Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-21
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELETs.

What has become of the Minneapolis d
st. Paul street railway scheme?
New steps are being constructed at the
main entrance of Harmonic hall.
The Liberal League resumed their Sunday
meetings again yesterday afternoon.
The county convention Of the Prohibi-
tionists ia to be held on Saturday next.
The Touring mill owned by Mr.. Washburn
ct Anoka resumed operations yesterday.
The larger business houses in Minneapo-
lis are now paying their employees in gold.
Marriages in Minneapolis are rapidly be-
coming more numerous as cold weather sets
in,
The disagreeable dust of few days since
has been converted into equally disagreeable
mud.
Miss Susie NJ. johnson addressed large
audience at Good Templar's hall, yesterday
morning.
A new water main is going down on
Fourth street, between Seventh and Eighth
avenues south.
Superintendent johnson, of the water
works, is after delinquents. He says: "No
water rents, no water"
Gen. Rosser says the HASTINGS & Dakota
cutoff will be graded and track laying COM
menced within thirty days.
The Universalist Church society proposes
to build new church on Franklin avenue
next spring to cost $4,000.
The proprietors of the Petit Touring mill
are putting in Fairbanks track scale for
weighing bran, etc., by the Car load.
Church societies will soon make the fes-
tive oyster play prominent part in evening
entertainments if this weather continues.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis new round
house is rapidly approaching compilations
and will be ready for occupancy by Novem-
Der.
A bootblack passed q counterfeit dollar
bill on a man from the country, Saturday,
and escaped with two good silver half dol
lars.
The Zouaves are to meet at their armory
promptly on time this evening, as they are
to appear at the Criterion theatre in the
play of Geneva Gross"
Mr.. Eichorn declines the nomination for
register of deeds, as his business interests
are such as to make it impossible to attend
to his official duties If elected.
Some Improvements in the way of new
timbers in the railroad bridges at this point
have Just been made. Both bridges have
been strengthened ready for winter travel.
This evening the cooperative mercantile
association, recently established here, will
hold their first quarterly meeting at the
store, No. 1928 South Washington avenue.
On Wednesday the Fifth avenue Baptist
church folks are to hold council for the
purpose of considering the propriety of or
daining to the gospel ministry Rev. Fred L.
Sales.
Centenary church was we'll filed last even
ing by people from all parts of the city, who
listened to the fine discourse of Rev. O. E.
FELTON,, of st. Louis. His subject was "Har-
mony between the Bible and Bible Lands"
The Methodist general conference is to
meet in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Ooto-
Der 9th. Bishop Harris will preach, and
Prof. VIM. X. Ninde, president of the Gar
Yett Bible institute, of Evanston, will be
present.
Considerable engineering skill will be re-
quired in the construction of the big iron
bridge across the river at this point for the
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba road. AS
th bridge can not be built in straight line,
there will be two curves ia the structure.
The other evening Minneapolis ner-
chant was treated to some drugged beer,
evidently with the desire to rob him, as it
was known by several parties that he had a
large sum of money upol his person. For
tunately he escaped and reached home be-
fore the poison had fully operated.
4 late train has been put on the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba road between st.
Paul and Minneapolis. The train leaves st.
Paul at S:45 and arrives at Minneapolis at
9:2O, and leaves Minneapolis at 9:45 and
arrives at st. Paul at 1920. Sundays except
ed.
A man named Clark, it is said, called at
the rooms of a family named Harris on Sat-
uriay night, shortly before IL o'clock, and
asked for the lady named. The husband ap,
peared on the scene, kicked the fellow down
stairs and chased him down street until
stopped by the police.
This evening Geneva Cross will be pro-
duced at the Criterion theater for the first
time in this city. The play is to be elegant
~ mounted and will bring ont the best peo-
pie in the company. The Minneapolis
Zouaves are to appear in the play, to give
effect to the military portion.
The cooperative mercantile association
held their first quarterly meeting at 1925
South Washington avenue last evening. The
detailed report of progress thus far made by
the association was very encouraging, and il
ia believed the organization is on fair way
to become permanent institution of con
siderable benefit to Its members.
The GLOBE with its new Minneapolis de
partment, and many other attractive features
went ike hot cakes yesterday. Every Dem
ocrat, and the Republicans too, for ths
matter, who wish to get ct the "true inward
ness of the fal4campaign should sent