Daily globe., 1878-01-22
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Specially Reported for the Daily Glob

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Specially Reported for the Daily Globe.
4 PIONEER GONE.
Death of Rev. G. n Pond at His Home in
Bloomington--A Good Man and an Old
Settler Gone Home.
Sunday morning about half past seven
o'clock, Elder G. H. Pand, of the town Of
Bloomington, Hennepin county, passed away
Notwithstanding the fact that his illness has
been quite generally known in the city for sew
eral days, the public were not prepared for this
announcement, and the news received ev-
erywhere with surprise and pain.
Elder Pond was of the
earliest settlers in Minnesota,
having come here in the summer of 1884 as a
missionary to the Dakota Indians. He was
born in Litchfeld Connecticut in the early
part of this century, received a good education,
and studied for the ministry. In 1884 he, in
connection with Rev. T. s. Williamson, S, W.
Gideon, and s. R. Tiggs, left comfortable
home in the East and, obeying the exacting
mandates of conscience, drifted to the extreme
Northwest, earring what he believed to be "the
bread of ife' to the savage nations of the
Wilderness
These men were sent out by the Presbyterian
Home Missionary Society, and faithfully did
they discharge their duties. Messrs. Riggs and
Williamson still survive. On arriving in Min
nesota Mr.. Pond located on the bank of Lake
Calhoun, three miles from the present city Of
Minneapolis, and erected a cabin on the exact
| spot where now the imposing pavilion of Col.
King rears it's head. Here through summer
sun and winter SHOWS for more than twenty
years he broke the bread Of life to his red
| brother, and filled full the measure of good
| mans life. More than twenty years ago he
retired from active work in the ministry, and
settled on the farm where he died. His house
was a substantial one, built by himself and
the brick of which it was constructed made by
himself.
| Mr.. Pond reared a large family, all now
grown and engaged in the active duties Of life.
The first sermon ever preached within what
are now the corporate limits Of Min
neapolis was preached by Elder Pond on Sun
day, the 10th day Of October, 1851. Presby-
terian society not organized until two or
three years later, but in the interim Mr.. Pond
| continued to preach occasionally.
| Elder Pond well known to all the old
settlers Of Minnesota and especially of Henne-
was most heartily beloved by all who came
within the circle of his influence, and his life
labor among the savage Indians and rough un-
couth borderer has left it's impress for good
wherever it touched.
And SO, full of years and honors, like shock
of corn fully ripe, bearing with him the love
and reverence of all who had known his noble,
|self-sacrifcing life, Elder Pond passed away
mourned by all who knew him.
| MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.
! A lady was thrown from buggy Sunday and
slightly bruised.
The Chief Of Police reports six dodgers in the
Station House Sunday night
Ice is small potatoes and few in hill this
! year. Dealers are busy filling their houses with
hailstones and icicles.
It cost the county two thousand dollars fo
per diem and mileage of jurors during the re
cent term Of the District Court.
The Orchestral Union concert last night wa
well attended, and gave the most unboundet
satisfaction to an appreciative audience.
The Wallace Combination, with Charlott
: Thompson as chief attraction, are billed her
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.
Both hose company No. / and Mutual hos
! company No. 2 celebrate the tenth anniversar,
: of their organization by balls on Thursday eve
ming next.
The Chief of Police received telegram iron
Frank Newton, Sheriff of Dakota county, warn
| ing him to look out for a black mare stole1
from Hastings Sunday.
The street railway extension to Lake Calhoun
, next summer will be undertaken by Easter
! capitalists not connected with our present sys
| TEN of street railways.
Sunday night the stable of Greene Leighton
!, was partially destroyed by fire. together with
, COW and valuable horse. No evidence as t
!. the manner in which the fire originated
Ernest Ortman failed to appear for sentenc
! yesterday morning and Judge Vanderburg
issued an order for him to appear this morning
; failing inwhich his bond will be declared fol
: feited.
The Turner's of Minneapolis purpose givin
one of the most perfect masquerade balls o
the 22d of February ever given in this city
Pence Opera House has been secured for the oe
casion.
Frank Wilson, son of Abraham Wilson, Q
Richfeld, had leg broken by kick from
> vicious COW, at six o'clock yesterday morning
DIR. Kimbau set the limb and he is gettin
: along all right.
A brute named Norman McCarriel, until re
Gently a resident of this city, is accused Of tn
e most revolving crime in the entire calendar 81
lends color to the accusation by leaving the city
and no one knows where he is stopping.
Caleb Lingley, the milk man, had a visi
!, from tramp night or two ago, and soon afte
discovered the loss of coat, pair of stocking
t and a jack knife. The fraud wore Mackin az
0 suit, and claimed to have formerly worked fo
t Mr.. Stauchfeld.
! good, healthy runaway cansed a little f1urr
: of excitement on upper Washington Avenu
yesterday noon. Shingle Creek brick team
: did not exactly like the appearance of trai,
= of cars, and started from the Pacific depot
and did not get over their excitement unit
e brought up suddenly by running against
f butcher shop on Plymouth Avenue. A corne
: board torn from the building, and demoral
k lied wagon were the damages.
Minneapolis Bar Meeting.
$ s At meeting Of the Minneapolis Bar Asso
. citation, held last evening, j. NJ. Shaw in th
L chair, and A. B. Ovitt, Esq, secretary the fol
e lowing resolution was adopted on motion o
e Col. Bradley:
0 RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this meet
a ing that the present Legislature should tax
: Immediate steps for revision of the statut
laws.
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