Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-10
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.


DR.. Elliot and wife returned yesterday from
Chicago. IS
The grading on the Manitoba short line is
being pushed rapidly.
The confidence man, Scott Sankey,in default
of $500 bail, went up.
Thieves are still playing havoc with hen
neries in North Minneapolis.
A concert will be given by Danz's band at
the Driving park this evening.
John Thomas had his fingers amputated by
belt in the Crown Roller mill.
The East side canal will doubtless be en-
tirely completed by Saturday night.
Engineer Rinker expects to be able to
open the upper bridge to the public to-mor-
row.
Judge Vanderburg has returned from Wright
county, where he has been holding term of
court.
The office of the American Union telegraph
company has been moved into the east end of
the city hall.
C. c. Curtiss has been engaged to give a
course in penmanship in the State Normal
school at Winona.
A keg of nails and a wheelbarrow were
stolen from H. C. Peterson on Three and One
half avenue south.
The report of the proceedings of the grand
lodge l. o. G. T.; was unfortunately crowded
out of this mornings issue.
C. F. Yeager, State inspector of steam boil
| ors ,,ropo,,pcos fhoca IF tho Hattie IN oIa
| Calhoun, in sound condition.
| Four omnibus loads of children from the
| Catholic schools of st. Paul, came up yester-
day and enjoyed the day here.
| Mrs. A. B. Wiley, the lady who recently
lost $40 in a street Car, has had the money re-
turned to her by the honest finder.
Danzs band will 60 to saltwater with the
Knights Templar on the 23d inst, Oh the oc-
casion of the assembling of the grand con-
clave.
| The ladies of the Seventh street M. E.
church will give an excursion to White Bear
Lake tomorrow. Good music has been en-
gagged for the occasion. at.
A new building has been started by Salisbury
& Co., mattress manufacturers, on the site of
the old Chute block on South Main street
This is demanded by great Increase in bust
ness.
The mason work upon the bridge crossing
the st. Paul, Minneapolis q Manitoba railway
on University auenue will be commenced this
morning. The bridge will be of iron, with
stone abutments.
small! tunnel eight feet in diameter, is
being constructed, to carry water to the turbine
| water wheel of the North Star Touring mills,
tapping the main tunnel at the end adjoining
the Pillsbury A MILL
J. A. Garfield, nephew and namesake of the
President, has been stopping in this city for
| the last two weeks past visiting friends. He
| is at present in the employ of the St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba company.
| The proprietors of the Union iron works on
Main street south have begun work on the
erection of large stone building to be used
as a foundry. The building is being built
| Just in the rear of the iron works now occu-
pied.
| City Engineer Rinker is engaged in making
an estimate of the cost of excavating an area
underneath the sidewalk surrounding the
city hall, putting in iron arches and stone flag
glng, with view of leasing the basement
and proposed area to Postmaster Keith. He
will report the probable cost of the work to
the council at its next meeting.
1t has been announced that Judge Young
has been proffered the position on the supreme
bench, just declined by j. NJ Shaw. Judge
Young's acceptance, however, is considered
extremely doubtful. Next January the term
will expire, and to any thinking man the fact
is too patent that he could not succeed in q
reelection.
A farmer who was engaged in hauling lum-
Der for Cole & Hammond, with a mule team,
suffers the loss of one of his mules. He was
crossing the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
| railroad track on Eleventh avenue south, when
an approaching train collided with him, am
putating a forward leg of the mule. The ami
| NAL was knocked in the head to end his suffer-
! ing.
Comptroller Hill says that he has been ar-
thorized to sign street sprinkllng contracts
! with Edgar Folsom, to the amount of $5,2O1..
43, but that none of sail contracts had been
executed up to noon to-day. The sum of
| $4,000 has been set aside by the city council
from the current expense fund to meet the de-
marfds of permanent expenses, and that this
sum is available for street sprinkling pur.
poses, minus some $2,3 upon contracts let
| for other work.