Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-09
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

IN the afternoon.
The Anchor mill will he started up again
tomorrow morning.
Eat Easter eggs and Easter dinner at the
Boston restaurant to-day.
Thomas W. Keene. the eminent tragedian,
was handsomely billed Yesterday.
The machinery of the Crocker Touring mill
was set in motion yesterday morning.
An adjourned meeting of the Press club will
be held at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
The gilt ball of the flag staff of the Boston
block is only $50 feet above the sidewalk.
The McMullen mill and also that of Mer-
Ram s. Barrows will start up tomorrow.
The reform club will hold gospel services
in Harrison hall e. O'Clock this afternoon.
The Minneapolis Light Infantry will hold
drill meeting in Market hall tomorrow even
ing.
A meeting of the Ladies Emerald Isle Land
League will be held in Norden hall this even
ing.
Gospel temperance services will be held in
the Y. NJ. C. A. parlors this afternoon and
evening.
The Mississippi and Rum River Boom COM
pany have petitioned for the condemnation OF
Durnam's island.
A meeting of the teachers of the public
schools was held in the high school building
yesterday forenoon.
On account of the scarcity of wheat in this
market, the Pillsbury A mill shut down last
night, for the week.
". W. Crawford, Hennepin avenue
grocer, made an assignment to J. E. Osborne
in favor of creditors.
According to the report of the matron OF
Bethany home, there were twenty adults and
twelve children in that institution April 1.
Two of the mills on the East Side were in
active operation yesterday. The balance will
doubtless be started up tomorrow morning.
Major Camp estimates the log crop of the
season at 375 900 feet. All except co.
900, 900 feet will be manufactured at Minneap-
oils.
Owing to the wet weather considerable Of
the Manitoba road west of here is reported in
very bad condition, which accounts for late
trains.
Tomorrow the new five cent or Garfield
stamps will be put on sale. 1t is stated they
will not appear in Minneapolis for some time,
however.
The bylaws of the chamber of commerce
were so amended yesterday that majority
could elect new member. Hitherto seven
black balls rejected.
,-ba aiy1fc of Mipnna-l0liS VnStnr-
day were only 1915 bushels, the smallest
amount for any day for several months. Ship
ments 1 ZOO bushels, also very light.
GA. Pray will have the pumps for the
pump house completed about May LIST. They
have given specific directions relative to build
ing the foundation walls and the work will
commence at once.
Bishop Willard, an unusually bright and
intelligent young man, eighteen years of age,
for some time employed as accountant by
Dunn & Co., died yesterday after brief i'll
ness, from typho, fever.
1t is announced that at 9 O'Clock this morn
ing the mammoth English steam plow will
start from the Milwaukee depot for the Lyn-
dale farm, where it is to be tested on Tues
day. The plow will be drawn by steam to its
destination.
A young man employed in Gibson's tannery
left his coat hanging upon peg in The tan
merry yesterday. When he next took his coat
his mind was somewhat agitated over the fact
that a sneak thief had relieved one of the peck
cts of about SIS in cash.
Yesterday afternoon, in moving job press
from Demond & Ross old office to their new
quarters, the heavy machinery fell from the
wagon to the ground, striking an eXpressman
who was aiding in loading. He was quite
painfully injured. The press at late hour
was still lying half buried in the mud of the
street.
AID Grethen announces that he shall move,
at the next meeting of the city council, re-
consideration of the matter of paving WASH
ington avenue. While reconsidering the ques-
ton may be all right, and the GLOBE thinks
it is, Aid. Crethen certainly cannot move it
not under the rules. He was not in attend
ance at the meeting of the council when the
motion was passed, and hence he could not
have voted in the affirmative.
The annual state oratorcal contest will oc-
cur at the Academy of Music on the evening
Wednesday next. The following representa-
tives of the state university and Carleton col
lege, will compete: State university, W. W.
Clark, J. C. Wilson, s. L. Trussel. Carleton
college, e. Il. Cook, w. A. Selleck, Selden
Brown Judges-Ex-Gov. c. X. Davis, Hon.
William Mitchell, judge of supreme court;
Rev. R. T. Sample, Westminster church. Re-
fierce, Hon. W. j. Hahn, attorney general.
A meeting of the water board was held yes
terday afternoon. Little save routine business
was transacted A contract was ordered
to be executed with Hasson d
Weeks for performing the mason work
upon the new pump house upon their furnish
ing proper bonds. The contrect with the
North Bend Iron works for furnishing iron,
machinery, ETC., was also approved and exc
cuted. The annual report of the superintend-
emit was read aud referred to the committee on
claims ard accounts.
Some time ago John Buckner and wife,
colored, separated, she returning to parental
roof. Yesterday she alleged that her de-
serted affinity serreptitiously stole her world
IL effects, and wanted him punished for the
offense. A warrant was drawn out and the
young man arraigned before Judge Cooley.
The city attorney explained that he had ad-
yised Mrs Buckner against bringing the suit,
and did not think anything could be proven.
The Judge thereupon dismissed the case and
peace was restored.