St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-03
LOCAL SPARKS.

The custom duties collected by Col
Geraghty during March foot up Sl5,-
600.
The assembly and board OF alderman
will hold adjourned sessions this even
ing to approve the judges of election.
J. c. Mueller. chief clerk, and the
new deputy clerks In the Office of the
board OF public works assumed the
duties of their Office yesterday.
Miss Burdette, the secretary of the
Woman's Baptist Home Mission SO.
ciety, lectured last evening at the First
Baptist church on work of the society,"
DR.. Davis, of Manchester college. will
deliver his lecture on the .SchOot Men
of the Middle Ages" at the WeStmin-
ster church OH Tuesday evening at s
o'clock.
The Cornell Glee, Mandolin and
Guitar club will give concert at the
Peoples church this evening. An in
teresting programme, consisting of col
lege songs and gleeS, has been pre-
pared.
A violet sale for the benefit Of the
German Presbyterian church will be
held at the Aberdeen this evening from
8 to IL. A short musical programme
will be rendered and light refreshments
served.
The board of public works yesterday
awarded the contract for planting shade
trees on Fairmount to PetZold at S2.95
per tree. The contract for grading an
alley in Summit park addition was also
awarded to Liant Ryan for SS5
Col. j. Fl. Davidson left last evening
ing for Lafayette, Ind, to attend the
state encampment of the q. A. r. in
session there. Col. Davidson is acting
as delegate from the Commercial club
Of st. Paul to present the claims of this
city for the national encampment of the
q. A. X. in 1895.
An unoccupied frame dwelling on
Marion street, near Magnolia, was des-
trOyed by fire at 10:40 o'clock last even
ing. An hour later the department was
called to the corner Of Bay street and
Stewart avenue by the burning of the
roof OF cottage at that point. ;; .
Physical Basis of Morals" is the sub
iect of lecture that DR.. G. Eugene
Riggs will deliver this evening at s
O'Clock, at the rooms of the Young
Women'S Friendly association, corner
of Jackson and Seventh streets. Adj
mission free, aud all are invited. h
In the Patti Rosa word contest The
winning number of words was 2SS, not
1873, as heretofore announced. The
winners used all obsolete words found
in the dictionaries, while most of the
contestants were OF the impression thai
obsolete words were not allowed. s.
At Saturdays meeting of the piue
land investigating committee an inn
portant resolution was adopted. Its
purport was to the effect that all per-
mits for cutting hard wood on. state
lands are absolutely void, and all
further permits OF this nature will be
prohibited.
The members of SibIeY Council No.
8, Junior Order United American Me-
chanlcS, nave received an Invitation to
attend an open meeting Of the Patriotic
Order Sons of America, in their new
hall, corner of West Seventh and Sixth
streets, this evening. An interesting
programme has been prepared for tho
occasion.
The ladies of the Church of the Mes
slali will hold clothesiine sale of use-
ful articles Thqrsday, April 5, after
neon and evening. They will be pre-
pared to serve, from q to s. p. m., for Is
cents, one Of their WellTknown New
, England suppers in The guild room Of
;ns church, Fuller street near Eeat.