Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-12
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

Rev. Mr.. Beach spoke on the subject OF
temperance at the First M. E. church last
night. Reformed and repentant politicians
were all out to hear him.
The Minneapolis Eastern and the Mime
apolis & ST. Louis railroads are each tearing
up the earth at frightful rate, struggling
to get ahead of Jack Frost and iniunctions
The engineers on the Minneapolis, ST.
Cloud & Sank Rapids railroad have abou,
completed their labors, and the line will
probably be definitely located during the
present week.
D. r. Barber, Paris Gibson, w. F. Cahill,
F. s. Hinkel and c. Fl. Archard left for Chi
caso last night as delegates from the Mime
apolis board of trade to the national COM
mercial convention.
The lumbermen are sliding quietly out of
the city and into the piney woods to COM
mence their winters toll After Washburn' g
voters and the lumbermen have got away
our streets will look deserted.
The official canvass of the Hennepin coun-
ty vote will positively take place at the court
house to-day. Then we will know all about
it, and-stop talking politics until next
spring. What relief it will be.
Col. Augustus jacobson did not deliver
his funny lecture on "Cash." People did
not appear to enjoy the joke, and failed to
come down with the "cash" fee at the door,
The lecture was indefinitely postponed.
And now it's Harrington that is all tore
up over the drive-well robbery. Indignation
meetings, etc., are the order of the day
down there. Minneapolis passed through
that stage of the disease over year ago.
The Farmers Insurance company of this
city yesterday sold to the Rerningtons, of
Illion, N. Y, forty acres Of land on Lyndale
avenue, three and half miles southwest of
the heart of the city, for the sum of $9658,
or nearly $500 per acre. Real estate seems
to be Frightening up somewhat.
Robert McCue, the well-known express
man, who was buried on Sunday afternoon,
was one of the Oldest residents of this city,
and during his business and social life had
made host of friends who will sincerely
mourn his death. He leaves wife and two
daughters who are we'll provided for.
The motion of the Minneapolis Mill com
pauy 10 SeC ASIDE Inc award or the commas
sioners appointed to condemn property need
ed for the construction of the Minneapolis
Eastern railway, was dismissed by Judges
Vanderburg and Young. This was the mo-
ton alluded to in the GLOBE of day or two
ago.
By request of number of prominent
citizens Of Chicago, including many emin-
ent physicians and benevolent ladies, DIR. r.
D'Unger of this city, discoverer of the cure
for drunkenness, will next Sunday visit
Chicago. He will be absent for week or
ten days, and during his absence will ex-
plain the virtues of his remedy to the Swans
of Chicago.
Frank Mcdonald, auditor elect, and dep
uty auditor with corps of assistants, is
busy as bee Strengthening up the books of
the Office preparatory to the fall work. He
is painfully quiet and unobtrusive in his
manner-excessively polite as it were
while the worm Of abstinence seems to have
fed upon the damask blossom of his nose,
inducing lack of vivid coloring which the
casual observer mas discovered during the
fall campaign, opened some three months
ago, and is now happily closed.