Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-11
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.


The directors of the Firemen's Life associa.
ton held q meeting yesterday.
Twenty-seven different States are represented
at the f. of H. supreme lodge convention.
ted to Jail for ten days for insulting lady on
the street.
Henry Lininger, arrested OH Monday on sus-
picion of stealing harness, was given sixty
days in the county Jail.
The funeral of M. V. B. Gotschall will
occur from his late residence this afternoon
under the auspices of Hennepin Lodge No. 4,
A. f. & A. M.
A reward of 500 has been offered for the
arrest of Texas Jack, who, owing to the care
lessness of the jailers, escaped fpm the county
jail on Sunday night.
A telegram was received from the father of
Thos. Elliot, who was suffocated in well on
Saturday, instructing that the body be sent to
him at DEBORAH, Iowa.
The committee from the county commits
sioners, appointed to examine the proposed
road from Portland avenue to Bloomington,
looked over the ground yesterday.
The commissioners appointed to condemn
land for the M. s. N. W. railroad from Osseo
to Crow River, consisting of A. 7. Ankeny,
Josiah Dutton and Samuel Barlow, met at the
court house yesterday and were sworn in as
a board of commissioners.
Judge Young, in his charge to the jury,
made a very strong point against the argu-
ment in favor of the social evil in the mayors
annual message, by saying "that it was not
the duty of municipal officials from a desire
to swell the city's revenue to say what statute
should be and what should not be enforced"
Physicians yesterday examined James Jones,
who has been at the police station for four days
suffering from mental alteration. Jones is
from BOscobel, Wis, is rs years old, and has
been deranged at times for the last ten years.
He has been an inmate of the lunatic asylum
at Madison, and an effort will be made to send
him to his friends at his former residence.
Israel L. Witmeyer, young man who came
to tvis city recently from Bridgeport, died at
the Bedford house at o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The brother of the deceased is expected
to arrive here to-day and the body will be taken
to Ann ArbOr, Mich, for burial. Apost NOR
tenn examination was held upon the body at
Warmers undertaking establishment yesterday
afternoon, which was attended by Doctors
OtceIe, UoOuWlU, miguel huLHpure LcoHdru
and Smith. The decision reached was that
death was caused by cancer in the stomach.
The supreme lodge Knights of Honor COM
menced their annual session in this city yes
terday at Knights of Pythias hall. Delegates
were present from nearly all of the States. The
afternoon was taken up by the reading of re-
ports of officers. At 7:30 public reception
| was given at the academy of music. The re
ception was opened by prayer by Rev. DIR.
Knickerbacker, after music Mayor Rand de-
| livered welcomng:address which was respon-
ded to by Fl. P. Upham on behalf of the order.
| Addresses were made by Judges Hoke aud
Breckenridge. After which an adjournment
| was had to the Nicollet house, where BAN
quet was held, where there were toasts and
responses, and music by Dayz's band. The
| lodge will be in session about week. There are
large number of visitors from all parts of
| the United States.