Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-03
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

The editorial excursion will start Tor st.
Louis on Wednesday.
The Cottage hospital contains nine patients
caused by typhoid fever.
The Greenbackers were out in full force on
Bridge Square last evening.
Mr.. Chas S. Farnham, son of S. W. Farm
ham, died yesterday morning.
Henry A. Anderson, artist, is Frustrated by
q severe attack of inhammatory rheumatism.
Miss Stevenson's kindergarten, on South
Eighth street, is being extensively patron
lied.
Salisbury, Ralph d 20, are to build another
building In addition 70 their present mattress
factory.
new water-wheel and fiume are TO be
placed in the Pillsbury mill, at cost OF
$4,000.
The Driving Association held meeting at
the Office of the secretary, Z. f. Jones, last
e vening.
". W. Eastman IS soon to build another
solid stone tenement at the east end of his row,
on Nicollet island.
A lively runaway occurred Friday night, on
the lower bridge. One horse was killed, and
the other injured.
Eastern Star Temple of Honor has removed
to the Wensinger hall. Their regular night of
meeting is Monday.
Miss Lura Dexter of the East side has been
engaged as teacher of music in the public
schools of Saltwater.
The walk on the lower side of suspension
bridge is sadly worn. It should be replaced by
q new walk at once
This afternoon at Q o'clock Prof Fowler is to
deliver another lecture IN Market hall. This
Will close the course.
school for the education and training of
street boys will be begun by the Y. NJ. G. A.
about the middle of the month.
The funeral ceremonies of the late Aug.
Granstrand to-day will be attended by the
Zouave corps, and the different K. of P.
lodges.
The teachers of the public schools met in the
hall of the high school building yesterday
morning. The several principals submitted
their various reports.
The eighteenth anniversary of the marriage
of MIR. and Mrs. Thos. McClary, pastor of the
II. E. church, was observed last evening by
large party of friends.
young man named James Offerman, who
is employed by the st. Paul express of this
city. lost two fingers by letting heavy barrel
fall on them, yesterday.
The finance committee of the county COM
missioners held meeting and prepared
report for the nesting of the county
commissioners tomorrow.
On Wednesday morning the annual State
conference of the NJ. E. churches will begin.
The conference sermon viii be delivered by
Rev. s. NJ. Davis, of st. Paul.
The colored base ball club, of this city, will
play the colored club, of st. Paul, for purse
of 500. The contest is to occur at the La
crosse park tomorrow afternoon.
The Knights of Pythias will meet at Castle
hall this morning at 10 o'clock to complete ar
rangements to participate in the burial cere-
monies of the late Aug. Granstrand.
Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, of Ohio, CORE
spending secretary Of the N. w. G. It. o., who
addressed the local W. G. T. q. yesterday, is to
speak to day at the Reform club meeting.
Upon the complaint of NJ. W. Glenn, Chief
Munger served notice on the different saloon
keepers forhidding them to sell intoxicants to
Ed A. Cramsie. Mr.. Glenn thought this
course necessary.
The championship game OF base ball, which
was announced to take place Friday after
noon, was postponed. The Minnesota Chiefs
were unable to procure a pitcher" The
game will probably occur on Tuesday.
Arthur Cary, an employee on the FL. & d. cut
off, came near losing his life, Friday. a bed
of gravel about twelve miles from town caved
in and entombed him three feet below the
surface, but was rescued by his comrades.
The city has recently erected at the west end
ef the lower bridge platform from which to
dump into the river all the garbage of the city
Heretofore it has been deposited anywhere out
side the city limits where permission could be
obtained
The Y. IL. G. A. has arranged for a course of
twelve lectures for the coming winter, the
first of which will be delivered in their rooms
on the evening of the 18th. The lectures will
be free to the members and Will embrace a
variety of subjects.
An experiment took place at the yards of the
NJ. d st. L. road yesterday. A new invention
was tried, the design of which is to raise
sunken tracks, which could then be easily re-
ballasted. The officials of the road present
pronounced it a success.
There has been perfect boom in business
the past week. The difficulty has been to en-
gage sufficient number of men to do the nec-
essary work, the railroads having taken SO
many. The shipments of lumber for the
week were 4.936000 feet. The receipts of
wheat were LOO bushels.
Miss Celeste Donnell, who is to give piano
recital at Elliot's hall, 251 Nicouet avenue,
Monday evening, is said to be the equal of
Blind Tom in musical eccentricities. She
plays the piano and organ at one and the same
time, plays with her back towards the instru-
ment, plays two instruments while blindfolded,
etc.
The city is apparently infested by horse
thieves. r. F. Jones came near being one of
their victims Friday evening. He had hitched
his horse on Sixteenth avenue south, when the
hitching-strap was cut and the horse driven
rapidly off; but probably the intended thief
soon became frightened, as the horse was
abandoned. 1t found its way home during the
evening.
The commissioners appointed to make the
necessary awards of damages for land to be
taken for the right of way for the Osseo branch.
have filed their report. The amounts thew re,
turn net nearly S35. 600. Considerable dissatis-
faction is manifest, parties owning the lands