St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-06
SUNDAY sAUNTERs.

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The Orpheus Musical society will meet to-
night at : :45 at Bates Avenue NJ E. church.
instead of Thursdays as heretofore.
Fire in the Langevin building, log State
street. at o'clock last night, caused damage
to the extent of abaut $50. The origin of
the blaze is unknown.
The sad Intelligence is conveyed this morn
ing of the death of Mrs. Holbrook, mother Of
Mrs. Pascal Smith and Miss Carrie Holbrook,
which occurred yesterday.
The fire department was called to the cor
ner of South Robert and Morrison streets to
extinguish fire in woodshed at II O'Clock
last night. The damage amounted to $40.
Prof c. f. Peterson delivered a lecture
yesterday afternoon at the Swedish chapel on
'.Isben and His Works. The audience was
large and the lecture extremely Interesting
Edward L. Troost, formerly a resident OF
ST. Paul, died at Rochester, Mimi, Friday
morning. His remains were inferred in Oak
wood cemetery, in that city, Saturday after
noon.
benefit ball in honor Of the widow Of
the late n. Ellis will be given at Armory
hall Tuesday evening. The affair is
under the patronage of Garfield post c. A.
r., OF which the late Mr. Ellis was mem
Der.
Twin City Lodge No. 179, I. o. O. F., will
hold special meeting tonight to confer the
initiatory and first degrees at their hall on
the corner of Rice, Wabasha and University
avenue. Visiting brothers are cordially in
vited to be present.
Thomas Newton and family, OCCUPANTS of
flatboat on the South shore, found them
selves well on the road to ST. Louis when
they awoke yesterday morning. The boat
has been high and dry during the winter,
but the river raised enough Saturday night
to send it adrlft.
An East Seventh street cable car collided
with buggy at the Pine street crossing yes
terday at o'clock. j. o. Herkumer was
thrown out and the buggy was overturned.
The horse ran away, dragging the capsized
vehicle as far as Ninth street, where it came
to a halt. Mr.. Herkumer was not badly hurt.
Walking matches seem to be the popular
craze at present. a three-day contest for
amateurs is now being arranged in West. st.
Paul for purse of $500. There are already
five entries. The winner will receive $50,
second 800, and third $50. The event will
rpobabiy be brought off in Paul Martin snew
hail.
Sergeant DoHlan, of the Margaret street
police station, yesterday arrested Henry
Eotel on charge of horse stealing. 1t is
charged that Notel stole horse from the
livery barn at the corner of Eighth and Sib-
ley streets. He has been arrested twice be-
fore for horse stealing. but secured an acquit-
tai at both times.
The increased number of electric cars in
service on the South Wabasha street line is
giving great satisfaction to residents of the
Sixth ward. The cars now run every ten
| minutes, and but for the occasional derailing
of a car, caused by the tortuous turns in the
road, the service is first-class The resident
of Ohio street, who formerly kept up per-
petual wall about the old Oakland avenue
horse cars, now finds that he can reach the
postoffice from his own door in twelve
minutes.
The first really warm day Of the season COM
ingon Sunday caused large number of peo-
pie 10 take the electric and cable lines to the
suburbs. The air was balmY and pleasant.
The travellers descended from the cars at the
country end of the line, and found the sur
roundings scarcely as attractive as might
have been. The mud was six inches deep,
and. after getting mired few times in the
effort to reach dry spot most of the ven
turesome tourists stood still and waited for
home-bound car.
Paul Latelle and Jean st. Clair, two young
men residing on the lower flats in West st.
Paul, were nearly drowned yesterday after
noon. They were catching driftwood q short
distance below the Broadway bridge site,
when their boat. q fiat-bottomed skiff, was
strnck by q cake of floating ice and capsized.
Latele CT ing to the boat, but st. Clair was
struck in the head by q piece of ice and
seriously cut. He was rescued in an IN
conscious condition by his companion. st.
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tended by Or. Sigler.
well-dressed man called at the residence
of Charles Is. Drew on st. Anthony avenue
yesterday afternoon, and stated his desire to
rent a room. Mrs. Drew asked him to call
to-day, but he replied that he was stranger
in the city and desired to get a room at once
Accordingly he was assigned to front room
in the second story, and. having paid the
rent for month, the new arrival said he
would take rest as he was tired from tray
cling. About o'clock the family were
startled to hear yells and demonstrations of
an unusual character from the upper story.
Mr. Drew investigated, and discovered his
tired TO mer in a condition of roaring drunk
enness. He was busily engaged insbreaking
the furniture, and had created good deal of
havoc before a police officer was found to
remove him. The stranger gives his name as
JOnn NeSt ullu says ne COMES from chicago.
large audience gathered at the Newman
ket theater last evening to witness manifes-
tations in spiritualism by parties advertising
themselves as Adrian the medium, and
Madam Adrian direct from London The
male member of the combination describes
himself as "a mysterious being who has mys-
tilted the people of both hemispheres" The
same audience lett the hall disguised with
the exhibition and with itself for having
been present at the so-called seance The
show is rank fake, and the professor and
madam are in no sense the clever operators
they claim to be. The manifestations COM
sisted in the performance by the professor Of
a few old-time tricks. such as are familiar TO
every school boy, and when the disgust Of
the audience became apparent, the mystic
being conducting the destinies OF the show,
erung down the curtain and departed with the
shekels. The greatest Indignation was ex-
pressed by the audience at the whole pro.
eeeding.