St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-15
SAINT PAUL.
BOWERS TOOK THE DOODLE.
Pietro Ramaccioth Wants the Scalp Of a
West Side Constable.
A METHODIST JUBILEE.
Wuns Use slugged With Ancient EGGS
Cock Fighting in the Sixth
Ward.

terday by The American Manufacturing
Company against the stock and fixtures
of Pietro Ramacciotti, an Italian res
taurateur doing business on South Rob
ert street. The papers were served by
Constable Bowers, who removed large
part of the stock which was in the store
at the time, and as-Ramacciotti alleges
some SIS or $50, which was i'll the till.
The Italian has employed counsel ana
will institute proceedings to replevin
the stuff, which is all in his wife's
name, while the goods were seized for
his personal debts. Ramaccotti be-
came furious at the action of the con-
stable. and would have made things de-
cidedly interesting for Bowers but
for the arrival of police officer. who
exercised a restraining influence, ad-
vising the incensed Italian to proceed
legally, instead of doing up the crowd
as was his expressed intention.
The Clinton Avenue Nj. +. church
was well filled last evening, the occa-
sion being the first of the series OF
Jubilee services to be held at the church
during this week. An eloquent sermon
was preached by Rev. r. n Mckaig,
ID. D., of Minneapolis. The service
lasted over an hour, and was listened
10 throughout with deep interest.
This evenings service will commence
at : 80 D. m. with love feast and COM
munion service led by Rev. Robert
Forbes, of this city, and tomorrow
evening there will be a platform meet
ing at I 80, followed by greetings from
st. Paul Methodist churches and old
pastors. Speeches by Revs. f. 0. Hol-
man, H. c. Jennings, j. ii. Dawart,
John Stafford. J. E. Teter and others.
A band of youthful sports gathered
in an old shed Oh the river bank yester-
day afternoon to witness fight be-
tween two gamey but non-professional
roosters. The birds were turned loose
in the center of the floor and fought
desperately for forty-nine minutes,
neither having received any serious in
jury during that time. A proposition
to call the fight a draw was received
with derision by those assembled. and
the referee ordered another round, in
which one of the birds was placed hOrS
du combat by well directed blow from
the gaff of its antagonist. The winning
bird has been matched to fight locally
celebrated speckled rooster called
"Maior," the fight to come off next
week.
A Cinnamon named Wung Use, look
ing for location for laundry on Fair
field avenue yesterday afternoon, was
struck in the eye with an egg OF doubt
full age as he was passing up that
thoroughfare on his way home. Wung
alleges that the missile came from a
window in the vicinity, but could not say
which one. He swears by all the joss
houses in the Chinese empire that he
will ferret out the evildoer, and have
revenge.
Fred Strait and Walter Moran, two
denizens of the West side, who were in
dulging in a bicycle race on State street
last evening. ran into an express wagon,
which had been left standing beside the
road, and were thrown to the ground.
Moran was picked up. unconscious, but
has since recovered. Strait was un-
hurt.
Angie Blessen, a fourteen-year-old
girl from Minneapolis, who is visiting
friends on Congress street, was struck
on the head by base ball yesterday
afternoon and badly hurt. The child
was taken home and physician sum-
moned. who pronounced the injury to
be slight. The accident occurred on
were playing ball.
A social and card party was given last
evening by the Misses Talbert, Of Mer-
riam Park, at which large number of
young people from the West side were
present. The occasion was to celebrate
the seventeenth birthday of Miss May
Talbert. The guests numbered over
fifty.
Yesterday was a phenomenally quiet
day at Ethe DucaS street station, there
being no arrests.
A seven-year-old child Of Gottlieb
Berger, residing near Mendoza, fell into
a well near the house yesterday, dis
tance of twenty-five feet, into six feet
of water. The venturesome juvenile
was rescued from it's perilous position
with no worse injury than few bruises.
ST. MichaePs Dramatic and Literary
society will hold meeting in the school
house hall this evening.
A man named Martin Coe narrowly
escaped being killed by the motor about
o'clock Monday night, in an attempt
to cross the railway bridge. He escaped
by crawling out upon the stringerS until
the train had passed.
w. S. FOrsythe, Of Dubuque, To-, was
in West st. Paul yesterday looking over
lcoiuCHCo plopclIy, dHu Hdo opoiIeu uS-
gotiations with West side real estate
on Smith avenue. If deal is made
Mr.. Forsyth will erect residence on
the property this summer.
Next Monday evening meeting of
the newly organized lawn tennis club
will be held at the residence of the
Misses LaWtOn, 343 East Winifred
street, for the purpose of admitting
new members. The officers of the Or
ganiZatiOn elected at recent meeting
are Percy D. Godfrey, president: Miss
Carrie White, vice PRESIDENT; Frank
BOWe, secretary; Miss l.. DOak, treas
urer.
The new Lawton block, to be erected
on the corner of Isabel and Omega
streets, on the West side, will be, when
completed, one of the finest business
blocks in West st. Paul. The building
will be of red brick and white stone,
with dimensions of 90X100 feet, and will
be leased as a tobacco factory. The
cost of the structure will reach $50, 900.
Among the other new buildings on
which work has been started within the
past few weeks, and good progress
made, are the Meyer block on South
Robert street, the foundations of which
dIO HOW COHlp plCtS, dlu luC uGW uOuUlt
residence for Henry Martin, Oh Clinton
avenue, which is now almost ready for
occupancy, and is a very handsome
structure. Plans are being prepared by
Architect Strasburger for several new
buildings, among which are those of
Peter Rothausen. a tenement row, to 60
up on Starkey street, near Isabel, at
cost of $4,000. A brick block will be
erected this summer by Robert Hessler,
to be two stories high, 50X7O feet. The
cost is estimated at $4,000.
A fight occurred last evening on lower
Concord street between two men named
Max Cartwright and Pete Lane. The
houble occurred over some sighting re-
marks alleged to have been made by
Cartwright concerning the character of
Lanes daughter. Neither of the men
was much hurt