St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-12


ranted by the general appropriations.
This is fair sample Of the retrench-
ment practiced by the reform council.
The long-drawn-out fight over the
street commssonership Of the FIRST
ward has finally been settled. Since
January Hugh Butler has held the title
while John Foley was i'll possession or
all the tools. Butler for awhile drew
the salary, but finally the comptroller
thought he had better not counterslgn
the Warrant. Now that the court has
decided that Butler was legally elected,
he will have no trouble in securing pos
session of sundry ''scrapers, shoyels,
cIowbars, picks and other tools" held
by Foley, and the First ward people
will stand some chance of having some
of the work ordered by the council COM
pleted before the snow comes.
Patriot Davenport can now go ahead
and prove that Minneapolis is the most
wonderful city in the world, and that
she leads Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee
and several other villages in population.
MI. Davenport will no doubt do his
work well. In fact he has several rea-
sons for it. The City of Minneapolis
has given him 5000 big silver reasons
why the population should exceed 20O.-
900. and of course he will appreciate
them. When the matter was before the
WAYS and means committee few day
ago. Aid. Cole declared that the commit
tee was of the opinion that the United
States government, whose officer MI
Davenport was, should pay f.;r the cen-
SuS, and the newspaper men were IN
formed that no appropriation would De
recommended. For some reason, now
ever the committee Thought So,O00
should be used for this work, and natur-
ally the money which was SET aside to
pay for the flour sent to the relief of the
people at .JohnStoWn had to 90. There
is still 81 500 in the contingent fund,
and thore is apparently no good reason
why some of the wards which nave
been left out on the ward raids upon
the city treasury shouldn't goDble that.
E. G. Potter's hobby is electric light
ing, and he believes that the city should
light the streets and save what profit is
now made by private corporations which
have the contracts. The city engineer
has been directed to make an estimate
of the cost of such plant, and Mr.. Pot
ter wants to utilize the water power at
the old pumping station for generating
the necessary lightning.
Herbert Melchisedect yesterday told
Judge Emery that John Luster nose
too much"; but admitted that he HIM
self bit off more than he could mastlcate
with pleasure.
1t is explained that the man who fell
in a fit Oh Nicollet avenue yesterday at
tributes his condition to the perusal of
the sensational" headlines which the
Morning Tribune has adopted.
Does Senator WaShburn express the
same views in the senate, anent siSal
grass. jdte, MANILA and the free list as,
he does in the West hotel? lie will
surely become unpopular among his
party'S leaders if he does.
Judge Welch has resumed the publ
cation of his Home Diary. the little
paper which he used to publish q couple
of years ago for the dissemination of
his own peculiar notions about things
in general and himself in particular.
The following paragraph may perhaps
Indicate Its character as well as any
thing that could be said about it: This
paper at times may seem thrilling, bomlr-
reVerent, unfeplIng, vicious: aSSuredly
nothing in its composition of the ghostly
the SorroWful, the fearful and the SOL
emn. 1t is not safe, always, to trust ap-
pearanceS. That old gray-WhiSkered
rat which f1anled poor puSs rolled in
'Pillsbury's Best" is wise rodent,
wiser by far than those tWo-lcgg'd rats
which burrow in the human breast.
Would that cats and men and such
small rats, were really what they
seem, or none ut ALL"
There will be heavy storms in Min
neapois. Excessive agitation of the
atmosphere always induces storms, and
the fist base ball game Of the season
will be played here to-day, accom-
panied by the usual amount of fan
ming"
An evening paper speaks of A. Fl,
Hall making an after-dlnner speech
with dignity, which is the first instance
on record of Halls doing anything with
dignity.
G. f. Haney has written companion
song to when My Ship Comes In, j."
called "When the Grand Jury Reports"
The music to which Haney's produc-
tion is set, however, much resembles
that of a dirge.
AID. Parry, the four-year representa-
tive in the city council from the Sew
enth ward, is very sensitive at times.
He's all wrapt up in the Owen market
franchise and is ready 10 fight the Ben
ton ordinance the minute it is men
toned. AT the meeting last evening
Aid. Reeves amendment to the Gale
ordinance came up. Mr.. Parry wasn't
Off to a
before the house and asked the presi-
dent what the question was.
1--WE are now about to vote upon a
resolution to pass the Benton ordinance,
and to kill the Owen ordinance" an
sWered President johnson. Naturally
there was laugh. Parry gotred in the
face and started in to make a speech,
but he ''tumbled" Then he was mad
and answered:
''It's pretty dangerous, Mr.. President,
to go making false statement now
about such an important matter"
1t is not generally supposed that Mr..
Parry will complain to the grand jury.
"What are the members of the Fat
Mems Club doing down HEREOF was
the inquiry of nine out of every ten
men who entered Judge Rea'S court
to were not of the Fat Mems Club"
One was a Dakota attorney and the
other was real estate man, but they
were both large enough to entitle them
to honorary membership in any organ.
izatlon of corpulent human beings.
John Lustey will never again be ac-
cused of sticking his nose into other
peoples business" Melchisedech cured
him.
FlambeauX FIirt and Fit.
About 200 couple occupied the ball.
room in the new Masonic temple last
night and there busted themselves with
chasing away care and sorrow until
long after the city was in darkness
The ball was under the auspices and
for the benefit of the Flambeau club
and not only did the boys who wear
tailless coats and sashes give to their
friends an enjoyable evening, but they
also secured a neat little roll for theii
new building. Capt. John Amory was
master of ceremonies, and led the grand
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