St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-11

borrowed Health Officer Kilvington's
field glasses and will spend the day
looking for the mayor of Minneapolis.
He has not been heard from for fully q
week, and it is feared that possibly
Mai. Norton has shut him up in dark
closet as punishment.
L. S. Buhington's Endorsement Of
folding window shades IS no surprise.
Buff" has for several years been de-
voted to buildings which can be folded
up and put in the pocket.
A cablegram was received at the may
or's Office yesterday morning from the
French government asking terms for
star engagement of Capt. Ness, Sergeant
Allen and PatrOlmen Mcleod, Brady
and Stoblo, of the South side station.
France contemplates an invasion Of
Germany.
Dairy Commissioner Howard says
that wheat needs rain badly, but what
the wheat raiser needs is price" after
he gets the wheat.
Gen. A. B. Netteton is quoted as say
ing that he doesn't know why a Repuh-
lican can't be elected next fall. The
general should interview one ''BilP'
King on "bummerS, blatherskiteS and
ward healerS." and he will soon find
out why.
The board of trade says, 1--WE secured
the new piano factory.d The Business
Mems union says, This enterprise is
ope piece of work done by u.s." AS a
matter of fact neither Of these 0rgani-
cations knew anything about the
scheme This extreme veraclty is the
outcome of professional jealousy.
Since PatroIman Robinson's perform
ance with a couple of burglars all
doubt as to why revolverS are carried
10y the police is diSpelled. The guns"
are used to scare thieves.
When the lawsuit between Horace
Winchell and the owner of that Winnie
bago county farm comes to trial to de-
termine the ownership of that meteor
lite, the man in the moon will be sum-
m0ned as witness. He will use Il. A.
Summers political ambition as a ladder
on which TO come.
J. G. Palmer. who cannot understand
the significance of the term "bleacherS,"
game. Those uncovered seats are
called bIeachers because of the effect
which the displeaSure of their occu
pants has upon the ball players.
All day yesterday the telegraph wires
between Minneapolis and New York
were kept busy with the negotiations
between Exposition Manager Regain and
Hy l.. Hach Regain heard of Fridays
ball game and immediately wired the
Infant prodigy, Hach. to secure him and
Boy Umpire Remey for the big show.
1t is whispered that the faculty of
Harvard university decided to name
Minneapolis as place for holding eX-
aminations because one Herbert Put
nam lives here. "CulchaW" and Put
ham are inseparable.
Now that Minneapolis has become so
patriotic as to have Union flag over
every school house, perhaps American
citizens will dare to speak the English
language in this city at all times and
not be confined exclusively to dark
nights.
Tom Lowry returned and the twilight
circulars said not word about the
clothes he wore or the air in the sleep
ing car. Can it be that the golden
bearded Tom has discarded clothes and
taken to riding in freight carp
1t Is we'll that the new piano factory
will not be in operation until after
election. Minneapolis has not yet
reached the stage where it can handle
SO much music as would be furnished
by musical instrument mandatory
and campaign.