Daily globe., 1878-05-14
MINNEAPOLISNEWS.
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MINNEAPOLIS ~GLOBELETS.

Specially Reported for the Daily Globo
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.
District court to-day.
Wheat 81 ,02 per bushel.
Bright and warm weather yesterday.
No more bodies found up to the present
writing.
The soldiers whooped it mp lively at Min
nehaha Sunday.
The upper bridge will be replanked by
Mr.. w. II. Lull.
Thirty car loads of lumber were sent out
from Minneapolis yesterday.
Seven thousand two hundred bushels of
wheat received here yesterday.
Fully four hundred barrels of flour we're
shipped from Minneapolis yesterday.
The Orchestral Union concert announced
for the 18th inst, has been postponed.
s. w. Chase has received the contract for
filing the culbert on University avenue.
The flour mills have been idle for several
days, but resumed operations again yester-
day.
Annual business meeting of the Orches-
trail Union at Gale & Co.'s Office, this even
ing.
Some of the worst looking tramps in the
Union are rusticating in Minneapolis at
present.
Haverly's New Orleans Minstrels are billed
for next Saturday evening at the Academy
of Music.
The work Of replanking the upper bridge
has been commenced, and will be pushed to
an early completion.
The contributions to the relief fund con-
tinue to come in, and the total is gradually
crawling up to $4,000.
The contract for laying water mains on
Nicollet avenue south and Ninth street, has
been awarded to j. G. Brown.
Failing in the attempt to blow down the
walls of the Galaxy mill with dymnite, they
are to be pulled down if possible.
A number of Minneapolitans went down
to St. Paul last evening, for the purpose of
attending the reading tournament.
A number of Minneapolitans left for Chi
cago yesterday morning, to attend the
knights Templar conclave tonight.
The Turn Verein gave their entertainment
for the benefit OF the sufferers by the recent
explosion, at Association hall, last evening.
The annual meeting Of the Young Mems
Christian association, to have been held on
next Wednesday evening, has been post
poned.
The work Of removing the debris of the
recent explosion, still progresses slowly but
surely, and without developing anything of
special interest.
The insurance mon held a meeting last
evening, for the purpose of considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of establishing board of under
writer's in Minneapolis.
New signs, warning people not to drive
across the suspension bridge faster than a
walk, nnder penalty of $40 fine, have been
placed at either end of the bridge.
A meeting of the board of directors of the
State Firemen's life association, will be held
at the Office of chief engineer W. NJ
Bracket, this afternoon at o'clock.
Yesterday morning Prof. G. O. Curtiss, Of
Minneapolis, received the sad news that his
son Charlie had been drowned in Big Stone
lake on Saturday. No particulars have yet
been received.
Hon. E. Nj. Wilson, Loren Fletcher and
DIR. Chute, have been elected trustees of the
Minneapolis Female seminary, to fill tht
places made vacant by the death of DR.. Lev
Butler and w. P. Ankeny, and the resigna
ton of VIM. Wakefield.
The retired members of the Father MATHEW
society will hold meeting ct the church
corner of Sixth street and Seventeenth
Avenue south, on Tuesday evening, Ma.
14th, at 7:SO P. NJ, for the purpose of organ
izing new total abstinence society. Al
members of the new parish are invited t.
attend.
At the municipal court Monday Jack Mil
ler was sent to jail for ten days for drunk
enness. Frank Normal, for like ofense
was fined $5, in default of which he had t
follow Miller. Barnard Clancy was fine
$40 for disorderly conduct. William Ny
gren, charged with bastardy, was held in th
sum of 81 900 to appear at the distrie
court.
The summarized work of the Y. M. 9.
of this city for the month of April stant
thus:
Number of religious services held in the
Number of religious services held out Of
Inc rooms s.... '.............
Committee meetings. ....................
Official board meetings. gs..................
Average attendance at daily prayer meet
lnH.
Average attendance at teachers meetings
Average attendance at gospel meetings.. l
Average attendance at temperance meet
1QSS y
Average attendance at Yoke Fellows meet
lng6.
Average attendance at reading room..... l
Situations obtained. d.....................
Number reached at the rooms during the
mOntn. n.... ~,