St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-26
SAINT PAUL.
CASUAL CHATTER.

Lake" said Gov. McGill yesterday.
"At Perham the people seemed to have
the upper hand of the grasShopperS
and hoped to save the standing crops.
At the other places they are doing all
thew can and hope to effect as much.
These insects are no larger than grain
of oats. and yet they have caught over
POO bushels so far. The situation is
Quite as serious as l apprehended, but
the citizens are well organized IN all
these places. and the standing crops
may be saved. We are sending every
thing they need from here, and the
commissioners of Otter Tail county are
doing all they can to eXtermlnate the
pests"
81 am citizen of the United States
once more," said E. c. Brandenburg
Yesterday afternoon, holding in his
hand the papers granting HIM an hOnor-
able discharge from the United States
army. For about two years Mr. Bfail-
denburg has had charge of the state
weather survice, with his Office in the
chamber of commerce building, and in
that time has brought the service up to
high standard OF perfection. he has
performed his work in manner when
earned the commendation of the chief
signal officer. and has made many warm
personal friends in the city.
Yesterday Mr.. Brandenburg's five
years of service in the signal corps eX-
pired. and, although urged to re-enlIst,
he has left the service permanently, ana
will return to Washington, where he
will make his home in the future. Jotn
Healy. who has been appointed by the
chief Sigual officer to succeed Mr.. Bran
denburg. arrived yesterday from Clnclli-
natl with his family.
Although receiving his discharge, Mr.
Brandenburg will remain in the city
until the fifth of next month, spending
the interim at the lakes.
81 think it's good nomination" said
Gen. j. Ii. Baker, the free trade leader
of the Second district, yesterday, land
| believe Harrison will be elected.
Il don't ike the platform as regards
.he tariff, but it is only one of the fifteen
or twenty planks in the platform.
s.There are incongruitieS in the tariff,
and we want decided reduction. Gen.
Harrison told me that he believed in
revision of the tariff himself.
Il don't approve of that tariff plank
regarding free whisky and tobacco at
all, and think the candidate is better
than the platform. l will not vote for
any candidate for congress who is not
in favor of a reduction of the tariff.
I've said that before and | will stick to
it,
Gen. Absalom Baird. inspector gen
eral of the United States army. is at the
Ryan. He came in last night from the
West having completed tour of in
spection of the various departments in
the South and West. This is the last
trip the general will make before his
retirement from the army next August.
Gen. Baird SAID last evening that there
was nothing in connection with his trip
of general interest and that he was not
informed as to the improvement con-
templated at Fort Smelling under the
provisions of the army appropriation
bill for the next fiscal year.
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There seemed to be no necessity for
my going to Washington to attend the
meeting of the national Democratic
committee, said Hon. Michael Doran,
which has been called for the 26th OF
June, and | have sent my proxy to
Senator A. p. German to do with it as
he sees fit. 1t will merely be a meeting
for the purpose Of notifying Mr.. Cleve-
land of his nomination, and the COM
mittee after attending to that duty will
go to Columbus, o., the 2Sth instant and
make similar announcement to Mr.
Thurman.
The business meeting of the national
committee will he held in New York
some time during next month and
shall attend that gathering with a view
to obtaining some iuea of how the cam
paign is to be conducted. Now thai
both parties have made their nOmina
tiOnS we will know what to do, and
shall favor an early and aggressive
movement all along the line.
''Are you the mayor of this city?''
asked the portly, good surgeon
DR.. J. II. Murphy, as he stepped across
Mayor Smiths general benevolenct
headquarters Yesterday afternoon.
That's what they call me-" replied
his honor, as his eyes twinkled merrily
''WelI, see here,' said the genial doc
tor, in the same bass tones that charac
teriZe his jolly afternoon speeches
sis there any law in this city?
live up on the corner of Tenth and Jack
son streets. Right across from my
house is skating rink. In the last few
weeks they've had skating rink will
brass band, a dog show, and don
Salvation Army there. They're howl
ing all day and night and | want t,
know if there's any law in the land t,
stop it,
II guess we'll have to stop it, assured
his honor as his cOuntenance relaxed
into many curves. Il think we'll hav,
to enforce the SaloOn-clOSing order OF
them"
well. do something" gasped the doc
tor, and the mayor turned around to do
nate few more dollars to benevolen
enterprises.
T. c. Horton, of the Y. NJ G. A.-Ou
work here is progressing favorablv
There are no classes now, but the mem
berS take an outing at the lake clul
house once a week, and considerable in
*ereSt is manifested in these short eX
curSiOnS.
H. S. Barnett, of this ity-'Fiskey'
Barnett, as he is famiIiarly called il
theatrical circles-haS purchased tn
Duluth opera house, of Duluth, from
William Jackson, and chriStened it tn
"People'S" theater. Joe Lang, VIII
used to be with Dan Shelby, OF Buffalo
open either the I'd or the 9th of mex
month with an entertainment, in whic
Hawkins and Collins will be end me-
and John w. Kelly interlocutol
t'Fiskey'' is now in st. Paul perfectin
all the preliminaries for big opening
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81 say but very little, 'said SamJones
''yet | think Harrison was weake
man than many of the others. Blain
was their strongest man: but even
he had been nominated he would hav
been defeated. The fact that Blan
would not accept the nomination prove
that he knew that he could not b
elected, for there is no man in Americ
who would like better to be presider
than James &. Blaine. Harrison is til
last Republican nominee for the pres