District court special term calendar to-day before Judge Brill.

Yesterday, Peabody Bros. & Co. paid $464 duties on imported liquors.

The Arion Singing Society will give a concert at the Athenaeum next Monday.

The new iron rod fence around the Capitol grounds is being painted a bright black.

"Song service" to-morrow at 4 P. M. at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian association.

The work of demolition of the dangerous walls of the burned Davidson block is progressing satisfactorily.

Mr. Edward Patterson, of Pine City, well-known in St. Paul, dropped dead in the street in that place yesterday.

The last of the tar and gravel walks put down in the Capitol grounds, some two or three years ago, was torn up yesterday.

The State reform school board met yesterday. No business beyond passing upon the ordinary bills for March was transacted.

To-morrow (Sunday) there will be an evening entertainment, the last of the season, at the Turner hall. The programme is most promising.

A motion for alimony will be made in the district court to-day by the plaintiff in the divorce suit of Theresa Frey against her husband, Henry Frey.

The funeral of George Crusen, who died from injuries received on Thursday morning, will take place this morning from the Assumption church at 9 o'clock.

Having completed the cutting off and sloping of the Capitol grounds, a force is now engaged in removing the rubbish and cleaning up the grounds generally.

A fine pickeral weighing thirty-two pounds was displayed in the St. Nicholas hotel last evening. The fish was caught at Lake Como yesterday afternoon by Col. Knauff.

A glance up and down Third street any time between 8 o'clock in the morning and 5 in the evening will convince the most skeptical that St. Paul is enjoying a general business boom.

Stone masons have resumed work on the building being erected by Mayor Dawson, corner of Fifth and Wacouta streets, for the headquarters office of the St. Paul & Duluth railroad company.

Mr. Daniel Smith, a merchant of Pine City, while driving across Snake River Thursday, broke through the ice and himself and horse were drowned. Mr. Smith's body was recovered by some Indians.

Peter Hanson came down from the pineries last Thursday and celebrated his advent by indulging in a tanglefoot toot. He was arraigned at the police court yesterday and discharged upon the payment of $3.

The German society held a special meeting last night and resolved to give a benefit performance, at the Athenaeum, for the widow and orphan of the late janitor, Mr. Boethele, at the end of this month.

The contractor having cut down the bluff is now at work upon the excavation proper for the basement of the headquarters building of the Northern Pacific railroad company, corner Fifth and Wacouta streets.

Adjutant General Van Cleve received notice yesterday of the allowance of a mother's pension at the rate of $8 per month from September 18, 1862, the date of her son's death. The arrearages amount amount to $1,747.20.

Owing to the absence of Rev. S. G. Smith, the union bible class meeting to-day, in the parlor of the Y. M. C. A. at 4:30 P. M., will be taught by Mrs. E. H. Miller. All interested in the bible study are invited to attend.

The Easter musical programme presented at the Christ church last Sunday, and which created so favorable an impression, will be repeated at the service to-morrow morning, by request of a large number of friends.

A suit was begun in the district court yesterday by James P. Gribbon against Lena and Thomas E. Knox to recover the sum of $276 for merchandise sold to the defendants. Plaintiff also asks for a lien on the defendants' property.

Deputy United States Marshall Bracket is in receipt of a letter from Fargo, which says the overflow of the Red River is assuming threatening proportions in the quantity of water to the extent of two feet and a-half in the principal streets.

The St. Paul boom is already receiving logs. The sheer booms have been swung into place, and all is in readiness to take advantage of the present stage of high water. Several million feet are over the falls and the corporation expects a prosperous season.

A descendant of Ham named John Stewart was arraigned at the police court yesterday charged with tackling too much five cent gin. He looked as though the bender had been a great deal too much for him and was given a week in the cooler to sober up.

A change was made in the management of the International yesterday by the proprietor Mr. M. T. O. Flower, surrendering the lease to Mr. Samuel Mayall. The house will however be kept open, John J. Porter, the affable clerk of the hotel being placed in charge for the present.

A tramp entered the rear of Joseph Ullmann's hide store at 65 Jackson street yesterday morning and lifting one of the hides piled there carried it around and sold it to the employe in the front of the store for $3.25. The joke was not discovered until the youth had been gone about two hours.

