St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-06

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Have lost their Martin Duke,
And now they vail and gnash their teeth,
And claim It's by fluke.
There was a way they might have kept
The twirler had they wished:
They failed 10 make sale, and the
Tr1umvlrate is dished.
Charles a. Pillsbury says now he
does not want board of public works.
The next thing Ed Johnson. the Speak
er Reed of the council, will lie dehylns
that he ever suggested that board of
public works should be created.
Will E. Steele says he Is not a candi-
date for mayor, and is of the opinion
that the "way the city is being run is
a shame" Mr. Steele should not he too
haSty in declining. Almost any one
could make a popular new mayor, as
his administration could not fail TO
shine by contrast with the present.
The court house and city hall com
missioners are wrestling with the tinan-
cial question. 1t is an easy matter for
those gentlemen to say they will issue
bonds bearing 81 per cent interest. but
it is not always quite as easy to place
the bonds advantageouSly, especially
when the law distinctly says the bonds
shall not be sold for less than their par
value.
CITY Comptroller ColderwoOd has is
sued q notice telling exactly how and
when the people who have claims
against the city will be paid. Now
there will be but little chance for kick
ing on the part of the merchants who
furnish the supplies for the different
city departments. If the alderman of
the First ward would inform number
of labOrers who were engaged on GER
tain street work, for the payment OF
which there was no money IN the city
treasury, they would make quite num-
Der of families happy.
Now that Clerk Altnow has reduced
the fees of h S office, il might perhaps
be in order for the city council TO in
crease his salary. But then the law
prohibits that.
The board OF health is apparently in
earnest, and already three cases of in
fectiouS diseases have been subjected TO
quarantine.
The h0lseshoers have formed an Or
ganization to keep up prices. VIII the
horses kick over it?
The English Syndicate" has decided
that it doesn't want to control the Car
gill line of elevators. The price at
which that property was held was $685.
900. Now the Englishmeu would have
to put up $4,000 in clear hard cash If
they wanted them, and then would be
no option about it. Minnesota people
now go on the plan of quick sales and
small profits.
The Tribune man who got up the de-
sign representing the arrangements OF
seats at the building contractors ban
Quet at the West hotel should attend the
Industrial school this afternoon and lis
ten to the talk on ''TEe Art of Table
Setting"
Registrar Moody. of the water depart
meut, now wants to make the fire de-
partment carry water meters with the
apparatus. so that he can show just how
much water is wasted by the bursting of
the hose at every ire.
Some of the outlying wards which pay
annually into the city treasury all the
way from $1,000 to $4,000 in taxes now
have their optics set in the direction of
tliSett has secured Gatling gun pre-
paralor, to thwarting a raid on the
millions which he is enormously sup
posed to carry in his vest pocket.
E. g. Potter, the hustling young alder
man from the Fourth ward, is said to
have the mayoralty bee in his bonnet.
The only trouble with the gentleman
who will sell you a car load of apples or
dispute bill of 10 cents for sulphur is
that he is not on the right side of the
fence politically. The next mayor of
Minneapolis will be a Democrat, who
will not loose sight of the fact that he is
at the head of thriving Western city
and who will not permit any one to
make him believe that Minneapolis is
New England village, in which 1t is his
positive duty to suggest laws which are
obnoxious to nine tenthS Of the citizens.
There has been something of a cool
ness between Z. A. Sumner, he of the
subcellar voice and sun-kissed locks,
and the legal firm of Brooks & Hen
bricks. Yesterday G. E. Churchill, en-
poyed in the office of Brooks & Hen
bricks, was in the elevator in the Bos-
ton block when Mr.. Sumner entered the
cage with his voice. Mr.. Churchill is
featherweight, and Mr.. Sumner mid
dleweight. so when the two collided the
lighter man went to the wall.
"What are you showing me for?"
asked Churchill. and before Sumner
could pitch his voice an octave below,
Churchill struck him twice. caroming
on an optic, and landing on the neck.
Sumner did not retaliate, and the mar
BILE thing was not soiled with gore,
either; so it is presumed that Churchill
is still alive, although duel may be the
outcome of the affair.
Col. w. II. Rogers. of Chicago. who
has been leading life of luXuriant
ease there as telegraph editor on the
Tribune, is in the city on visit. He is
well remembered IN musical circles
here. and reunion of the "Murphys"
was yesterday held In his honor at the
ChrySanthemum club. Col. Rogers at
tire, which was want to be matter of
perennial establishment when he re-
sided in Minneapolis is considerably
subdued, and he no longer wears wall
paper shirts and conversational pants.
He is shortly to go to New York. where
he will have charge of the Tribune's
bureau.
AMUSE MENTS.
Clara Morris closed her engagement
at the Grand last evening, and the Grau