Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-22

MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.


the Opera house last evening.
There were 1885 barrels of flour ship
ped from Minneapolis yesterday.
That portion of the city without the
street sprinking limits is exceedingly
dusty.
Oysters ''as you like them" at the
Comique restaurant. and everything else
as we'll.
Henry H. Smith and A. Richardson have
purchased n. G. Leighton's interest in the
Diamond mill.
"Amusements" was the topic of discus
sion at the Plymouth church prayer meet
ing last evening.
started CUP again yesterday. Another sup
pip of logs having arrived.
Yesterday the receipts of wheat at Min
neapolis aggregated 67,O5O bushels, the
shipments were $500 bushels,
The question of extending the present
fire limits which is being agitated, meets
with universal approval.
An alarm from box "a sent the fire de-
partment flying to No. 42O First avenue
north at half past six last evening to extin-
guish burning chimney.
An employe of an east side saw mill
named William Baxter, had his left hand
nearly severed from his arm by a circular
saw, Wednesday afternoon.
The new 100000 bushel elevator of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
company hiss started operations.
The price of milk has advanced owing
to the shortage of the supply. More
dairymen are wanted in Minneapolis.
The real estate sales of yesterday
amounted to thirty-seven thousand, three
hundred and sixty-four dollars worth.
At last the dilapidated old brick side
walk which has disgraced that portion of
the city all summer is being repaired
The proposed series of meetings to be
held In Centenary church by Harrison,
1.-The boy preacher" has been postponed.
Paul bearing, stranger who stopped
at cheap odging house, complains that
he was robbed of $13 on Wednesday night
William Hand, who stole twenty-five
cents worth of bra jewelry, was fined SIS
and costs IN the municipal court yesterday.
This evening Mr.. Charles A. Gardner as
"Karl' will open an engagement in the
Academy of two nights and Saturday mat
inee.
A loaded street car yesterday had
driver without change and as conse-
quence many of the passengers had free
rides.
sneak thief went through the rooms of
an East Side boarding house on Wednes-
day night, and secured small sum of
money.
Col. Glenn commenced yesterday the
work erecting the high scaffolding to be
used in raising the electric light mast on
bridge square.
The tina lottery case came up in the mu-
nicipal court again yesterday, but was con-
tinued thirty days at the request of
the defendants.
William Miller was arraigned in the po-
lice court yesterday, charged with assault
ing F. Lehman, and fined $50, which was
promptly paid.
The Boston restaurant still booms, and
hungry men can be seen going in at all
hours of the day and night, for the doors
are never closed.
Ground feed is still reported very scarce
by the commission houses, but slightly
lower The quotation yesterday was $25
for good quality.
j. Perouku, laborer employed in the
Nicollet Island Cracker factory, caught his
left hand in the machinery which crushed
two fingers yesterday.
The Eleventh avenue sewer under pro-
cess of construction still blocks up the
streets much to the inconvenience of the
residents of South Minneapolis.
Judge Smith asserts that if the council
passes his gas ordinance he will carry it
through the courts, and is confident that
he will down the Rand monopoly.
John Engstrom, who was recently in
Jured in a railroad accident near Bird
Island and brought to the Ames no spital,
had foot amputated last evening.
The sixth annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
will meet in Plymouth church next Tues
day afternoon tor a three days session.
At the mills yesterday, the following
"OIe VIC uOur QUOTATIONS.. faIenIS. Sb.5U
@7.25; straights, $3.50 6.25; lower grades,
$2.25@3.25; clears, $5.5O@6.OO per barrel
The students of the State university.
Carleton college and Hamline university
are arranging for an athletic contest,
which is to occur at the fair grounds on
the 30th inst.
"Oudarde" was presented for the last
time at the academy of music last evening.
The company is strong. and will be greet
ed with larger houses should they visit
Minneapolis again.
The granite pavement has been com
pleted on the north side of Washington
avenue as far as Seventh avenue south,
while the other side of the street has been
completed nearly to Fifth avenue south.
The Republicans;of the Twenty eighth
senatorial district will hold a convention
in Anoka on the 10Th of October, for the
purpose of placing in nomination a senator
and four representatives in the Legislature
In the report of the city council pub
lished yesterday morning, typographical