St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-04
SILENCE RE|GNS SUPREME.
Incidents Of Quiet Day Detailed by the
Court Reporter.
FOUR ANXIOUS FEMALES.
Judges and Legal Lights Indulge in a
Little Recreation---Audit0r Kahn
Mindful Of News Gatherers.

After Saturday mornings session the
district court rooms were buried in
silence and Judge Wilkins, postponing
the case before HIM, left the building
through the dust-cloud the janitor was
creating in the hall. The stove relaxed
and refused to perform it's functions
and the weather in the small court
room was soon comfortable enough for
an aristocratic esquimau. Clerk
Champion, who was putting in his
time between thinks of the past and
vOluminous puffs of cigarette smoke,
looked as though he had been dis
charged. The windows, frightened at
the scene, trembled at the chilly breeze
without. The floor had a hard time in
keeping down the breath of the abstract
clerks beneath. Judge Simons dropped
into his yawning arm chair and sat there
long enough to renew acquaintanceStip
with his books, ink and anciently freS-
coed Office walls.
In the old jury room, now used as a
recovery hospital for weak-lunged at
torneys who go through the ordeal of
sitting in the hot, crowded and abso-
lutely peStilent court room, the genial
and even good-natured clerk, Mr.. Davis,
more popularity known as Jay Davis, sat
quoting ''Bill Nye ON the Dog'' to a gem
tleman from the balmy cline of Ken
tncky,
WHOSE IICORICE COMPLEXION
identified him with Fifth street. Ole
Mungomero. the head and only janitor
of the court rooms, sat near by and
listened attentively with his mouth, his
hands being placed firmly over his ears.
In the main court room Attorney
Mum was shooting off fireworks at
Judge Brill's redoubt in collar and
necktie wrestling match with brothers
motion for new trial in case lnvOlv-
ing at least $3.50. Had it not been for
this August occasion the clock would
have stopped, the ink and pens gone on
a strike, and all would have joined i'll
the lethargic state of Deputy Honorable
LunkenheImer. who was just getting
over the influence of a night out with
Sheriff Beams surprise party.
Judge Kelly's dog, Jack, made his
usual inspection of the room, but, find
ing that his master had retired to his
home, inaugurated a reckless Steeple-
chase, nearly taking the skin off his
teeth in his attempt to leap over four
European danes who were waiting for
divorce DEGREES, which did not material
ize. Judge Brill-seemed tired, and the
sign t'Keep away" was written upon his
countenance. Three times he called
John Lunkenheimer to order for snor-
ing, and as often were his calls in vain.
-Four ladies were sitting OH the hardest
bench, waiting to be heard on the much
agitated question: lis marriage fail
ure?''
The stove was suffering with intense
Inflammation and the clerks announce
ment, written with chalk on the black
board, was melting and dripping on the
floor. When one side OF the sorry quar-
tette was 'welI done" they changed
their seats and had the other side baked,
preferring that to moving the stove.
About ) O'Clock when night was draw
ing her sable folds over the gloomy
room, the judge informed the bel.iger-
entsot that he would sign
NO TREATY OF PEACE
and liberty for them that evening. So,
in Indian file they. left the room, to ap-
pear next Saturday in linen busters
and windmill fans. Mr.. Hillman, court
stenographer, was clicking away at his
caligraph and had little to say, unless it
was that the court was assuming "St.
Anthony -hlI'' proportions. 1t was
quiet day about the judicial sanctum
and down in Dick O'COnner's office the
clerks got into molecule fight as to
who should enter up the only $3.50
judgment won i'll the Justice OF The
peace court by Moritz Helm. 7-
The sheriff's office presented a more
animated scene, on account of Deputy
Fry's presence, he being the only per-
son who was not suffering govt from
the effects of the surprise party the
evening before.
Charlie Dana was predicting drawing
and asked for his salary. Sheriff Bean
entertained the telephone with a few
igEeous remarks, and muzzled it with a
pair of handouts to keep it from talk
ing. back. ~.
Auditor Kahn, just to experience how
it would feel, hired hack and drove
around to the Fourth street entrance OF
the new court house, and with an air
a lasSummit avenue mounted the mar
BILE steps. Running the gauntlet of
empty plaster barrels which he mist0ok
for reporters, he reached his future
Office and invited himself to seat on a
saw-buck. Meandering about the new
apartments into which he and his little
army of clerks will soon move, and
musing while as to how he could best
serve some of his friends, he picked out
a room for the members of the press, to
be equipped and furnished with large
desk, paper files. and all that the news
gatherer needs. For this timely pro-
vision the popular auditor may expect
to receive several vegetable bouquets,
and three months subscription to the
West Side News.