Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-01
MINNEAPOLIS GEOBsLETs.

1t is already demonstrated that the short
line will be long success.
Superintendent Prior left for trip over the
Hastings Dakota road yesterday.
A number of Minneapolis Knights Of Pythias
will organize new lodge of the order in Still
water this week.
John Baxter, the buffalo overcoat thief, was
fined $25 yesterday, and in defa lit of payment
went to jail for ninety days.
The ice crop is not fully matured yet, but
nervous dealers have begun the harvest, in the
fear that spring is liable to open.
The meeting for the organization of an Irish
land league will be held in the hail of the Rob-
ert Emmett literary association this evening.
The Hastings & Dakota road was reported
not unanimously open yesterday. A small
storm seems to accomplish wonders on that
line.
A brakeman on the c., Nj. & st. P. road lost
a thumb at Owatonna yesterday, and came up
to this city to have the wound dressed by DR..
Ames.
Only twelve cars of wheat were received By
the Manitoba line yesterday. The most of the
box cars have been drafted into the hardwood
service.
The merchants who were burned out or food
ed out by the Mississippi river, Monday morn
ing, will reopen their establishments as soon as
possible.
A bakers cart and street car collided in
front of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
depot yesterday afternoon. and the supply of
mince pies rolled out into the street.
Wheat fell four cents at a single jump yes
terday, and those who paid 81 in the morning
were wailing over their loss in the afternoon.
when the same could be purchased for 96 cents.
Owing to so much talkiabout wood famine,
the Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad company
made extra orders for wood, and have received
in the past five days nearly one hundred car
loads.
Sheriff-elect Eustis was visitor at the ses-
sion of the municipal court yesterday, looking
things over and gaining an idea or two of the
business and class of men he is chiefly to deal
with after the LIST of January.
1t was expected here yesterday that the Har-
wood meeting in New York would be adjourned
until Thursday. M. G. Castle, Mr. Harvood's
book-keeper, was sent for On Monday, and left
that evening, as his presence was desired at the
meeting.
Charley Larson, whe has just returned from
the main line of the 81. & D. road in Dakota.
left last night with four mule and two horse
teams for st. Cloud and the upper region of
the Mississippi, in search of work for his
teams during the winter.
The horse of g.. W. Shuman, the city market
grocer, ran away yesterday while the clerk wa.
delivering goods, and made splinters of the
whole rig. The animal has never showed
symptoms of anything but laziness before, and
why it should cut up in this style is a mystery.
At about 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a
| horse belonging to MIR. Bardwell, standing in
| front of the Nicollet house attempted to ''get
up and DUST for his oats, bu. several parties
who are spotted, ''and are known to be in con.
| spiracy against the whole race of newspaper re-
| porters, seized the animal by the head, not be-
| ing able to make progress in that direction he
started the other way and was not brought I'm
der control until he had worked his passage
through the cutter to which he was attached
The Minneapolis Good Templars Literary
club will hold meeting at Good Templar
hall on Thursday evening, December 2, to take
measures toward efecting complete organiza.
tion. All Good Templars invited to attend and
take part in the meeting. The order is grow.
ing rapidly in this section of the State and
bids fair at no very distant day to become q
power for good in the community and this
move in the direction of literary culture indi-
Gates that the order is progressing in character
as we'll as numerical strength.