Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-26
MINNEAPoLIs GLoBELETs.

Police court was better than circus yester'
day morning,
The c., NJ. 4 st. P. trestle, below the mills,
is being repaired.
SCharlie Winship banged eighty.six wild
ducks in Hancock on = recent hunt.
The St Paul men have hauled in their boom
and are making clean drive of all logs below
the falls.
The Democrats had q rousing meeting LAST
night. They are fixing for big time Wednes-
day evening.
Messrs STIR & Sons, music dealers on Mic
ollet avenue, were putting up their elaborate
sign yesterday.
WI. McMullen will take his departure soon
for an extended trip for his health IN Tennes-
see and Florida.
The first duty of every man this morning is
TO put his name on the poll list, If 1t IL not
already there.
Tho famous Golfers Union Square Bankers
Daughter is booked here for tonight and to-
morrow evening.
The Empire mill will be closed soon probably
this week, and one-hslf Of the building COZ
verified into roller mill.
Some burglars bad it all arranged to break
into Joe sideways jewelry store on Washing
ton avenue Sunday night, but were scared OH.
Preparations are going forward for the grand
Democratic rally at Market hall Wednesday
evening. 1t will be big one, and no mistake.
Senator Window will make "a last appeal to
the people of this city on Saturday evening,
to stand by the bribs-tsker in the coming cleo
ton.
A dangerous hole in the planking between
the Empire and Dakota mills will be fixed by
the CITY after a horse or two has fallen ugh
into the canal.
The Dakota mill was shut down recently,
and is being changed into q roller mill all
through. The change will be completed IN
about TWO weeks.
The trains have at last got by the drifts, and
a larger number of cars loaded with wheat ar
rived yesterday than on any other day in the
history of Minneapolis
Barney Pierce. brakeman on the c., III.
St P. road, has disappeared, leaving wife
and child at his stepfather's. A row with his
stepfather vas the probable cause of leaving.
There will be big race at the tair grounds
this afternoon. Athelstane and Wakefield,
two celebrated fiers, will be raced for aspurse
of 81 GOO, $500 side. The contest will open
at 2.
Haugh Co.'s men have at last arrived, and
nov the roof of the Jail will go on in hurry.
They expect to get the roof on the part occu-
pied by the prisoners in a week, and finish the
whole job in two weeks.
party of young ladies and gentle n n
called on Miss Jennie Whitcomb last evening,
a: the residence of Geo. 3. Wright. hiss
Whitcomb is to take her departure IN q few
DAYS for Boston to attend 8 musical conserve
tory.
William Murray, one OF the prisoners at the
county JAIL is sick with the pleuresy. He had
on three undershirts during the 'frigid'" sea-
son took them all off at once, and contracted
a severe cold. He is cared for in the sherifs
own house.
Yesterday man reeiing with intoxication
was pulled off the track at the Pacific depot
Just in time to save his life. Gu being expos
tuIated with he grufly said that if he was
killed it would be his own loss, and wanted
them to let him alone.
SIS. Merrill, general manager; W. O. Van
Horne, general superintendent; A. V. d. Gar
penter, general passenger agent and W. G..
Swan, superintendent of freight traffic, of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway, were
in the city yesterday.
There will be no long dry argument st the
grand rally Wednesday night. Short speeches
will be made by Gen. b. q. Sibley, Albert
scheffer, NJ. Z. Wilkinson, @. E. Flandreau,
+ NJ. Wilson and ". w. McNair, and they
will be vigorous and to the point.
little girl of DR.. @. L. Wells, about three
years old, came near ending her life last Sat-
urday evening by swallowing some of the
green paint made for amateur painters. Vom-
iting followed, and the little ones life was
saved. An analysis of the paint by Gray d
Hoffiu showed that one-half of it was paris
green. Such paint should not be brought for
children to fool with.