Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-26
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELETs.


Book beer day yesterday.
D. R. Barber is slowly improving.
The Temple of honor held q meeting last
night.
The Zouayes held an interesting meeting last
evening.
Mayor Rand went to Dakota in the interest
of his farm.
A regular meeting of Minneopa lodge will
be held tonight.
''Macbeth" for Mr.. Chester's benefit to-
night at the opera house.
Judge Jones, in company with F. II. Carl
ton ana wife, have taken trip to La Crosse.
Some important repairs are being made on
the upper bridge by Messrs. Winston Bros.
A runaway horse upset on First avenue
south Yesterday and was captured. No dam
age.
The Northwestern Telegraph company has
suspended the East side Office for some
cause.
The Minneapolis Weekly is moving into
It's new quarters at No 10 Washington avenue
north.
The municipal court adjourned at noon
yesterday, IN respect of the funeral of Judge
Cornell.
The funeral of Judge Cornell yesterday
afternoon was largely attended, especially by
the legal fraternity.
Mature effectively sprlnkled our dusty streets
yesterday, much to tue relief and qualification
of suffering humanity.
The funeral of John Thierin will occur this
morning at ~ O'Clock, from the residence No.
II Prince street, East size.
A number of hilarious DRINKS were taken
"in out of the cold" yesterday. The judge has
business before him to-day.
j. w. Pomroy is expected home from Flori-
da on Friday. He probably Can tell somewhat
of Harwooa's orange farming.
The ladies of the Westminster church
served up strawberries and ice cream last night
at MRS. Thompson's, SO Tenth street.
The foundation of The Hill block, on
First avenue south, is completed, and the car
peuter work Was commenced yesterday.
Work on the new Second street car line has
beeu suspended for a few days. Yet the
periutendeut promises to have cars running i'll
few days.
In the event of Judge Vanderburg's receiv-
ing the appointment as successor to the late
Judge Cornell, there Will be struggle among
ehgiDle attorneys Tor district judgesnip.
The Osseo branch of the St. Paul, Minneap-
oils q Manitoba railroad, is being vigorously
pushed. The grading has been completed two
and one-hat nIIies or more, and large gang
OF men are engaged.
The commissioners appointed by the district
court to award damages for the lands used for
right of way by the NJ. & n. w. railroad have
awarded damages for over one hundred acres
of land, netting S2U,OUO.
The grand lodge l. o. o. F. will convene in
this city ON the 18th of June. The local lodges
are buslly engaged in making extensive pre-
paratlon for tue reception and entertainment
of representatives from abroad.
P. J. Oberst has sold his interest in the
establishment Of the Standard Manufacturing
company to Goodfellow q Eastman, and will
go to San Francisco. At that place he will
establish himself In mandatory of similar
nature.
The sealer of weights and measures is busy
examining into the strawberry business. He
found lot of boxes labeled tone quart -
These boxes only contained about thirds
of that. amount. They were peremtorily
confiScated.
The G.. A. R. extends an invitation to all the
ladies in the city who are wiling to give their
assistance in decorating the soldiers graves
with flowers on Decoration day, TO meet with
them in Armory hall on Saturday morning at
nine o'clock.
Seth Abbott has returned from Lynn, Mass.
He is now endeavoring to work up an interest
in his new city, Lynn, which he has plated
out near lakes Calhoun and Harriet. He ex-
poets this city, now in embryo, to rival, in the
Manufacture of boots and Shoes etc., even the
Lynn of PuritanicAl fame.
The foundation for the monstrous Written
block is growing rapidly under the manipula-
ton of large crew of masons. This will be
very large and exceedingly heavy building.
What seems strange is that there is to be no
center walls to support the great weight. To
the unsophisticated it looks rather hazardous
to erect a building of such large proportion
without strong center wall.