Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-30
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.
Wheat remains firm at IS cents.

M. Auerbach, of st. Paul, was i'll the city
on business yesterday.
Col. Clough, ex-city engineer, has come
down from the Northern Pacific regions.
Sheriff Eustis will probably retain the pres
ent deputies until the adjournment of the dis
trict court.
The wood business has increased 200 per
cent. in the past two days. There is large
supply on hand.
About fifty cars of wheat were hauled
through the drifts and reported for inspection
yesterday morning.
o. Haverlston's shoe soop No. POS Second
avenue south, was robbed of SIS worth of
boots Tuesday night
Deputy Clerk James Bryant will probably
open an abstract office at the end of the VOL
verton administration
l.. ii. Childs, New York, r. s. Munger,
Duluth, c. L. Grant, and A. Greve, st. Paul.
were at the Nicollet yesterday
The shipments of flour for the week ending
Tuesday night were GIBBS barrels, against
24,Oll for the same week last year.
AT the st. James yesterday: j. G. Cook
Milwaukee; John Atwood, Red Wing; Harris
Foster, Hastings; Henry Lyons, Fargo.
Col Charles c. G. Thornton, for several
years the general agent of the Washburn mills
III this country and Europe, is in the city.
1t is quite remarkable that no cases of being
frozen to death, or even of being severely frost
bitten, have been reported during the cold
snap.
John Logan, a man employed in Lillabridgcs
bakery, had his hand caught by roller Tues
day, crushing the flesh and making painful
wound.
Mr.. B. c. Morrison was reported very low
at his residence on the East side Yesterday
morning. Mr.. Morrison has the honor of be-
ing one of the pioneer mi Hers of this city.
Lanatrum, the Swede whose skull was
burst open in the new tunnel last week.
fingered until yesterday morning at the Cot
tage hospital, when death came to his
relief.
Miss /. NJ. Grabill's millinery stock was al
most entirely ruined by the fire Monday morn
Ing. The Insurance has not yet been adjusted
and no trace OF the incendary has vet been
found
d. NJ. House and son are down from Winni-
peg, visiting the rest of the family, who re-
SIDE on the East side. Mr. House is an old
resident of the city, now engaged in the fur
trade in Winnipeg.
John Kennedy, fellow who has lived in
South Minneapolis several m onths, is reported
to have borrowed all the money he could, pur
chased sundry articles to the extent of lfs
credit, and skipped out
large number of Minneapolis men have
been interviewed on the Senatorial question,
but no very great enthusiasm or fcrvcnt love
and veneration for either Mcmillan or Ramsey
has been discovered as yet.
The board of county commissioners adj
Journed yesterday to meet on Monday, at
which meeting anew chairman will be chosen
Some say the lucky man will be Austin. No
danger of Austin hurting anybody, if nothing
else can be said in his favor
Tuesday morning pan of live Goals and a
quantity of tar were placed in Baker & Co. g
fish depot, on Washington avenue south, by
some unknown person, who evidently intended
to burn the establishment. The smudge was
discovered in time to prevent any damage
1t seems little strange for one of the al
contractors to ask for additional pay owing to
delays i'll the work. Wasn't it enough for the
county to stand the delay, and without paying
for it? Pat Ryan, contractor of masonry.
asks $3.50 owing to delay. The board offered
him $500 if he would dry up, once and for all.
Chairman Glenn, who presided for the last
time over the board of county commissioners
yesterday, had a four-horse rig in waiting at
the adjournment, and took the board to his
residence, where they We're treated sumptuOus-
~. Col. Glenn has been a valuable member of
the board, and his services and knowledge of
affairs will be much missed.
Another clerk has "gone wrong" Thco.
dore Ander, employed by Wiki Bros, clothing
merchants, Washington avenue south, has
been suspected of dishonesty for some time
and an investigation was quietly begun by the
firm, which resulted in finding suit of
clothes and an ovcrcoat in his room. Ander
was arrested and lodged in the police station.
The sum total of municipal court business
yesterday consisted of a single case of intoxi-
cation. His name was William ID. James
He knew not why he drank so much, had no
intention of getting drunk, and hadn't drank
before for a week. The judge consumed the
morning hour usually devoted to the temper
ance business by giving James good sound
lecture on the downward path.
A large number of suits have been instituted
against the Mississippi d Rum River Boom
company by parties living near Anoka and be-
low the entrance of Cedar creek into Rum
river. The plaintiffs claim damages owing to
the construction of booms in such a manner
that the logs caused the water to set back and
spoil the crops. The company claim they
have not gone beyond their charter rights.
Several leading merchants of st. Paul have
looked over the HARDWOOD stock with view of
purchasing, if favorable opportunity is pre-
scented. 1t is certain that there will be a good
sprinkling of buyers present from New York.
The goods would have brought much more
soon after the failure, as great piles of um.
bermen's suits and goods of similar nature
will have to be kept over until next season.
The Minneapolis q ST. Louis road seems to
have suffered more from the storm than any
other road entering the city Tuesday even
ing's train had not arrived at noon Yesterday
and it was doubtful if ii could be got through
during the day. The road was open TO Albert
Lea, but below there the drifts were enormous
and the wind blowing hard. Several plows
were making slow progress in the drifts.
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