Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-11
nIINNEAPoLIS GLOBELETS.


Plymouth church has a membership of $40
persons.
A meeting Of the Boom company will be
held to-day.
The X. of P ball last evening was a very
pleasant event to all concerned.
Alderman Barge will bnild a four-story block
on his corner as soon as spring opens.
Mr.. +. P. Lowell, the East side grocery
man. is confined to his residence with sick
ness.
The cotton mill has been closed this week,
while new boiler was being put in, and other
alterations made.
Col Platt B. Walker leaves today for Wash
ngton. in the interest of Honduras railroads
and mines. and other improvements in Central
America.
The stockholders OF the Bristol Silver mining
COMPANY have received word that another sill
yer brick. v.iued at 81 POI, is in shipment to
this city.
1t is understood that the resignation of ].
Newton Mind as city editor of the Tribune has
not been accepted by that journal, and Mr.
Mind Will probably remain on the paper.
The p. p. says the ice men are hauling out
blocks two feet in thickness" below the
suspension bridge, which is about as slippery
IS many other statements IN that paper.
r The monthly meeting Of the Mechanics and
Workiagmen's Loan and Building association
Will be held this evening, commencing at 1880,
az the board Of trade rooms in the city hall.
The uealY-completed residence of Mr.. o.
f. Davis situated at the corner Of Sixteenth
avenue south and Twenty fifth street. which
:, outside the city limits, was destroyed by
tireThursdaY morning.
A malignant form of diphtheria is prevail
ing at the county poor farm. One child in the
care of the institution died on Wednesday,
and two of Superintendent COnnelly's children
are sick with the disease.
Whoat dropped to 80 cents yesterday. The
temporary rise Immediately after election was
aseribed to the success of Garfield. The indi-
cations of better times after the Republican
success don't seem to pan out much.
The dangerous operation of tracheotomy was
performed Thursday night Oh a 8 year old
child of 3. j. WsrdenLurg. East Minneapolis,
that was dangerously sick with diphtheria.
The child little better last night.
TIE resignation of c. VI. Fay as city editor
of the Epeaiag Journal will take place on the
lst Of January. fit is Nj; Fay's intention to
depart from the field of journalism here, Min
reapolis Will lose pleasing and ready writer.
Tenth street is mostly monopolized iowa.
days By local sportsmen as q race. course. End
pedestrians must look out for themselves on
the crossings. Yesterday little girl came
within au inch of being struck and run over
by one Of the local flyers.
The Chicago, Milwaukee st. Paul company
ere spending 4 great deal more in the effort to
keep the Hastings K Duluth open than the
revenue of the road amounts TO, and will keep
the iron horse rolling through that section if
possible, regardless of expense.
4 check-boy employed by Goodfellow &
Eastman. whose honesty has been in question
for some time, was caught stealing a small
sum OF money Thursday. The lad confessed
the theft of & $3.50 check some time ago, and
WIS at once discharged by the firm.
john Furuess was arrested again yesterday
on q warrant sworn 'ut by L.. Roberts, charg-
iue FurDess with violating the Sunday liquor
lag on November 2Sth. The temperance peo-
pie are getting more determined than ever,
and propose to see to 1t that the law is
forced.
boiler maker in this city has made twenty
new boilers during the season, whereas last
wear only half dozen were turned out. The
present season seems to have been one of uu-
plraieled acticity in the building of mills and
manufactures in this city, aud all ever the
northwest. The course of empire is still trav-
cling on.
The German il. E. church, corner of Fifth
stree, and Fourth avenue south, narrowly es.
caped destruction by FIRE Thursday afternoon.
Tue wooden partition IN the basement through
which the pipe from the furnace passes, caught
ire. but was discovered before much progress
f-T Lea, A lyroa in,
the time, but the services were not inter-
ropted.
man called upon Clerk Dunn yesterday for
a warrant against the proprietor of the Wash
iogton Avenue house. He claimed the hotel
man tad a belonging to hem, and had also
knocked him down. There was no mark upon
the man, however, and Clerk Dunn promptly
decided that it was fab story and no warrant
wss forthcoming.
dCaf and dumb man was up for intoxica-
ton yesterday. When called to the bar he
made q motion Of putting a glass
To lis lips ard then tumblino
evidence Of q plea Of guilty. He was let
20. IS It was the birthday of Judge Cooley
and he was in particularly lenient mood
Mayor Dawson has closed all the gambling
houses in St. Paul. Mayor Rand is spared any
such performance IN Minneapolis, cause we
don't got any such naughty places here. -
EHeaing Journal 1t is quite probable that
Mayor Rand might find something of the kind
an Minneapolis If be had his eyes fairly open.
Because an officer can't see anything, is no
sign that 1t does not exist. As a matter of
fact. there are places in this city as naughty
as any that ever existed in st. Paul. and if
Mayor Rand, or no else, doesn't close them
pretty soon, 1t may be the dnty of the GLOBE
to wake up the mayor and tell him thing or
two in the rear future.
Ii has been subject of remark for some
time that the postofice facilities of this citv
were in many respects deficient Additional
delivery windows and interior arrangements
TO correspond are perhaps needed most, but
the clerical and carrier forces are also too small
for the speedy transaction of the business. 1t
is doubtful if city of So 900 inhabitants has
SO poor postoffice accommodations as Minneap-
oils. Some time ago Postmaster Keith applied
to the postOffice department for the increase of
the carrier and clerical force, but has received
i reply that the appropriation will not admit
of L. and no relief can be granted until the be-
Ginning of the rlnvt fizca vaar