Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-14
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Specially Reported for the D"ilv Hiop
MINNEAPoL1s GLoBELETs.

Specially Reported for the Daily Globe
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.
Seven drunks at the police station last
night.
Cloudy and cold Yesterday, but no frost
last night. ....
The new elevator foundation is rapidly ap-
preaching completion.
A picnic party from North Minneapolis
visited Lake Calhoun yesterday.
A very mild rain storm visited Mlnneapo-
lis and vicinity yesterday afternoon.
The new six-story Touring mill OF Harden
bureh Il Christian is about half way up.
The regatta at White Bear Lake will at
tract large number of people from this
city.
No further trace of the missing st. Paul
connie could be found in Minneapolis yes
terday.
The sale of privileges on the fair grounds
will take place at the Office of So cretary this
evening.
The Reform club will give another of their
pleasant entertainments at Harrison Hall
this evening.
The report that the Lyndale street railway
line was to be moved to Second street lacks
confirmation.
The colored folks of Minneapolis and St.
Paul will picnic at Lake Calhoun on Tues
day, August -.
Flush boards have been placed above the
boom of the falls to raise the volume OF water
in the mill pond.
The walls of the Washburn "A' mill
climb skyward something after the manner
of jacks bean stalk.
A pleasant ice cream social was enjoyed
on the premises of E.Tunstead's last night,
despite cool weather.
Joseph Appel beat his wife on tuesday
night, for which little amusement Joseph
went to Jail for sixty days.
The Minneapolis rihemen are to have a
tournament in this city during fair week,
and will offer some fine prizes. 49,.
St. Paul logs were running over the falls
quite lively yesterday, and Major Allen don't
seem to stop them worth cent.
Minneapolis sportsmen start for the fields
to-day to be ready for the fun that the law
allows to commence tomorrow.
Another excursion to White Bear Lake
will leave Minneapolis on next Monday over
the Minneapolis & Duluth road.
J.V. Cressap has decided to commence
suit against E. r. Holbrook, Jr.. for SANDER.
The amount of damages claimed is $4,000.
Twelve hundred feet of water main has
been laid at the fair grounds, aud still they
are at it. No one will lack for water this
year.
Burglars entered James Lambs prem
ises on Tuesday night and made way with
watch and q few small articles of no particu-
lar value.
John Larson, the saloon keeper who shot
himself Tuesday evening, was in critical
condition last evening, and may not live
twenty-four hours.
Frier's grocery store, corner of Eighth
street and First avenue north, was burglar
lied to the extent of 1928 in money and a
lot of groceries eally yesterday morning.
The bathing trains on the Lyndale line
are crowded every evening, but few people
went in last night owing to the cold weather.
This evening will doubtless see change.
A midnight marauder entered Geo. N.
Merriam's house during the night and was
ransacking the servants trunk, when she
made the discovery and frightened the thief
away.
A young boy named powers, II years old,
who lives on First street north, shot himself
in the leg yesterday afternoon while care
lesslv handling ar.volver. The wound is not
of serious nature.
The Minneapolis Gun club held meeting
At DR.. Dunsmoor's office, last evening, and
elected tho following officers: President,
l.. E. HARRISON; vice president, DR.. Duns-
moor; secretary and treasurer, Charles F.
Wheeler.
II. w. Wilson, formerly an attorney of
this city, was before Judge Cooley yesterday
to answer to charge of forgery brought
against him by J. D. Hoitt, who states that
Wilson gave him forged deed. The case
will be ventilated this morning.
G. F. Wheeler and j. H. Elliot, of the
Gun club, competed for the Hathaway badge
on Tuesday evening and the former won.
Mr.. Wheeler then shot with the members of
the club for the Baohner badge, and won
that also, and it wasn't very good day for
shooting either.
bay mare attached to piano box buggy,
both of which were hired at livery stable
in st. Paul on Tuesday, is at Ball Browns
stable on the East side, awaiting an owner
The party who hired it was locked up last
nightlfor being drunk, disorderly and driv-
ing through the streets in q reckless manner.
The first of the series of parties given un-
der the auspices of the Knights of Pythlas
Hall association was such success that it is
proposed to have the next within two weeks
If they would an extra train on that evening,
leaving the pavilion between IL and clock,
many woald attend who do not wish to re-
main out there till o'clock in the morning.
Rife Shooting.
The East and West Side rifle teams tried
conclusions again at the grounds of the Rifle
club yesterday. As heretofore, the West Side
team came of victorious by eighteen points.
The following is the score of the respective