Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-07
MINNEaPOLIS GLOBELETS.


Wheat fell yesterday two cents per bushel
The Judges of election received s676 for
their services ON election day.
A case of scarlet fever is reported at No.
1927 Washington avenue, north.
The vote of Hennepin county will probably
be officially counted on Tuesday.
The funeral of Mrs. A. G. Loliug, yesterday
afternoon, was very largely attended.
Coroner Nelson will hold an inquest of the
railroad disaster at Midnehaha to- morrow.
Therewill doubtless be more or less dicker-
ing with the city charter the coming session of
the Legislature.
Bishop Grace will administer the sacrament
of confirmation at the church of Holy Rosary
this morning at 1890
ID. E. Carr is about 10 build new hotel
4Ox70 feet in size, at the corner of Hennepin
avenue ard Seventh street.
Four suits of clothing were stolen from the
residence of L. G. Lawrence, on South
Seventh street, Friday night.
An iron anchorage for the guy ropes of the
suspension bridge will be built under direo-
ton of City Engineer Rinker.
Col. r. L. Benton will address the Union
Veteran association at the monthly meeting,
Tuesday evening. in Mendenhall's block.
Miss Susie M.Johnson, in spirational speaker,
will lecture in Good Templar's hail. Menden-
halls block, at 1880 A. M, to-day.
A number of young Republicans went down
to st. Paul last night to help celebrate vic
tory that is about old enough to form part of
ancient history
Hiawatha lodge, No. 5, 1. o. G. T., installed
nineteen new m' mbers during the quarter end-
ing Nov. l. The various lodges in the city are
reported to be Furnishing.
The epizootic makes vigorous attack on
the mule. bringing his ears down to dead
level and renderir the legs at his rear end as
timber as jack knife without spring.
Rev. G. s, Bailey, who is connected with
the Italian Bible and Sunday School mission in
Rome, will hpld a union service in the West
minister Presbyterian church, this evening
The City Engineer has been instructed by
the council to determine the location of gates
at the railroad crossi' on Washington avenue
north, and see TO it that the company build
the gates before the ground freezes.
A collection of books is being made for the
the Y. L G. U. This is a worthy object.
and any ore having books to spare should leave
them with Mrs. FAIR, 426 Nicollet avenue.
John Karchier. of St. Paul, came up to Mimi
eapclis yesterday morning. His horses, not
being accus oms to seeing motor trains down
at that place. tonk fright at the motor on First
street and broke away. At the Corner of Sec
ond street ard Hennepin avenue they smashed
into Simon Motifs buggy, breaking the king
bolt and one of the wheels.
collision occurred about o'clock Friday
evening near the new Holden street elevator
under similar circumstances and in the same
place where the Fmashup took place Monday,
excepting that it was on the 81. Louis track |
An incoming freight struck the rear end of |
train beirg transferred, smashing one flat car
and injurirg the engine to some extent. No
one was burt.
E. W. Mortimer. the baggage agent at the
Manitoba depot, will handle no more baggage
for few days. BE was loading heavy box.
and got the aid of two greenhorns to lift one
end while lie hfiG d The other. It seems thew
couldn't do il. at least they dropped their end,
and Mr.. Mortimer's third finger on the left
hand happened to he on the platform lust
where the box struck.
The city council has granted the street rail-
road company permission to take up their track
on severn u street, m sixteenth avenue sOuth
to Cedar avenue, and also On Cedar avenue to
franklin avenue, and in lieu thereof to con-
struct a single or dnnble track from Seventh
street along Sixteenth avenue south to Frank
lin avenue. ar thence along franklin avenue
to Cedar. This will avoid the railroad crossing.
The Minnesota delegation to attend the con
vention of the Mississippi States Valley COM
mission, tn be he'd in st. Louis Nov. 9. are
Wan. Crouks. of s Panl; p. B. Walker, of
Minneapolis; and f. W. Durant, of Saltwater.
The president of the commission is Ex-Judpe
Underwood. of Louisville. formerly of ST., Paul
The purpose of The commission is the improve
ment of the Mississippi River and its tribu-
taries.
There was slight commotion in the st.
Louis railroad Yard yesterday morning. j.
81. McDeimott. tbe yard master, VI as unable to
work from sickness. and a new man named
McLaney Wa PIT in bis place. This dis
pleased the men gfneTslly, ard the assistant
yard master particularly, ard the whole force
Quit work The company succeeded in pick
ing mp few new bands, ard matters went on
as usual.
Thomas Leech, mot LYNCH, the runaway
boy caught by Chief Munger Thursday night.
started for bone yt sterday morning in charge of
his mother. The boy who is sixteen years of sge
has been away from home three months, and
his parents were orerjoyed On receiving the
dispatch from Chief Munger informing them
of bis safeey- Mrs Leeeh hardly knew her
son when she met him in the loathsome station
yesterday, SO dirty ard tough looking
had he become. The lad has
run away from b. me before but was gone SO
long this time that his parents had about
given mp ever seeing him again, and his
father is sick in bed from worrying over his
son. Mr. Leech is a wealthy merchant in
GAINESVILLE, Wis, and has spent quite sum
In searching for his upstart of a son.