St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-02

of applicants who were unprepared to meet
the cold snap.
The old project Of widening Hennepin
avenue which has been hanging fire for
months. will be considered by the commits
sionerS on "Wednesday.
The New York Life Insurance comnanv is
cons dering the erection of large building
on its First avenue 'ontage. to be used it
is said, by big New York dry goods firm.
The Minneapolis clearing house reports
the total sum of the bank clearings for the
month of November to be S33, 729. s6DT2, a
b increase over that of the same month
last year, which was So 80 80 7.3,}
Aid. V. Smith has served notice that he
will contest the election TO the city council
from the Second ward of j. Z. HAYNES.
Haynes reported majority is 81. MIR. Smith
says he was elected by about 80 majority.
The little tots of girls of the Church of the
Redeemer will hold dolls reception on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 3. They want
lots of other little tots to come and bring
their dolls, early in the eTening.
Edmond Palmer took out building per-
nit yesterday tor three-story brick fiat
witty brown stone front TO be erected at IL
East Fifteenth street, ana TO cost $4,000
The architect is larry W. Jones.
According to a statement made recently
by Mai Mackenzie, the government engineer
in charge of river Improvement. the cold
weather has stopped The work at the head of
Meeker island. A good start has been made,
which will be continued in the early spring.
John Glenn, the son of Col. w Glenn, ac-
cused of bastavdy by Miss Annie Robbins,
was committed by order of the court yeSter-
day TO await The action of the grand jury.
lie waived his preliminary examination, and
was held at first in default of $500 bail, which
was finally given.
The county commissioners met yesterday
morning at the court house and transacted
routine work. The report of the poor farm
showed expenditures to the amount of
STD 10, and receipts amounting 10 S3 =. rs.
The number of inmates received during the
month of November was forty-fige.
Rev. s. P. Fay, of Boston. will occupy the
pulpit at Plymouth church for the remainder
of the season. or until a permanent pastor is
secured. Next Sunday he will preach in the
pulpit of Plymouth church. He comes from
Dorchester. Mass. but during the W ar
preached in the historic old South church
The fire department responded to thirty
two alarms in November, of which nineteen
were box alarms and thirteen still. The
total loss by fire and water was So. S57, di-
vided into 1892 on buildings, and So, 800
on contents. The properties we're amply COW
cred by insurance 10 the amount of $50, 400.
The agent of the s. P. C. A., makes his
report for the week ending Nov. % as fol-
lows: Complaints investigated. 4; reproved
and warned for starving and negecting
horses, 2: horses unfit for service shot. 9:
horses starved and neglected takeE from the
street and cared for. =; lame horses laid up
from work. =.
The art history class of the Art society met
last night in the library building. The lect-
urc was the second in the course in archi-
lecture, and the subject was THE Roman
esque, Norman and Byzantine" E. 5. Wat
ers led the class and the subject was fully
illustrated with lantern views.
The Nickel Provident Fund. mention of
which has been heretofore made at length in
the GLOBE, is now ready for business. The
fund is the result of movement on the part
of the associated charities to furnish the
poor with a means of depositing and receiv-
ing interest on their small savings.
Rev. William B. Hamilton, rector of st.
Luke's Episcopal church. has obtained a six
months leave of absence, and on Wednesday
will start for Washington. He will spend
his vacation Mt the Martin school Of elocu