Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Specially Reported for the Daily Globe.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELErs.

yesterday.
The light infantry have a meeting at Ar
mory hall this evening.
An interesting service was held at st.
Marks church last evening.
decided change for the better was noticed
in the state of the weather yesterday.
The bastardy case of Robert Lang comes
before the municipal court this morning.
The board of county commissioners are to
have their regular meeting this forenoon.
The regular monthly meeting of the board
of trade is to be held at o'clock this after
| noon.
The meetings of the Young Mems Chris
tian association yesterday were we'll at
| tended.
Spring time has come gentle Annie, al
| though it does not have very much that ap-
pearance.
The Liberal League discussed "The I'm
mortality of Man, before fair audience
yesterday afternoon.
The song service at the railroad reading
room yesterday proved quite interesting and
drew good house.
Tickets for the Emma Thursby concert
for tomorrow evening are to be OH sale at
Klage's jewelry store to-day.
| The Hermean society have prepared an ex-
cellent programme for their weekly enter
tainment at the university tonight.
Sleighing was excellent yesterday, and the
principal thoroughfares of the city were
crowded with rapidly driven teams.
A fine concert is announced to take place
at the Free Will Baptist church this evening
for the music fund of the church society.
If the grand jury don't indict the whole
board of county commissioners this morn
ing, they will hold meeting during the
| day.
Commencing from to-day penalty of five
per cent. is to be added to all delinquent per-
sonal taxes. The list is unusually large this
year.
Those who attend the Academy of Music
| this evening must expect to return home
with aching sides, after seeing John Dillon
| in Bumps"
Last evening DR.. Knickerbacker, of Geth-
semane church, delivered the third lecture
| in the Lenten series. The subject was
COLLECTIONS to the Church Answered.
The Knights of Pythias social announced
for Wednesday evening at Pythian hall, cor
ner of Washington and Fourth avenues
fol IN ho fbor
Mr.. Frank Perkins, who has been engaged
to play at the Metropolitan theater, makes
his first appearance tonight, as Harkshaw,
| the detective, in "The Ticket-of- Leave
Man."
The Chicago Church Choir company is the
only thing in the amusement line in pros
pective at the Academy of Music after Emma
Thursby, and they come the latter part of
| the month.
There was a "kind of sort of strike" or
Saturday afternoon and now that institution
is short of help. New help will be employed
to- day to fill the vacancies.
On Saturday evening delightful musical
and literary entertainment, interspersed with
fine tableaux, was given by the young folks
in the district school house at Minnehaha.
About twenty-five couples from Minneapolis
went down and report thoroughly enjoya-
BILE time.
The city council railroad committee was
| to have met this morning to take action in
relation to the numerous petitions, favorable
and otherwise, relating to the running of
trains on the Lyndale road on First avenue
south, but owing to the absence of the attor-
neys interested the meeting has been post
poned until the 18th inst. Meanwhile those
motors continue to run as though meant to
stick to business on that particular avenue
| for years to come, in spite of petitions or
anything else.
The grand jury is bringing in indictments
at such rapid rate and in such large num-
| bers that one is forced to exclaim "who will
be the next?" The people will be surprised
| at nothing now; it has gone too far for that.
| Saloon keepers, eighty in number; county
commissioners, two; keepers of houses of
GUS in prospective. The architect on the job
| of the county Jail extension and the auditor
have lie between them in relation to filing
specifications that may bring out q perjury
| Indictment. The jury are fairly staggered
at the corruption staring them in the face,
but propose to investigate the matter to the
bitter end, come what may.
At the Metropolitan theater tonight Man
ager Murray makes his appearance as Bob
Briefly in Tom Taylor's "Iicket of Leave
Man, Mr.. Murray is favorite, and his
excellent character presentations always draw
good houses. He is seen SO seldom that it
requires only an announcement to cause the
patrons of the house to turn out to witness
his performances. Mr.. Frank Perkins, q
young actor of ability, makes his first ap-
pearance as Harkshaw, the detective. Mr..
Lloyd will appear as Jim Dalton, and Phineas
Leach is to assume the difficult role of Mel
ton Moss. Grace Garland as May Edwards
has an opportunity to do some artistic work
that she improves to the best of her ability.
The other roles are cast with view to bring
ing out this play in better shape than ever
before.
John Dillon-the old favorite John-ap-
pears at the Academy of Music this evening
in his new play entitled "Bumps," in which
he is said to be very funny. Mr.. Dillon has