St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-25
SAINT PAUL.
SYMPATHY FOR STRIKERS.
West Side Women Prefer to Travel in
Buses.
A BOY FALLS SIXTY FEET.
Six Months Solitary Confinement Has
No Effect Upon Toad.-Sixth
Ward Scraps.

A party of seven elegantly dressed
ladies stood at Concord street cross
ing lastevening. They were apparently
waiting for car to transport them to
the city. Across the street we're gath
cred crowd of men out of employment,
who anxiously watched the party. Sew
eral cars passed that way, and the
ladies did not appear to want either of
them. Soon there hove in sight one of
the clumsy numbering buses which
have been put OH by the strikers, and
Immediately seven gloved hands went
into the air and as many cambria hand
kerchiefs waved in the breeze. The
clumsy vehicle stopped, the driver de-
scended and assisted the ladies to mount
the steps with the air and gallantry of a
Chesterfield. As the canvaS-covered
concern numbered off down the street
there arose a mighty shout from the
crowd across the street, which echoed
through the entire neighborhOod. "G0d
wiped his eye with the sleeve of tat
tered coat. "Them'S the right kind"
Two small children of Charles Helm
way, a man employed on the high
bridge, were playing on the steep side
of the cliff near their home on the river
bank yesterday, when one of them
slipped, and rolling over and over for
upwards of sixty feet, fell i'll a heap at
the base of the declivity. The child's
mother, who was washing in the yard,
saw the accident and rushed to the spot,
only to find that the tough youngster
was considerably more frightened than
hurt, a few bruises being the extent of
the injuries.
a remarkable instance of endurance
in toad is related by Jacob Schlogg,
who was employed last fall on the
South Robert street excavations. One
day while working he. saw large toad,
and, having heard that the reptiles were
death on insects, he determined to take
this one home and place it in his gar
den. Hunting up an old dinner pail he
placed the toad inside and shut the
cover up tight. Returning home at
night he was met with news of
the serious illness of his wife,
who was absent in st. Cloud,
and throwing the pail containing his
toadship into the hay NOW, he started at
once for st. Cloud. and never gave
thought to either the pail OF toad until
a few days ago, when, cleaning out tie
hay loft, he came across the tin can he
had thrown there some six months be-
was removed, when out hoped the
toad, blinked a couple of times, and
after coolly stretching his four legs,
walked off on foraging expedition.
The river rose several feet during last
night as a consequence of the heavy
rain. A couple of skiffs belonging to
persons who reside on the banks of the
river slipped their moorings and
started for st. Louis yesterday. The
flat-boat Cora Tanner will start for the
same point on Sunday next. The boat
has undergone complete overhauling.
A couple of ragged DRINKS we've the
only attractions at the Ducas street sta
ton yesterday. Everything has been
remarkably quiet in police circles so far
this week.
The teachers and pupils of the Hum
boldt school are making prepare
tions for grand centennial entertain
ment to be participated in by large
number of the young folks. The day
will also be observed by ST. Michael's
school, where an entertainment will
also be given.
The epidemic OF scarlet fever and
diphtheria which held sway during the
winter has been utterly routed out by
the balmy breeZeS of springtime, and
the Westside is as healthy now as could
be desired. A few cases of scarlet fever
still remain, the patients, however. be-
ing cOnvaleScent.
The Delos street bridge at last stands
shorn of the supports which have for
the past year married the beauty of the
structure. and so far has shown no
signs of the smash propnesied for it by
the croakerS of the old Sixth, though
the timberS were loosened up one by
one week ago, Henry O'Brien, the
contractor who built the bridge, said
yesterday: There has been so
much said about the waste of
money on this arch, so many
have rushed into print with assertions
that the bridge would not stand alone,
that feel as though few words to the
effect that the bridge now stands alone,
and is so sound and elegant structure
as to refute all arguments and asser-
tons to the contrary, will not be out of
place. Of course I'm only the builder,
but just the same | feel gratified in the
assertion that there isn't finer arch in
the state of Minnesota
Z. j.. BrumeyeI, resident of the
lower flats, has commenced 10 prepare
small plat of ground OH which he
intends making all attempt at tobacco
culture. Brumeyer, who was formerly
resident of tobaccO-producing districts
IN North Carolina, says that the soil on
the flats is almost exactly like that in
the South in which the best tobacco is
raised. He proposes to increase the
dimensions of his enterprise if the trial
is successful.
The Washington concert and enter
tainment to be given at the West Side
opera house the Both inst. by the ladies
OF Benthany Congregational church,
promises to be notable success, as ex-
tensive arrangements have been made
to make it so.