St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-04

VlSlG recently. a supply vi COl uiooH
tinted underwear which the frugal Man.
nix had thoughtfuIly purchased at a
bargain sale also "went with 1t. III is
quite likely that the victim of the boo
gang will not be So enthusiastic over
Supt. Brackets wonderful police force
after this practical demonstration OF the
fact that people are occasionally robbed
in Minneapolis during Republican adj
miniStration.
AID. Cole also bemoans the loss of
new spring overcoat. He does not care
so much about the garment, but IS par
ticularly wrought up over losing hand
full of street Car checks that were in one
of the pockets.
W. M. Russell, the livery man, de-
clareS that the man above all others
whom the Republicans should nominate
for mayor if they hope to win is 5. b.
Lovejoy. He thinks Steve could run
the town In way that would suit
everybody but the cranks, and he don't
want to have them suited.
w. B. Wheeler's cheerful 'tsay" has
not been heard abont the Omaha ticket
office for week past. He has been des-
perateiy sick at the West hotel with an
attack of what is known by the unpoetic
name of ''the shingles" It's rather Sc
rious when so big a man as w. A. gets
sic kali over, and there has been enough
sympathy expressed and otherwise sent
in to him and his affiiction to supply
whole colony of lnvalids.
W. W. Dunn is another victim of the
Ills to which human flesh is heir about
the time when new spring suits make
their appearance. He is suffering from
touch OF Bells palsy, or partial facial
paralysis, which makes one corner OF
his mouth look as though it was held
down by'a hook Billy has made quite
a study of the ailment, and has sue
ceeded in hunting up about dozen
fellow sufferers, among whom is
James c. Ellis, agent for the United
States Express company, who looks
even more down in the mouth"
There was an occurrence not long ago
in the city of Minneapolis which we'll
illustrated the making virtue of ne
cesSity and profting thereby. A lady,
than whose name there is none better
known in the theatrical world, was
playing an engagement at the Grand.
She stopped, of course, at the West.
One day she was engaged in looking
over her wardrobe, or portion of it, in
her room, and, being busy, had her
luncheon sent to her room. When
it came her stage diamonds, made
of the pureSt paste, were scat
tered about on the table, among
them being a large cross,
heavily set with sparkling diamonds.
1t caught the eye of the waiter who
brought up the tray, and. by a little
juggling with his napkin, he secured it..
he rushed down town as soon as pos
Sible, to. in vulgar parlance, "hock'' 1t,
but found that he could raise but fifty
cents on it. He was smooth guy"
so he FASTENED back to the hotel, only to
find thai the lady had departed for
the matinee performance. To the
theater he went. and, securing
admission at the stage entrance
on pressing business from
Miss - hotel" he found the lady
and restored to her the diamond cross.
which, he pausibly set forth, had be-
come entangied in napkin. She had
never even missed the ornament, but
she was so delighted with the fellows
honesty that she bestowed on him five
dollar bill. This Is true story and
one which win not be incorporated
among those in the Sunday school
books under the title, 1.-The Reward OF
Honesty"
The reason the Journal got scooped
on the plumbers strike, it is said, is be-
cause Will OBrien, by mistake, came
down town OH Thursday with his
Wednesdays cane, which set him back