Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-07
MINNEAPoLIs GLoBRLETs.

restaurant.
A. G. Harris arrived in the city from the
Dakota wilds last evening.
Nice oysters, wines, cigars, ETC., at all
hours all the Boston restaurant.
Yesterday was the opening day for the
third term of the year at the state univers-
ity.
The excavation for the new union depot
has been commenced by Contractor
Bracket.
The Reform club will open the third
party spring campaign at Harrison hall on
Friday evening.
well-attended meeting of the Cru
saders' society was held at the Catholic
association hall last evening.
Nels Anderson was knocked down with a
club in free fight in lower Washington
avenue saloon on Monday night.
Mayor Ames left yesterday morning for
LIE Roy in answer to q telegram calling
him to perform surgical operation.
Union services of the Episcopal churches
will be held at All Saints church this
evening. Rev. Mr.. Tardy, of Holy Trinity,
will officiate.
Freight shipments yesterday were:
Flour, 1925 barrels; wheat, 1888 bushels;
mill stuff, 226 tons; barley, 500 bushels,
coal, 468 tons.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
to John Gustaf Holmstrom and Christina
Bertha Holmstrom, Harold HombleYal
and Sarah S. Kausir.
The Tourists party delighted another
large house at the Academy last evening.
The season will close with matinee and
an entertainment this evening.
Bids for constructing thirty-seven pieces
of sewer were opened yesterday. The
aggregate cost will be $158,OOO. The con-
tracts will be awarded on Friday.
The flour quotations are: Patents,
$6.5O87; clears, $5.25@5.65; straights,
$5.5O@6.5O; Garland, $5.55; Gold Dust,
$6.75; lower grades, $2.25@325 per bar
rel.
f. G. Merrill, arrested upon warrant
charging him with stealing 500 bushels of
wheat from John Orth, had the prelimi
nary examination continued in the munich
pal court yesterday afternoon until to-day.
Freight receipts yesterday were: Flour,
5000 barrels; wheat, $4,000 bushels; oats.
1000 bushels; barley, 500 bushels; corn,
$500 bushels; coal, 1921 tons; wood, 80
cords; lumber, 10000 feet; barrel stock,
10 cars; mill stuff, sc tons; flax seed 500
bushels; hay, 20 tons.
The inspection of grain at this point
yesterday was as follows: Wheat No. 1
hard, Sc cars; No. hard, 10 cars; No. reg
ular, 80 cars; No. 2 regular, 26 cars; No. 3
regular, Is cars; rejected, cars; con-
demned, % cars; rejected oats, 4 cars;
No. barley, car. Total cars in
spectad, PA.
Cincinnati Enquirer, 4th: The follow
ing exceedingly welcome message was re-
ceived at the Enquirer Office last night:
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March 3, 1888.
To the editor of the Enquirer: Draw
on City Bank of Minneapolis for $29125
for r5lief of sufferers by Ohio floods. This
is from theatrical benefit.
A. A. AMEs, Mayor.
This evening Stage Manager James
Wheeler, Of the Theater Comique,will have
his 1irst benefit The entire long pro-
gramme of olio and drama will be present
cd, supplemented by pie eating match,
the first contest of the kind ever seen in
this city. Many of the improvements in
the theater may be credited to Mr.Wheeler,
who should have rousing benefit.
In the municipal court yesterday after
noon ". Williams, the horse thief, was ar
raigned. He is charged with. stealing H.
D. Woods horse from in front of the
Manitoba depot on Sunday evening. He
entered plea of not guilty, and asked to
have the preliminary examination contin-
ued until a particular friend should arrive
home from the woods. He explained that
his object was to get money from the
friend to employ an attorney. The court
thought such a continuance would be by
far too indefinite, and set the examination
for this afternoon.
At the meeting of the Northwestern Tel
ephone exchange the following officers
we're elected: Messrs. w. A. Tngham, c. ].
Glidden, L. S. Downs, L. w. Hoyt, A. A.
Coburn, +. B. Shedd, A. E. Pollard. R. H.
HankInson and John Watson. All but
Messrs. Hankinson and Watson are mem
bers of the New England exchange. The
officers are: President, W. A Ingham; treas
ut0I, " D. Oliuueui general manager, b.
N. Downs. The capital stock of the ex-
change has been increased to 100000,
in order to extend and improve the system.
1t Is also proposed to string a cable of
twenty-five wires between thee twin cities
this summer.
On change yesterday, wheat, grain and
mill stuff went as follows:
Wheat, No. 1 hard, S1142( spot; April,
$1.1613 bid; May, $1.19H bid; No. 2hard,
$1.10 bid; No.. northern, $1.1O; No. 3 north
ern, LOG; southern receipts nominal at
about sc below northern of same grade.
No. > corn, sic for spot sic for March,
5215c for April,5411 &c bid for May. No.2 oats,
4Oc bid; No. white, Ale bid; rejected,
36c bid. Rye, sac bid for No. .; SIC for
rejected Barley nominal, with sales only
by sample at 45@55c for No. 8.
Bran $1125@11.50 asked bulk, and
shorts at $3.50. Coarse corn meal, $50
10 on track, $1,000 f. O. b. Mixed feed,
$10G19.5O on track, $19@2O.5O f. o. b.
Hay easy; sales at IS for good wild, and
1915 for choice.
IN COURT.