St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-23
alternative, and this the maiden very
wisely refused to accept.


eleetrify the novelreading world with
the originality of the plot she has
evolved. As a great treat, she showed
me the manuscript. The first chapter
describes summer scene at White
Bear. A boat floats Oh the placid, etc.
In the boat are Adolphus and Adrienne.
Adrtenne is gazing down liStleSsly, etc.
AdoiphuS leans forward on his oars and
says. in tones of unmisuakable affection:
''Adrienne, etc" Adrienne won't have
it that way, and in few chapters Adolf
plus Is at Monaco trying to break
bank, etc. The authoress hasn't got
much farther than that yet, but so much
for her originality so far as she has
gone.
Judging from the prospectus just is
sued, 1t seems that the second annual
musical festival of the Gounod club
should be one of the grandest ever held
In the West. The management an
nounces distinguished patronage, and
the city council has placed the Park
commission chamber in the new court
house at the disposal of the club for the
holding of reheaTSalS, which will occur
every Monday evening. The chorus
will consist of 16e voices.
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Justice McMartin, of the Sixth ward,
is seen more frequently about the hotel
lobbles than he has been for some
months past, and will doubtless be
seen still more frequently from this
on to spring. The secret of
Macs attachment for the hotel lobbies
Is explained by the fact that Mac is a
politician, and election time is coming
on. There are very few people in st.
Paul to whom the Sixth ward heavy
weight is not familiar figure, and he
has wide reputation as an all-around
good fellow.
Mrs. Hemple. of the West side, whose
hubby left his accustomed hauntS
couple of weeks ago in rather sudden
manner, and has not since been heard
OF, is philosophical little woman, and
doesn't seem bothered in the least at
having to conduct the butcher business
alone. She superintends the buying
and manages the shop in first rate style,
and is doing thriving business, ac-
eording to all accounts.
James Farrell, an ex-soldier, who was
stationed at David's Island in 1889, and
who now resides in this city hOhOrably
discharged. says that he was at the sta
ton named for four months, and that
the food furnished the men there was
eXecrable. The men, he says, spent all
their pay to get an occasional nOuthful
of eatable food, and they were charged
double prices for everything. Officers
in the ranks. Farrell states, think an
enlisted man inferior to a dog and treat
him as such. These boards of inquiry
into causes of desertiOn never look to
the men themselves for an explanation,
though if they did they could solve the
problem in short order. AS Farrell re-
marks, Nan isn't going to desert from
q Northern fort, 100 miles from any
where, in the dead of winter, unless he
is forced to it.
"Oeh shure an she'll not last long,
God rest her SOUL" remarked Mrs. Ma
ginniS as SIC emerged from the apart
ment in which her old friend Mrs. Quin-
Ian lay feebly battling with the griSiy
phantom death.
The remark was made Cor the benefit
and information of some of the relatives
of the dying woman who were there os-
tensbly TO soOth her last moments, and
bid her Ged speed to the great unknown.
And is the praste with her. Mrs.
MaglnnIs?' asked nephew OF the eX-
piring one, in a stage whisper.
"'Dade an he is now, was the reply,
an so is the bishop, an three law
yers an -
"Howly mother" calculated the fond
relative. 1.-THE divil clint av the prop
erty will be left for the heirs"
Gov. Merriam smokes first rate cigars
and always carries a supply with him.
The fact became apparent yesterday
morning, when, owing to some hitch in
the transportation arrangementS.a large
number of Grand avenue tourists, and
the governor of Minnesota among the
number. were compelled to button their
ulsterS reSolutely and walk couple of
miles to the scene of operations. A good
many of the travellers had forgotten to
fill their cigar cases before starting, and
the Merriam cigar was all the 20. Out
from the capaciOus pockets of the CUB
erDatorial ulster came the fragrant
HavanaS, and when every one had been
stocked the march was begun and the
distance covered inside Of half an hour.
The Macalaster college fellows are
nothing if not an enthusiastic crowd.
When the governor took his stand be-
fore them and acted as though he was
going to make speech the double line
of students gave vent to such yell as
in all probability Macalaster has not
heard for many day. The governor
did make speech, and at its conclusion
the cheering woke the schools. There
were more flags displayed around and
about the college than any one sup
posed were to be found In the city Of
st. Paul.
The ease with which three crowded
cars move off along the new electric
line seems phenomenal until the ire
mendOuS force brought to bear is con-
sidered. Still, to the uninitiated in the
wonders of the comparatively new
power, there was something almost
supernatural In the moving of the
weighty trains without any apparent
means of propulsion other than the
connection of the insignificant steel
bar with the wire above. Then again,
the ease with which the current Is con-
trolled proved cause for wonder and
comment.
A. Suggestion TO Bookkeepers.
To the Editor of the Globe.