Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-27
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MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELETs.

Strawberry festival at the church of the
tonight.
Dickey. who escaped from jail on Sunday
night is still at large.
Gen.R. W. johnson, of st. Paul, will deliver
an Grafton at the decoration day celebration.
Ten per cent. will be added to the taxes of
all those who do not come to time before Sat-
urday.
The newly appointed officer, ''scaler of
weights and measures, will begin his arduous
task the last of this week.
An excursion to Minnetonka under the man
agement of Rev. E. s. Williams, is announced
for Thursday, May 10Th.
The meeting of ex-soldiers, to be held at
Harrison's hall, tonight, should be largely at
tended by all ex-soldiers.
DR.. Tanner and Mrs. A. NJ. Thyng, of Aus
tin, addressed the temperance meeting at the
FIRST M. E. church, last evening.
A sermon in commemoration of Decoration
Day will be preached at the First Methodist
Episcopal church next Sunday.
Thomas K. Gray was fined $40 for contempt
of court, yesterday afternoon, he being sum
and failed to appear.
The pastors union and theological institute
of the Methvdists of this State opened their
conference last evening at the Tabernacle
church, the Rev. MIR. Hemenway preaching the
sermon.
The first number s'for the season. of the
Tourist and Sportsman" made its appearance
Yesterday. It is an excellent first number
| and hso fhiuua f0r fho four ri voIu
OF this entertaining and instructive serial.
The great revival and the ssgreat revival
| ists' cost the brethren over $500, two hundred
aud ninety-two dollars of which went to pay
expenses, and the balance was given to Pente-
cost and the Stebbins family for their services
| during the past month. The trio left for Chi
cago at II o'clock yesterday morning.
Charles Fish, whose true name is Georg e
Malxsey, who was arrested for breaking int o
| the store of Wilks Bros. on April 23d, had an
1 examination before Judge G ;oley yesterday.
| He stated that the goods found on him when
arrested he baught from a butcher in this city,
but where he is now he could not tell. He was
committed to jail to await the next term of the
district court.
The Evangelical Ministers IN Council.
i The usual Monday meeting of the evangelical l
ministers was held yesterday morning at the
study of Rev. DR.. Sample. After the usual
devotional exercises and short conference an
adjournment was made in order to see off the
evangelists Stebbins and Pentecost. As it
was thought the paper condemning the spirit
of unfairness displayed by the p. p. and
Tribune, which is being circulated, would be
discussed, GLOBE reporter interview
ed DR.. Sample and Rev. Fl. C.
Woods respecting it. Meeting first DR.
Sample the reporter asked how much money
had been raised for the revivalists. The
doctor replied between $500 and 5000. 1t was
: raised as a free will offering. The gentlemen
| asked for nothing, and would have gone with
out cent.
Reporter-Was there set of resolution
: condemning the action of the press brough
before the meeting this morning?
! DR.. sample.-No; only stayed two minutes
:. R.-Have you heard of such resolutions?
I. DR.. 81 have heard of them, but they ar
q not pastors resolutions.
. Turning to Mr.. Wood, the reporter asked tina
gentleman if those resolutions were brough
: before the meeting. That gentleman sale
= they were not. The gentlemen were busy
: peddling Pentecost's sermon on dancing, a
9 five cents each copy.