Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-07

specially Reported for the Daily Globe.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETS.

The Academy of Natural Sciences held q
meeting last evening.
The Junior Bar association have another
meeting Monday next.
The Amber Cane ASSOCIATION meets in this
city January - and %.
Chief Engineer Strong, of st. Paul, paid
Our Win" visit Yesterday.
The winter term at the State university
commenced yesterday with large attend
Bnee.
grand opening of the Lake Calhoun
skating park is announced for Thursday
night.
The Minnesota State Horticultural society
holds its annual meeting III Minneapolis,
Jan. 20.
The board of trade will elect officers this
morning at . O'Clock, at their room in the
CITY hall.
The board of county commissioners met
again yesterday. but transacted only routine
business.
DIR. n. J. Perrault was elected county ply
sician vice DR.. Dunsmoor by the county COM
missioners yesterday.
An increased activity was noticeable in
the markets yesterday. An unusually large
number of farmers were in the city.
The Moral and Humane society and &e
Society for the Prevention of Crime held a
joint meeting yesterday afternoon.
Still the ''beautiful weather" continues,
and manufacturers of sleighs are not SO
happy as they were few weeks since.
A horse owned by Mr.. John Doran ran
away yesterday forenoon on Third street,
and made complete wreck of the sleigh.
The Scotchmen propose to celebrate the
birthday of Robert Burns in a proper man
uer, and are making arrangements for a
grand time.
Col. McCrory has some projects In view
that will, if put into execution, make thing 8
boom at Lake Calhoun next summer. The
colonel is far-seeing man.
The board of directors of the Fireman s
Life association held meeting yesterday af-
ternoon preparatory to the annual meeting
at Hastings on next Tuesday.
The streets having become somewhat
more presentable the ladies turned out in
full force Yesterday afternoon, and dry
goods merchants did thriving business.
A young man named Gadboy, while work
ing under the platform at tie falls, fell and
struck his left arm on broad-ax, cutting a
deep wound some SIX or seven inches in
length.
n B. Harwood & Co. have commenced
suit in the municipal court against CD. Hop
ping to recover the sum of S183 involved in
the recent embezzlement suit, which the
plaintiffs still believe is due them.
The Minneapolis Zouave corps held an
other meeting last evening, in Segelbaum's
Mt once, and as soon as their uniforms are
completed propose to give grand exhibit
ton drill and social reception.
A horse driven by Albert Ranum, who
drives for A. G. Hangar, the grocer, ran
away throwing Mr.. Ranum out. He struck
on post and sustained dangerous scalp
wound. Nearly the whole scalp was torn
lose, and it will be some time before he fully
RECEIVERS.
For the first time this season the Metro
politan theatre was closed to the public last
evening. This became necessary in order to
give the company an opportunity to have
full dress rehearsal of around the World in
Eighty Days" Don't fail to see this grand
production tonight.
A wood cart driven driven by man
named Boyden ran away yesterday on Bridge
square. In the course of its travels the
team ran into and damaged sleigh owned
by Mr.. G. j. Vanstrom, smashed j. Cohen
sleigh, wrecked Jim Sweeney's buggy,
smashed Ralph Rees' cutter, dislocated a
lamp post and played smash generally.
One of the Northwestern Fuel company's
teams coIlided with lamp post, corner of
Heunepin avenue and Second street, yester-
day afternoon, and the wood cart was
wrecked. A crowd of about three hundred
people assembled, remained about ten min
utes discussing the situation, and then dis
persed, wondering what in the name of COM
mon sense possessed them to waste their
time over a broken down wood cart.
On Friday and Saturday evenings of this
week Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Florence are to oc-
cupy the Academy of Music, and will pre-
sent their great specially, 'The Mighty Dol
lar Mr.. Florence has created character
in Bardwell Slote that ranks among the very
best character presentations on the American
stage. Mrs. Florence, as Mrs. Gen. Gilfory,
does some fine acting. These worthy people
are said to be supported by a strong COM
pany, and their comedy will doubtless fill the
house ct each performance.