St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
TALES TERSELY TOLD.

'sThe Two Sisters' will be the bill at the
Newmarket tonight with the prospect for
an overflowing house.
The weeks engagement of Charles Erin
Werner in ''Shamus O'Brien'' opens at the
Harris tonight, and the advance sale be-
speaks an excellent patronage.
The fire department was called to the cor
ner of Third and Washington streets early
yesterday morning to put out blaze in a
pile of waste paper in the Faber hotel. There
was no damage.
A runaway on Olive street at z o'clock last
evening resulted in slight injuries to Edward
kallman. A young lady who was in the rig
with Kallman was thrown to the ground, but
escaped without scratch.
Beginning yesterday the West Seventh
street. horse cars, instead of running down
Fifth to Smith park, turn at Robert and run
via Fairfield and Dakota avenues to Wini-
tired The cars will hereafter run over this
route every ten minutes
On next Saturday Chief Jackson will sell
ten horses which have been retired from tn
fire department service. The sale will be at
auction The animals are still servicable for
other work. The needs of the fire depart
ment demand the very highest standard.
The Retail Clerks Union No. 4029 A. F.
L., having decided at their last meeting to
give a series of entertainments, musical and
otherwise, extend a cordial invitation to
members and friends to attend the first of the
series on Wednesday evening, the Goth inst.
Two men named Fred Carroll and Albert
Shotweye engaged in sanguinary fight yes
terday afternoon on the West side levee, near
the high bridge. The former Yves severely
punished. An attempt was made TO arrest
them. but both scrappers succeeded in es-
Gaping.
A meeting of the International and local
bricklayers' unions will be held next Thurs
day evening at the headquarters, 20 East
Seventh street, in the hope of effecting set
tIement OF the difficulties existing between
the two organizations before the opening of
spring work
Ellen Dobey, small daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs G. B. Dobey, of Nash street, swallowed
solution of oxalic acid Saturday, mstaking it
for cold tea The child was In a critical con-
dition during the night but was sufficiently
recovered yesterday afternoon to be pro-
nounced out of danger.
Master Mechanic Wheeler. who was riding
with Chief Jackson on Saturday night when
the latter's wagon was upset on West Sew
enth street, was pretty badly shaken up His
capacitated for duty. The wonder is tina
both were not killed outright
There will be meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the st. Paul Cooperative Mercantile
company. Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock,
in the law Office of Otto L. Haese. Room 13,
Frost block, on East Fourth street. The pur-
pose Of the meeting is to take action with
reference to a dissolution of the company.
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publicly announce their gratitude and thanks
to those who assisted them in their bereave
ment and particularly to George j. Burns,
foreman of the cable line, who recovered the
body of their son Frankie who was drowned
week ago while skating near the foot of
foot of Chestnut street.
The coming of Mrs. Irving Winslow, Of
Boston, to the city will be literary event Of
great interest. She will read from Insen's
PLAYS in the lyceum room of the Peoples
church on Saturday evening, April 49, and
Monday evening April 21, at 8 p. m. Satur-
day evening 1.-THE Dolls House," Monday
fThe Pillars of Society,""
Charles B. Baker died suddenly Saturday
morning at his late home, No. 2047 Iglehart
street. Mr. Baker had been troubled with
heart disease to a limited extent some time
since, but was in fair health Friday evening
when he retired. He was a native of New
York and was about sixty years old He
leaves wife and three sons and a daughter.
In attempting to get off moving cable car
at Seventh and Rosabel streets last evening,
young man, whose name was not learned,
narrowly escaped death. He was dragged
abouttwenty feet officers Perro and Eel
linger signaled the car, which was promptly
stopped by Conductor Hutchins and Grip
man Hofer just as the young man had been
thrown across the track.
A serious coniagration was narrowly
ayerted by prompt action of the employees at
the Metropolitan hotel yesterday morning.
Some infiammable material in the bottom Of
the elevator shaft was ignited in an inex-
plicable manner, and was blazing fiercely be-
fore discovered All the roomers of the
house were alarmed by the ringing of tine
electric fire bells in their rooms, but found
on inquiry that the flames had been eXtin-
guished and but slight damage done.
The quarterly meeting of the Woman's
Educational and Industrial union will be
held on the evening of March 81, Monday,
at 8 o'clock, at the room, Al West Fourth
street, instead of on the first Monday Of
April, as before announced. Reports OF
working committees and officers will be
heard, also the new constitution of the union.
L. B. Wilson, secretary of the university ex-
tension work, will be present to speak of this
work in connection with the union. 1t is
hoped that classes may be formed III the
various studies by members of the union and
their friends All are invited to be present
10 hear of work done and to be done.