Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-01
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Specially Reported for the Daily Globe
MINNEApoLIs GLoBELErs

Col. L. l.. Baxter, of Chaska, was in the
city yesterday on business.
Hon. G. A. Gilman, of st. Cloud, was in
the city yesterday looking around.
james NJ. Dayton is visiting friends in
the city after three years absence.
The Wcmen's Christian association will
picnic at Lake Elmo next Wednesday.
The Hutchinson family promise concert
al Association hall next Saturday night.
The Y. M. G. A. realized $50l3 by bull
eozing Beecher's audience ON Sunday morn
ing.
The council did rot meet last night, there
Icing an interval of three weeks between
meetings this time.
Ice dealers have advanced the price to 90
cents per hundred. At that price nobody
can afford to keep cool.
An accidental shooting occurred at Fort
Smelling on Tuesday hereby sergeant will
lose his right leg from above the knee.
The county board of equalization was in
session at the court house yesterday, and
b lsily engaged in making even among the
various county towns.
The Iowa excursionists took in Minneha-
ha, Fort Smelling and st. Paul yesterday.
Tney are determined to have O good lime IT
they don't save nickel.
To-day the Tabernacle folks enjoy their
annual social picnic at Minnetonka. May
pleasant skies bend over them and still
waters be beneath them.
Judge Rea, of the probate court, locked
the records of his Office SO securely night be-
fore last that it required the services of an
expert to get at them yesterday.
Mr.. G. S. Shepherd, who for the past year
or two has represented the commission house
of VIM. Young & Co., of Milwaukee and
Chicago, has ceased his connection with that
firm.
The council committee on cancellation
did not meet yesterday as per appointment,
much to the disgust of Comptroller Hill.
But they promise to get together at P. NJ.
to-day.
In the municipal court yesterday, the day
promised to be warm, and Judge Cooley
coolly discharged three small insignificant
DRINKS, and settled coolly back in his arm
chair to cool off,
In the probate court an inventory and APP
praisement was filed and approved in the
estate of Frederick Conner; also the inven-
tory of the special administrator on the
estate of Arson Olis Colburn.
When the new street railway lines are
constructed the time is to be reduced, SO that
it will only be five minutes between cars on
al the main trunk lines. The Fourth avenue
line will be from Washington avenue to
Eighteenth street--a little less than two
miles.
Our colored fellow citizens will picnic at
Lake Minnetonka to-day. And for fear they
will not be tired enough to sleep well, have
engaged hall for dance on their return.
There is nothing like having plenty of am
bitiou.
About $38, 900 insurance on tho Wash
burn "a" mill has been paid, and this COM
prises all the insurance held by local agen-
cies on that mill. Messrs. McNair & Dolliver
yesterday paid their loss of $1,000 held by
the Northern Of New York.
Reports from gentlemen who came in
Yesterday from Dakota and Scott counties,
indicate a tremendous storm of wind aud
hal, extending from Prior Lake to Farm
iugton. Standing gram was beat into the
earth, and cJrnhel t5 ioDkel as thou 20 they
had been visited by all earthquake.
Mr.. Robert Burdett, the humorist of the
Burlington H1Wheye, is in the State with the
Iowa excursionists. He will remain few
d,ys for the purpose of cactchlny suckers
with Dlmond, of tho Tourist. If Col. Stay
back is still alive out there won't lie show
Robert how an amateur catches black bass.
The Western avenue bridge remains un-
repaired and any day or any hour horse or
man or a sm,ll boy is liable to go through
and be killed. The city engineer shifts the
responsibility by saying that he reported Il
month ago to the city council that the bridge
was unsafe. Whose fault will it BIZ when the
CITY is called upon for the coming bill OF
damages?
Judge Rea thinks he can begin to see day
light through the almost in;erminable En-
erson will case. 1t is confidently believed
that the evidence will all be in OH or before
the first day of January, 1879, after which
the counsel will take occasion 10 destroy five
or six months in arguing. 1t is safe to sa,
the lawyers will never let up as long as there
is a dollar left in the estate.
The following patty of gentlemen will de
part this morning for Saltwater for the pur
pose of installing officers of Bayard com
mandery in that city: VIM. Lochlen, eminen
grand commander of Minnesota; William
Noble, grand sword bearer; j. g. McFar
y ,,xt,S A A
Ames, John l. Black, p. B. Walker, f.
Smith, John T. West and Ed. McDermoti
They will be accompanied by large part
of sir knights from st. Paul.
Chief of Police Munger has receive
news from Hastings that man is under al
rest having in his possession the folown
tools, probably stolen saws, l scre'
driver spirit level, marked G.. l.. Broad
water; chisels. / bevel square, tri-squart
11-foot square, spoke shave, set planes,
pillow, adze, marked l.. D., files, trimmer an
set bits and brace, keyhole saw, etc. An
persons having lost tools answering to thi
description may recover the same by apply
ing at once to Chief of Police Munger.
Another little discussion between the cit
authorities and railway company cam
very near being the occasion of an accident
day or two ago. 1t seems that there is
question as to whether it is the duty of tn
ST. Louis railway company or the city t
keep i'll repair the railway bridge over Tent
avenue south. Pending the settlement {
this question the bridge has been allowed t
grow old and rotten, and last Saturday a
engine crossing the bridge caused it to settl
three or four feet, and scared the enginee
gray. Would it not be we'll to settle thes