Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-20
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBELETs.

New switch boards are being put into the
telephone exchange.
Work on the Sixth avenue south sewer ia
progressing rapidly.
John Tice was arrested last night on war
rant for assault and battery.
Two fine new engines for the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road arrived yesterday.
The Light infantry boys gave prize exhibi.
ton drill in Market hall last evening.
Wheat receipts yesterday were 27.200 bush
els. and only $50 barrels were received.
The drives are coming down the river in fine
style, and will soon all be safe in the various
booms.
The childrens' meeting of the Humane So
ciety occurred last evening in the Church OF
the Redeemer.
Frank Desring was quite badly injured in a
runaway accident, near the university, on
Thursday night.
The double track on the Fourth avenue
street car lire has been completed beyond
Fourteenth street.
Yesterday morning millwright named
Clark Magill received deep cash in his foot
from broad axe.
Go to the Boston restaurant at any hour
you please, and you can get good meal,
lunch and and cigars.
The work of exeavatipg for the Central ave-
nue. sewer was commenced yesterday morning
by big shovel brigade.
The electric light mast will be made of
boiler iron. It will be located on bridge
square, near the public fountain.
W. A. Brown has renovated and enlarged
the Theater comique, and it is now one of the
finest variety theaters in the West.
gang of drunken roughs were .'ired'
from the Quady house, and, as matter of re-
venge, they mashed in the windows.
The Minneapolis Electric Light company
has fixed the price of Illumination at seventy
five cents per night for each light of loco
candle power. Cheap.
Last evening drunken rough assaulted a
fagman on the Washington avenue crossing
OF the Manitoba railroad, and in the melee
broke the fsgman's nose with rock. He was
run in by Officer Daily.
Conductor Worth, Of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railroad, arrested q pickpocket who
stole pocketbook containing So from a pas
senger on his train, and brought him to the
lookup at 10 O'Clock last evening.
When the knife with which DR.. Wood ling
stabbed Mr.. Knickerbocker with was received
by the police it was found that about an inch
and half had been broken of. Upon inves.
tigation the point was found driven deep into
portion of the stove, near which Mr.. K.
stood at the time of the ARRAY, and was driven
by heavy blow.
The Washburn G mill commenced grinding
California wheat yesterday: This wheat makes
excellent flour. The berry is larger than the
Minnesota, and it Is probable the millers will
get goodly share of their whea, from Cali
fornla in the future. It can be placed in the
elevator of the mills at much lower price
| than home wheat.
Phil Brady. a popular and wealthy mer.
chant of Brooklyn, N. Y, was in the city
yesterday, the guest of his brother-in-law
| Thos. Wood, editey of the Celtic World. Mr..
Brady took in Like Calhoun, Minnehaha and
other of our delightful pleasure resorts, and
expresses himself more than pleased with oul
Northwestern country.
While John Courtney was going home on
Thursday night, he was attacked by footpads
| in the woods oA north Royalston avenue, Oak
Lake addition. He had upon his person quite
| an amount of money, and the robbers had I'M
doubleday become aware of the fact Mr..
Courtney cried for help, and two gentlemen
passing near by in a carriage quickly respond.
ed and the footpads ran hurriedlY away.