St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
PHASES OF LIFE.

An overturned sprinkling cart at the
corner of Hennepin avenue and Fourth
attracted a good deal of attention during
a large part of yesterday afternoon, and
it was rather amusing to listen to the
speculations of different passers-by as
to the cause of the accident. Not few
decided that the wheel had been
caught in the street car track
in turning the wagon around,
while others insisted that it must have
collided with a street car or heavy ex,
press wagon, but the explanation offered
by an amiable looking lady, whose sup
ply of anti-fat gave out some years ago,
was the most interesting one heard.
She had stopped with little girl, evil
IDENTIFY her daughter, to view the wreck,
and was overheard telling the child that
the driver had in all probability care
Iessly filled the top of the tank first,
which threw the whole arrangement
out of balance" 1t was suggested also
that Bob McMullen had tipped the cart
over merely to relieve the eXuberance
of his spirits due to the tlattering notice
he received III yesterdays GLOBE.
There was special bill at the al
ways Open' restaurant. ODD Hennepln
avenue, yesterday afternoon, the semi
nent flub dub" Z. A. Taylor, proprietor
of the place, and Charles r. Carpenter.
the night cashier of electric-heater
fame, appearing in the role of biscuit
shooters attired in long aprons, white
jackets and broad grinS. Inquiry as to
the cause of the unlooked-fOr innOva-
ton elected the news that the entire
day watch of walters, with one eXcep-
ton had walked out of the house be-
cause of some disagreement with the
proprietors. Mr.. Taylor assured the in
terrOgator, however, that people waited
on by himself would not be charged
extra.
Some time ago Sergt. Jack Leonard,
of the police force, made his rounds for
a week or more with his right hand tied
up in a bale of cotton without any one
discovering what had hit him. The Sc
cret was told to GLOBE reporter yes
terday, and is as follows: Last spring
a coon gentleman stole some property
from a secondhand dealer and man
aged to evade the officers for
long time. After couple of
months had elapsed Isaac one day
discovered the appropriation of his chat
tells walking down First avenue south,
near the new postoffice building. at the
same moment he espied Sergeant Leon
ard coming up the other side of the
street, and Immediately called upon
MIN to make the arrest.
The sergeant started In pursuit OF the
darby, but the colored person wasn't to
be fooled so easily, and started down
the alley at 2:10 gait, with John close
very close and made grand
spring to capture his man
depending unconsciously on a contact
with the negro to arrest the forward
motion of too extensive avOirdupoiS,
but when he got there the other man
wasn't there, and as a consequence a
muddy place IN the alley hit Jack in the
face and stomach. That made him very
warm, and recovering himself with re-
markable agility for a heavy man, he
renewed the chase and soon came up
with the fugitive. He threw his arm
around the prisoners neck and
his thumb entered the open mouth
of the darby who Immediately began
to lunch off it. The sergeant's shouts
and the bowls of the negro, who was
getting some vigorous kicks and cuffs
the while, attracted the attention of
Officer Carey, who arrived just in time
to save his Sergeant'S thumb by strik-
ing the fellow a terrific downward
blow on the chin with his
club, causing his mouth to
fly open half way up the alley, exposing
his works and reminding one of the fly
ing open of the great carmine-painted
jaws of toy alligator that works with
string. Jacks thumb is still on duty,
but you can sometimes see the owner
scrutinizing its marred symmetry and
signing as he thinks of the fun he had
with "d-n cannibal niger"
Carl, familiarly known as Lemons"
from his habit of playing with that pun
gent fruit, is quiet, self-possessed resi-
dent of the Pickwick club. He is en-
ployed by Billy Baxter, the steward,
and is entered in the directory as Carl
Baxter (colored), night watch, Pickwick
club. The directory does Carl an IN
justice, as he is as seal brown and curly
a dog as there is in the city. In the
Tribune's arnold winkelreidian whoop,
Carl is multiplied by three, and the fact
of his residence here (alSo multiplied by
three has gone screeching across the
continent under double-column head
line.