Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-27
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETs.

The receipts of the street railway system are
over 500 per day.
To date twenty-five carloads of blue granite
for street paving have been received.
1t is stated that on an average Is, 600 people
ride on the Minneapolis street cars each day.
Yesterdays wheat receipts at Minneapolis
were 24,225 bushels. The shipments were
3,l25 bushels.
The Crusaders will visit St. Paul on the
evening of August to participate in a nagean-
try of similar organizations.
Kitty Nixon, the keeper, and five inmates of
bagniO helped TO swell the city treasury by
donating their monthly dues.
Davison's new city directory will be pub
llshed to-day. The publisher claims popula.
ton of 5000 in Minneapolis.
Don't forget to Try the Boston restaurant
for meal when you are hungry. The latch
string is always out, day and night.
The baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Mac
Donald won the $50 prize for the handsomest
baby in Minneapolis at Colton's baby show.
A workman employed in Eastman Bovey's
mill had the tips OF the fingers on his right
ing.
Emma Shaw has begun al action in the
district court for bill Of divorce from her
husband, Samuel Shaw, on the ground of de-
sertlon.-
G.. A. Pillsbury & Co. have brought action
against the Minneapolis q st. LOUIS Railway
company to recover the value of So3 shares OF
stock in that road, valued at SlOO per share.
A. G. Harris, the reporter discharged from
the Tribune for having the courage to
courage TO tell the truth, has been engaged
by the Journal as travelling correspondent.
The Minneapolis Gun club will participate
in glass ball shoot at Lake Calhoun at 8
o'clock this afternoon, large party OF
spectators is expected to go out on the motor
line,
The Crusaders T. A. society will hold a
drill meeting in Catholic Association hall this
evening. Hereafter the regular drill meetings
Will be held on Thursday evenings instead VI
Friday.
The postoffice officials are to have a life
size portrait of the late Geo. IL. Keith paint
ed. Herbert G.. Conner, the leading Mime
apolis portrait artist, will doubtless execute
the same.
Frank Gilroy, brakem an employed on the
Omaha railroad, had his left hand caught be-
tween the bumpers OF two frelghts and so
severely injured that the amputaIlon OF three
fingers was found necessary.
Yesterday morning William Manchester, in
the employ of the Star Oil company, had his
left hand badly injured by a large cask tipping
upon it. Amputation of portion Of The
second finger was found necessary.
Willis Drummond, of Milwaukee, the land
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, is preparing an exhibit at The
coming fair of agricultural products from the
resources all along the line of that road.
Sheriff Eustis has expended over 5000 in his
endeavor to re-capture the prisoners who
broke iail July 10Th. He now has over one ,
half OF them safely jagged, with good pros
pect OF capturing the remainder within
month.
Yesterday the Knights of Pythias shipped a
car load of lumber to White Bear lake for the
purpose of constructing dance platform to
be used on the occasion of the annual picnic
of the society, which will occur on the 81 OF
August. A grand time is in anticipation.
In the police court yesterday morning came
up the case of Charles Holden, charged with
pinching Mrs. Preston's arm, and which was
continued from last week to secure witnesses.
The complaining witness appeared half hour
late, and in the meantime the case had been
called and dismissed for lack of evidence.
Another fire occurred at about $50 yester-
day morning, which was happily discovered
in its incipency. 1t was in Camp & Walkers
mill, anu caught In a shaving pile from a
spark from the smoke stack. The fire de-
partment had little difficulty in extingulsh-
ing the flames, which probably did not &C.
caSion a loss Of more than 500.
The electric light company is bending every
energy towards the early perfection of a cir
cult, when "the lights will be turned on"
The full force has been stringiug wires the
past few days, and that part of the work will
soon be completed. The machinery in the
works at the falls was started up and tested
yesterday afternoon and found satisfactory.
President Henry Willard, of the Northern
Pacific railroad, has given the land agent, Mr..
Herman Trott, of st. Paul, instructions to
give complete and competent exhibition at
Col. Kings fair, of the agricultural and min
eral products, etc, along the entire line of
road from st. Paul and Minneapolis to Mon
tana. The matter is placed in excellent hands,
3 and the exhibition will be one of note.
The fair management is just in receipt of
assurances of fine array of Angus or Polled
cattle, from Illinois. This is a comparatively
new breed of cattle in this country, being a
hOrnless variety imported from Scotland, and
have never been introduced in Minnesota.
They will prove quite an interesting curiosity
and will attract much attention from ock
breeders from various parts of the country.
The great rivals of the famous Jerseys, and
which are just coming into popular favor,
the GHernseys, will also be exhibited by a
prominent New York state breeder.