St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-20
SAINT PAUL.
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

A mems meeting will be held tonight in
the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms, Lowry Arcade at 8
O'Clock Short talks by young men and good
music.
young man named Harry TrudeI was ar
ressed yesterday by Detective Reichow, as
he is wauted in Minneapolis for horse steal
ing
This afternoon at o'clock, on Kittsons
track, will take place the Y N. c. A. athletic
sports. A splendid programme has been ar
ranged.
Collector of Customs Edwards, accom-
panied by Miss Edwards. left last evening
for sixty days vacation at Eastern water
resorts.
On Wednesday evening next Bishop Gil
bert will give an address on Denomination
alism' in the First Congregational church,
Minneapolis.
Monday the board of public works will let
contracts for grading Ashland, Carter ave
nues, Randolph street ana for paving Bed
ford street
The salaries of the school tteachers for tn e
month of June will be paid by the city treas
uIer to-day at his Office, between the hours Of
! and III the afternoon.
The war on yagrants is still being carried
on, and yesterday seven tattered specimens
of humanity were in the police court and
ordered to leave the city.
The body of the boy found in the river
Thursday has been identified as that of
Freddy Amundson, of Minneapolis, who was
drowned in the river last Monday. The
body was taken to Minneapolis by the boys
father.
The case against Belle Stuart alias 'Sheeney
ANNIE alias Annie Robinson, who Is
charged with procuring young girls for i'm
moral purposes, was continued in the police
court yesterday until next Tuesday morning,
bail being fixed al $1,000.
The assembly committee on printing and
taxes met last evening, and decided to re-
port favorably upon the resolution passed
by the board of aldermen, awarding the con-
tract for the city job printing to James II.
Burns The committee fixed the amount of
bonds at the sum of $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Valesh returned from
their bridal tour yesterday and have taken
up their residence at 562 Fuller street. Mrs.
Ealesh, nee Eva Mcdonald, will soon start
on lecturing tour of the Southwestern
states, under the auspices of the national
Farmers Alliance.
The board of public works held meeting
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of CON
street from Wabasha TO Grove streets A
large majority of the property owners were
present and were opposed to the improve
ment The board decided to report adversely
to the common council.
Montana cattle have begun to appear in
the market. Fifteen cars arrived at the South
st. Paul stockyards last evening-the first ar
rivals of the season. They were consigned
TO Crockett Simon & Fitch Bros. The house
wife will begin 10 look for cheaper beef in a
few days III consequence of grass-fed cattle
coming into market.
The old postoffice at the capitol has been
cleaned out and remodeled to meet the re-
qulrements of the boiler inspectors depart
ment. The remnant of the Office formerly
occupied by this department most of which
was absorbed by the enlargement of the
vault this spring. has been converted into
postofiice. and Postmaster Irvine holds forth
there with ali his old time dignity
8 The attention of the fish commissioners
has been called to the fact that a great many
fish have been found dead floating on the
water in lakes near St. Paul, especially in
Kohlman. Forest and Pickerel lakes. A
great many bass and other fine fish have
been found dead. Some hold to the theory
that there is disease among the fish, whilst
others think they may have been poisoned.
An investigation as to the cause will be had
Some excellent music will be heard at the
Grand opera house church service Sunday
Mr.. Lienau will sing "The Soft Southern
Breeze" An instrumental trio on violin,
cello, and piano will be given by Mr.. Mileh, |
Mr. Straka and Mrs. Heitzmann, the number
being the ''Adagio Religioso." Mr. Straka will
play selection of his own composition on
the violin. and Mr. Mich will play the
Romance of Sivori on the cello Mr. Vail
will preach on the question, "How VIII the
Coming Orthodox Preacher Tell the Story of
Jonah?"
Labor Commissioner Powers has sent
communication to every weekly and daily
newspaper in the state as follows: 1.-The de-
partment desires to secure in the future a
complete chronological exhibit of events oc-
curing in this state that directly or indi-
rectly relate TO the subject of labor. We pro-
pose to permanently take fifty or more
weeklies and all the dailies needed to give
us the data desired. We therefore request
you to send in your paper one month for in
spection, and write us on what terms you
will furnish Us the same by the year in case
we find that we can permanently make it of
use to this Office