Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-01
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULEs.

Specially Reported for the Daily Globe
. MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULEs.
The Fort Smelling bridge iron is arriving
daily.
The foundation of the new elevator is
nearly completed.
Indications of early rain were quite ap-
parent last evening.
An extensive cigar, tobacco and pipe house
will soou open in this city.
Regular meeting of the county commits
sioners Monday at 10 o'clock.
One hundred and three dogs have been
killed by the dog killer recently.
crazy man from st. Paul was picked up
by the police yesterday and returned home.
A mild form of epizootic is quite preva-
lent among Minneapolis equines at pres
ent. ..-..
Farmers are working day and night along
the line of the Minneapolis Il st. Louis rail
road.
The county board of equalization met at
the court house yesterday but transacted no
business.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the rifle club
will have their regular practice shoot on their
new grounds.
Mr.. D. Christian will soon build a hand
some residence on Eighth street and Third
avenue south.
Scandal lodge, Knights of Pythias, have
moonlight picnic and dance at Lake Calhoun
Saturday evening.
J. w. Mccall and Edward w. Moulton
will run 100 yards for 800 at the fair
grounds on August 7th. ,.
The plumbers are busily engaged in put
ting in new wash basins. water closets, eetc.,
in the petit jury room at the court house.
The sisterhood of Bethany hold their reg
ular meeting this Of ternoon at the Home,
corner of Plymouth avenue and Third street.
large number of Minneapolis people
will go out to Lake Minnetonka this week to
get settled before the Sunday school assem-
bly,.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad pay-car came up yesterday, and the
employees in this city received their monthly
stipend. { ....
The Republican State Central committee
hold meeting at the Nicollet house at P.
NJ. to-day, to arrange for calling State con-
vention.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union hold a meeting at o'clock this after
noon over Williams book store on Hsnne-
pin avenue.
The Total Abstinence band will give
another open air free concert, corner of
Eighth street and Sixteenth avenue south,
this evening.
Farmers who visited Minneapolis yester-
day were enthusiastic over the beautiful
weather, and report harvesting as booming
along in fine shape.
The county board of equalization met
yesterday and adjourned until Monday,
August 18th, to await the action of the city
board of equalization.
John Koran was so seriously affected by
ths heat yesterday that he fell from the roof
of building distance of twenty feet, and
WIS quite badly injured.
The young ladies of the Washington
a venue M. E. church will hold a lawn festi-
val at the corner of Seventh avenue and Fiji
teenth street north, this evening.
On August the freight rates on flour will
be advanced ten cents per barrel between
Chicago and New York, and five cents per
hundred on wheat, making the rate by rail
on tlour ninety cents.
The board of education have at last COM
menced work that should have been COM
pleted long ago. They propose to expend
about $500 in grading around tho High
school building, sodding. building side
walks, etc.
The colored citizens turned out in full
force yesterday to celebrate Emancipation
day. They went out to Lake Calhoun,
where picnic was held during tho day, and
wound up the festivities by hop in Harri-
sons hall in the evening.
Detective Hoy returned from Crookston
yesterday, where he went to arrest a man
named John Froberg, whom Emma Hone.
gren charges with being the father Of her
unborn child. Froberg was brought here
and locked up, but claims to be totally igno-
rant of the matter and asserts that he can
prove his innocence.
Tailor Bros returned yesterday from
Sioux City, where he went to answer tele-
gram that four suspicious characters were
held. the superstition being that they were
four of the escaped Jail birds. They turned
out, however, to be only four tramps, and
the eight prisoners are still at large and are
likely to be for some time.
One of the street Car horses got on q ram
page yesterday afternoon, and made things
lively for short time. Breaking loose on
Washington avenue, the animal ran down
to Bridge square, and then went through tho
city hall building on tour of investigation.
He was captured in the postoffice lobby be-
fore any damage had been inflicted.
The junevile Pinnfore company that has so
long been training under the tutorship of
Mrs. Malcolm make their first appearance at
Pence Opera House this evening, and a
really meritorious entertainment may be OK
pected. The little masters and misses have
been subjected to long and careful drill,
and have become quite proficient in their
respective roles. They will not only form
novelty but will give performance of this
popular opera that will rank we'll with MANY
more pretentious organizations,