The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-23
EpfSdes to St. Paul.

The court house clock was off watch for
ABOUT Twelve hours. The court house stands
III the Fe-duon Of Father Time to this town
- cosos the citizens something for the main
tenance OF that clock; it is the town clock
II Is regularly supplied with the proper lubri-
ea4oA 1or the continuance of its work. The
lubricant supplied is net the sort that is
ordinarily applied To a politicaI institution
but It Is ordinarily effective. The conse-
quence Is that when the town clock goes of
Watcn anc tells the people living to the
east mat 1t is 1so'cIock and then acts in a
uouo1eIaced manner and tells those to the
north that it is %, there is something wrong
yesterday, when the people who have to
get u2 at such an unseemIy hour that they
leei as though they might readily meet them
selves going home listened to the clock and
hearo the half hour strike, then looked at its
sober face and saw that it joking to the
extent OF a half hour of valuable time, they
were inclined to complain
The clock was not really to blame. For
twelve hours it lost control of the bell. Its
pitching arm-or rather its hands-weuld not
work in unison. For twelve hours Monday
the Clock held it's hands to its face and tried
to do the best it could to protect its works.
AS long as daylight lasted it got along very
well, but when the wind came from eight
different directions at once and tried to con-
vince its various faces that it was all right,
CAeTe was rebellion IN the interior economy
OF the clock and something happened.
Just before O'Clock yesterday morning the
wind picked up a snow drift that had been
accumuating all the evening at the southeast
corner OF the court house, and slammed the
drift against the east face of the clock The
tlmepiece threw up its hands in despair and
the wind caught it Just that way For twenty
five minutes the hands were held up by ths
blast and snow that lodged about the hands.
Tho ,l,y,
hands went feeling along for the lost time
The northern face of the clock was slapped
by changing blast and lost fifteen minutes.
BY the time the clock man got to the city
hail the clock was up in the air In more
senses than one. Even at noon yesterday the
chime was beating out the half hour while
the east face of the clock was giving the
bells the lie to the extent of twenty-five
minutes.
Yesterday afternoon Geo. Gerlich, with some
Of his minions. climbed into the clock tower
and with few iack-screws fixed the head
Of the clock so that its face went right 1t
repains as a historical fact that the clock
never had to face sucn an effective storm as
that of Monday night. It has stopped before.
but never because the snow and wind clogged
the hands of it.
]. H. southaiL If he believes in omans
ought to think very well of his chances for
getting out of jail For the second time in
his Jail experience he was yesterday the inno-
cent cause for jail delivery alarm One
day last summer a friend of his set the
alarm off, Yesterday afternoon the deputies
in the office Of the sheriff were startled by
the sounding of the alarm bell that is ordi-
narily only sounded when there is troubIs in
the jail. Frank Robert and the rest of them
jumped up felt for their guns and started
on run for the Jail, followed by the news,
paper men, Chief Deputy Robert is carrying
some weight for age, but he made the race
for first place. and landed at the door of the
jail first. He was followed by number Of
others, with guns hanging loosely in their
belts. Everything was quiet enough inside
and the breathless deputies were tod that
there was nothing going on within
1t transpired that DR.. Senker who had
called to see Southall, had stood with the lat
ter alongside of the push button that is to
be used in case of alarm. He had unwilling
ly rested his elbow on the button ana
notified the sherif's Office that a Jail deliv,
cry was imminent
Seventh street mercantile house goes
the limit in propositions looking to the sup
plying Of the fair sex with wraps but it
puts its proposal before the public in a way
that bespeaks much for the possibilities of
construction in English. legend in the
window Of the store in question reads:
I'VE embrace everything stylish in jackets
and caDes."