St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-25

TOWN TOPICS.

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It takes a long time for some men to
reach their OWL level, but thty al get
there sooner or later. When F. j. Dav-
export was clerk Of the district court he
was Worshlpped by the Republicans of
minneapolis, not because lie was par
tIcularly brilliant, but because he was
occupying a position which of itselfsup-
posed that the occupant knew some-
thlng. Ed was always on hand When
eve any new political deals were afioat.
lie was termed the moving spirit, and
though he sometimes likes a little of the
spirit that moves, never bankrupted
himself in making friends that way. AS
time went on Ed became restless in the
clerks Office, and the building rapidly
grew too small for him, so he took a
friends advice and quit. The next
office he filled was that of census super
visor. 1t was here he found his level.
me though he tried to make the people
OF Minneapolis believe he was equal to
the occasion, he was not. and the best of
it all Is he knew that hi mself. Since
then he has not said a word about what
IL have done for the Republican party"
II is not going to for some time. 1t is
the perqulsites and not the party that
Ed is anxious about.
John NJ. Rees is a lawyer in good
standing. Yes, he stands six feet one
inch in his slippers. The public do
not know that John was at one time a
lightning telegraph operator, and he
worked nights on the third floor of the
city hall, although he had previously
studied law in the Office of President
Harrison at indianapolis. John never
expected to accomplish a great deal in
this line so he did not push himself to
the front until he was ready. 1t was
while 5. A. Dunn was clerk of the
municipal onrt that John got his little
start in life. Dunn wanted an assist
ant and advertised for one. John saw
the adj and answered it. His answer
caught Dunn at first sight, and John
got the place. He made a good assist
and, and is now making a very nice
living practising law. lie had the
honor once of beating Judge Egan. of
81. Paul, on about the first he ever triedS
Mayor Smith revoked a st. Paul saloon
Keepers license, and the latter en-
ployed John to fight the case. John
TOOK the case and showed to the salts
faction of the court that the mayor had
no authority to do so; that such power
was vested in the council alone and the
court so ordered. If John would let
politics alone he would be still better
.'AbAA ma w :. III llOuDlC Will
John is that he is Il Mckinley man.
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George Thompson, an old motor con-
ductor, who ran many a train from
Bridge Square to Lakes Calhoun and
Harriet when Col. McCrary was at the
head of affairs, was in town yesterday
Tor the first time in six years. When he
quit the city he went out West. When
ne returned to town yesterday he start
ed to go out on the ola motor line, but
to his surprise the steam motors and
long cars had disappeared from that
line, II he would not go. lie said
times had changed very much in Mime
apolls since he left, and from what he
heard of the way street railway EN-
plOyes have to work here. he does not
care to get his name on the company'S
pay roll again. why" said he, ''when
L was a motor conductor here we used
TO run long trains every halt-hOnr be-
tween the city and the lakes, but we
were not bound to half-hour trains. If
travel was light we generally occupied
a little time at the lakes in playing a
game at cards for theater tickets, and
we always finished the game no matter
we were late or not. Col. Nc
Crary was a nice man, and If we were
late he would never ask us why we
Many a game at cards / played
on he old motor cars, but like all men
who follow gambling l never made any
thing at it.
Aid. Parry and Loye spent yesterday
afternoon inspecting the gents furnish
stores on Nicollet avenue. A num-
Der OF acquaintance met them as they
the rounds, between Washington
avenue and Eighth street. To all in
friends they simply said that
they were inspecting the stores with the
view of improving their political rec
Ords. The secret OF the little trip was
nothing more nor less than to get the
most improved styles of neckWear so
hat the Boston aldermen who come here
today will not take these two aldermen
or farmers when they meet them in st.
Paul this morning.
The %coroner's jury that investigated
causes that led to the death of John
Hanson, which resulted from iniur-
-eS received on the interhrban electric
Inc, succeeded in getting more promises
of the street railway company thar
other jury ever did before. Instead
IF returning that Old t%hreadbare YER
iict, died from injuries received
his own carelessness," they
raped the company hard enough to call
NClVAd al MdidStI OOUuIlCIl. he
promises to change the poles if the city
engineer will only say the word. If that
Jury could only realize five cents on the
loliar on the promises that Mr.. Good
'ich has not fulfilled, Juryman Null
aney could buy out the Times and Tom
Lucas would be so comfortably fixed
hat he would not need to make another
speech on this side Of the
grave.