St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-14
THE HOTEL ROUNDER.

of the finest in the city, is TO undergo
still further alterations and improve
ments. Several of the stores now va
cant are 10 DE transformed into billiard
and pool parlorS, the addition being
rendered necessary by the large patron
age of the present rooms. The business
of the hotel has rev we'd wonderfully In
the past three months. and there is, IN
the opinion of the management, every
prospect of an extremely active sum-
mer season.
Phil Drumm0nd, formerly a brake
man on the Northern Pacific, and who
now holds an official position in the
brakemeniS brotherhood, was at the
Merchants Yesterday. DrummOnd is
rather a celebrated character. having
achieved fame by writing a series
of powerful articles on the necessity for
the general adoption of the automatic
coupler by all roads. lie is III q position
to write authOIitatively on the subject,
having lost three fingers of his right
hand and two of his left within the past
seven years.
A couple of Chicago commercial men.
who look as though they should have
known better, went against simple
little string trick worked by youthful
Hebrew of guileleoS mjen, yesterday,
and enriched the son Of Jacob to the
tune of Il hundred bills. The trick is
Dne which Gen. Sihlty remembers to
have been tried on him when he was a
boy, but the Chicago men hadn't heard
of it. Must be slow town, that Chi
cago.
Among the guests at the Merchants
al Il Tr-iH
ual, whose SGuaIl pants and thick neck
almost bespoke his profession, while an
ulster of large plaid and shoes with par
ticularly heavy SoeS, a heavy cane and
fOre-and-aft cap were sufficient to rs
tablish his nationality. Inquiry devel-
Oped that the stranger was none other
than Bat Mullins, the English light
weight boxer, at one time a bright par
ticular star of the pugiistic arena. now.
however. trifle cd Tor the business.
Interviewed by GLOBE reporter, Mr..
Mullins announced that he was going
to pay visit to his brother in Helena,
the latter having saloon in that city.
When asked if he intended to remain in
the states, he replied: "Bli me. no;
these ere cOveS is too bloOmin' downy
for me. Seven Dials is more in my
line. I'm gettin' TOO gray to learn new
tricks"
Following the concert this evening at
the Peoples church, Master Blatchford
Kavanagh will hold reception at the
metropolitan hotel. at wi ich all who de-
sire to meet him will be welcome. The
little lad is said to be so used tn bowling
and 'frandshaking. that no matter how
many people crowd about him at one of
these lGYeeS, he betrayS not the slight
est embarrassment, butreceives all with
the air and ease of al accomplished
cOurtier. ---
Charles S. Maybe, of San Diego, Cal,
was at the Clifton yesterday. EN- route
for that city. He is brother OF William
Mayne, the man who was shot by his
sweetheart Bertha johnson, in the
court room at San Diego Wednesday,
while Mayne was on trial for Sedueing
her. Mr.. Mayne says that the stories of
the affair published in the st. Paul and
Chicago papers are highly colored, as he
has received kilograms from his brother
stating that the injuries he had received
were. not serious. Mr.. Mayne is en-
gagged in the boot and shoe business at
Worcester, Mass, and will leave for the
scene of the sensational occurrence this
morning. ~
G. ID. McWade, of Huron. S. D., who
has been in attendance at the Knights
of Labor convention now in session at
MarshalltOwn, To-, was at the Clifton
last evening. He has been compelled
to forsake the convention, in the
business of which he is deeply inter
ested, owing to the receipt of dispatch
announcing the death OF his oldest
daughter from pneumonia. Mr. Nc
Wade left for home early this morning.
A meeting of gentlemen sportsmen
interested in the establishment of
fOur-in-hand club will be held at the
Merchants hotel on Tuesday afternoon.
1t is under stood that the project of the
establishment Of such club has been
agitated considerably of late, and that
the future launching of a we'll equipped
coaching club is pretty well assured.
In this connection it may be
stated that the owners of the several
coaches seen at the running meeting
last summer are having the same fixed
up in the most approved style prepare
tory to opening of the racing season
here. There will be more extensive
turnout of equipages of this kind the
coming summer than has been the case
previously.