St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-25
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

"James G. Blaine will not visit the
Minnesota State fair,' said Hon. w. r.
Merriam. president of the Fair aSsocia-
lion. s'The letter containing Mr..
Blaine's refusal to be present and speak
at the fair continued Mr.. Merriam,
sis written by Col. King, and states
that owing to the great number of his
engagements Mr.. Blaine is not likely to
visit Minnesota during this campaign
at all. With regard to the letter sent to
Henry Watterson to speak at the fair in
conjunction with Mr.. Blaine, no reply
has been received. Mr.. Watterson is
not at Louisville, and probably the let
ter sent there has been mislaid. How
ever, the question may be considered
settled-tfere will be no days devoted
to speech-making at the fair"
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Deputy Seeritf Lunkenheimer cele-
brated his forty-siXth birthday yester-
day with box of cigars, which he kept
open in the sheriff's Office. Mr.. Lun-
kenheimer was born i'll Milwaukee, but
came to Minnesota in 1852. He sat in
tile state legislature with Sheriff Richter
in 1876 and 1877. He is also an old vol
unteer fireman.
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Ball players are almost, if not quite as
superstitious, as sailors. There is
scarcely game played that evidences
of this fact are not noticeable. Earle
frequently makes a number of motions
with the ball when he secures 1t.
t'Bug" Holiday, of the Des Moines.
wears his cap with the peak swung
around over his port ear. SowderS often
changes his cap in the hope that his
luck will change with it. Then again
ball teams haye their lucky suits and
''hoodoo'' SUITS, bats with which home
runs are made, and others that never
hit the ball.
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''Talk about ambroSia and new-moWn
hay" said a gentleman standing IN
front of the Merchants hotel yesterday,
''why they are not marker to the odorS
that are waited on the breeze from the
antiquated hides and wool in the stores
IN the west side of Jackson street. In
ny opinion these stores are as positive
Anuisance as the dump, and should be
relegated to the back streets where they
belong"
A case of the lion lying down with the
lamb occurred at one of the hotels last
evening when the following gentlemen
sat down to supper together: G. Tyson
Butcher, II. L. Williams, Harry Johns
and E. E. Mcdonald. Maybe the meet
inr of fhn-n rnlifina1 1Irbtc
was a coincidence. ''Maybe it was, but
it's doubted" Until the object of this
gathering be known, the fate of the
North Star state tremlJles in the bal
ance.
Joseph II. Turner, editor of the Car
roll Record, published at Carroiltown,
Mo-, and corresponding secretary of the
Missouri Press association, has been
over the Manitoba road as far as DEVILS
Lake and back. Mr.. Turner was very
much pleased with his trip and the
country. He is making arrangements
for an excursion of the Missouri Press
association. which it is proposed to give
next year over the Manitoba road.
6 He was in love! Thursday evening,
while walking along Seventh street, he
espied his beau ideal talking TO another
of the male sex. Immediately the worst
81 all monsters, jealousy, took posses
.5On of him body and soul, and in CORY
frame of mind he rushed homewards.
Arrived there he indited in red ink the
following epiStie to the erring Mary
Ann:
''ST PAUL, Aug. %, 1888.
81 do hereby take this liberty to send
you this note to express. if ina feeble
way, how l suffered the last two hours
No words can express the Sufferlngs l
have endured sinceI saw kou standing
IN the company of that milk-faced dude,
who | hate as man never hated before :;
and unless he withdraws from the field,
one or the other of us must die"
But, alaS for the frailty of human
nature. His mind had been so turned
that instead of placing the missive in a
letter box. it was found homelessly laid
in street car.
who participated in the excursion to
Sault Ste. Marie were slow in turning
out to work yesterday morning. One
gentleman was heard to remark: "My,
was tired this morning. ! did not get
up until after 9 O'Clock, and then it was
not until after noon before | made my
appearance at the Office. Every men,
Der at our party enjoyed the trip; they
could not fail to, everything was so well
arranged"
Aid. Van Sfyk is very much in love
with Sault Ste. Marie, and regards it as
one of the most attractive places lie ever
saw. From business point of view, in
his Judgment, it will be good business
point. Besides, there is no hotel in
the United States," he says, that is
equal to the IroquOis. 1t is nearer to
good fishing, good water, and every
thing that is desirable, and farther off
from everything disagreeable, than any
other town in the world. If it was not
for the navigating of the ice palace
next winter, would Immediately move
up to the city by the lake"
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Two decorated cars will arrive at ST.
Paul by the Manitoba train at IL a. m.
to-day, Ell route for North St. Paul, filled
with employees of the Phoenix iron
works, of ST. Cloud, now about to re-
move to North st. Paul. These people
will go to North st. Paul on the :O5 D.
m. tram and spend the afternoon select,