Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-15
MINNEAPoLIs GLOHELETs.
Flour shipments 1000 barrels.


Wheat receipts 10000 bushels.
John T. Gilman has filed voluntary pc
tition in bankruptcy.
Frank w. Thaxter, Esq, of Eldora, lowa.
was looking over the city yesterday.
The board of education will meet again
Saturday morning next at CLOCK.
Yesterday workmen were engaged IN put
ting gas pipes and fixtures into the court
house.
A very brilliant lunar rainbow was visible
Tuesday evening about o'clock. 1t was
very bright.
Wheat unchanged, standing yesterday at
S1.OG for old No. 1, and 81 for No. 2 old
and new No. l.
The sum of $18,422 was disbursed by the
last council meeting. 5000 only being for
the stone arch bridge.
The grand army of murderers are on the
war patti toward the haunts of the innocent
prairie chickens this morning.
Hart Bracket enjoyed the luxury of run
away yesterday, but no special harm was
d one aside from springing an axle.
Yesterday the contract was signed with
John p. Casey for the widening of the ap-
proach to the First street bridge over Bas-
sets creek.
The Walker family will be the Saturday
night attraction at Harlow Gales dime con
cert. "All promenade will be on the pro
gramme also.
The owners of drive wells met at Cooper's
Union hall Tuesday evening to talk the
matter over, but nothing definite Ill the
matter was settled.
II. Z. Newton, of the agricultural paper,
saws he will issue the customary edition OF
bis publication during fair week, the Iri6-
uhe to the contrary Notwithstanding
Employees of the city water works were
making the grand tour yesterday examining
where tue water goes to which is rot paid
for. Some of the largest Consumers should
be m tered and compelled to pay for what
they USE.
The exposition authorities opened 2:19
class yesterday, and before noon four entire.
were made. There never was such galaxy
of fast ruuuiu al troltln5 horses gathered
together in the west iu one enclosure as will
be in Minneapolis during exposition week.
Can any body tell the reason why the
county auditor, which is the hardest worked
Eof1ic in the county, is the poorest paid OF
any? Is there any good reason why from
$4 600 to $4,000 should he pad to the
sheriff, clerk of ths court ana re- lister OF
deeds?
Catherine Schuler was married to Andrew
S huler in 1871, at the city of Milwaukee,
Wis. Yesterday Catherine tilel demand
for divorce fro,n Andrew on tn. ground Of
cruel an NH lmau trea'm4nt. Tue parties
now reside in Ricnfi,ll, the husband being Il
we'll, to-do farmer.
It is the general impression that the State
board of equalization will raise the Hennepin
county assessment at least 10 per cent This
would probably he Il blessing Ill disguise, as
it would decrease that per cent. tax just Ii
little and woul not touch so per cent. Of
the actual value of the property there.
S. H. Mattison, Esq, will next Monday
break ground for his new block, on Nicollet
avenue, between Third and Fourth streets.
The block will he 44x10O feet on the ground
three stories high. with an ornamental front
of pressed st. l. ,ns brick and Kasota stone.
The block was designed, and its construction
will be superintendent, by Will Grimshaw.
The street railway was closed for travel to
the East Division on Monday, and will not
be open again until today. This was owing
to the necessary changes IN the line on Cen
trail avenue, necessitated by the onc-track
resolution of the city council. Owing tc
this suspension of transportation the Educa-
tional ASSOCIATION moved its sessions from
the University to ASSOCIATION hall.
The tax committee of the city council has
been summoned to meet at the city clerks
office, at 7:3O p. NJ, on Saturday evening next
for the purpose OF reconsidering the tax
levy. Here is good opp ,rtunity for the
intelligent tax pryor, who thoroughly under
stands the art of successfully running a
municipal corporation without money tc
come forward and instruct the peoples agents
how to do it.