Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-25
TO CITY sUBsCRIBEKs.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELErs.

Sickness among children 1s very prevalent many
cases proving fatal.
Ics cream and cake at the Boston restaurant ct all
hours, day and night.
Columbus excursion party is 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 DRINKS paid their regular s. 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
traring for the fair, is expected to-day.
The excavation for the river piers of the stone
arch viaduct, was commenced yesterday.
ID. Claire reports that he had q watch and chain
stolen from his room at IS Eleventh avenue south.
Wheat receipts at Minneapolis yesterday were
$4,000 bushels. The shipments were 3,625 bushels.
An insane man named Snodgrsss was taken to the
asylum at st Peter by Deputy Sheriff Henion yes
terday.
Charles Clifford, who stole the coat at BiIy's
Place. was yesterday 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 Resrdon
Excavation for the electric light mast, which is to
be erected on Bridge square by the Brush Electric
Light company, was commenced yesterday.
1t is reported that the wages of the bricklsyers
have been reduced from So per day to $3.50. The
workm Ell complain thereat and threaten strike.
The city board of equalization has passed over
the milling district, and now patiently listening to
the vigorous kicks of other tax payers against
mens.
The four year old daughter of J. 8. Franklin, who
resides near the Harvester works, was badly scaded
on Sunday by servant girl stumbling with kettle
of boiling water.
John Stevens, carpenter residing ON Eleventh
avenue south, while working upon en- unsafe scat
folding, precpitsted to the ground and received
fractured shoulder yesterday.
Col King returned from the East yesterday morn.
ing He was wonderfully successful in securing at.
fractions for his coming fair, which will soon be
made 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 was continued until August 2, at
o clock.
The two naughty wives who were iu-trested by
their Jealous husbands as published in yesterdays
GLOBE were released from police custody at the in
stance of the mayor under 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 asylum to-day.
AR, Emery was arrested on Saturday for some
trivial offense and discharged. On Sunday he was
again arrested for obstructing the sidewalk. He
demanded jury trial, and to accommodate him the
case was continued until to-day
John Duby's little girl severely bitten in the
hand by vicious cur yesterday morning. lad
named Victor Swanberg also frightfully bitten
in the facs by another savage dog yesterday morn
ing. Death was the decree from police hoad-
quarters.
A soda fountain, In Mercus' restaurant on Third
street, exploded yesterday morning, playing sad
havoc with the ceiling of the room and the furni-
ture. Mr. Mercus, who was standing few feet
from the fountain at the time OF the explos IN, had
narrow escape
Michael Kavanaugh of First avenue south, and
neighbor had free fight on yesterday morning.
when each retired to his room, which are directly
opposite each other. Presently Kavanaugh came TO
his door and began firing wood at his neighbor, but
failing to hit him, hit his wife, inficting an 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. Kavanaugh decsmpad precipitately,
but was soon run down by an officer. He was yes
terday introduced to his honor, and displayed re-
markable wit in the examination, but 1t cost him
just S25 to maintain his personal liberty.
l. Rest eeerna In he he yorst instead of best
He IL the father of soa who is helpessly crippled,
aud wao is Obliged to depend entirely upon the I'M
natural father for care, the only other member Of
the family being the grandmother Of the boy who
is aged and helplessly blind (Best's wife was d.
vorced from him some time ago, and Is now married
TO second husband). Instead Of caring as he
should for the suffering boy and the aged
mothern-law, Best has been in the
habit of guzzling his fill of bad whisky aud then
treating them in most shameful manner The
matter reached climax on Sunday, when an officer
called and Best taken in custody. Judge Cooley
gave him thirty days to sober off and become q