Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-19

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Specially Reported for tho Daily Globe
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.
The Minnetonka inquest will be conclud-
ed toe day.
Officer James Nolan is much better and
will be on duty again on Monday.
A large number of new houses are in the
course of construction about town.
The volume of water in the river at this
point is still steadily on the decline.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union held meeting yesterday afternoon.
The iron for the Fort Smelling fridge is
expected daily. 1t is to come from Pitts
burgh.
Policeman James Nolan is seriously i'll,
and has been confined to his house since
Wednesday.
Peter johnson, who was relieved of $15
by slick confidence men recently, left for
Bismarck yesterday.
Real estate transactions in Minneapolis
during the three weeks closing yesterday
amounts to $214,51O.
Hose company No. 8 held meeting this
evening to close out at auction the property
of the old company.
grand fair is to be given by Society
Norden at their hall September 18th, to be
continued one week.
Ul,o o1ouoko, oe 4ba G. Dou1 Mippoopol;e
& Manitoba railroad company at Minneapo-
lis is to receive some impor tant changes in
the interior.
The county board of equalization, consist
ing of the county commissioners and audit
or, are to convene at the court house on
Monday next.
Charlie Fraker, one of the letter carriers,
was unable to make the second trip yester-
day owing to sickness, but will probably be
on hand to-doy.
Alderman Walsh, while at work in the
Cataract mill, was severely wounded in the
calf of the leg by a chisel that fell from the
second story.
Col. James, whose wife died at Lake Cal
houn the day before, started for the east
yesterday, to convey the remains to their
last resting place.
Mr.. Lawrence Stoker, the cooper whose
men are on the strike, has been compelled to
fill contracts with barrels manufactured by
the prisoners in the State prison at Still
water.
County Auditor Mcdonald in comparing
the assessed valuation of country towns,
fivIo hat houo ha.,, ool
double that of Others on the same kind and
grades of property.
Hook and Ladder company No. l, can
hitch up in six seconds from the tap of the
gong and raise a sixty-fiv foot ladder
against building in one minute and half.
The forty foot ladder was put up in six Sec
onds.
Visitors from all portions of the South be-
gin to arrive in large numbers, and find
Lake Calhoun very handy and desir lble re-
sort at which to spend q few hours. Col.
McCrory says business on the Lyndale line is
picking up.
CA. Anderson, the Washington avenue
grocer, was arraigned on two counts for OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses, and was
bound over in the sum of 1000 on each,
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district court.
The various fire companies are almost
daily practicing hitching up their teams,
running from two to three blocks, and throw
ing water. All of them make good time,
while one or two companies make time that
cannot we'll be excelled anywhere.
The rifle club held their weekly shoot at
Lake Calhoun, yesterday. The officers of
the club will be elected next Tuesday even
ing, and next Friday the club expect to have
their new grounds, which are situated,
East Side below the UNIV ersity, in order.
About two weeks ago wood-tick crowded
into Moses Stoddard's ear, and defied every
effort made by the gentleman to remove it.
Yesterday it caused him such distress that
physician had to be called in to remove the
insect, which was finally successfully per-
formed.
The Reform club held an interesting meet
ing at their hall, corner of Nicollet and
Washington avenues, last evening. The re-
cently-elected officers occupied seats for the
first time, and the usual order of business
was dispensed with for the purpose of enjoy
ing sort of social reunion as it were.
George Bryant was arrested yesterday for
attempted rape on Mrs. A. g. Rand. Mrs.
Rand stated that she had two orders, given
her by men who boarded at her house, and
we're employed at Bryant's foundry. On
going to the shop Bryant paid one of the
orders and then assaulted her. After hear
ing the evidence the court discharged the de-
PENDANT.
The county board of equalization will
meet at the auditors Office on Monday and
consider the question which now comes,
namely, "How can large farm be run with
only $5 or $40 worth of agricultural imple-
ments?" the returns from the towns thu ough-
out the county showing on the average only
about That amount Of implements on each
farm.
Haverly's great mastodon minstrel COM
pany, of forty members, from Chicago, are
to appear at the academy of music on Friday
and Saturday of next week. All day yester-
day the bill posters were busily engaged in
covering the dead walls and bill boards with
gorgeous posters, illustrative of scenes to
be witnessed at the performances of the "big
49," The,show windows about town were
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