Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-09
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

At present there are thirty eight prisoners Il
the county Jail.
The funeral of Mrs. Rachel Sinclair Wa
held yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Ben. D. Mari has taken position il
Anthony Kelly's wholesale house.
Another elevator, with capacity of 5C0,0Ol
bushels, is among the probabilities.
The boom company have elected MIR. <. D.
Dow boom master for the ensuing year.
The fair of the First Baptist church closed
successfully at their church parlors last even
ing.
The walls in one of DR.. Ames' rooms were
spoiled by rhe bursting of the water pipes IN
the ripper story on Monday night.
NJ. G. Burnap and W. A. Harding have ar
rived from New York to make an examination
of Harwood's books and accounts.
The latest rumor is that an Eastern man of
great wealth Las arrived to buy out the Har-
wood stock, or, failing in that, to start a
business OH a scale even larger than that of
HARDWOOD 4 Co.
The canvassing agents for the Il. Il. and
Tribune are trying hard to keep ahead of each
other on the East side. Let 'em go it, but
come in and subscribe for the GLOBE and take
q model newspaper.
William Barnes was up before Judge Cooley
yesterday, charged with the crime of kissing a
woman on the streets. The judge gave Barnes
thirty days where the opportunities for kissing
are somewhat limited.
Carl Felhaber, the insane man, has been
transferred from the police station to the jail
The Jail with its rag doors is another appro-
pirate place for man so crazy that clothing
cannot Ike kept upon him.
The first of the Zouave parties came off most
successfully last night. There was large
and fashionable attendance, and the music By
the Zouave band was excellent. There Is no
doubt of the success of the whole series.
j. J. Dlckey and Il. E. Jennison, repre-
sentatives of the American Union Telegraph
company, we're in the city yesterday, and give
intelligence that Minneapolis will soon be con-
necte1 with their network of lines. The dis
trict" system, for the convenience of the pub
lie, as described in yesterdays GLOBE. will be
provided in this city
''The new Jail building is beginning to be
a credit instead of disgrace to the county,"
Tribune. The new Jail building" work
upon which was begun SO long ago that it is
almost lost in the memory, is vet far from
completion. The doors and windows are not
all in, half the interior is not completed at all,
but is filled with staging, and the very doors
are still tackled up to protect the prisoners
from the winds. This is decided ''creGit to
the county"
The p. p, with its usual stupidity, prints
the mail count of the postcfice in this city,
and gives the figures as the number of pieces of
mail received" instead of the number sent
out. There is vast difference, especially in
regard to newspapers, between the number re-
ceived and the number sent out of this Office.
The Tribune is still farther out of the way and
gives the figures as representing the total mum
Der handled" which includes the mail re-
ceived as well as sent out.
Loring's block, in which is situated the
municipal court room and large number of
offices, is greatly troubled with smoke now-a-
days. MIR. Williams superintendent of the
poor, was obliged to vacate his room yesterday,
and the court room and other offices were near
ly as bad. dense smoke issues from the
chimney of the adjoining block, bends its
course down into the alley, and enters the
Loring block through every crevice. Some
body shonld draw in that chimney.