Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-18
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETS.

Wheat steady at $1.O3 per bushel.
Diphtheria prevails at Long Lake.
No tramps before the municipal court yes
tsrday.
There are 400 sold iers CHARTERED at Fort
Smelling at present.
Col. L. P. hummer and wife are expected
home about May LIST.
The first thunder storm of the season Wis
tied the city yesterday.
Twenty-sw thousand bushels of wheat
received here yesterday.
Ed McDermott has retired from the firm
of McDermott & Vanhorn.
J.B. Bassett's saw mill has commenced
operations for the season.
The jewish passover commenced last eve
ming, and continues one week.
Another shower yesterday morning bright
ened vegetation considerably.
Seventeen car loads Of lumber were ship
ped from Minneapolis yesterday.
The volume of water in the river at this
point has increased to five feet ten inches.
Harry Rothschild has been adjudged in
sane, and sent to the asylum for the insane.
The ladies of Centenary church gave a
pleasant social and supper at the lecture
room, last evening.
The work of tearing down the Rackliff
livery stable on Nicollet street was COM
nenced yesterday.
The German Lutheran church has been
removed to the corner of Fourth street and
Sixth Avenue North.
Nine thousand eight hundred and seventy
barrels of flour were shipped from Mime
apolis on Wednesday.
Joel Bassett is making great improvements
upon his property fronting on Fifth street,
by grading, terracing and sodding, etc.
Surprise parties are becoming all the rage
in Minneapolis. One of the most pleaaant
of The season was held at the residence of
DR.. Ames last evening.
Mr.. Smith, county superintendent of pub
Lake. He examined thirty applicants for
positions as teachers in the public schools.
Mr.. Peter Wolford has purchased the
Muse property adjoining the merchants no.
tel, and will erect brick block thereon.
The upper portion will be occupied as
hotel in connection with the merchants.
L. Day & Co.'s entire outfit of men, teams
and camp fixtures arrived in the city yester-
day fresh from the pineries. They cut dur
ing the winter eleven million feet of logs, on
Prairie river, and will probably make clean
drive.
g. w. Dawson, who for several years past
has been publishing the city directory, has
commenced the canvass for the next annual
publication. This year the Minneapolis di
rectory is to be published independent Of
st. Paul.
Mr.. Joseph Shelton will have an Office
with the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad
city Office, where he will act as local agen,
for the St. Paul & Duluth railroad anc
steamboat line. The steamboat line is il
direct connection with Buffalo and inter
mediate points.
Bills were posted yesterday, announcing
the appearance here soon of DR.. Stalz, who
will give series of lectures on Physiology
and kindred topics. His lectures are extern
sively and graphically illustrated by fine
collection of charts, oil paintings, drawings
and natural preparations of the human sys
tenn. None should miss this opportunity o!
hearing him.
The county commissioners held meeting
yesterday morning for the purpose of ex
aiming plans for the court house enlarge
t..
solved themselves into a committee Of the
whole on the subject of the erection of new
buildings at the poor farm, to replace thos,
destroyed by fire, and will meet at tn,
county auditors Office this afternoon at on
o'clock, at which hour architects who have
not already presented plans will have an op
portunity to do so.