St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-06

mission to ballot along with the other
immigrants. Next some divine will be |
heard recommending Wah Shlng or Cne
Wing Gum rs a candidate Tor city
treasurer or register OF deeds. Munlcipal
affairs would be safe in the hands OF the
ministry.
The board OF trade sat with OWl-like
wisdom and took in sober earnest a
piece of caustic irony from the pen OF
Mai. BaSsett in the shape OF a resolu-
ton 10 the effect that congress should
take all the wheat in the country IN
trust and issue certificates at 81 per Ger
titicate for each bushel, the same 10 be
legal tender. One staid individual
thought the opinion of the state grange
should be heard upon the matter. Wha6
IS the use of the Archaeological society
unearthing Delphi when there Is more
ancient fossil nearer home?
John Rees-I'll bet that that man
with the punches on his legs IN Inc
Black Hussar' has been Sparrlng with
Oscar. the tailor, and has been upper
cut on the knees.
miss Winchester's will'' has been
finished, and it is presumed that now
The heirs will begin to fight over its pro-
visions. provided some few persons Can
be subsidize to pretend to DO 1t.
Secretary H. II. Hart, of the state
board of corrections and charitleS, ana
a couple of the W. c. L u. ladies' had
their roasting garments on yesterday, as
Sheriff Z &c and the board OF county
commissioners found out. Some of the
structures Of the three mentioned may
have been merited, but there were
others which were palpably unjust.
The county jail is not a pleasure resort,
neither is 1t a rival of the West hotel i'll
the magnificence and elegance of its
appointments. 1t is not even
a modern Jail. But it IS
kept about as clean as 1T
can be. The harsh critics of the jail
management should remember that the
county boarding house often harbors
prisoners who are not exactly the per.
sonification of goodness because OF
their cleanliness. However, it is likely
that some good, lat least, will result from
The discussion of the matter yesterday
Registrar Moody's explanation of the
trouble with city water might also be
httingly applied to the case OF the Mln-
neapOlfS pSeudO-mayor. Bad circula-
zion always affects the working OF the
brain.
1t is whispered about the university
that when Prof. Winchell finds that
meteor Prof. FOlWell will lecture on the
meteOrS career as an illustration of the
progress and result of political ambi-
lion.
City Editor Benson denies that just
because G 0rge x. Shaw and one Mr..
Ford. of New York, have become in
VoIved in little disagreement, the Cos
sip head of the Evening Hybrid Will be
changed to "'Tween l and Ford.'
1t is well for Capt. c. B. Tirrell that
his term of office does not expire this
year. He yesterday made himself an
enemy of the public by calling the
Rleetro-matriX decision a Small victory.
The projectors of the new starch fac
tory are said to have decided to locate
near Minneapolis for the reason that
there will soon be a great demand for
Btitfening for may0ralty bOoms.
There was no ball game here yester-
day, consequently the percentage of
the Minneapolis team is 10 lower than
1t was Saturday evening.
The Evening Tribune advises J. G.
Babb to bounce Major Norton. Such
ignorance is beyond belief. Does the
Evening Tribune know no better than
to think that the mayor of Minneapolis
can be uncermOniouSly "fred' at the
Whim of an ice man?
Billiards." said veteran billiard
man few days ago, 'is just like other
amusementS. For year or two it will
be all the rage, then it will drop off
again and become extremely dull. Five
or six years ago there were a half dozen
billiard rooms in the city doing thriv-
ing business. During the evening we
were not able to accommodate all our
patrons, and there were always persons
waiting to commence game as soon as
table was vacant. Times have changed,
however, and now there are few, ii any,
billiard room in the city making any
money, and the greater number of them
are big losers. This is an off year for
the business, and most of us are holding
on in the hope that things will take a
change for the better The public seem
to have tired of this kind Of amusement
Just now. but it is sure to pick up again,
lust as base ball and roller skating did
some years ago, after being dead for a
time"
Gallant George K. Shaw deserves a
good deal of credit for coming to the
rescue of ambitious Minneapolis ladies
who suffer from stage fever and who
are not looked upon with friendly eye
by those enviOus New Workers. But
the Spirit of the Times. which, from its
actions, certainly deserves its name,
does not intend to sit idl5 by and be SIAN
dered. Calamity is all we'll enough in
its way, but if it's shown at the cost OF
a libel suit per gallant. Editor Shaw
may learn to be more cautious in taking
up the cudgel for actresses who attempt
parts which are little beyond them.
tits shrewdly suspected that this rob-
bling OF the safe in the register of deeds
office is but one of John l.. Peterson'S
smooth ways for convincing ambitious
Republicans that the register of deeds
is liable to losses. Mr.. Peterson wants
the Office another year.
1t is said that Canadian money is dis
appearing from Minneapolis, because
but few of the coins bearing the feat
ures of Queen Victoria now appear in
the contribution boxes of the churches
whereas they have been plentiful
there until last Sunday. Car
it be that the smooth Min
neapolitanS who occupy church
pews on Sunday and hold down an eX
ecutive position in bank on the other
six days of the week have taken this
method of getting even on "short' coin:
at the expense of the pastor?
S. S. Small has been heard to whisper
that the lack of sufficient pressure in
the water mains is due to the waste OF
water on stock, due to the work Of G
Wr-D-v-n.
Does Truthful (?) Advertising Pay;
One of the toiling managers of the
branch clothing stores with Eastern
Headquarters has big advertisement:
"Pontoocue Flannel Suits at $685.
The Plymouth Clothing House woulC
like to inquire Of this expert clothIer:
First-Where are the "POntoOcue'
mills located?
Second-Is not this n make-beliaV,