St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-17
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The old city council, the city council which
has been of the city, but not with the city,
through the varying fortunes of two years,
through curb ana gutter squabbles, and
transfer ordinance squabbleS and garbage
contract filibustering, and fire department.
scandals, and city hospital obstinacy, and
chicanerv, is dead Under the yellow
glare of the electric lights laid down its bur
den last night. ReQuiescat in pace! Not
bit OF it. 1t will long be Recommendation
various reasons. In couple or weeks new
council will enter upon the scene. Some
familiar figures will be missing. Vincent
Reeves Persian lamb whiskers and his pacific
appearance will be gone; so will Ed Potter $
wink at the reporters table. FRED BarroWs
fmpeIturable serenity will be missing. DC
casional visitors will note the absence
of Sam Hunters waving eyeglasses and the
well remembered references 10 the Work OF
the com-mit-tee. The Thirteenth ward
will not be heard from SO constantly Tor
'Dory" Farnsworth and his boiler-factory
toned raiment viii have vanished. No more
will the committee on public grounds and
buildings watch with dismay The fall OF the
plaster as John MCGOWAN resumes his seat.
And Parry's Now. Mr.. President, want to
know" that will be heard no more.
c. p. Lowell will jingle the coins in one
pocket and the keys in the other i'll some
other place. And Grimes! Why. poor
Grimes is gone. But you can bet all OF your
broken resolutions that the aldermen-at-
large, Cal Goodrich and John Goodnow,
will be there and so will Clerk Haney's
sweetly melodious, gently mellifluous. charm
ingly rhythmic "BradishbraZiee' etc.
After all, it wasn't such a bad
council-that is. not so bad as
compared with some councils. 1t accom-
plished two tasks which strong men have
waited to see accomplished until they grew
old and faded away into the memories OF the
DIM dusty past. 1t settled the garbage ques-
ZION, and II made Harlow Gale build u mar
ket.
Mrs. Besants lecture on death and After
had no reference to the harvest of the will
contest attorney of tie ever increasing pres
ent.
Ex-Supenntendent of Police Vim Brack-
EFT and the present incumbent, X. IL. Hend-
erson, were present at the council meeting
last night and the aldermen, seeing them to-
gether, had a splendid opportunity Of noting
the difference between the two men.
Sergeant Kirkham purchased long steel
pointed ''prodder'' yesterday. lie expects TO
assumes the captaincy Jan. /. The ''prodder'
is of the kind used by cowboys i'll cattle
corral.
The men who fry onions on the street cor
ners and nauseate pedestrians were before
the grand jury for investigation yesterday.
II was learned last night that in spite OF the
strong evidence, no true bill could be found
always been in bad odor, though ii appears
there is no legal way of getting rid OF them.
City Engineer Rinker finished his report
yesterday OF the bridges built for the city
during the year. There was no mention Of
the Bridge Of sighs," for ii is not fully com
pleted. Eleven aldermen are working. on it
day and night. ana when the next meeting of
the council is held the city will be presented
with it.
Whichever of the TWO contestants in the
coronership election recount wins, he Will
undoubtedly SIT upon the other.
There is talk of substituting Danny for Old
Chief, the old time warrior and pride of
the central police patrol barn. Old Chief is
becoming too old for active duty. but he will
answer splendidly tor chores about the super
lntendent's house.
1t was good thing. that enthusiastic eX
PLANTATION OF Roger Pease's patents for max
ing plate glass, which appeared in morning
paper yesterday. That was news about
year ago IF you don't read the -une
you''-dont keep posted on ancient history.