Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-28
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELETs.


Gentlemen, prepare your ballots p This
is convention day.
Those new supports in the city hall base
ment are being placed in position.
Winthrop Young and N. I. Hauser are
also urged as candidates for mayor.
This is convention day, and the Republi-
can dark horse has not yet appeared.
A new sidewalk is being laid in front of
the Sidle residence on Nicollet avenue.
E. M. Titterud declines the temperance
nomination for alderman of the sixth ward.
There seems to be decided scarcity of
good houses for rent at this season of the
year.
The Ovid Pinney case continues, with a
prospect of it being submitted to the court
this week.
The street railway stables are being re-
modelled, thereby securing better light and
ventilation.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road
arc rapidly re-laying their track with r.
pound steel rails.
If the Republicans can not find a candi-
date for Mayor, they might telegraph to
Ohio for a car lot.
Remember the closing masquerade of the
Fire Department society tomorrow evening.
1t will be success.
Only five and one-half feet of water in the
main channel of the river at the st. Paul and
Pacific railroad bridge
Mr.. B. F. Veit's dancing classes hold So
cial at the academy, second floor of Pence
Opera house, this evening.
And now it is the Minneapolis & st. Louis
road that promises another daily through ex-
press train with Pullman cars.
The examinations in the East Division
public schools take place Friday next.
Friends are invited to be present.
Republican convention at Harmonic hall
at 10A. M. to-day, and Democratic conven-
ton at the same place at 1880 p. NJ.
A good piece of work is being performed
in grading Fourth Avenue South, between
Washington avenue and Fourth street.
During this week, ending Tuesday last,
1000 barrels of -four were shipped direct
from Minneapolis to European markets.
Miss Mary Anderson, the leading TRACE
dienne of the East, will appear at the Acad-
envy of Music on the evening of April 3D.
On Friday DR.. Ames will visit Anoka, for
the purpose of instituting a section of the
endowment rank of the knights of Phythias.
The old Gray building, SO long Mime
apolis land mark, has been torn down to
make room for the Minneapolis & St. Louis
road.
The regular spring E'cleaning up'' process
has commenced on Nicollet Island, and al
ready considerable improvements is notice
able.
Mr.. H. Bridges, of the East side, VINO had
his arm broken on the Northern Pacific
railroad, four weeks ago, Is out on the streets
again.
A special prayer meeting was held at the
Y. M. G. A. rooms yesterday. Very appro-
pirate if the forthcoming election is to be
considered.
public trial of the Baker & Root safety
rail will be made on the Minneapolis g. st.
Louis road, in the East division, one week
from Tuesday.
One unfortunate young man was brought
before Judge Cooley yesterday for having
been found in a house of ill-fane. Ten days
i'll Jail was the penalty.
Although the leading politicians all claim
complete ignorance of the situation, there
was a vast amount of back office secret ses
sion work going on yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Hoag yesterday captured il
his garden, and delivered to the GLOBE Of
fee, grasshopper three quarters of an incl
in length. How is that for March?
Col. John H. Stevens was complaining
yesterday because business called him out o
town during the political excitement. It il
like pulling an eye tooth for the colonel.
The members of the Minnehaha Grow
No. 8, U. A. o. D., are requested to attent
their regular meeting this evening, as Their,
will be work in the second and third degrees
Let the element opposed to our publ
schools and their superintendency be burie
SO deep in disapprobation that the final res
bers.
Minneapolis hopes soon to be able to wal
right over that Fort Smelling bridge an
shake hands with St. Paul. No longer sha
the (bloody) chasm exist between the tw
cities.
Mr.. Richard Cogin, who had his han
sawed at the Harvester Works few day
since, went out into the yard yesterda
stepped on the edge of half-bushel baske
fell and had rib broken short off.
A street sprinkler run across the suspe1
sion bridge occasionally would prove gre
blessing, these windy days, in keeping dow
tue clouds of dust that continually arise fro
that structure and nearly suffocate pede
TRANS.
The county commissioners were yesterd;
trying to effect a settlement with the insu
ance adjusters, relative to the poor-far
fire. There is difference of opinion b
tween them as to the loss on the superinten
ents residence.
The Minneapolis end of the GLOBE is
debted to Secretary Sturtevant for copy
the report of the Minneapolis board of tral
It is document we'll worth preserving, al
should be extensively circulated througho
the entire country.
And now it is the ladies who have called
mass meeting at Association Hall, at
O'Clock this afternoon, to discuss the sche
question. The janitor expects to make
fortune from the sale of switches and com
ings on the following day.
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