Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-01
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBeLETs.


1t is already demonstrated that the short
line will be long success. ao
Superintendent Prior left for trip over the
Hastings Dakota road yesterday. -.
A number of Minneapolis knights of Pythias
will organize new lodge of the order in Still
water this week.
John Baxter, the buffalo overcoat thief, was
fined $25 yesterday, and in 'defa lit of payment
went to Jail for ninety days.
The ice crop is not fully matured yet, but
fear that spring is liable to open. ee
The meeting for the organization of an Irish
land league will be held in the hall of the Bob
ert Emmett literary association this evening.
The Hastings & Dakota road was reported
not unanimously open yesterday. A small
storm seems to accomplish wonders on that
line.
A brakeman on the o., III. & st. P. road lost
a thumb at Owatenna yesterday, and came mp
to this city to have the wound dressed by DR..
Ames.
Only twelve cars of wheat were received by
the Manitoba line yesterday. The most of the
box cars have been drafted into the hard wood
service.
The merchants who were burned out or food
ed out by the Mississippi river, Monday morn
ing, will reopen their establishments as soon as
possible. s - E
BAKERS cart and a street car collided in
front of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
depot yesterday afternoon. and the supply of
minoe pies rolled out into the street.
Wheat fell four cents at single Jump yes
terday, and those who paid 81 in the mornir 2
were wailing over their loss in the afternoon,
when the same could DO purchased for So cents.
Owing to 80 much talk. about a wood famine,
the Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad company
made extra orders for wood. and have received
in the past five days nearly one hundred car
loads.
Sheriff-elect Eustis was visitor at the ses-
sion of the municipal court yesterday, looking
things over and gaining an idea or two of che
business and class of men he is chiefly to deal
with after the 1st of January.
1t was expected here yesterday that the Har-
wood meeting in New York would be adjourned
until Thursday. NJ. G. Castle, MIR. Harwood's
book-keeper, was sent for on Monday, and left
that evening, IS his presence was desired ct the
meeting.
Charley Larson, whe has Just returned from
the main line of the 81. & D. road in Dakota,
left last night with four mule and two horse
teams for st. Cloud and the upper region of
the Mississippi, in search of work for his
| teams during the winter.
The horse of g. W. Shuman, the city market
grocer. ran away yesterday while the clerk wa.
delivering goods. and made splinters of the
whole rig. The animal has never showed
| symptoms of any thing but laziness before, and
| why 1t should cut up In this style is mystery
At about s o'clock yesterday afternoon, a
| horse belonging to Mr.. Bardwell, standing in
| front of the Nicollet house attempted to ''get
| up and DUST for his oats, bu. several parties
who are spotted, ''and are known to be in con.
| spiracy against the whole race of newspaper re-
! porters, seized the animal by the head, not be
| Ing able to make progress IN that direction hs
| started the other way and was not brought un
| der control until he had worked his passage
| through the cutter to which he was attached
The Minneapolis Good Templars Literar,
club will hold meeting at Good Templar
hall on Thursday evening, December 2, to take
measures toward efeeting complete organize
tion. Ali Good Templars invited to attend and
take part in the meeting. The order is grow
ing rapidly in this section of the State ano
bids fair at no very distant day to become s
power for good in the community, and this
move in the direction of literary culture indi.
Gates that the order ia progressing in cheracte,
as well as numerical strength.