Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-16

No news at the court house yesterday.
Work for the new police commenced yes
terday.
The wheat market remains steady at one
dollar and three cents per bushel for a prime
article.
bushels of wheat were received in thus city
yesterday.
Gallery tickets to the Camilla Urso con-
cert. this evening, may be reserved without
extra charge.
The seats for the Camilla Urso concert
arc selling rapidly, ana a full house is an
assured fact.
The shipments of -four in Minneapolis
Yesterday amounted to four thousand, five
hundred barrels
Four hundred barrels of flour were
shipped directly to Europe, from Minneapo-
lis, Oh Monday.
An increase of six inches of water in the
river at this point, has occurred since the
recent rain storm.
The work of changing the street railway
track on Washington avenue, was continued
throughout the night.
The bosrl of county commissioners of
Hennepin county will hold meeting at the
Court house. on Wednesday.
The city hall building is undergoing
thorough renovation and bracing-up process,
and it was sadly in need OF it, too.
The work of grading for the new depot
site Of the Mmnea ,yolls & St. Louis railroad,
is being pushed forward at lively rate.
The hand-orgen, sweet harbinger of
spring, has put in an appearance, and COM
menced the regular annual torture business.
Billy Marble. the old time favorite, is on
The road again, and will probably give
dramatic entertainment i'll Minneapolis SOON.
The rumor that Rev. D. Cobb, of Cen
tenary church, was to be transferred to the
conference Of cas- ZEN New York, is without
foundation.
The Minneapolis clergymen held their
regular Monday morning meeting in the
Young Mons Christian Association parlors,
yesterday morning.
DR.. Schultz is to give course Of ten lee
tares on scientific aud physiological subjects,
commecing next week. Association lall has
been secured tor the OCCASION.
That OLD frame building on Nicollet
avenue, between Washington avenue and
Third street, was moved away yesterday to
make room Tor handsome stone business
block.
The ky stones have been placed in both
end arches of the new stone arch bridge
across the east channel of the river. The
other arches are being pushed forward at
lively rate.
Messrs. Benz & Becht, of ST. Paul, who
propose to erect brick block of three stores
at Fargo, D. T., have given the contract to
MIR. s. A. Mckenzie, OF Minneapolis. The
structure is to bs Completed by t-e last OF
July.
A runaway team belonging to farmer re-
siding near Chaska, ran away Sunday,
throwing the driver out. BY some means
his legs became entangled in the wheel, and
we're broken. Amputation may necessarily
follow.
The police have in their charge little boy
giving his name as Frank l.. Higgins, OF
Mile Laos county. He is looking for a
home, as his father and mother, he says,
have separated, leaving him to the tender
mercy OF a not over charitable public.
NJ ,nitor Linimsnt Edwards is out with
new wagon and double team, with which he
proposes to travel throughout the length and
breadth If Minnesota, disposing Ut his
stock OF sure cure to nearly all aches ana
pains human flesh is heir to.
DR.. Ames visited St. Paul last night to in
Btitute section of the endowment rank OF
The order If knights of Pythias. The off,
GERS If the Minneapolis 6. ction accompanied
DIR. Ames for the purpose OF assisting him
in placing the new section i'll good working
Craer.
Prof. O. 8. Fowler, the phrenologist, COM
menced his course of lectures in this CITY
last evening. At the hour for the lecture to
commence, nearly all the seats in Association
hall were occupied. The assembly appeared
well pleased with the discourse, and Ae will,
doubtless, have good houses every evening.
Wetmore O'Brien, the east side pound
master, is after some of the citizens with q
SuaTp 6tlck, Us IL were. Mr. " 6f1oQ I'M
pounded some stray cattle, and the owners
thereof appeared and made an attempt, by
force, to prevent the poundmaster's accom-
plishing his undertaking. They will be
brought before the municipal court and have
an opportunity to explain their conduct.
Some roughs up in Washington avenue,
near the O'Donnell house, last evening, got
rather too full of the ardent, and a quarrel
ensued. After considerable loud talking it
became evident that general fight was i'm
pending. One of the roughs at this point
drew revolver from his pocket and fred.
This had the effect of breaking up the row,
and the crowd dispersed before the police ar
rived on the scene.
Yesterday Mr.. W. M. Bracket received
the sad intelligence of the death of his
brother, George M. c. Bracket. Mr.. Brack-
cit came to Minnesota for his health. and
last fall settled at Pennington. Consump-
ton, combined with other mala lies, so un-
dermined his constitution that recovery was
impossible, and he died at half past three
Sunday afternoon. He leaves wife and
large circle of friends to mourn his loss.
Court Cuttings.
At the district court yesterday the business
transacted was as follows
Hannah Lowell vs.. Mary Horton ct al, de-
cision determining the boundary line, fled