St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-06
SAINT PAUL.
THE GossIPER.

how many cattle have passed through
the Sanity City stock yards. Up to the
present time the movement of Western
cattle has been very heavy, and the sum
total of the number passed through the
yards is 1900 head. Some of the beeves
are being killed here, but the majority
goes onward and eastward TO the
great markets of Chicago. All the cat
tie are being shipped in the patent
stock or stable cars, and consequently
fare very well. OF the number above
mentioned, the Milwaukee road has car
ried 35 per cent, the Kansas ECity 20 per
cent, the Omaha % per cent, and the
balance distributed among the various
Bther roads.
That the State Fair is to open can be
easily guessed by seeing the many
country visitors in the city, and the sell
ing of a large amount of peanuts and
lemonade. Now is the time, with a
strong emphasis on the the" that
young men and women will Saunter up
and down the streets holding each
other by the hand. and chewing pop
corn, for all they, are worth. The
hotels are already beginning to
will be standing room only"
Now, while the Fair is just as near
the heart of the city Of Minneapolis as
1t is st. Paul, it is somewhat more of
local affair, and looked upon by st.
Paulites as a home Institution, and
country people come to st. Paul to
stay while they attend it. Tonight St.
Paul will be in a blaze of glory, as the
colOred street lights will have all been
In place. How different in Minneap-
oils! hat city has the Exposition, a
permanent institution and a heavy
expense, yet there are no street
Examinations there because the
new retrenchment and reform admin
Istrations failed to see the benefit. But
the visitor is the one who sees the ben
eft, as he walks up the streets of st.
Paul, under the glare of thousands of
cOlored lights. while in Minneapolis eV-
ervthing is as bare and gloomy as the
interior of Single creek tunnel. Twas
not always so. and should not be so
now. The NicOllet avenue illumination
was once sight worth going miles to
see.
Although the city hall is brand new
thing, it is found necessary once IN
while to make changes and improve
ments. The deputy clerks of the munic-
ipal court were all moved from their
room next to the court room yesterday
afternoon, and given space in large
and well ventilated apartment across
from the chief of policies Office.
The room occupied by them before
will be used for a sort of
reception room where female witnesses
and the better class of female prisoners
awaiting trial can be received and en-
tertaiued as it were. Across the way is
the mems reception room. That will
soon be PAL titiOned off with iron bars
reaching from the floor to the ceiling, SO
that guests who are waiting TO be enter
tanned by Judge Burr can remain there
all day and wait for theiI turn without
undergoing the notifying indignity of
being taken back to the station in the
wagon.
The amiable ex-Gov. A. P. Swineford,
of Alaska, was at the Ryan Yesterday.
The ex-governor now lives in Juneau,
although formerly he made Sitka his
home. While the ex-governor is not a
stranger to the people of st. Paul by
any means, as he visits the city quite
often, still his views Oh public matters
are so sound and generally correct that
it is of interest to hear what he
has to say. In discussing the sub
ject of the recent seizures of
British seal poachers by Ameri-
can vessels in the Behring sea, to a
GLOBE reporter he remarked: "This
poaching on the closed sea of Behring
is an outrage, and the United States is
only asserting her rights by protecting
her property from encroachment. If
this wholesale slaughter of the seal
were allowed, seal furs would soon be-
come thing of the past and the seal
itself as scarce as the American bison"
Gov. SwinefOrd thinks the future of
Alaska is a bright one, or at least would
be bright, if only some other method for
administering its affairs could be inau-
gurated. Congress, he thought. took
very little interest in the territory. He
was of the opinion that land act ought
to be passed and that representation
should be given the country. Now,
with the exception of mining claims, no
one can take up land.
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There is certain French music teacher
In this city, who in France was a count
OF the protege of count, or something
like that. who is addicted to the use of
the seductive and eXhilarating absinthe
drink. His friends have been trying to
break him of the habit, but have met
with poor success. Their method of
causing him to swear off was a very
rigid and novel one, and a very,
very expensive one to the vic
tim himself. They would watch
him as vigorously as detective could
do, and whenever they found him in
dulging in his favOrite drink would
cause his arrest on the charge of drunk
enness. His fines in the police court
. would range all of the way from 80 to
SIS, and so vigilant we're his friends,
and so often would he sip his absinthe,
that he found it necessary to pay those
fines about four times week.
His money was finally all used
up in paying fines, and the
police judge began to get tired
of his persistent regularity in appear
ing before him to be fined, so the last
time he appeared crestfaIlen and penI-
tent. His escape from the workhouse
was narrow one. All this time he
never tumbled to the racket being
worked on him by his friends. They
have dropped him now and he drinks
his abSlnthe in peace.
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A very tough man from Touchdown
registered at the Windsor the other day
and was shown to a room. He was
under the influence of a great deal of
booze, in fact, he had several large
sized 'jags" aboard. In few moments
he came down into the office again and
inquired of the clerk where 'de shootin'
gallery" was, indicating by motion Of
his finger toward his mouth that
he wanted a drink. After he had
been shown the ''shootin' gall
lery, he came out and begun
kicking in vigorous way because no
body mad been sent up to his room to
wash him and comb his hair. The clerk
Informed him that there was no one en-
plOyed there for that purpose, as all the
guests had to wash themselves and
comb their own hair. That made him
mad, so. after raising the dickens in
general around the Office. he departed
for the ''shoOtin' gallery" again, and
forgot to come back.
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Judging from the many applicants for
the position of secretary of the school
board, times must be fearful hard.-Not
Q single gentlemen in the Sioux Falls
delegation would admit that any
other city in the state beside their own