St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-18
THE CUPBOARD IS BARE.
Diss0lute Parents Permit Their Children
to Hustle for Grub.
HUTCHINS BETTER HUSTLE.
A Runaway Steed Invades q DWELLING
Matters Of Moment in West
st. Paul.

named Mike Quinlan, Ada and Robin
son streets. in West st. Paul. Some
time since Quinlan was sentenced to
ninety days in the work house for beat
ing his wife, but was pardoned out on
his wife's plea that she could not sup
port the family. Last week Mrs. Quin-
Ian was arrested for drunkenness and
sent out for thirty days, and since that
Quinlan has been in a condition of
maudlin, and occasionally, violent
drunkenness, while the little four
year-old daughter of the couple
has been left alone in the
house to care for herself. there being,
according to the statement of neigh
Dor, nothing whatever to eat in the
place. Two older children of the FAM
lily, boys between the ages of ten and
thirteen, were long ago turned out to
skirmish for themselves, and have slept
for months in hay lofts and box cars.
The case is one which should receive
the attention of the proper authorities.
A runaway horse, with strings of tat
tered harness flying in the breeze, yes
terday went tearing across the flats and
in at the front door of house occupied
by w. F. Crother and his family. The
back door was also open, and through
this the equine made flying exit, never
once checking his mad career. The
animal was finally caught by it's owner
and brought to order.
Martin Killarney, one of the oldest
expressmen in the city, was yesterday
seized with cramps on South Robert
street, and fell, striking the edge of the
sidewalk and severely cutting his face.
The old man is in a shocking condition,
both of his hands having been frozen
last winter, when he was found by po-
lice officer lying in the rear of build
ing at Seven Corners, and was picked
up for dead. His hands are utterly use
less, being livid and swollen out of all
proportion. The patrol wagon was
called and the man removed to his
boarding place on Robinson street.
Excavations have been commenced on
Clinton avenue preparatory to laying
gas mains on that thOroughfare. Work
on the entire length of the proposed ex-
tension will be pushed as rapidly as
possible.
Preparations are going forward for a
rousing meeting to be held by the
League of the Cross in st. Michael's
hall, Sunday evening. The league is
taking the lead in temperance matters.
Aside from the public Improvements
being maze in the Sixth ward this
season, and the large number of build
lngS being put up. greater amount of
energy is exhibited than ever before in
the matters of identifying lawns and
gardens. The yards of many residences
(which last season looked bare and unin-
wiling are now made beautiful with
green turf and flower beds. The move
lis general all over the ward, and is a
great improvement.
2 An inspection of the streets of the
West end will be made this morning by
a committee of the board of public
works. Special attention is to be paid
grading and other public improvements
have been received.
< Great preparations have been going
forward for some time for a Decoration
day excursion to MinnetOnka by the
Chautauqua circle. Two more regular
meetings Of the organization will be
held during this season, one OIL May 20
and another on the 9th. The work of
the circle will then be brought to a
close for the present.
The primary planking of the high
bridge was completed Thursday even
ing. and yesterday morning an invita-
ton was sent to Mayor Smith by the en-
gineers to accompany them in drive
over the new structure. The invitation
was accepted by his honor, and the trip
was made in safety. The bridge is
2.770 feet long aud 2O4 feet high. It will
be thrown open to the public as soon as
the cedar paving has been completed.
A party of young folks of the West
side are arranging moonlight excur-
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forty young people have signified their
buses have been chartered for the Oc-
casiOn.
A small child of Herman Aldrech
fell down an embankment on the West
side yesterday, dislocating its left arm
at the elbow. The arm was set by DR..
Slegler.
Considerable activity has been ex-
hibited by the health department in Or
dering the yards cleaned up in the rear
of tenement blocks in West st. Paul.
The result is marked change in the
appearance of the Sixth ward, and an
equally marked improvement in the at
mosphere in the same locality.
Miss Lizzie Morley and the young
man Thompson, who were so severely
hurt Thursday afternoon, are being
cared for at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Worley on Oakland avenue, and
are doing as we'll as can be expected.
Miss Worley's injuries are of a serious
nature and will confine her to the house
for some time.
The electric light system ON the West
side has been out of order for the past
two nights, and during that time most
of the merchants who use the lights on
South Robert and Concord streets and
Dakota avenue have been reduced to
the use of oil lamps, which have proved
a very poor substitute for the arc.
The Wabasha street bridge will prob
ably be open to foot passengers next
Tuesday.