Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-06
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Reported for the DaI1Y Globe
M1NNEAPoLIs GLoBELETs.

Flour shipments, 1920 barrels.
Wheat receipts, 25,lOo bushels
A social dance will be held at Curtis Hall
this evening,
The Comus club Will give the third of a
series of social dances at Silver Grey Hall
this evening.
John J. Rhodes, of Hastings, and B. Z.
Langley, of Winona, were in the city yester-
day looking about on business matters.
The wire connected with box %, fire alarm
telegraph, was torn down yesterday by a
house which was being moved down Fourth
street.
An important meeting of the teachers in
school on Saturday morning next at Q
o'clock.
The board of education will hold regular
meeting at the room on Nicollet avenue, over
Higgins drug store, this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The tickets for the "Christrnas Party" OF
the Knights of Pythias were issued this
morning. Silver Grey hall and Weinberg S
full orchestra are engaged.
A pair Of blind vocalists were enchanting
the public In the vicinity of the city hall,
yesterday, and succeeded in capturing nu-
merous pennies by their art.
The German widow from Long Lake
failed to find her naughty American man
who robbed her of her household effects,
and returned to her home yesterday still @
widow.
W. p. Westfall, formerly cashier of the
defunct National Exchange bank in this city,
now resident Of Milwaukee, is in the city
shaking hands with his old friends and Gus
toners.
Rehearsais of the beautiful scenic operatta
the Naiad Queen, are continuous at the
Academy of Music. It will be the most
beautiful scenic and musical production ever
given in Minneapolis.
The attorneys Of the non-board insurance
companies who were interested in the losses
by the great mill explosion last spring are il
the city taking dispositions, and endeavorine
" d411SC dI al tLIlCdDiS StQ jlSGIlituU Will M
Washburn and other sufferers by that event
Miss Fannie Wallace rejoined the Metro
politan theatrical troupe yesterday, and will
probably appear in the programme tonight
Miss Wallace is young lady of considerable
dramatic talent, and she will be cordially
welcomed back to her position in the Metro
politan company.
The gas committee Of the common coun-
Gil did not recommend the erection of new
lamp posts in any part of the city at the las
meeting of the city fathers. This is some
thing remarkable when We consider that ths
city is only paying at the rate of abou
$4,000 per annum
The regular monthly meeting of the Sis
terhood Of Betheny will be held at Bethen,
Home, corner of Third street and Plymouth
avenue, this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Mrs
Van Cleves daughter, Mrs Hall, lately re
turned from the Sandwich Islands, will bt
present, and Mrs. Van Cleve will meet will
us for the last time previous to her depart
ure with Mrs. Hall. A general invitation i.
extended to all.
MIR. James L. Brand, of Chicago, was mar
ried to Miss Beta Gown, of this city, at tht
residence of G. H. Levi, on Wednesday af
ternoon last, at 4 o'clock, the ceremony be
ing performed by the Rev. r. f. Sample, O.
Westminster Presbyterian church. The
happy couple left on the evening train fo1
Chicago, where they will reside for the fu
ture. The presents were numerous, appro
pirate and costly. About forty friends wit
messed the ceremony, and after the departure
of the bride and groom, took possession ci
the house with music and dancing for sea
son.