Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-20
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETS.

The new st. Louis round house will be ready
for the iron horse in two weeks.
The popular literary club at the Clark house
will hold an entertainment this evening.
Anthony Kelley is in Chicago on bushes.
connected with his Wholesale establishment.
The price of wheat has advanced on thu
street to 81. The association pays 81 cents fol
No. /.
The street railway company havs given up
work on Cedar avenue for this season owing to
the cold weather.
The Chicago, Milwaukee st. Paul Railway
company are building the second extension to
the freight depot.
Three classes have been formed at the Y. NJ.
GA. gymnasium, and fourth, consisting of
ladies, will soon be organized.
There is yet small open space in the middle
of the river sufficient to scare the small boy and
keep him off the dangerous ice.
Jim Downey, railroad employe, had fin
ger crushed in the Manitoba yard yesterday,
and barely escaped losing his hand.
The NJ. & st. L. company will erect two
more of those novel signal stations; one near
the North Star Iron works, and the other In the
upper yard.
Track laying on the Osseo branch has been
commenced. There are twelve miles of track
to be laid, and the work will occupy about
thirty days.
+ Wednesday evening the four-year-old aon of
DR.. Rogers fell FROM lounge and fractured
two ribs, one of the fragments penetrating
the lung. The child is doing we'll.
Miss Clara Baker, of the Criterion company,
who has been suffering several days from
nervous prostration, is reported worse, and
fears are entertained of her recovery.
During the performance of the Ministries at
the Academy of Music Thursday night, one
end of the curtain accidently fell. Mr.. Prim-
rose was cut under the chin by the instru-
ment upon which he was playing, and Mr..
Wagner received g cut on the back of the
neck.
This morning the water will be let out of the
canal and the structure will be thoroughly
cleaned out. A large amount of sand and
rubbish has accumulated, which interferes with
the working OF the mills during the present
state of low water. The work may require two
days, and the Eillers will have q rest.
The Minneapolis d st. Louis company own
some valuable coal banks on their extension
beyond Fort Dodge, and President Washburn
and General Manager Hatch have been out in
that section looking over the premises with
the view of utilizing the property. The pros
pect seems favorable, and 1t is reported that in
less than a month the company will be hsuliGg
coal from the bauk to this city.
The man killed in the St. Louis yard, Thurs
day night, was positively identified yesterday
as John O'Flaherty. 4 man from Saltwater
of the same name knew O'Flaherty, and, on
seeing an account of the accident, yesterday.
called at Vail Il Frederich's undertaking estab-
lishment, and recognized the man by bullet
hole in his forehead He reports that O Flaherty
has mother and sister in Milwaukee; that he
is q machinist, and has worked in this part of
the State for several years. Up to S o'clock
last evening no inquest had been held over the
remains.
Another death on the railroad was barely
sverted in this city yesterday afternoon. NJ.
A. Owens, brakeman on the ST. Louis road,
was knocked down by the suspension bridge
while standing on a train. He received 8
bruise on the forehead and severe cut on the
back of the head by being thrown backward on
the car. Owens was standing on the front end
of the car, or he would doubtless have fallen
between the cars and been killed. 1t il a
wonder the bridge was not built high enough
to avert this danger. There are three tracks
under the bridge and trains are passing almost
continually. The brakemen, unless p-eseY
short are obliged to stoop TO pass under in
safety. DR.. Ames attended to the wounded