Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
MINNEAPOLIS GLO8ELEIs.

Farmers were numerous yesterday.
The tax judgment sales were brought to a
close to-day.
Quarterly conference at Centenary church
Monday evening.
Society Norden fair, in Centennial block,
closed last night.
Wheat is steadily rising and farmers are cor
respondingly happy.
On Tuesday DIR. Dana, of st. Paul, delivers
his lecture at the Plymouth church.
At Westminster church, Monday evening,
will be resumed the ministers meetings.
False alarms of fro are more frequent than
the fire laadies are anxious to turn out for.
Klaps new jewelry store under the Academy
of Music, was opened to the public yesterday.
On Monday evening temperance meeting is
announced to be held at the First NJ. g..
church.
The local and Sunday trains to Lake Mime
tonka have been suspended for the balance of
the season.
L. j. Howell closed up by William Will
iams, one of his creditors, yesterday, for bill
of Sl,40G.26.
On Wednesday evening dime concert will be
held at the Woman's home, for the benefit Of
tho industrial school.
Burr Robbins circus finding expenses here
too heavy, will not visit the city at present, but
will exhibit at st. Paul soon.
AIR. w. w. Ross has been elected secretary of
the Lurline Boat club, to fill the vacancy
caused by Mr.. Telfer's resignation.
The Boston One-Price clothing store will give
a fine felt hat to the homliest reporter that
walks in the go-as-you-pease tramp on the
Goth.
The meeting of the Minneapolis Light In
fantry company, on Monday evening, will be
held in Vests hall, corner of First avenue south
and Third street.
The alarm Of fire yesterday morning was
caused by the discovery of a fire on the roof of
Elwells wood working establishment 1t was
speedily extingulshed.
Fanny Davenport will occupy the Academy
Of Music on the last half of this week. She
comes to US for the first time, highly recon-
mended, and is said to have excellent support.
Bills for Queen Esther" were hung on the
outer walls yesterday. This grand cantata,
under the direction of Prof. Seeger, will occur
at the Academy of Music on the evenings of
Sept. 9Oth and Oct. 1st.
Hereafter no freight will be received for
shipment after o'clock P. M. at either the
Minneapolis Il st. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee
4 Ut. Paul and st. Paul. Minneapolis & Mani
toba roads, az all have agreed to close up at
that hour each day.
The mills are short of wheat, and have bare
ly water enough to grind what little wheat il
on hand. Should the water in the river con-
ainue on the decline, and the wheat be held
back much longer, the prospect is that there
will be a number eff mills laid up soon.
The sale of property for unpaid taxes of 1878
was concluded yesterday afternoon. Albert
johnson, Peter Wolford and William Char pei.
of this city, aud W. l.. Lewis and Il. NJ. Hamil
ton, of MankatO, were the heaviest buyers.
The amount realized will be about $4,000.
Bishop Ireland will preach sermon to-mor-
row afternoon, when the laying Of the founda-
ton stone of the Young Mems Catholic Assoc.
citation building occurs. The exercises will
take place at 5 P. NJ, and the building is next
to the Church of the Immaculate Conception,
on Third street.
The metropolitan Theatre closed the week
with "Oliver Twist" which was placed on the
stage in excellant STYLE. The first three nights
this week the company play The Corsican
Brothers" During the last half of the week
The Celebrated Case will be produced in
snperb manner. Entirely new scenery by
Clauson will be shown. and the costumes are
said to be really gorgeous.
The social party under the auspices
Of the corps of Pythian knights prom
isos to be q grand affair, and will
draw large number of people. The Knights
in full uniform will go through their raucy
drill which OF itself will be an exhibition of a
more attractive nature than is generally sup
posed. Good music has been engaged, and it is
expected this party will eclipse anything the
order has ever attempted in this line.
Parties betting that the reporters will not
make over fifteen miles in their four hour GO
as-you-please contest are liable to ges badly
left. The boys already getting s, nlmble
that nearly all take daily runs of from seven
to eleven miles, at six mule per hour rate
of speed at that Why, one man is 80 light,
footed that he wears q pair of lead bottomed
shoes said to weigh seven pounds each, and vet
he makes astonishing time. Many of the bows
are dieting this week, and their boarding house