St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-17
DoINGs OF A DAY.

Bank clearances yesterday were S707, $50.
William Fenton will preach on the relation
OF the wrath OF God to Free Masonry; and the
action of the First Baptist church in passing
resolution TO suppress testimony that ex-
poses crime; at the German Baptist church.
corner of Thirteenth and Canada streets, to-
night at Z 80 o'clock.
Fire broke out in barn on Carroll street
yesterday. burning to death a valuable
pointer owned by Charles T. Lambecht.
which was chained to a stall. The animal
was valued at $500. ton of hay was con-
sumed. but little damage being done to The
building, which is of brick
At yesterdays meeting at the chamber of
commerce of the executive committee and
the committee on streets, roads and parks of
the chamber of commerce, there was much
discussion relating to bills for the public
building in st. Paul, and the Smelling reser-
Walton, but no action was taken.
The meeting of the st. Paul Driving club
which was to have been held yesterday after
noon did not occur, owing TO the ipdisposi-
ton of several of the directors. The forma-
ton of new club is probable interest hay
ing been taken in the matter by several
prominent and wealthy deYoLees of horse
racing.
While attempting to board a cable car on
East Seventh street yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Knabe slipped and fell, striking her
head on the roadway and suffering painful
injuries. She was removed to q drug store,
where she received medical attendance, and
was sent in a hack to her residence on Hoff-
man avenue.
The KnuckWinnoch society will hold a
meeting this evening at the home of Miss
or
s O'Clock sharp. The principal event of the
meeting will be a debate on the question:
Resolved, That the fear of punishment has
greater influence on human conduct than
the hope Of reward.' An interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared.
The coolest period of the season was ex-
-perienced yesterday morning, between and
8, when the Thermometer registered "a deg
below zero, Att a. IN. the glass showed Is
below. Thirty-eight below was the figure at
Winnipeg and st. Vincent about the same
time. and at Prince Albert 40 below was
reached. This is the most severe weather
since Feb. 27 of last year.
Johu Butter. the man in whose possession
in Little Canada large number OF deceased
hogs were discovered, claims to have been
innocent in the matter and unaware that the
animals were infected. He expresses his
willingness to kill them all at once. and as
there is no evidence that any of the diseased
meat has been placed on the market, the
matter will probably be dropoed. The
cholera outbreak is doubtless due to the
-execrably filthy condition Of the pen in
which the hogs were confined.
.. AT the meeting held last evening at the
capitol of the Stenographers' Business and
Social club, there were present about fifty
ladies and gentlemen of the craft The chair
was taken by j. ". Dickey, and Miss NJ. V
Giblon acted as secretary. a committee was
appointed consisting Of Messrs. Wing, Lad
dleberger, West, Barnes, shelberg and Miss
Bishop, with instructiou.to prepare eonsti-
tuition and bylaws for consideration at the
meeting to be held next Thursday.
u John Fl. Hoffman and Miss Alice Brown
were married at the cathedral yesterday
morning by Rev. Father Harrison. John c.
Hardy was best man and Miss Amelia Hoff-
man bridesmaid. The breakfast was served
at the residence of the brides uncle j. II.
Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman left for an
Eastern tour after the reception and will be
absent several weeks. There was q large at
tendance of Company C in uniform, the
groom having been a member of that organ
ization.
John Harshberger arrested on a charge
of embezzling 1925 from The Hauser Mating
company, was in court yesterday morning, q
continuance of ten days being granted to
allow the company time to submit its books
to expert examination. Bail was fixed at
$500, in default of which the man was
committed to jail. Harshberger was at one
time an employe of the Hanna Brewing
company, but was discharged on account of
irregularities. which have been duplicated
in his connection with Hauser.
Westmoreland nall presented az animated
appearance about 10 o'clock last evening,
the occasion being the annual bali given by
the retail clothing clerks of the city. Most
of the arrivals were early. and by the time
mentioned there were fully $50 couples in
attendance. The costumes worn by many of
the ladies were very elegant. and the decora-
ton of the hall had evidently been left in
tasteful hands Excellent music was fur
nished by Prof. Cleists' Mandolin club, and
the event was altogether one OF the most en-
joyable of the year. Fully 200 couples were
present at supper, which was served at II
o'clock.