St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-08
SUNDAY GOSSIP,

That the recreationS and exhaustive
amusement of the glorious Fourth gave
st. Paul's pleasure-seeling populace
safety of enjoyment was well demon
stratcd by the exceptionally small num-
Der of people who sought refuge from
the heat in the shady groves of the
suburbs yesterday. Not more than 800
st. Paulites went to Minnetonka yester-
day and not more than 500 to White
Bear. This is very light for Sunday,
when the numbers are generally about
ten times as great.
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pThe veranda of the Merchants was
completely filed all day yesterday by
horsemen. All the prominent Western
and many of the Eastern enthusiaS is of
horSefeSh v ere there, and the only topic
Of discussion was horse, horse. past,
horse present and horse in the future.
To-mOrr WIS races were canYaSSed the
past week at Minnehaha recalled, and
many were the stories told of the great
events of bygOne days. These horse
men are a mixed crowd, some of them
firSt-rate fellows with hearts as bigaS
their bodies, others are simply dead
beats, profession cons and sharks. The
former class apparently is here in the
ter class Of sporting men. But there is
sprinkling of the latter class, those
men whose precariouS existence con-
SiSts in following the horses from one
meeting to another, oneday dead broke,
the next wearing diamonds. They are
a free-spending class of men, and with
them it is case of easy come easy go
i'll monetary matters.
What popular summer resort Alaska
is becoming. Every day parties pass
through st. Paul on their way to the
mysterious nOrthland. to the land
where, as Homer says, the air is filled
with feathers. They do not go very far
up into Alaska. however, Sitka being
their objective point. A glance at the
map shows that Sitka is onIya few hun
dred miles north of the dividing line
between Canada and the United States.
Alaska, as most people understand it,
is the great peninsula that juts out
westward, ending in the long chain of
the Aleutian islands. This is thousands
of miles from Sitka, where the tourists
go.
The murderous assault by a gang of
strikers OH the police force at Duluth
will be regretted by many in this city,
where some Of the officers of the Zenith
City are well known. Capt. Tom Nc
Laughlin, who was shot in the hip. has
many friends in ST. Paul, and few of
the older members of this city's force
are unacquainted with him. Chief
Doran, to whose determined grit is
largely due the prompt action of the po-
lice, has almost as many friends here as
in Duluth, while Sergeant Clements,
who was shot in the hand, is also fairly
well known. Detective BenSoniS down
here every few weeks to make arrests
and perform his duties as detective,
and knows large crowds of people here.
An erroneous impression seems to
prevail as to the purpose for which tele-
phone is put into newspaper Office.
Ninety-nine people out of hundred
seem to think that it is for the accom-
mediation of the general public, more
especially that part of it which is inter
ested in base ball. Every night the
whole GLOBE staff is kept busy answer
ing inquiries from every Dick, Tom and
Harry who wants to know how the
game came out. If these dear people
only realized that that is the busiest
time in a newspaper Office they would
not make themselves so much of a
nuisance. The fact is that the tele-
phone is there for the accommodation
of the paper and not of the general pub
lie.
Elegant Dining and Sleeping Cars
On all trains of the 500 Line,