. STAN tried the door,
but it would not give. 1t then occurred
to him that the attorney general had
come in on an evening train and gone
to his Office instead of hotel. Having
made up his mind that such was the
fact, he left the room, having business
down town. No sooner had he left than
Mr.. Childs appeared upon the scene,
AMI hearing the peculiar noise in the
other room, came to the same conclu-
sion as Mr.. Donnelly. After short
stay, he, too, left the Office and
Mr.. Milligan entered. The snor-
ing. or whatever it was, was still
going on, and Milligan, careful lest he
should wake the slumbers of the man
within, quietly withdrew.
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Several hours elapsed, and Donnelly
returned from his trip only to find the
door TO the adjoining room still tightly
closed, and the snoring within as loud
and regular as when he left. The case
was a mysterious one, and the more
"Stan " reasoned the more it occurred
to him that something terrible might
have happened. While yet musing
Messrs. Childs and MiIligan came in
and told of their experiences. The
snoring had by this time died away
ana the noise within now resembled the
heavy breathing of man. ''Clapp
wonld not sleep till this hour" said
Donnelly by way of a suggestion.
sit may be some drunken tramp" ven
tured Childs. GLOW the deuce could he
get in there?" remarked Milligan under
his breath. And the awful noise still
continued, and there stood the three
minions of the state with blanched faces
and terrified looks. Something must
be DONE" whispered Childs. But
who'll do it?'' queried Milligan, playing
for safety. Il WILL" says Donnelly,
seeing an opportunity to make hero of
himself.
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To get chair was the work of an in
slant. In another Donnelly mounted it,
and pulling himself gradually up to the
transom he peered down into the mys
FERROUS room. There was nothing there
save the chairs, desk and other mani
mate objects, but nothing human. Don
nelly let himself down and as he did SO
turned to his companions, who were
awaiting the result of his reconnaiS-
Sance with fear and anxiety, saying:
"Boys. we're sold; there's nobody
there" To make assurance doubly
sure, Donnelly went to the door and
with a little extra exertion opened it.
Sure enough, vacancy reigped supreme.
The noise which caused so much con-
sternation was only the wind rushing
through the crevices of the windows. 1t
was sick party that vowed SOlemnly
never to divulge what had taken place,
but good joke, like murder, will out.
So did this one.
DR.. j. H. Bryant, who is a stakeholder
in the Enos Electric railway, was asked
yesterday whether his company would
accept the charter adopted by the st.
Paul council Thursday. He stated that
he was not authorized to speak for the
company, but he thought the ordinance
would be accepted. He was in favor of
accepting, though it would be on the
principle that half a loaf would be bet
ter than no part of one. If the road
was built as contemplated. through
West st. Paul to Cedar street, it would
be worth an immense amount of money
to that part of town south of the river.
1t would largely increase the popula-
ton of West st. Paul and add millions
OF dollars to its wealth.
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G. w. Hackett-1 understand that the
object of the recent railroad meeting
was to get The st. Paul IL Duluth road
to join in with the Chicago roads and
agree not to make a through rate from
the seaboard to St. Paul so low as tC
prevent Chicago from coming in here
and controlling the trade of the North
west, and thus discriminate against St
Paul. The St. Paul & Duluth has here
tofOre stood by st. Paul and Mime
apoliS, but it is reported chow true this
report is | do not know, that the new
president of the ST. Paul Il Duluth roaC
is inclined to join with the Chicago
roads, and thus give Chicago the adj
vantage desired over st. Paul and Min
neapolis. What the result will be can
not tell. OF course. we shall have t.
fight against the combination. We hay,
always done this, and have never 20
anything up here without fighting for it
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Horses are certain to do we'll if treated
with any semblance of care. An excel
lent treatment on hot day is to remove
the harness and give the animal thor
ough currying and grooming. This vii
49, not only give it rest. but will do abou
as much towards improving the AMI
mails condition as will oats. Horse
should be fed regularly, and the foolish
but all too prevalent check should b
abolished. The check draws tn
horses head into All unnatural pos
ton. and retards the free use of the an
mails powers.
With view to eXpedlting work O
several of the large buildings now i
course of construction in this city it ha
been found necessary to work continl
ously every fair day, Sundays not e!
cented Besides contractors ara afrai