Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-30
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETS.
engaged" on Thursday evening.

Engaged on Thursday evening.
"London Assurance" at the Opera house.
Bran is bringing from SIS to $3.50 in this
market.
{ A new water main is being laid on Second
street north
meeting of the water works commission
will be held to-day.
Council committees on gas and fire depart,
ment held quiet meeting last night
The C. NJ. & St. Paul Railroad company
will run double track to the fair grounds
Chief Munger is lying at his residence very
ill with a severe attack of typhoid pneumonia.
The NJ. & ST. L. Railway company has be-
gun work on the new car shops near Cedar
Lake.
The Touring mills which have been shut
down for repairs will be started up again In a
few days.
Bv the carelessness of a cigar smoker, the
CITY hall building narrowly escaped burning
on Sunday.
The thermometers about town ran up from
pinety-th three to nlnety-eight degrees in the
shade yesterday.
A largely attended open air concert was CIV
en- by Sidwell's band at the Oak Lake Grove
concert park last night.
The receipts in the municipal court thus far
this month amounts to 81 ,SV. VI this
amount 5000 was taken in yesterday.
Yesterday small boy hurled missile at
another boy. but missed his mark, and broke
a plate glass in the front of the Pioneer drug
store.
Yesterday Messrs. Hall & Damn, coopers,
inaugurated cut on the wages OF their men
of one cent The employees refused to submit
to the reduction and have struck.
The number of patients dying daily from
typhoid fever is truly alarming. Something
should be done in the way of providing pure
drinking water and more perfect sewerage.
At the drill meeting of the Zouave corps to-
morrow evening matters of considerable I'M
portauce will come up for the action OF the
company The drill will be in full uniform.
A little son of T. J. Eagerly, of Rlchfield
township, accidentally fell yesterday, striking
upon his head. Brain fever at once resulted,
and the little fellow lost all power OF speech.
His physician does not think the little sufferer
can survive the attack.
Since the favorable reports concerning the
condition of the President, it is at least anus
ing to hear the large number of wise acres
about town say ooh, l have believed from the
first that the President would recover. My
faith has not at any time faltered."
An Interesting meeting of the Michael Da-
7 hold in ha11 the
CITY bank on Sunday night. Mr.. VIM. Dona-
hue, Ii. D., delivered a very able and telling
address. The members of the League are elo-
uuent in his praise as a speaker and gentle
man.
Secretary Clark says that he is in constant
receipt of kilograms from all parts OF the
country from parties who are DESTROYS of Sc
curing spaces for exhibiting machinery, pro-
ducts, etc, and that every available inch Will
be secured before the opening on Monday
morning.
The fair in aid of the Catholic Orphans
asylum opened very auspiclously last evening
at Market hall All the Catholic parishes in
the city join issues, and every thing is being
done to make it the grandest thing of the KIND
ever consummated in this city. 1t was largely
attended by generous people last night. 1t
VIII continue throughout The week.
Secretary Clark has advices from Jackson,
Mich, of The shipping OF car load OF Jersey
cattle for the coming fair, from that place.
Another party from New London. conn,
writes that he will ship two car loads Of cat
tie for the fair to-day. The live stock display
is to be immense--and so is everything else
connected with the greatest agricultural
'show on earth"
The challenge made by Mr.. VIM. Mccain,
pressman, to enter contest of six days, 60
as-you- please, at the fair, In running by foot
an eighth medium Gordon job press, upon Or
binary printing, has not yet met with an ac-
ceptance. We would suggest to Col. King
that it might be well to offer purse for
contest OF this kind. In that event there
would doubtless be entries sufficient to make