St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-11
A MELANGE FROM SUNDAY.

BILL.
Yesterdays weather was rarer than day
In June.
Work on the Selby cable extension will be
vigorously pushed to-day.
CT A societies of the city meet at the
Crusaders hall this evening.
The Metropolitan Opera house is not likely
TO be opened Until November.
A vast number of houses are being erected
In the vicinity of University avenue.
There will be no evening service this month
at the First Methodist Episcopal church.
Among other miseries in store for the near
future is the return of the st. Paul ball team.
About 1000 people yesterday took trip
to the end of the Grand avenue electric line.
Inspector " ardle will swoop down on st.
Paul to-day and begin preparations for re-
count.
Ministers united in declaring their congre-
cations of yesterday were the largest of the
summer.
The German Lutherans are going to build
handsome church Oh Margaret street, Day
tons bluff
Headway is being make with the Sixth
street bridge, connecting lower town with
Dayton's Bluff.
1t has been finally decided that the North
ern Pacific Express company will remove to
Chicago on FRIDAY.
Members and friends of Garfield post G.
A. R., had delightful trip down the river
late Saturday evening.
Mr. Tilleman, of New York, has been ap-
pointed assistant treasurer of the Northern
Pacific Express company.
Twelve additional clerks are shortly to be
appointed in the auditors department of the
Northern Pacific railroad
Miss Halle Q. Brown, the elocutionist, is
to give literary entertainment this evening
al the Central Park NJ. E. church.
Half hourly trains were run yesterday to
North st. Paul. The rush of picnic parties
to Silver lake continues undated.
Frank Benz, an Associated Press messen-
ger boy. split his hand while playing ball in
West st. Paul yesterday afternoon.
II has been observed that the past two
weeks have been the most quiet and I'M
eventful III the history Of st. Paul.
The state has invested $3.50 in an air gun,
with which the employees shoot at dogs stray
ing on the capitol lawn. What next?
The final competitive rifle shoot will take
place at Fort Smelling to-day and the mem
bers of the department team be selected.
The new Lowry building is approaching
completion, and Field, Mailer d. Co. will
enter their new quarters about on contract
time.
The excavation has been about completed
for the new home of the Merchants National
bank, at the corner of Jackson and Fifth
streets
The subscribers of stock i'll the Manufac-
turers' Loan and Investment association
hold meeting this morning at the chamber
of commerce.
Assistant General Freight Agent Boyden,
of the Milwaukee, is dangerously ill. Mr..
Bovden has been connected with the Mil
yankee since the Sixties"
The st. Paul team would have won yester-
day if-if-it had only played good enough
ball. In fact. that is the only reason why it
is not now leading in the race
A colored man named Frank McBatt was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Ken
needy for larceny. He is accused of stealing
B20 from the trunk of his roommate.
There are so many runaways just now that
the police might with advantage carry out
little more strictly the ordinance relating to
the horses being left unhitched in the streets.
A visit to the union depot any evening be-
tween ana Z 80 O'Clock will demonstrate
crowd of passengers then congregated with
In the building.
State Boiler Inspector Clark reports he has
returned from a business trip to the northern
part of the state. 1t is whispered he COM
bines state business with d little political
work for Merriam.
Division No. 1, A. o. H, will attend
the funeral of Martin Merriek this morning
ol. ,lar IF tba tLa
residence of deceased was corner of Forest
and Fauquier streets.
1t is pleasing TO observe by an editorial in
the Minneapolis Tribune that among the
directors of the Associated Press are Richard
Smith, Of Cincinnati, and Mister A. j.
Blethen, OF Minneapolis.
H. C. Baker ard family, who have resided
here for the past three or four years, leave
for Chicago today, intending to make that
city their future home. Mr.. Baker was for
merly Il member Of the firm of Baker, Collins
& Co.
The choir of S.. Johns church will the en-
suing two weeks camp at Lake Park, Mime
tonAa. There will consequently be no service
ct st. Johns church next Sunday The vaca-
ton is provided the choristers by members of
the church.
Citizens OF the Fifth ward expressed de-
light Yesterday when they read in the GLOBE
that there were to be no more bad odors.
That is what they have been agitating fol
these many weeks.
A great Improvement has been made on
lower Third street. The sidewalk has been
repaired and raised, and it is now possible
for pedestrians to use the street without teal
of being run down with passing teams.
Previously the sidewalk and roadway were
practically one.
The single takers are going to reorganize
IT is time. The organization which was given
life at the time of Henry Georges visit not
quite two years ago, has done comparatively
little for the object for which it was created
There was less vigor in it than the National
list club, and that's not saying much.
Misses leila and Hattie Shirk, Hattie Nase,
Edith Wherritt, May and Alice Wildey and
Hattie Haldeman, all prominent society
young ladies of Mt. Carroll. Ill, came up by
boat on Saturday evening on a pleasure
iaunt to take III the sights of ST. Paul. They
leave for home by boat this morning at 10
O'Clock.
Three ten-year-old girls. named Bridget
Conley and Annie and Mary O,Malley, were
arrested yesterday while trying to break open
Car full of watermelons. They were taken
to the Margaret street station and their par
ents were sent for. On the promise of their
parents to bring them to the police court to
day they were released
Nothing has been seen or heard of Mrs.
Phfleus Gagnon yet. 1t has been learned
definitely that the body seen i'll the river al
about the time of her disappearance was not
hers DR.. Gagnon is very much grieved over
her absence, and is using every possible eff
fort to find her. 1t has been ascertained that
she took much more clothing with her than
was al first thought but she had very little
money not more than So or So
Dwight Clark, of the livery firm of J. G
CLARK d Son, of Faribault reported the loss
of team and wagon at police headquarters
yesterday. The team was hired last FRIDAY
by two men. one thick-set, with red face
the Other with q thin black mustache The
men were Lceu with the team driving through
Pennington last Saturday night The horses
s'rc gay. The near one mare, much lighter
In color than the other. They each weighed
from 90 TO 1000 pounds. They were
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