St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-10
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

krict court of st. Paul for a good many
years." said BaZ Armstrong yesterday,
Esand it is surprising how court business
increases. Our calendar this year VIII
be larger than ever before. One or two
men were all that were needed few
wears ago, but now it takes seven or
eight competent clerks, and the Judges
are unable TO handle the business.
There ought to be another judge at
least. and then each one would have all
he could attend to. Speaking about
law and lawyers, it is a peculiar
thing that there are SO few young
men of st. Paul who have taken
to the profession of the law. l can only
recall three at this time who are native
born lawyers among the young men.
The remainder practicing at the bar
have come in from the East or South"
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Miss Ameiie RiVeS, in her late trag-
edy. says there is often much wisdom In
the fooling of fools. So there is also
among others thought to be equally I'M
SOPHISTICATED. This was fully eXempli-
fed at Seventh and Wabasha streets
yesterday morning. Three boOtblacks,
one of whom carried his right hand III
sling. and was unable to work, were
plying their vocation jointly. When the
crippled boy secured a customer, which
he frequently did through sympathy for
his crippled condition. he called one OF
his partners. who did the work and re-
ceived half the money thus earned.
The fashionable thing just now
among residents of the st. Anthony hill
section of the city is the entertainment
of the enterprising burglar during the
early morning hours. These receptions
seems TO be held quite frequently,
despite the efforts of the police depart
ment to put a stop to the practice. The
Indulgence in this fad, however. is not
without its unpleasant features, and in
some instances has proven rather eX-
pensive. John Ford, clerk at the Mer-
chants, who was awakened Friday night
by burglar in his house, believes that
the crooked gentry are getting alto
gether too familiar, and the next caller
of that class at his residence is liable to
meet with warm reception.
Several years ago. when base ball was
In its infancy so fer as st. Paul was
concerned, and when a player who re-
ceived $50 per month was thought to be
getting rich faster than President Hill,
there was considerable interest mani
tested in the game. There were no
Northwestern leagues in those days,
but there were several good amateur
clubs. Milwaukee was tony and had
West Ends, WinOna club called the
Clippers and st. Paul the Red Caps.
Milwaukee laid it onto the Red Caps
pretty heavily, and the Clippers were
very ambitious to do the same. Toward
the end of the season the latter secretly
secured talent from the East and had
strong nine.
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Sam Gordon, now the editor and pro-
prietor of the Yellowstone Journal, and
his brother-in-aw, Charlie Spencer,
were the principal managers of the st.
Paul club. On one occasion they pre-
pared a surprise party for the Clippers,
and arranged matters with view to
doing them up in grand style the next
time they came up to st. Paul. They
correspondent with Al Spaulding and
others for a good pitcher, and finally Sc
cured Tartar, who was brought as far
as Hudson, and placed in a hotel till
the day the game was to be played.
They smuggled him into the Merchants,
and locked him up in the sixth story of
the building, and put a guard over him.
Half an hour before the game was called
the put him in a carriage, and took him
across the river to the grounds.
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The base ball cranks who had been
let into the secret were anticipating a
great victory when the new pitcher
went into the box. The Clippers were
astoniShed, but they went to work, and
the first ball he pitched was for O'Day.
1t came just right, and the latter swung
the bat at it and it sailed out to the
fence. The second Clipper that went
to the plate served the second ball
in the same way, and so the
game proceeded till a rain storm
came up and ended the game in the
third inning. The Clippers made st.
raul lIlaI nl|Hl ihOTG lively lONH IMAM
MIR. Merriam's friends did after his
nomination. The next day the new
pitcher was sent home, and the st. Paul
club was in sackclOth and ashes.
~
With the prospective sale of the
Grand opera house, the movements of
Manager Scott are being widely dis
cussed. Nothing has been finally de-
cided upon" remarked Manager Scott
yesterday Il am under agreement to
manage the theater one year, and no
arrangements have been made with re-
gard to that. l do not know
what will be done, but one
thing may be depended upon, l
shall not quit st. Paul. A number of
gentle men have offered, upon the Grand
passing out of my hands, TO build me a
theater. but l have not gwen the matter
any thought. | am not favorable to
more theaters in this city, as | estimate
only a third Of the population are
theater-goers, and the present houses
can conveniently accommodate ALL"