St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-24
SAINT PAUL.
Additional City News on Page s.
THE GOsSIPER.

The walls of certain Jackson street
restaurant are covered with signs, indi-
eating the delicacies for sale OF to be
served at meals. The restaurant boasts
of an artist who, whenever a new deli
cacy is on deck, embellishes large white
cards with the news in mammoth black
letters. One fixture on the walls has
been the sign Of Beef croquettes la
mode, and another "Consomme bouil-
Ion." Yesterday new artist was at
work, and the old signs having become
little dingy looking from fly specks,
were replaced by new ones. One OF
them read: "Beef coqrettes," and the
other stared at the customers with "Con-
some bull-One."
The park commissioners are very easy
people to get along with. The regular
meeting was set for yesterday after
noon at o'clock. When that time came
around there were just two members
present, including the secretary and
vice president. There was no business
on hand and no one felt like doing any,
whether there had been or not. "Will
somebody make a motion to adjourn,
please?" queried the chairman a second
after the roll had been called. The mo-
ton to adjourn was made i'll Jitfy and
carried unanimously, and the commits
Sioners sailed out of the room swinging
their canes nonchalantly.
Yesterday seemed to be the day for
eign tourists, inasmuch. as the hotel
registers were filed with their names.
At the Ryan there were, j. Wilson and
l.. Wilson, of Sidney, Australia; W. j.
StOcker, of London, Eng. and Ralph
and Alexander Moore, of Glasgow, Scot
land. at the Merchants, from ''Lun-
non, were W. l.. Carpenter. D. Milli-
gan, W. NJ. Venning and j. l.. Lister,
and z. T. Donfero, of Madrid, Spain.
P. T. Donfero. of Madrid, Spain,
formerly high official under the Re.
publican government of that city, was
at the Merchants yesterday. He is on
his way to the Pacific coast via the Vel
lowstone Park. In speaking about the
government of America he said that
Republican municipal government had
been established in Madrid four years
ago, but 1t was proving anything but
success. He had retired from his office
because Of the open corruption of the
municipal government. al don't know
how they manage things here" said
everybody were in caho0tS and stole the
city blind. think that it would not be
overestimating things any to say that
about $15,0OO.00O in your American
money has been in one way or the other
deliberately stolen from the city. 1t
was all done by means of the revenue
system. The American system or gov
eminent is, | believe, the finest in the
world. and European countries would
do well to copy after it."
Edwin Dunn, chairman of the board
of prison inspectors, was at the Ryan
yesterday. To reporter he said:
'Peace will reign supreme in Saltwater
now l think. We have new warden,
who from all appearances will prove the
right man. People wonder and com
plain because the change was not made
before, but let me tell you that the
affairs of so great an institution as the
state prison, cannot be changed in
moment"
Next week the new telescope will en-
bellish the observatory dome of the
high school. A portion of it has az
rived now, and the rest is expected in
few days. The telescope was made by
Warner & Swasey, of Cleveland, who
are famous for their astronomical in
S-ruments, and cost $500. 1t will cost
S 00m more to have it mounted. 1t was
purchased by the high school scholars
by means of a series of entertainments
held in the school during the last two
or three years. After it has been
mounted it will become the property of
the school board.