St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02
CAUGHT ON THE CURB.

Gus Guerrero is mistaken in his idea
that he owns the city of St. Paul. He
has made himself unduly prominent at
the Arcade during the week, and for
that reason ne is not considered a very
charming person to have in ones social
circles. Guerrero is a pretty runner,
and when that much is said in his favor
the end is at hand. He is most cordially
disliked in his profession and ont OF
it, too.
The GLOBES series of kic ks published
Sundays are effective, if not particu-
iarlv pleasing to the indi viduals who
get kicked" Among the noticeable
reforms effected so far the follow ing
may be mentioned: There are no more
dangerous icicleS hanging from the
caves of the court house: there has been
a general cleaning of sidewalks: the
police officials act mOdeStly in the mu-
nicipal court; there is no more card
playing at the central police station;
the electric cars are kept in motion
later at night than before, and a great
many tons of snow have been carted
from the streets.
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1t is an interesting fact that W. S
Cleveland, the sole owner of the three
largest minstrel companies on the road
and the employer of nearly all the best
minstrel artists in the world. is less
than thirty years of age. 1t has been
but very few years since Cleveland
was common bill poster in a small
Ohio town. Energy has had as much to
do with his success as ability-and cap
ltal has cut no figure init at ALL
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The sad death of Philipina Wambach.
at st. Joseph's hospital Saturday, should
not prejudice any one against the use of
ether as an an2Sthetic. Physicians
agree that it is the very safest of all
an8Sthetics and will not cause fatality
III more than one case in thousand.
Miss Wambach's case happened to be
that one in thousand.
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License Inspector James Nugent is
Off on trip. Jim don't like to carry
much baggage when he travels. For
that reason he bought a very small
trunk in which to carry his wearing ap-
parel on this trip. Before he started, a
week ago yesterday, he glanced admir-
Ingly at that little trunk and remarked: !:
L.
A small bell boy can wreStle with it In
great shape. and while the rest of the
boys are tipping porters 50 cents for
putting their trunks in place l can give
them the laugh.7
But jim didn't then think of the iok-
ing proclivitieS of 1.-THE boys" with
whom he was to travel. He forgot that
Pat Conley, Chief Clark and ex-Alder-
man Hamm were apt to have fun with
him on the trip. 1t was brought forcibly
to his mind the other day when the party
arrived at Hot Springs. Jim went to hi S
room on the top floor of the hotel.
washed up, and then bethought himself
of the idea of changing his clothes. He
touched the button, and soon a very
small bellboy presented himself at the
door; Jim tipped the lad 10 cents.
handed him check, and said:
''Here's the check for my trunk.
Johnny. | wish you'd bring it up right
away. 1t don't weigh more than forty
pounds. and you can carry it all right" !"
The boy disappeared for about ten
minutes, and then returned to jim with
this startling information:
Say, mister, what dye take me fer
truck boss? Dat trunks so id big
they can't even get it inside the house,
Nugent swore few lines at the boy
and went down stairs to look for his
trunk himself. Upon investigation he
found the trunk his check called for
was about eight feet long and six feet
high. Then he remembered that Capt.
Cook had obligingly checked the bag
gage for the whole party before they
left st. Paul and he turned to Chief
Clark and exclaimed:
did you ever know that Cook to do
anything right? Here he's gone and
checked some Nancy trunk for mine and
I'll have to wait about week to get my
clothes here. Oh, guess I'll go back
home. anyway"
Clark, C0nley and Hamm smiled In
their sleeves, and agreed with jim in
that Cook had made an objectionable
blunder. They told Nugent to tele-
graph to st. Paul and make Cook
Stralghten the thing out, and Friday
the following message reached the act
ing chief:
Acting Chief of Police Cook, st. Paul:
You checked wrong trunk for me Go to
union depot, find my trunk and forward here
immediateIy. NUGENr.
Cook allowed Nugent to wear dirty
clothes until yesterday, and then tele-
graphed him as follows:
James Nugent. Hot Springs, Ark: If YOU
open large Saratoga You will find your toy
trunk inside. COOK.
OF course, the joke was all fixed be-
fore the party left st. Paul.