Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-16
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
M1NNEAPoL1s GLoBELETs,

noon at O'Clock.
A glowing fire on the hearthstone was a
comfort yesterday. HFF
A new gong was placed upon tho water
works building yesterday.
The Rifle club expects to participate In a
practice shoot this afternoon.
@. NJ. Ferguson lost his vallse on the cars
while returning from st. Paul.
Ameeting of the poor commissioners will
be held at O'Clock this afternoon.
The Knapheide cow pasture will ever here
after be hallowed as an historic spot.
The Linseed Oil company has advanced the
price of oil two cents upon gallon.
A regular meeting of the temple of Honor
was held last night at 25l Nicollet avenue.
The colored man, who died at the fair grounds
on Tuesday, was afflicted with heart disease.
A washout at the bridge at solbery Point,
on the Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad, is
reported.
Ignominious scarcely expresses the utterly
utter failure in the great balloon project. Let
it be recorded.
The tine for paying the taxes of 1876 and
1878 will expire to-day. After this there can
be no redemption.
A regular meeting Of Minneopa lodge ]. 0.
G. T. will be held this evening at the hall over
No. 251 Nicollet avenue.
Jupiter Pluvus continues very unkind to US
poor unfortunate mortals. He is still cutting
up his disagreeable antics.
During the two weeks absence of Judge
Cooley in New York, the municipal bench
will be occupied by Judge Bailey.
One of the employees of the St. James hotel
stole watch from another. The police had
little trouble in locating the theft.
Four jolly and obstreperous DRINKS were in
durance at the city bastile last evening.
Shouting and singing were the order.
Alonzo Garner received sentence in the po-
lice court yesterday of seven days upon the
historical rock pile at the county jail.
The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Perose occurred
from the residence of the husband, No. ID
South High street, yesterday morning.
John Riley, charged with pickpocketing,
has been held for the next session of the grand
iury. He was remanded in default of $500
bonds.
Peter Anderson paid fire of S. in the mu-
nicipal court yesterday for committing an as
sault upon the person of little son of VIM.
Murrile's.
John Leo is the name of an unhappy unfor-
tunate vino was sent down to the county bas-
tile for thirty days for getting upon an old
fashioned spree.
Capt Berry has captured safe blower, who
is an escaped convict from the prison of Iowa.
The fellow has been sent back to the authori-
ties from whence he came.
Instead of Mr. Colbrath making an assign
ment of his drug business to R. P. Russell, it
transpires that the latter gentleman has pur-
chased the stock, paying therefor $500.
AS a gentleman was passing upon the street
a chip of stone from the new building at the
corner of Hennepin avenue and Second street,
hit him in the eye and inflicted painful in
jury.
John Henry, of the shooting affray at Bass
Lake, has waived further examination In the
municipal court, and has been bound over in
the sum of $500, to appear at the next session
OF the grand jury.
The construction of the row of business
blocks, at the corner of Hennepin avenue and
Fourth street, progresses at snail space. At
the present rate the buildings may be COM
pleted with the going out of the old year.
The name of the dairy, a driver of one of
the carts of which has been putting money in
his purse by selling tickets and then failing
to deliver the tactical fluid as per agreement, Is
the Edgwood dairy, and the number of the
cart is 2.
David Radicker, the fellow up before the
police court for being found in a house of ill |
fame, is bad man. He has just served SEN
tence in Jail at Saltwater and a term of ninety
days in the county Jail. He has not been out
more than two weeks.
The case of State VS.. Cotton, for obstructing
public highway by builinding a fence across
the same, was again called up in the police
court and again continued, this time until
September 49, at 9 o'clock a. m. 1t bids fair
10 continue throughout the year.
Alfred Belair, stone cutter of this city,
drew his months salary.some two weeks ago,
and then suddenly and mysteriously disap-
peared His anxious wife Is DESTROYS OF In
formation as to his whereabouts. Her ad- |
dress is Mrs. Belair, 224 Twentieth avenue
north.
OuutI Luc UlItCblOu Vi GucTlu EuSllS, OdpG.
Berry and Detective Hoy, searching investi-
cation was prosecuted through the various
cells at the county jail, for secreted jail break
ing implements, which they supposed they
had reasons for believing were concealed
among the convicts.
The fine display at the fair of grain from
Fargo City, labeled D. L. Wellman, mysteri-
ously disappeared on Tuesday night. 1t was
purposed to exhibit it at the milwaukee fair,
and the owner is greatly disappointed. His
only hope is, that 1t may have been taken by
mistake, and he offers to pay the expense Of
its return.
The fuel question is truly one of serious
character in Minneapolis. 1t appears quite
evident that some new project will have to be
resorted to and that at not very distant day.
The price of fuel at the present time is much
higher than can be afforded by poor people,
and the supply is doubtless inadequate to the
demand, which will probably raise the price
still higher.
The reporters strive to look serious and dis
appointed, but the attempt is futile and trans
parent. In their hearts they rejoice. They
will probably report for duty at the various