St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-12
SIXTH WARD SILHOUETTES
The Cry Of Hard Times Is Not Echoed
Up Dakota Avenue.
SOME MERCHANTS ARE SAD.
Others Say Their Business Is Booming
Matters on the West
Side.

The interview with Dakota avenue
merchant published in the GLOBE Mon
day has raised a howl among merchants
also on Dakota avenue. but farther
from the bridge. who claim that the per-
son who gave vent to such stormy dec
lamation on the subject of trade de-
preston and its causes must have been
a much greater sufferer from the alleged
depression consequent upon the closing
of the bridge than his neighbors. A. s.
Hall. the druggist. said: "Nly trade has
not suffered in the least on account of
the bridge being closed. / have done a
better trade for the past month than fer
any other during the year," Har-
mon 81 Co. said their force of
clerks was as large as ever. and that an
increase in the force would shortly be
necessary. 1.-THE bridge should be
Open," said Mr.. Harmon, "but | don't
believe its being closed has much effect
on trade" McIntire & Co. say that their
trade for the past month amounted to
$1,l30 over that of the corresponding
period last year. A number of
other merchants on the same
street assert that trade has not deterio-
rated to any appreciable extent on ac-
count of the closing of the bridge, and
that the stores closed are those close to
the bridge landing, which depend en-
tirely Oh foot passengers for their trade,
which was of an entirely transient de-
ScriptiOn.
A number of West side citizens, iu-
terested in religious matters in all
phases. attended the services at the
African NJ. E. church, on Cedar street,
Sunday. The party numbered some
half-doZen representative church peO-
pie of the West side. who sat through
the firstly. secondly and thirdly of the
colored gentleman in the pulpit, and
were deeply interested in the proceed
ings.
/. st. Pierre. of West st. Paul. left a
hastily serawled note lying on the desk
of business man in his peighborhood.
A GLOBE reporter got his weather eye
on the slip, which bore the magic sem
tence, Its boy"
Some half-dOZen new residences are
going up Oh Ohio street, three of them
now being more than half-finiShed.
Plans are in preparation for a tWO-stOry
brick residence on that street. to be
built by F. A. Schleck. formerly of Des
MOiDeS, 10. The structure will cost
$500.
The Willard W. C. T. U. will hold it's
weekly meeting at the Y. NJ. G. A.
TOOlnS tulS AFTERNOON.
r. l.. Graham, of West ST. Paul. who
left last fall for California, writes that
his health has much improved.
The Chautauqua circle held an interest
ing session last evening. The pro-
gramme was purely Grecian.
st. Michaels Dramatic club is max
ing elaborate preparations for the
proper celebration of st. Patrick'S day.
A dramatic entertainment will be given
by the club at the West Side opera
house on the evening of the 18th. The
piece to be presented is 1.-The Irish
Doctor" This will be followed by i'll
Strumental and vocal selections by
members of the club, the entertainment
to close with an address by j. w. Will
lis. The hall will be decorated with
evergreens and flags.
The 'Deestrick Skewr' entertain
ment, to be given next Friday evening
at the West Side opera house under
the management of Mrs. K. M. Black,
of Charles City, To-, promises to be the
most elaborate affair of the kind ever
held in West st. Paul. The cast in
cludeS some twenty-nine characters, all
West side people, Mrs. K. Nj. Black Is
down as the Spinster Schoolmai am,
Albert GervaiS as Prof. Iothrop, Mrs.
+. B. Doran as Mandy Malvina Perkins,
while Miss Edith Doran will pose as
Eliza Mehitable StebbinS.
A general social will be held at the
rooms of the Y. NJ. c. A. Friday even
ing next. A gymnaStic class meets at
the rooms this evening. a special boys
class will be organized shortly for boys
under sixteen.