Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-08
M1NNEApoLIs GLoBELETs.

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Wheat receipts, 2,400 bushels.
Flour shipments, 1,246 barrels.
Three picnics to three lakeside resorts
yesterday.
DIR. Kimball went down to Owatonna on a
surgical call yesterday.
Wheat-old, 97@$1; new from so to 95
cents, according to grade.
Only three DRINKS and nary fine at the
municipal court yesterday.
The new city directory will be ready for
delivery the last of next week.
pleasant shower preceded warm and
sultry day yesterday morning.
Miss Addie and Carrie Bode have re-
turned from an extended Eastern trip.
Won't somebody kill the indecent ex-
posture reporters of the Triblne and Z i0neer
Press?
Judge Rea went fishing yesterday to get a
breath of fresh air, after sweating over the
Emerson will case for something less than
twelve months.
There is talk about calling public meet
ing to reduce the tax levies for county, city,
and school purposes. At present the levy
for next year will be 3 per cent.
A correspondent elsewhere objects to the
issuance of $4,000 or any other sum in aid
of the Hutchinson narrow gauge or any 9th
or railroad scheme. Read what he has to
say.
A full collection of relics from the great
mill explosion is being made for exhibition
at the Northwestern exhibition. 1t will be
one of the most interesting features of the
entire exhibition.
The Lyndale meat market at the corner of
Sixth avenue north and Washington avenue
was destroyed by fire at o'clock yesterday
morning, and some slight damage done to
the building adjoining. Loss about $500,
fully insured.
The scheme for the erection of a grand
watering place hotel at Minnetonka is
almost perfected. 1t is more than probable
it will be commenced this summer and COM
pleted during the winter and early spring
in time for next seasons business.
President Hayes will be present in Min
neapolis during Exposition week. There's
enterprise for you Determined not to be
outdone, we have arranged to put on exhibit
ton the champion fraud of all history. Now
if people don't come to our exposition, what
inducement can we offer?
The tramp, tramp, tramp of the street
car horses at the junction of the Hennepin
and Washington avenue lines necessitates
the paving of the tracks with cobble stones,
which the company is proceeding to do. BY
the way, when are the city authorities pro-
posing to commence paving the leading bus
mess thoroughfares? This is rapidly be-
coming a question of the deepest import
ance.
Mr. Loemans. the landscape artist, is about
completing painting of historic interest, a
duplicate of which should be owned by the
city of Minneapolis. 1t is nothing less than
the Falls of ST. Anthony as they appeared
before the first rude works of art (saw mills
and "sich'') had marred their premature
beauty. 1t is one of the finest landscapes
ever executed by this talented artist, and will
probably 60 to st. Louis.
Messrs. Galpin and Stanton, campers at
Cedar Lake, were unceremoniously stirred
up in their peaceful retreat on Sunday by
the appearance in their midst of pole-cat,
commonly called skunk. By dextrous
shouting Cat a distance) the uncomfortable
visitor was routed 1t is singular that the
animal should have so impiously interfered
with so religious company during the de-
vout musings of Sunday evening