St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-17
BREAKFAST BITES.

Bank clearances yesterday were 1852, 9S3.
The common council meets in regular ses-
sion tonight.
The special term calendar was taken up by
Judge Brill yesterday.
The city schools close Friday for the
Christmas vacation.
The trial of criminal cases will be resumed
before Judge Brill on Thursday.
IA small blaze in the building ut SO West
Third street caused an alarm of fire ct so
yesterday afternoon.
The German residents of South st. Paul
have decided to build q church near Oak
Grove, in that city, and have raised 81 500
for the purpose.
General Manager Fitch, of the Duluth.
South Shore d Atlantic railway, announces
the appointment OF D. M. Philbin as super
intepdent of the company.
Deputy State Auditor II. G. Griswold was
the lucky possessor of No. 49, the number of
the ticket drawn in the lottery for the silver
tea set at tn Nizhnee Noygorod fair.
Marriage licenses were issued to ". F.
Pinkham and May Pashley, William Stipe
and Susie knutson, August Rathmer and
Emma Coup. NeIs Nelson and Emma Wen
strom.
The Young IRISH American club viii give
its next dress soiree on New Years eve, at
the Windsor hotel. Kleistls orchestra W i'll
be in attendance, and banquet will be
spread at midnight.
The closing conce IT OF the Star course Sc
ries will be given tonight at the Peoples
church by the Balmoral Choir of Glasgow.
The programme will consist of Scotch, Eng
llsh and Irish part songs, glees, madrigals,
solos and duets.
At the meeting Of the council committee
on parks yesterday afternoon it was decided
to report faverably upon q resolution author
izing the acceptance of the offer of Samuel
NAVAL to dispose of thirty eight lots for
park site near the Manitoba railway shops.
The council committee on gas was to have
met last night to pass upon the several bids
for maintaining the gasoline street lamps in
the outskirts. But one committeeman put in
an appearance, however, and the meeting
was continued until O'Clock this afternoon.
D1phtheria was reported at the health
Office yesterday from $50 Arcade street, 595
WhitaIl street and Ill West George street.
Scarlet fever is also reported from 293 East
Fourteenth street and 6S5 Van Buren, street,
and membraneous Group from 435 Fulton
street.
fjMarion Harrison, proprietor OF the road
house at Bass lake, called at the GLOBE Office
Yesterday to deny the story that the fake foot
race between Killeman and Skinner, a week
ago. occurred near his place. The .icinch'
Eeame off at Lake Xadnsls he says, near
Jimmie LOOMS place.
| Tile resolutions introduced in the common
seouticil several months ago 10 allow ex-Ald.
Wan slyke So 500 for services in caring for
Eeity parks, and to pay Attorney Folsom
80 600 for services rendered in assistance to
Eexeorporatlon Attorney Murray, have been
withdrawn from the council committee on
Eelains.
"A special civil service examination of male
tapplicants for the position of stenogfapher
lin the Office of the superintendent OF the
Tenth division, railway mail service, will be
held at the st. Paul postoffiee Friday, the
f27tir of December. commencing at 8 O'Clock
IA. M. Application blanks may be obtained
from the secretary of the board of cxamin
;ers at the postoflce.
/ J.McGuiggan, of the firm of NcGuigsan &
Schnelle, whose plumbing shop at 293 Jack
son street was burglafized Friday night, is
iauite indignant at the city police doubling
that the firm was not robbed of S963 He
asseyerates that this amount waS taken from
the safe by the burglar or burglars, and is
prepared to produce a witness to testify that
the money was ia the safe when the store was
closed Friday evening. MeGaiggan says that
when the burglary was discovered the police
;impiored him ''to keep the thing quiet,'