Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-10-06

Last Tuesday night Charlie Wilkie.
while out for good time, was assaulted
and robbed Of gold watch and chain
and $40 in money on Fourth avenue,
near Harrison street. Wilkie reported
the matter to the police, giving a good
description of the Colored thief, and last
night Detective Kehoe arrested Abe
White, who has been fully identified
by Wilkie as the ruffian who assaulted
him.
HE SAW THE "sIGHTs."
Robt. Worden, of Michigan arrived in
the city Sunday with sos in his inside
pocket. He wanted to "see the sights. !"
He was taken in charge by a runner and
escorted in an express wagon to numer-
Gus places of more or less disrepute,
among them the "black can can" on
Fourth avenue He joined in the giddy
whirl but sprained his ankle. He ap-
peared before Judge Scully hobbl1ng
with cane and IS bottle linime1t in
his inside pocket and no money in his
purse. He left Tuesday sadder but
wiser man. -~
ROW IN RESTAURANT.
Thursday white waiter and Colored
cook employed in State street restaur-
ant became involved in difficulty.
Frank the waiter struck the cook over
the head with one Of the toughest beef
steaks in the kitchen and nearly knocked
him senseless. The cook recovering
from the blow, poured a lot of hot soup
the waiter rushed toward the front door
upsetting kitchen girl as he passed.
Angered at this the girl threw pound
of butter which missed him and spat-
tered against the wall. The beefsteak
mentioned above was served shortly
after the fight.
TAIRPULLING CONTEST.
Mrs. Lucy James resides on Clark
street. Mrs. James has a husband.
Sunday night Mr.. James left home to
| 20 to work as he said and Mrs. James
went to church. just as she was getting
interested in the sermon she happened
to glance to one side and there sat Mr..
James and sister johnson. Mrs. James
could scarcely contain herself but she
said nothing and when church dis.
missed she hurried to the corner and
waited until the unsuspecting pair were
near, when she bounced upon sister
johnson and began to pull at her hair.
Sister Johnson returned the compli-
ment in kind, and for few minutes
there was quite a spirited contest. Mrs.
James was about to lose the fight when,
she made desperate effort and was
surprised to find that she had pulled
her adversary's hair all off her head.
Mrs. johnson wore wig. Finding
herself minus woman's browning glory
Mrs. johnson sneaked off in dismay,
leaving Mr.. James to the tender mercies
of his spouse. Mr.. James was attended
to when home was reached. a..
| LOST HER FALSE TEETH.
A lady dressed invery deep mourning
waited through the session in Justice
Scully's court yesterday morning, and
then followed him into his private
office. The lady was Mrs. Mary Thomp-
son, of No. 125 N. Green ST.. and she
wanted a warrant for the arrest of Mrs.
Kate Little, who went off with her set
of false teeth. Mrs. Thompson as is
her custom, went to church last Sunday
evening, and on her return woman
met her who told most doleful tale
of poverty. In the kindness of he1
heart Mrs. Thompson invited the woman
home with her to sleep. She did moi
know it was Kate Little, the mother O.
Tommy Fresh, a we'll known character
| Of the West side. In the morning she
was gone when Mrs. Thompson awoke
and so was the set of teeth. Mrs Thomp
son has eaten her meals since withou
teeth. tuesday afternoon she got
note from No. 116 South Jefferson stree
in which the writer offered to return
the teeth for 50 with this note she calle,
at the station.
"You must have some difficulty il
eating your food said Justice scully.'
, Oh, no, your honor it's but little
care for the eating. Its only for th
: looks. You see it was good set and
: fitted me beautifully. A warrant wa
made out for the arrest Of Kate Little