St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-16
FACT AND FANCY.

Four births and two deaths yesterday.
The county board of abatement will meet
this morning. at 10 O'Clock.
There are three cases of diptheria OF Haw-
thorne street near Weide avenue.
Editor A. B. Allen, of the jackson Repub-
lie, called at the state house yesterday.
Public Exsminer Kenyon made his regular
examination of the state banks of Mime
apolis.
The county treasurers office is a busy
place these days. The Office will be open
until p. m. during the remainder OF the
N nth.
The Nationalist club will meet at Al West
Fourth street this evening. A good speaker
will be on hand and interesting meeting is
promised.
If. Swift of Swift & Co., Chicago, the
well known dressed beef men. visited the ST.
Paul Union stockyards yesterday. He is on
his way to Duluth.
The jury gave Jennie A. Lally verdict
yesterday for S95, as the value of her type
writing machine, and 500 damages for its de-
tention by Annie Flanagan.
Yesterday the board OF public works con-
firmed the assessments for slopes on jerks,
Lawson, Case and Cook streets, between
CourtIand and the railroad tracks.
Gov. Merriam was yesterday presented a
petition asking for the pardon Of Herbert
Steffes, who is now serving ten years SEN
tenee at Saltwater for criminal outrage.
Steffes was sent up from Minneapolis last
year.
The parents of Miss Myrtle Conner gave q
birthday party in her honor at their resi-
| dence i'll University avenue last evening, at
which about thirty young friends of the
| little lady were present. The evening was
| spent in a recitative and musical way.
The Children's Aid Society of Minnesota
| has issued pamphlet, in which is set out in
readable and attractive shape the result of
| the society's work 1t makes O good show.
ing and will certainly have tendency to in
terest families in the good deeds being quiet
| ly accomplished from day to day.
| Prof. Chas. E. Caux of Boston, secretary
| of the American Electrical association, will
| deliver lecture at a place yet to be desig-
mated IN this city on July 16. Prof. Caux is
| one of the best known practical electrical ms
| in the country. HIS lecture here will be on
| the subject ''Insulation as safegard."
A movement for the organization of a
| lawn tennis club, to be styled the st. Paul
| Tennis Association, has been begun by
several of the members from each Of the
| local organizations of retail clerks. A meet
ing is to be held early next week for the
purpose of discussing the project.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
Samuel G. Smith and Saidee G. Nicols,
| George Fabrim and May Munich, William f.
Neil and Irene NJ Hawkins. Paul L. Chapel
and Margaret J. Young, Allan Burton and
Alice George, Louis Schumacher and Lena
knapp, Henry Sandy and Mary Malinowski.
Secretary Talmage, of the chamber of com
merce accompanied Paul de Rousiers. 6
French writer, to the Union stockyards yes
terday. They were met by Gen. Flower.
president of the stockyards company, and
shown about the business plants establis hed
there. Mons de Rousiers is securing mater
ial for work on the Northwest, to be pub
lished by the celebrated firm Daudet & Co.
Paris.
Maggie Bradley, helplessly drunk. fell upon
Washington street last night and was lugged
| into the central 10 ckup on O stretcher. Mag
gle is an old-timer in ST. Paul, and has served
term upon term in the workhouse through
drink. The old woman is well dressed this
being her first fall in many months. AT one
time she was possessed of a great deal Of
property, but this has passed into the hands
of persons who are now wealthy by its own
ership alone.