Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-25
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELEIS.

Sickness among children is very prevalent, many
cases proving fatal.
Ice cream and cake at the Boston restaurant at all
hours, day and night.
A Columbus excursion party ia expected to arrive
in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Another dance will be given at the Lake Side hotel
at Lake Calhoun this evening.
Flaming paper for Coles great circus in going up
on the various bulletin boards.
Four plain drunks paid their regular So each in
the municipal court yesterday.
The laying of cedar blocks will begin this morn
ing on Washington avenue south.
How & Johnson have Issued the first number of
the Social and Dramatic RecOrder.
Another stud of fast horses, which will go into
trairing for the fair, is expected to-day.
The excavation for the river piers of the stone
arch yaduct, was commenced yesterday.
JJ. claire reports that he had watch and chain
stolen from his room at - eventh avenue south.
Wheat receipts at Minneapolis yesterday were
s3,SoO bushels. The shipments were 1896 bushels.
An insane man named Snodgrass taken to the
asylum at st Peter by Deputy Sheriff Henion yes
terday.
Charles Clifford, who stole the coat at Billy's
Place. was erd.y relocated to the rock pile for
ten days.
Waterman Mcdonald, at the Manitoba depot, will
be tried to-day in the police court upon the charge
of using abusive language to one Reardon
Excavation for the electric light mast, which is to
be erected on Bridge square by the Brush Electric
Light company, was comm enced yesterday.
Its reported that the wages of the bricklayers
have been reduced from So per day to $3.50. The
workm en- complain thereat and threaten a strike.
The city board of equalization has passed over
the milling district and is patiently listening to
the vigorous kicks of other tax payers against
ments.
The four year old daughter of J. s. Franklin, who
resides the Harvester works, was badly scaded
on Sunday by servant girl stumbling with kettle
of boiling water.
John Stevens, a carpenter residing Eleventh
avenue south, while working upon unsafe scat
folding, precptsted to the ground and receiv ed
a fractured shoulder yesterday.
Col King returned from the East yesterday morn
lug He was wonderfully successful in securing at
fractions for his coming fair, which will soon be
IN ide public through the columns of the GLOBE.
collision occurred betweed two freight trains on
the Minneapolis St. Louis railroad yesterday, near
the Western avenue elevator. No damage further
than demoralizIng freight car was done, However
James W. Wood, the champion thief, against
whom there three larceny cases, was brought in
to the police court yesterday, but his preliminary
examination continued until August 2, at Q
clock.
The two naughty wives who were il-trested by
their jealous husbands, published in yesterdays
GLOBE, we're released from police custody at the In
stance of the mayor, uuder promise of good behavior
in the future
Deputy Sheriff Thompson will convey Peterson,
the insane man. why recently attempted suicide by
hanging himself with his suspenders while confined
in the Ames hospital for treatment to the st. Peter
insane asy lum to-day.
A. r. Emery was arrested on Saturday for SON Q
trivial offense aud discharged. On Sunday he was
again arrested for obstructing the sidewalk. He
demanded a jury trial, aud to accommodate him the
was continued until to-day
John Ddbys little girl was severely bitten in the
hand by vicious yesterday morning. lad
named Victor Swanberg also frghtfuly bitten
in tns face by another savage dog yesterday morn
ing. Death was tbs decree from police head
quarters.
soda fountain, In Mercus' restaurant on Third
street, exploded yesterday morning, playing sad
havoc with the ceiling of the room and the furni-
TUE. M Mercus, who was standing few feet
from the fountain at the time of the xpos IN, had
narrow escape
Michael Kavansugh, of First avenue SOUTH and a
neighbor had free fight on yesterday morning.
They battered each other in a hallway for time,
when each retired to his room, which are directly
opposite each other. Presently kavanaugh came 10
his door and began firing wood at his neighbor but
falling to hit him, hit his wife, inficting ugly
wound in her forehead. Kavanaugh dashed at once
to the lookup and asked protection. The assault
ed woman also quickly appeared and likewise asked
protection. Kayanaugh decampad precipitatey,
but soon run down by an officer. He was yes
terday introduced to his honor aud displayed re-
markabe wit in the examiEation but 1t cost him
Just S25 to maintain his personal liberty.
J.Best seems to be the worst instead of the best
He the father of who is helplessly crippled,
and who is OBLIGED to depend entirely upon the
natural father for care, the only other member Of
the family being the grandmother of the boy, who
is aged aud helplessly blind (Best's wife was d.
vorced from him some time ago, and is now married
to q second husband). Instead Of caring as he
should for tho suffering boy and the aged
mother-in-law, Best has been in the
habit of guzzling his fill of bad WHISKY and then
treating them in most shameful manner The
matter reached a climax on Sunday, when an officer
called and Best taken in custody. Judge Cooley
gave him thirty days to sober off and become
man,