St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

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NOTE AND COMMENT.
REFORM LULLAY.
(Sung to the air of Little Annie Rooney
A winning way, devoid of Guile
He worked his racket all the while;
And with him had his little smile,
Did Little Enoch Ray
He never drank rum punch or wine,
But every month. come rain or SHINE,
He took his bit and Kept in line,
Little Lnoch Ray.
CHORUS.
He's our Enoch, we're his dupe,
Hes in Canada we re III the soap.
Not long did he tarry,
Forever we must part,
Little Enoch Ray was our sweetheart.
The new special agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails reported that in the past month
he had investigated five cases of cruelty
to children, had one wagon repaired
and two lame horses taken from eX-
press wagons, made eleven calls on
poultry dealers and had the coops put i'll
shape and the chickens watered. re-
proved two men for neglecting and mis-
times at the dog pound. Somebody
should protect this gentleman. Such
activity IN no: weather is dangerous.
9 The liquor meu are to have news
paper to fight their battles for them.
A weekly paper. to be devoted to the
interests of the brewing and diStiIling
industry of the Northwest, to be known
as 1.-The Brewer and MASTER" is to be-
gin publication the 18th inst. The pros
pectus states that it will fill the proYerb
ial long felt want as the exponent of
this important industry in which so
much capital, together with its associ
ated interests, is invested, as well as a
faithful news gatherer in this hereto
fore uncultivated field.
The council committee has returned
from its tour of investigation, and the
result is that nothing new was learned.
The health officer has long been telling
the city council that Minneapolis is TAX
ing care of her waste as well as any city
i'll the country, and that, with the
addition of few improvements,
it would have no superior
But, of course, the city council knew
better. So they sent q committee down
East at the expense of the city and it is
presumed that they are satisfied. The
improvements which the health officer
asked for could have been made for
about the sum which the junket has
cost, but it would not be like
the Minneapolis council to do that.
Now, if anything is done, it will be
what the health officer recommended
before the trip, with the addition of the
lunketing expenses. But then the city
hoo aI1.,,1 -
ell, and something must be paid for lux
uries.
1t is reported that the lack of only one
thing made the special committees
junket to Washington seem tame-the
absence of Sterling's boy.
A sense of the fitness of things occa-
sionally reaches even the churches. 1t
is reported that Minneapolis congre-
cation, on Sunday last, sang Where
Now is Good Old Enoch?"
A Republican organ states that n. III.
Giertsen is looking for a political job
with more money and honor and less
work connected with it than with po-
lice commissionership. AS a suggeS-
ton, why not make the fat commits
sloner Inspector OF electric lighting at
the north pole?
The Times is advised that it would be
more neighborly. as well as more i'll ac-
cordance with the rules of justice, to
give the GLOBE the credit, instead of
the Chicago Tribune, when matter
originally printed in the GLOBE, is re-
published.
"Come back in time for enumeration
and all will be forgiven" was the mes
sage telegraphed to one Enoch Ray,
formerly of Minneapolis, last night by
Mayor BabU.
Aid. Sterling is cursing fate. The
council committee was so busy on it's
recent trip that the Eighth ward con-
server OF patriotism had no time to
stop in Washington and exc hange con-
dOlences with the hat because of Jim
Bradish's perversity.