St. Paul daily globe., 1892-01-23
SAINT PAUL.
JANUARY JoTTINGs.

Hon. William Mitchell, Of the supreme
court, is still confined to his bed, but is re-
ported improves.
The annual BANQUET of the life underwrit-
ers of the Twin Cities Will be held at the
West hotel tomorrow evening.
Scarlet feverat 575 Holly avenue, 7OS Mer-
cier street and 4GS Aurora avenue, was re-
ported at the health Office yesterday.
A Travellers -samfle le- case is at Rondo street
station awaiting an owner, 1t having been
found on Grand avenue by police officer
Miss Edna Herman, daughter of John
Norman. of the firm of Henry Norman x
CO., died last eye,ing after lingering i'll
ness.
The Druids of St Paul will give union
mask ball tonight at Market hall. The ball is
select and-wili be enjoyable.- Several hand
some prizes will be awarded for costumes.
.sAbout dozen members of the Motaska
club met at the Windsor last evening and de-
c;ded to give banquet one week from to-
night The usual committees were appoint
ed fer the event.
A meeting of Fifth ward citizens was held
last evening NJ 363 West Seventh street TO
take steps toward forming c. 5. P ). lodge
B The meeting adjourned without fully COM
pletins the arrangements
a Warmuth, the young German Tenor will,
be heard in the church service ut the Grand
opera house Sunday morning. The ST. AM
tnony hill orchestra wilt play. and the pastor
will preach on headers of Modern Thought
Prof. Swings Position. y
William Wagner, the colored man who was
caught Thursday in the act of robbing the
Till of Henry WebbeT's store on Eighth and
Wabasha streets. yesterday pleaded guilty to
petit larceny i'll the municipal court and was
sentenced to ninety days in the workhouse.
Considerable excitement and curiosity was
aroused about the state building yesterday
by the fact that \. Zizoff, with letter of in
PRODUCTION from George Kenna, called upon
GOV. Merriam. as was supposed, in the in-
terest of russian affairs. II turned out to be
simply question of a local concert.
Andrew Wood, of 62l Canada street, was
thrown from q wagon yesterday morning at
Third and JACKSON streets owing to the bolt
ing Of the horses. Wood was rendered un-
conscious by the fail. ana. though he sus-
tanned no fractures. was seriously injured.
He was conveyed 10 his home in the central
patrolwagon.
Yesterday morning at 10 an electric car
collided with a wagon Of the Schlitz Brew
ing company at the corner of Fifth and Wa
basha streets. The driver of the wagon,
and severely injured by the wagon wheels
passing over his leg. Ee was conveyed to
his home, where ne received medical atten-
ton.
The Acorn club will hold its usual weekly
meeting at 671 Wabasha street. The literary
exercises will consist of selections from the
poetry and prose of LoGgfellow and a sketch
of his life up TO and including his first trip to
Europe. The exercises in physical and vocal
culture are becoming q leading and most
ettiactiye feature under the practical and ef
Eeient direction of the president.
r. L. Speetzin. an employe of the Ameri-
can Express company was arrested yester-
Gay on a warrant by Detectives Ahern and
OConnor and locked up Oh charge OF steal
ing S66.55, the property of his employers
Speetzin. when brought into the municipal
court admitted that he was stort in his ac-
counts, but could not account for the same.
The case was continued by Judge TwohY
until this morning
There viii! be joint meeting of the board
of managers of the state prison and state re-
Eormatory Feb. 4, among the mattere for con-
sideratioh being the appointment of an agent
10 look after the interests of eX-convIcts
and secure employment for them, as ndieat-
ed in a suggestion contained in the Tribune
about two weeks ago. The plai was first pro-
posed by Secretary Hart. Of the board OF cor
rection and charities.