Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-14
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELErs.


The interior of All Saints church is being
repainted and otherwise improved.
The Scandinavian Hancock club will hold 8
business meeting tomorrow evening.
About four thousand bushels of wheat were
bought at the mills yesterday. No change in
price.
Capt. NJ. Cooper, Esq, of Forest City.
Iowa, made the GLOBE = pleasant call yes
terdsy.
The fines for leaving horses unhitched must
be sn important source of revenue to the city
just now.
A new cement sidewalk is being put down
on Second avenue south, between Eighth and
Ninth streets.
E1-Mayor De Laittre has nearly completed
8 residence on Nicollet Island, which will
cost $4,000.
The concert for the benefit of the Industrial
school Tuesday evening, netted, above all ex-
penses, some $3.50.
The new building of the North Star Iron
works, to take the place of the one recently
burned, will be S0x200 feet.
The roof is now being put on the new Meth
odist church edifce on Hennepin avenue. and
is being hurried to completion.
Morse Bros. have laid the foundation to their
large business block on Second avenue south.
The structure will cost $4,000.
Another forged check has been passed. This
one bore the signature of @. @. Washburn, and
was drawn for a nominal sum.
The lumbermen's board of trade at its last
meeting raised the price of lumber on an aver
age of about s1.cO per 1000 feet.
The Zouaves have had constructed, in Turner
hall, "A nice armoIy, where their weapons of
war can be safely and securely left.
young man employed in the North Star
cooperation cooper shop had toe severed by
dropping his ADJ on his foot Tuesday.
Some of the machinery in the cooper shop
of Hall & Dunn. became so badly broken yes
terday that the chop had to suspend work.
The Garfield and Arthur Scandinavian club
have engaged Thomas Fitch to speak in behalf
of their cauas at Market hall, this evening.
Gov. Washburn entertained qnite crowd of
spectators, yesterday, with interesting expert
ments with his machine for raising railroad
tracks.
Notwithstanding the rush with which the
mill business has been pushed forward, there
is still good supply of logs in the east side
channel.
a Greenback convention of delegates from
the different towns of Hennepin county, is to
be held in Workingmen's hall, On Saturday
evening.
~ Ali IL
held meeting last night, and completed ar
engagements for their "blow out" at Market
hall tonight.
The different Good Templar lodges are to
have an excursion to Brooklyn Center to-mor-
row evening, to attend the anniversary gather
ing of the lodge of that place.
The new residence of E. 81. Steele. of the
Boston One Price Clothing store, on Eighth
street, is nearly completed. The cost of the
structure will aggregate $4,000.
Another large warehouse is to be erected in
South Minneapolis, near the railroad, by o. e.
Eames The price paid for the site is $1,000
The building will be 1JOzt0 feet.
Indications at Col. James Office point to the
fact that the possessors Of driven
wells are paying up those little royalties. The
colonel is up TO his eyes in business.
Chas. Cotton, manager of the Minneapolis
employment bureau, is to go to Fort Dodge.
Iowa, this morning with thirty-fve men. BE
is taking them down to do railroad work.
I'D. Gilman is dissatisfied with the amour;
awarded him for his lands for right of way by
the Hastings Dakota extension, and has
taken an appeal He was awarded $3.50 pei
ACRE He wants 81 200 per acre.
The scandinavian Hancock and English clut
will meet at their headquarters tomorrow
night. All the members of the club are re
quested to be in attendance as business of i'm
po;tanoe will probably come up.
1t seems the celebrated Bill King made him
self q general news carrier Tuesday night, be
ing at the Republican headquarters well Al
st the Democratic, and about everywhere els,
in town. spreading the returns.
Mrs. s. J. Klares, of Chicago, daughter-in
law of Mrs. Chas. Filteau and Miss HANNAH
Harrison, took their departure yesterday morn
ing on the $50 train, to Castle Rock, after
pleasant and extended visit here.
W. A. Croffut, who will be remembered by
many as o resident of Minneapolis some fou
years ago, has composed an opera. 1t was pu
upon the stage at Haverly's New York theate
Monday night, and was pr-ven grand sue
cess.
The survey for the tracks was begun yes
terday in the new yard of the c., st. P, NJ.
O. line, and track laying will probably com
mence day. A switch was put in yesterda
at the west end of the st. Louis bridge to CON
nect with the yard.
Maj Morgan, chief commisssry of subsist
ence for the department of Dakota, has mad
the following -four contracts: F. 81. Holmes
of Minneapolis, 1900 barrels at IS. So: VIM.
Cahill. 500 barrels at IS 81, and l56, 900 pound
in sacks at S6.25 per barrel.
The rooms of the Democratic and Republ
can clubs were not the most tidy lookin
places in the world yesterday morning. A
the Democratic headquarters a barrel of apple
was rolled in early Tuesday evening, vhic
served in measure TO appease the hunger TO
returns, but left the room with all the appear
snces of a country cider mill.
The special meeting of the city council
Tuesday again filled to get out a quorum
An informal meeting, however, was held, an
the bridge committee reported favoring repair
ing the upper bridge sufficiently to accomm,
date travel until the ri yer freezes, and also I
replank the Seventh street bridge scross Ba
sett's creek. The reports were received an
fha citv pineer authorized to prosecute th