St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-09
SAINT PAUL.
TATTLE OF THE TOWN.

The "oldest inhabitant' will tell you
that In all the years he has been i'll the
Northwest he has never known such
remarkably fine weather for the time of
year. There can be no doubt of the
truth of this assertion, for judging by
the specimen of January weather we
have had, the records of the past forty
years do not show so high record OF
temperature for the first month OF the
year. Minnesota is evi teatly .destln ed
to become the great winter resort of
both hemispheres, for there is no doubt
but that the climatic characteristics of
the icy Northwest and the balny:SOuth
of France are changing place. Yester-
day three unfortunate pedestrians
were frozen to death in the
city of Paris. and t rec chill
dren were frozen 10 death in
the Department of the Nord. Such
terribly extreme cold has not been
known for many years in France, and
to add to the general Arctic spell in
Europe comes the news that all rail
roads are Snowbonnd in Sweden and
that shipping in the Elbe is frozen fast.
What a remarkable contrast to the
weather we have enjoyed during the
past few weeks. To say we have had
cold weather would be to eXaggerate.
The old-fashioned winters, lasting six
months, with the mercury at an average
of Is to 20 below zero, have departed
from our midst, and their place has been
taken by winter cold enough to suit
the average citizen, though the coal
dealer and sleigh man ufacturer may
raise their voice in loud lament.
IS
The experiments made during the
past tfew days with sample of DR..
Koch'S lymph will be watched with
great interest. for there are hundreds of
sufferers in our midst who would hail
with delight an injection of decOtiOn
which will give them a new lease of
life.- 1t is stated Oil the very best of
authority, that in the event of the eX
perrin ntS now being made at the city
hospital turning out succt ssful. that the
chamber of commerce will in q body pc
tition Drs. Ancker and Bean to insert
their hypodermic syringes under the
cuticle Of the members of the lethargie
chamber. and re-endow them with
lease of life.
SIS
The report of the auditing committee
of the Minneapolis exposition showing
deficit of some thousand dollars should
not deter the gentlemen who have under
their consideration the Management of
this years exhibition from strict atten-
ton to their duties. The inteiurban
electric lines have done great deal to
break down the monopoly which has so
long existed in the means of travel be-
tween the Twin Cities, and next fall st.
Paul will send her thousands of citizens
to the Minneapolis exhibition via Tom
LoWry'S motor cars, and help to pile up
the receipts. Minneapolis will also this
year send her citizens to witness the
struggle for the blue ribbon at the race
course at Hamline, and it is by means
of these mutual calls that the Twins
will be bound closer and closer, until in
the course of few years they will be
practically one city.
SIS
A general consensus of opinion is that
the new Metropolitan opera house must
reduce its scale of prices from those
originally announced, if the directors
wish to have the house placed upon
paying basis. st. Paul has always been
classified among the good ''shoW towns"
but that was under a scale Of prices
ranging from 81 down. Attractions
which are booked for the opera house in
following week in ST. Paul, and there
can be no reason why one should be
called upon to pay $3.50 in st. Paul for
a seat to witness the same attraction
which can be seen in Minneapolis for 81.
1t may be that the directors desire to
keep the theater for the four hundred,
but it is the patronage OF the four thou
sand which pays-in the long run.
%
The condition of many of the side
walks of the city does not reflect very
great credit upon those whose duty it is
to see that the paths for pedestrians are
kept clean. OF course il is impossible
to clear away snow the moment it has
fallen, but considering that it is nine
days since any of the beautiful fell,
it is surely time that a little vigilance
was bestowed upon the store and house
Keepers who have allowed the slippery
and dangerous coating of the pavementS
to remain as menace to lite and limb
and as an eyesore to the lover OF
Clearly city.
The plans which were perfected tor
winter carnival, and which could not
be carried out on account of the coy
ness of the lee King, will be in order
with very little alteration in the course
of few weeks for spring carnival.
We are nearing the middle of the month
of January, the days are drawing out
and the sun is getting higher in the
horizon, and ere we know it the buds
will be breaking into leaf and the merry
month OF spring be upon US.
SIS
Charles Thomas Swift, one of the
most progressive and enterprising cit
Zens of the New South. died at Atlanta,
Ga, Dec. 80. Mr.. Swift was vice presi-
dent of the Swift Specific company, and
was identified with many other impor-
tant enterprises.
Reihlen ChamDagne.