Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-11
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MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

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Thirty-three people answer roll call at the
poor farm.
The assessors are pushing their work
ahead at rapid rate
This evening Prof. Fowler is to lecture at
Pence Opera house on phrenology.
The big Washburn GAP mill will prob
ably be ready for business June LIST.
The weather clerk screwed up the machine,
and ground some delightful weather, yester-
day.
Timothy Heating has been appointed by
the mayor in place of Policeman Otis Wes-
colt.
The Minneapolis Rifle club will turn out
on Friday to shoot at their 1000 yard
target.
The Republicans held caucuses last even
ing and elected delegates to the county con-
vention.
The Light infantry were ont for public
parade last evening, and made very credit
able appearance.
! The board of county commissioners of
Hennepin county, held short and not very
important meeting yesterday.
Superintendent Hatch, of the Minneapolis
& Duluth road, went up to Duluth yesterday
to look over the new purchase.
Mr.. G. II. Dubois, of the Saturday Spec
tGtor, left on the evening train yesterday
for a short visit to Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Lacrosse club is in fall blast now,
and the physicians will soon have plenty to
do in repairing broken shins, sore heads,
| etc.
N. F. Griswold may not get the Lake Park
property after all The papers have not yet
been signed, as some of the details do not
suit.
Some fifty men are at work on First
street preparing the road bed for the track
of the Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis
road.
The lecture of Joseph Cook. at the Acad-
envy of Music, last evening, was fairly at
tended. Another lecture is to be delivered
this evening.
Mr.. John Lundberry, sheriff of Stevens
county, passed through Minneapolis, yester-
day, with two patients for the asylum for the
insane, at st. Peter.
A barn out near Sandy lake was burned
on Sunday night. Being nearly two miles
outside the city limits the firemen returned
to their quarters without visiting the scene.
MIR. Geo. 81. Halls new monthly, The
Illustrated Tourist Of minnesota, is out,
and bids fair to become very popular. 1t is
pro.usely illustrated, beautifully printed,
and shows care in compilation.
The Hennepin County Mirror, published
by Ed. A. Stevens. has made its appearance
again, and Phoenix like arises from the ashes
of Brackets block in new dress, a new
form and greatly improved appearance.
team owned by John Popelsker, Min
netonka farmer, ran away yesterday and
travelled from the East Side to Fourth street,
in the West Division, where they were cap
tured by Mr.. Henning. No great damage
was done.
The EUening Tribune made its last ap-
pearance last night and merges into morn
ing publication to-day, appearing in an en-
larged form. The E0en5ng Journal now
takes the evening field exclusively. This
change of affairs will greatly benefit both
publications.
This evening the Minneapolis Zouave
corps will visit Gov. Pillsbury. The boys are
to turn out in full uniform, headed by their
drum corps, and the governor can but be
pleased with their appearance. The Zouaves
now number 1877 members, are in a flourish
ing condition, out of debt, and have large
sum of money in the bank.
On Thursday the Metropolitan theater
company leave for Hastings, where they play
"Romeo and Juliet" as an opening piece.
They visit Mankato next, and then continue
on through the State. We bespeak for them
liberal patronage as the company is a
strong one and possesses merits not often
met in travelling companies.
Col. Batchellor, at police headquarters,
swears by all that is good that any newspa-
per man poking his head inside the station
house after midnight in quest of news will
lay himself liable to figure in an item iii a
way he will despise. "Batch" is not par
ticularly friendly towards "night OWLS
but will probably get used to them after a
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Mr.. Johnson has divided the city of Min
neapolis into districts ready for taking the
census, and the enumerators have been ap-
pointed. The confirmation of the appoint
ments will not reach the city until late in
| the week. Until that time some two hun
dred applicants for positions are on the rag
ged edge, and Mr.. johnson will not furnish
them the small drop of comfort that might
be had in knowing who the lucky ones
are.
Things were decidedly lively at Minneha-
ha Falls and vicinity on Sunday. AS the So
looms in Minneapolis were all closed, the
roughs all went down to the Falls, and as
natural consequence punished bug juice Sc
verely. When sufficient amount of the
ardent had been imbibed the fighting COM
menced, and judging by the number of
black eyes, rumpled clothes and generally
demoralized condition of those who came up
on the last trains and in carriages after dark
they must have made Rome or the Falls
howl.
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