St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-03
CURRENT TOPICS.

The trustees of the police pension
fund Will hold a meeting this AFTERNOON
at $3.50 O'clock.
The committee on streets of the board
of aldermen will meet at 2:S0 this after
noon, and the committee on ways and
means, from the same body, half an
hour earlier.
A party of ST. Paul architects. to the
number of eight, gathered at the Wind
SOr last night, took supper anu after
ward held q routine meeting in the
ladies' ordinary.
Last night party Of twenty people
came over from Minneapolis by sleigh
and attended the performance at the
Metropolitan. After the play they were
served with lunch at the Hotel Ryan.
The board of public works yesterday
approved the pay roll OF the street and
sewer force for the last half of January.
The roll amounts to S2,3l0.40, being the
pay of siXty-one men and forly-two
teams employed during the period.
john &. johnson, for fifteen years a
member OF the ST. Paul lire department
and for a long time captain of Engine
Company MOI, left for Colorado Springs
last evening. Johnson has accepted the
position of chief of the fire department
OF that city.
The St. Paul Camera club gave an in
tereSting exhibition last night at No. IA
East Third street. A number of views
of the worlds fair were shown on the
canvas, greatly deligntjhg all audience
quick 10 appreciate so elevatiHg and
beautiful an exhibition.
The Scandinavian Americans of the
city will give grand mask ball tonight
at Market hail under the auspices of the
Vega society, the high-toned social or
ganizauon of those people in the city.
The ball will be firSt-class. and no doubt
viii be quite society event.
The Sunday school primary union
will fOld its regular meeting IN the
House of Hope parlorS today at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Il. p. Lewis, of the Central Presby
terrain church, viii teach the lesson for
the day. The topic for discussion is:
The Collection; for What Purposes,
and Best Methods for Securing It.'
\ regular meeting of the Civil En-
giueerS' Society of st. Paul Will be held
Monday. Members will dine together
at the Commercial club at p. III. MIR.
Hunt will speak on repairs to dam at
81. Anthony Falls, and Mr.. Hilgard
will have something TO say of the North
prn Pacific railroad tunnel at WeStmin-
seer street.
Rev. DR.. Hutchins, of Westminster
Presbyterian church. will lecture on
Bohemia and the Reformation" at the
Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church
Sunday. This is one of the series of
lectures given at the latter church by
the Young Peoples Society OF Christian
Endeayor.
j. Il. Moore, who is charged with
peddling meat without license, was
arraigned IN the police court yesterday.
Tie complaint was made by j. L. Peter
son, who operates butcher shop at S66
Payne avenue. The complaint is under
the new peddlers' ordinance, and the
case Will be heard on Tuesday.
Supt. HoskinS, of the street railway
company, seen last evening. said the
statements that the cars on the Como
line had been discontinued so that the
laboring men living in the vicinity
,Tere disconnected, was untrue. Cars
ran on the line every half hour during
tie day except between 9 O'Clock in the
morning, and four O'clock in the after
NOM. Between these hours the travel
was SO light that only hourly trips were
made.