Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-16
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

Col M. A. Buckly is absent on business
trip to Atchison, Kansas,
w. G. Teller, of Teller, Irish & Co., is suf-
ficiently i'll to compel his absence from bust
ness
VIM. w. Cain arrived from the woods yes
terday with his shoulder broken, having been
struck by falling tree.
The annual sale of seats OF the First Conere-
gational church, on the east side, will take
place tomorrow evening
Several candidates for admission to the Hen
nepin county bar will be examined tomorrow
afternoon before Judge Young.
The old water wheel in the Crosswel mill
east side, was taken out yesterday and new
and larger turbine will be put in.
little grandchild of DIR. Ortman received
injuries by falling and sticking slate pencil
into its eye, that resulted in death yesterday.
The grand lodge of Knights of Pythias of
Minnesota, Will hold the annual meeting in
this city, commencing on Monday, January
18th.
Minneapolis is bound to have a new bridge,
but whether it is to be of iron, wood, sawdust
or laughing gas, is the question now before
the house
The meeting of the State Grange, which as.
sembled in this city Tuesday, has been very
quiet affair thus far, and the proceedings of no
especial Importance to the public
The petition of the city council on that new
Plymouth avenue bridge is apparently hung
on swivel. The next step will be to patch
up the old structure and let it go at that
A benefit to the Zouave corps will be given
by the managers of the Criterion theater on
Thursday and Friday evenings of next week,
when the play of Jesse Brown or the Siege of
Lucknow, will be presented.
Before the legislature gives the city power
to issue bonds for new bridge across the
Mississippi, it will probably want to know
whether the bridge is to be a mud structure or
some other unknown quantity.
VIM. B. Kitchin, Milwaukee & St. Paul
baggage man, got his right hand smashed and
broken by a heavy trunk Yesterday. The
wound is very bad one, and Kitchin will do
no more baggage smashing for long time.
John Wilson, a brakeman on the Minneapo-
lis 81 St. Louis road, was knocked down by the
timbers of the Western avenue bridge yester-
day while standing on Il train. Luckily he
was not thrown from the train, but was pick
ed up in an insensible condition, with his
cheek badly cut.
The Republicans have safe majority in the
city council, and that accounts for yesterdays
back pay scheme Congress passed such n
bill once, but the Minneapolis Republican
| conncilmen have forgotten all about it 1t
may dawn upon them in the course of time
In a manner not pleasant.
The iron bridge builders, who spent two or
three weeks in the city arguing the immense
advantages of their respective works over every
other, and used up wind enough to kill any
one but book or bridge agent, begin to think
that Minneapolis is Il first rate place to stop
| ill., II they have any business to do.
There was a large attendance and much en-
thusasm at the second meeting of the Irish
land league last night. A committee was ap-
pointed to draft constitution and bylaws for
definite organization. Nearly $40 have been
collected, which will be forwarded at once for
their suffering fellow cOuntrymen. An active,
| influential organization is already assured
Mr.. P. Scully, the railroad contractor, trot-
ted out his submarine diver yesterday, and the
bottom of the river in the line of the new
bridge was thoroughly investigated. The bot
tom in some places was filled up with old
booms and number of other things in the
novelty line. As a general thing, however, the
surface of the bed was found well adapted to
the construction of piers.
There was a bit of confagration on the east
side yesterday morning. A shanty at the cor
ner of Main street and Sixth avenue south.
owned by Ole Oleson, was discovered on fire,
but the department on that side of the river
made short work of putting it out. The old
shanty on the same spot was burned down a
week ago Monday, and Mr.. Oleson- believes
both fires were set by incendiaries.
Nora FARRELL, -year-old girl, arrived in
this city yesterday morning under peculiar cir
cumstances. She was put on board the train
at Granburg, Texas, by a farmer with whom
she has lived for some time-at least this is
what she claims. She had postal card bear
ing her name and stating that she has two
married sisters in this city, one of them having
married man named Fern. The police found
her brother-in-law, David Fern, on the East
side, last night, but both her sisters are dead
The Academy of Sciences will hold an inter-
esting meeting in this city on the 18th, 18th and
18th of January. Many scientific papers and
subjects will be discussed, and the attendance
OF eminent scientists and professors promises
to be large. Among those who have promised
to attend are: Prof Calvin of the Iowa State
college, Prof. Bechdolt of Mankato, Prof
NeltDrecnC OF WlnOna, Dr. Hewitt OF Red
Wing, Profs. Winchell, Downey.
Dodge and Hall, of the State university and
Mr.. Hallock of Winona.
Tuesday evening billiard tournament was
inagurated at R. P. Dunnington's billiard hall,
initial game being played by Harry Liverman
and Frank Blliter for 800 points. Liverman
won the game by score of 800 to 1873. julie
Meyers challenged the winner to a game last
night. The game was for 500 and 400 points,
Liverman having odds of two to one. After
the close of an exciting contest Liverman
came out winner by a score of 400 to ri
SiXty-three innings were played; Liverman's
were even two to one nearly dozen times.
Other games will probably be arranged for
the rest of the week. Monday evening julie
Meyers will play Frank Billiter game under
conditions of last nights game.
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