Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-11
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Specially Reported for the DAILY Globe
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELETs.
Shipments of flour yesterday, $3.50
bushels.
Minnehaha lodge of A. O. D. gave ball
at Druid hall last evening.
Prohibition county and Legislative con
vention at Lees hall to-day.
Richard Stone, prominent member of
the Cincinnati bar, is in the city.
The roof on the new fre-proof vault at
the court house is noarly completed.
Wheat received, 22,1OO bushels. No. 1,
SO cents; No. 2, IS cents; No. 8, 60 cents.
DR.. J. M. Harrison and family leave for
the East this morning, and will be absent all
winter.
Col. w. H. H. Taylor, State librarian, was
in the city yesterday attending the Hennepin
county grange.
The Tribune must have heard something
drop. Many zip issues from it's yop on the
recent elections down below.
The Charlotte Thompson troupe left for
Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday morning, over
the Chicago, Milwaukee G. St. Paul line to
st. Louis.
The Minneapolis Street railroad furnish
tickets for University students at three cents
per ticket, to be used only in going to and
from school.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Christian association will be held
at the Women's Boarding home on Sixth
street at 3 o'clock.
The Hennepin county grange, of H.,
held meeting at Good 'uemplars' hall yes
terday afternoon, but what they did had not
transpired at the closing of our report.
The Democracy of Hennepin county is
getting on its war paint. The boys are not
very fast on the first quarter, but they do
come down the home stretch perfectly awful.
Rumor says the Prohibitionists propose
to ignore all parties, and by nominating dis
tinct tiotet and voting for their own candi-
dates, form nucleus to rally around next
fall.
Our temperance friends contemplate hay
ing hack at the political situation, and
will hold county convention for g nomina-
ton of county and Legislative candidates to-
day.
At the Academy of Music tonight Wagner
u Cotton's MINISTRIES will give one Of their
grand entertainments. This company is one
of the finest on the road, every member be-
ing an artist selected for his special part. A
full house should greet this troupe tonight.
W. e. Hale and Charlie Robinson, two of
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evening and small portion of Thursday
morning in "setting 'em up" for the boys at
Corcoran. To-day will be devoted to "set-
ting 'em up'' for an endorsement from the
Prohibitionists.
There was great rejoicing in Minneapolis
last evening over the news that Hopeful, the
gallant little gray driven by Dan Mace, had
scooped Rarus, driven by John Splan. There
is no special feeling against Rarus in this
community, but there is world of good
wishes following the little gray around the
world.
Bishop Cheney, of Chicago, will conduct
the services in Association hall under the
auspices of the congregation of Christ
church reformed EpiscopaD, on Sunday
evening. collection will be taken up for
the purpose of completing and furnishing
the chapel on Hennepin avenue, now in
course of erection.
The Scandinavian Democrats of this city
held a mass meeting last evening and Or
ganized q Scandinavian club with the fol-
lowing officers: President, a. M. Setback;
secretary and treasurer, N. A. Holmberg.
committee on resolutions were appointed
and will report at the next meeting. All
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"a Bridge Square on Thursday evening.
Mr.. McNair, who was appointed to serve
on the board of trade committee to investi-
gate the wheat ring, authorizes the GLOBE
to announce that business of Importance
compelled him to decline serving on the
committee, and he SO notified the committee.
The GLOBE further ascertains that the report
given currency by the EDensng Tribune that
the committee had gone to LitchGeld to in
vestigate is false, and that the committee
has never had meeting, and has not gone
to Litchfeld at anywhere else to investigate
the wheat ring OF anything else.
Last Saturday, Emma, little daughter of
julius Leber, who lives just outside of
city limits on Western avenue, whilst play
ing in the vicinity of a corn crib, was Sc
verely injured by the falling of the crib,
which literally buried her alive for several
minutes. Her brother near by saved her
life by doing some lively work in the way of
pitching corn and lumber. When the little
girl was extricated she was senseless, bruised
considerably in various parts of the body,
and her left leg broken below the knee. She
IS now doing as we'll as could be expected.
Municipal Coetrt.
Before Judge Cooley.
Frank Hefte was arrested on complaint OF
health officer Neish, for not reporting case
of contagious disease in his family. The