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The St. Paul Daily Globe, January 6, 1885, p. 2

THE BURR DOCK.

Rather a Light Day, But a Great Deal of Wickedness was Displayed.

Minnie Branch has a sweet heart but she soured on him, and Sunday night he went in search of her with his little razor. Judging from the knob of his name one would imagine that it applied to the feminine gender, but strange as it may seem this Minnie is a big, burley gentlemen of color. It was a cloudy day in the police court yesterday, especially for Minnie who was arraigned on the charge of disorderly conduct. He testified that the woman had lived with him for three years and that he [didn't] propose to give her up. On the other hand the girl stated that she [didn't] want to have anything to do with him, so in order to square matters he was sent out for thirty days.

When the case of Chas. Allen and Mary Sweetland was called there was a craning of necks as the crowd of bums and onlookers expected a sensation. But they were all fooled, as the defendants made no response and their bail of $50 was confiscated. This is ths couple who were yanked for violating ordinance No. 10 Sunday night; they are a naughty pair, and the husband of the woman states that the next time Allen is caught monkeying around his castle there will be an inquest and a funeral, and the latter will ride in the first carriage. Annie Joslyn, it is suspected, is another naughty damsel. She was out hack riding Sunday night in company with a man and another couple, and being detected by her husband the latter ordered her to leave the party and go home. She laughed him to scorn, and becoming noisy on the street a copper came along and ran the amazon to the cooler. She was committed for thirty days. Barney Smith, who was arrested on the charge of storming the castle of a lady on Fifth street, gave bonds to keep the peace, and a youngster named Dan Brown who had abused an officer was treated in the same manner.