Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-23

The shipments of -four yesterday amounted
to 1880 barrels.
Let's send Col. James, the drive-well-royalty-
man, to Congress.
Circus day next Tuesday, and all the small
boys are boarding up their nickels.
The Skies block on Nicollet avenue. will
soon be occupied as furniture store.
Street cars will be running on the Fourth
avenue south line the first of next week.
The rain storm of yesterday forenoon con-
verified the dust into equally disagreeable mud.
Camping parties coming in from the
lakes quite lively, and are preparing for fair
week.
The price of old No. ! wheat remains at 81 .O5
white new No. brings only 81 cents per
bushel.
Receipts of wheat in Minneapolis by rail
1920 bushels; by teams at the mills, $500
bushels.
The Gethsemane Parish Harvest Home"
festival this year occurs on the 18th of the
present month, and will be unusually at
tractive.
Let US have the opening of the public schools
postponed one week, so that the little folks
may enjoy the fair.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
will hold meeting at Association Hall this af-
ternoon at o'clock.
The old stand of Dudley Brothers has been
leased to Chicago firm, who will occupy the
building as a carpet house.
The board OF directors of the Women's Chris
tian association will hold meeting at 3 o clock
this afternoon, at Plymouth church.
The Wales Brothers will repeat their concert
on Saturday evening. Reserved seats will be
on sale at Wilson music store to-day.
Conductor James Phelps we are happy tc
learn, was much better last evening. and his
injuries are not SO severe as was at first sup.
posed. Mrs. Phelps and the little girl are do
ing finely.
ME- Dan Smith while out hunting for prairie
chickens shot at some game and the charge
penetrated the lower limbs of a woman who
was binding wheat in the field. The wounds
were severe but not dangerous.
Arrangements have been made for sprinkline
Washington and Cedar avenues during the
fair, but from general appearances during the
sprlnkllng carts will not be needed.
About seven hundred tons of cast iron waste
pipe and branch castings will be furnished bv
Dennis Lang d Co., OF Louisville, XIV. This
pipe will be used across the island under the
water of the river, and on the cast side
The Westminster society folks will endeayor
to put in the foundation for their new church
at an early date. The building committee
have already commenced collecting the first
pay ment of rs per cent. of the subsc .iption.
The new hose cart for Hose Company No +
was christened last night, and the bows are
happy in the possession of their new apparatus,
The company is good one, and deserving of
all the improved apparatus they are liable to
have presented them; and they will make good
use of it, too.
The Total Abstinence brass band have nre.
pared an extensive programme for the final
open air concert this evening. special pro
gramme has been arranged, and the grounds
Will be Illuminated with Chinese lanterns. The
attendance will be unusually large if the
weather only proves favorable
A broom peddler named Z. A. Larkins has
suddenly disappeared from the city. and his
wife fears for his safety. The man is abont
80 years old, five feet nine inches tall. and
weighs about 1850 pounds. When he LETT hom
he had on dark suit of clothes with soft felt
hat. 1t is feared he has committed suicide.