St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-23
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

at Cos DAYTON avenue late the other
evening, rapidly attaching his signature
to large number of state and school
land certificates. Across the table
little fair-haired girl was assisting her
father by taking the certificates as fast
as he signed them and placing them
carefully in pile by themselves.
''You have to- work almost as late as
newspaper man." remarked noe
turnai visitor.
ssOh yes" he responded, there's
good deal of work connected with the
auditors Office. l can get along pretty
fast this way, and it will take consider
able off my hands,
Il suppose you sell considerable state
lands every year?'
Last year we sold about 135, 600 acres,
and l think it will run up to about that
this year."
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A neatly printed document bound in
blue, and with three pretty little red
seals attached to it, found its way into
the hands of Register Of Deeds Bell
yesterday for record. Upon eXamlna-
ton it was found to be mortgage eX-
ecuted by the Chicago, Burlington d
Northern road to Francis Peabody, Jr.,
E. V. r. Thayer, and Nathaniel Ii.
Stone, of Boston, for 100000. The
company has purchased of the mortga-
gees ten Hinckley locomotives, 1,50O
LAFAYETTE box cars and ten standard
way cars of the Ohio Falls make, and
the bonds are to mature Feb. l, 1868,
with interest at per cent. to be paid
semi-annualfy in the months OF Feb
ruary and August.
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A good illustration is the making Of
many speeches, especially if it is
pointed. Last evening a wOrkingman
was addressing meeting of felloW-la-
borers, and in a long Grafton, which he
afterwards spoke of as gas" intro
duced an illustration in the following
style: "Fellow-worBmen, If you JOIN
the Republican party and expect
thereby to change their policy you will
find yourself in the position of some
sailors at New York. They were Pro-
hibitionists, and banded themselves to-
gether to close the saloons. The only
method open to them, i'll their opinion,
was to raise a fund and go round to the
various saloons and drink all the liquor
offered for sale. They did so, but the
saloonkeepers bought more liquor, and
the sailors were seized with delirium
tremens. 1t will be the same with you,
fellow-workmen You cannot swallow
the Republican party, for II you do,
you'll have the delirium tremenS."
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Among, the most pleasant open air
concerts given in st. Paul are those fur
nlshed at Summit park Thursday even
ings. These concerts are paid for by
subscriptions of the people OF that
locality. The music is excellent and
the location is exceedingly convenient
for the purpose. There is sufficient
open space, and the surrounding eleva-
tons are advantageous. This week,
owing to the absence of the Great West
ern band with the JobberS' $500 eX-
cursion, the usual Thursday evening
concert for tonight will be omitted.
Mr.. Seibert, who accompanies the Job
bers with his band, promises to add an
extra concert at the end of the season.
and thus fully make up for the loss and
disappointment.
"How much water pipe do you put
down daily, Mr.. Overton?' was asked
the superintendent of the water works
yesterday.
About LOCO feet" was the reply.
sin one day we laid 1,O2O; another day
lo;l
1000 feet to 100 lately"
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John Ford, who came from Chicago
With the late Gilbert butcher, and
cook a position in the Office of the old
Metropolitan hotel, on the corner of
Washington and Third streets. fifteen
OF eighteen years ago, has been i'll the
hotel business in st. Paul ever since,
and is now at the Merchants. Besides
being a very pleasant gentleman he
has had great opportunities for Observ-
ing the travel from year TO year in the
Northwest He says that this season
she hotels have had good, steady bust
ness and have no cause for complaint.
The season has been prosperous in this
respect, but there has been no rush
and no overflow, such as would have
the effect of driving people to the lakes.
The lake business has been compare
lively light Still, as they have been
more literally patroniZed by the people
of st. Paul and Minneapolis than usual,
the business done at the lakes has been
fair.
hn ta
west of Jackson street, have taken hold
of that avenue and some of the adjacent
streets with a view of identifying that
part of the elevation. When they com
menced they began work on one of the
raggedest pieces of work that nature
ever left uncompleted. They have,
with grading, paving and putting out
grass plats rendered it one of the love-
Hest points in the city of st. Paul.
"When you left the Republican
party, Senator Wilkinson. some years
ago." said eX-Mayor John T. Ames. of
Mortified, to the Democratic candi-
date for congress, Il thought you had
committed an objectionable political
crime, but [ will not vote the Republi-
can ticket myself this year. This tariff
is running u.s." declared the Mortified
miller.
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"Much joy, Mrs. Bowdenw That is
what few of the select who are let into
the secret, now say to Mrs. James W.
Bowden. nee Miss Bertha Riegel. When
Bertha Riegel came up here from New
York to win the boys with her good-na-
jured face, mOcking-bird voice. and
oueer little FRANKS. nobody thouuht that