Brick laying upon the foundation near the corner of Sixth street on Jackson, put in seven years ago, was commenced yesterday. In the interim between the completion of the foundation and commencement of work yesterday upon the main building, the country has passed through a great business depression, but the rebound has now commenced.

One of the reform school guard was at police headquarters, yesterday afternoon, making inquiries for Herman Fritz, who had escaped from the reform school. Fritz lives over in the Sixth ward, and is one of the gang of boys sent to the reform school for breaking into Presley's fruit store some time ago. He effected his escape yesterday morning early.

The board mark yesterday showed six feet of water in the river, a rise of four inches for twenty-four hours. Reports from Lake City and Reed's Landing received by Capt. Reaney states the ice in Lake Pepin is broken up badly, and liable to move at any time, certainly in two or three days, and with a good northwest wind probably in the next twenty-four hours.

Yesterday afternoon, a burly Bohemian sauntered into John Wagner's store, on the corner of Twelfth and Robert streets, and, while the employes were engaged at work he attempted to rob the money drawer. He was detected in the act of opening the drawer and was seized. After keeping him a while Wagner let him go without sending out for a policeman.

The exterior of the Boston One Price clothing house, No. 43 East Third street, presents an exceedingly ornate and handsome appearance. For several days past a number of workman have been employed in redecorating the premises and the manager of the Boston clothing house may justly boast of having one of the most artistically decorated fronts on Third street.

E. S. Brown and David Bronson, ex-mayors of Stillwater, were in the city yesterday negotiating with Col. Allen, the general manager of Kelly-Reaney Angel combination for the appearance of the show in Stillwater. They desire to secure the show for a run of ten nights, as they believe "ten nights with the Angel" will be as popular as "Ten Nights in a Barroom."

A peddler named Ochkirg hired a barn near Hamm's brewery several months ago, in which to stable his horse. Yesterday morning he came to his barn to find his horse turned out and the building taken possession of as a dwelling by a German family, who were busy cooking their morning meal on a stove which they had put up. Ochkirg applied to police headquarters for assistance to oust the nomads.

Lizzie Hines, alias Mrs. Wilson, was before Judge Flint yesterday charged with drunkenness. She became beastly intoxicated on Thursday and made a holy show of herself by parading along Washington street in front of the Metropolitan hotel. The court remarked that her visits to the police court were becoming too numerous and she was sent to the House of Good Shepherd for ninety days.

An entertainment of the Metropolitan club took place last evening at the Metropolitan hotel. The attendance was large and embraced many of our best citizens, together with their ladies. Dancing was kept up to a late hour, interrupted for a brief season to allow the guests an opportunity for a collation and a promenade. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the evening the reception was pronounced one of the most enjoyable of the season.

Mr. E. A. Bunker, of Northfield, has been in the city for a few days past, preparatory to leaving for Kansas City, where he intends making his residence in future. He has bought out Mr. Stevens' interest in the auxiliary newspaper business, which Mr. Stevens and a brother of Mr. Bunker established there a few years ago, and which has grown into a money making success. Mr. Stevens retires to engage actively in the real estate business, in which he has become largely interested.

Yesterday, Judge D. A. J. Baker filed a complaint in the district court against Ramsey county or the county commissioners. The suit is brought to recover possession of four acres, more or less, of land in the south half of the southwest quarter of section 29, township 29, range 25, which the complainant alleges was wrongfully seized and is yet held by the county commissioners of Ramsey county. The land in question was taken for roadway purposes between this city and Minneapolis.

The police on the Fort street beat near Seven corners were somewhat exercised on Thursday night to discover the cause of a peculiar sawing noise in the vicinity of Fischbein Bros.' dry goods store. The mystery was solved on Friday morning by the discovery of a fine fat muskrat who had fallen through the gratings in front of Fischbein Bros.' store, and had improved his term of solitary confinement by gnawing the sash off the cellar window. He was lassoed and finds a quiet home in the barrel at the butcher shop near the corners.

Elaborate preparations have been made by the clergy connected with the Church of the Assumption parish for the celebration of the nine hundreth aniversary of the order of St. Benedict. Masses will be celebrated to-morrow, Monday and Tuesday, at both morning and evening service. On Tuesday morning Bishop Grace will celebrate high pontificial mass, assisted by all the clergy of the parish. The musical selections will be particularly fine, a number of selections having been arranged for the choir especially for the occasion.