The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
CITY NEWS.

The A o. H. picnic committees will
meet at o'clock this afternoon at Cretin
hall
Among the payments into the city
treasury today was one for a $500 license
for the Forepaugh-Sells combination
Insurance Commissioner O'Shaughnessy
IS home from the East where he looked
into the affairs of the National Life In
gArGace Company of Montpelier. VT.
Residents of St Anthony hill have been
taken in by a fake stove polish, sold by
a clever-apearing young woman. The
matter has been reported to the police.
DR.. t. J. Egan, of Minneapolis, will
spend the summer in Europe, doing the
exposition while in attendance on the in
ternational convention of dentists in
Paris.
f. c. Briggs, residing at 1867 Hatch
street, last evening reported to the police
chat a bay horsA three years old, had
been stolen from his pasture yesterday
morning.
A small pile of wood was destroyed by
fire at the Hamm brewery last evening
al O'Clock The origin of the flames is
supposed to be from a discarded lighted
cigar stump.
Washington Lodge No "A, X of P, will
meet at 7:30 next Wednesday evening, and
will confer the second degree upon four
and the first on one. There is important
business to transact.
Fire broke out in the rear of James
Gibbons carpenter shop, No. 20 Eighth
street, last night at $50 o'clock The
origin of the fire was from defective
stove Damage light.
The funeral of Charles F. Holmes, who
died Friday, will be held at $50 tomorrow
morning from the family residence, &c
Lyton place, followed by services at st.
Patricks church at 8.
Adjt and Mrs. Bartlett, who have had
charge of the No. corps of the Salvation
Army for nearly a year, will hold their
farewell service at go East Seventh street
Sunday night. They leave on Monday for
Sioux Falls, S. D.
The Sacred Thirst Total Abstinence So
ciety viii hold an open meeting on
Wednesday evening, July A. at Cretin
hall. A musical and literary programme
win be presented. A feature of the meet
jag will be the delegates report of the
state convention.
st. Paul Lodge No. 1872, Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, will celebrate its fif-
teenth anniversary at Liberty hall, All
Robert street, Thursday evening, July Il.
There will be dancing and refreshments
will be served. All visiting members in
the city are invited to attend.
Wabasha bridge will be closed to pedes-
TRANS in from four to five days, pending
the time it will take to connect the
new portion of the bridge with the old.
The city engineer states that all heavy
traffic over the structure will have to be
suspended for about thirty days, until the
improvements are nearing completion.
The Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company reports a net gain of 1863 sub
scribers in June, making a total number
of IS, 1856 subscribers on June go The
Erie telephone system, which includes
this company, reports a net gain Of 2,744
subscribers in June, making a total num-
Der of 126, 455 subscribers on June 80.
Mary Magdon, of Minneapolis, was SUBJ
jected to a severe preliminary examina-
ton before United States Court Commits
sioner Spencer in an attempt to find out
why she attempted to pass on A. John
son, a grocer at POPS Sixth street south
Minneapolis. a one dollar bill which had
been raised to five
Judge Brill has filed a decision in the
district court denying the application Of
E. ]. Hodgson, as receiver of the Savings
Bank Of st. Paul, for the appointment of
a receiver in the. case of Hodgson
against George F. Woolsey and others.
Judge Kelly yesterday. filed a decree
granting a divorce to Richard C. Trudgen
from Fife Trudgen, on the ground of de-
sertion.