St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-05
MINNEAPoLIs GLoBELETs.

The street cars yesterday reaped a harvest.
The boot blacks and news boys anniver-
sary will be held this evening.
The cricket club had practice game in
Snyder's park yesterday morning.
The Bay City and Minneapolis clubs will
play the third game at the park this after
noon.
Patsey Mellin, of this city, and Jack Ke-
hoe, of Waseca, spared four rounds at Glen
coe yesterday.
At the city mission tonight "Echoes from
the Fourth of July" will be the topic of
talk by the Rev. R. McQuestion,
The business of the court will be extensive
this morning The cases, however, will be,
for the major part, plain drunks.
At clock small blaze occurred in gro
cery store, corner Seventeenth avenue and
Fourth street northwest, $50 damage.
The St. Elizabeth German Catholic chnrch
held a happy picnic in Schaeffer's South
Side park yesterday and it was extensively
attended.
1t is probable that Jerry Murphy and Louis
Rubshaw will soon have graceo-Roman or
catch-as-catch-can wrestling match for an
important purse.
A building belonging to ]. c. Whitney,
1915 Fourth avenue south, occupied by the
drug store of Jas. D. Mower, caught fire at
midnight. Cause, unknown; damage, SlOO.
The coaster which is being built on the
block in the rear of the Syndicate block is
creating deal of opposition. The property
owners are making vigorous protests against
it.
The contract for the appearance of Jay
Eye See at the approaching fair has been
closed, and st. Julien or Clingstone will be
engaged as his com mpctitor on the Minneapo-
lis course.
The records of several flyers were lowered
at the fair grounds yesterday. Betsy Ann,
who was entered under protest because it
was claimed she had trotted in '2S, won a
heat in '26.
Between the hours of 80 and o'clock
yesterday morning a burglar entered the
residence of Lars Hanson, No. 312 Eighth
avenue south and relieved him Of his watch
and chain valued at $2S.
A brief meeting of the Illinois association
tendance it was decided to adjourn to next
Friday evening (when there is no Fourth)
at which time the arrangements for the con-
templated picnic at Minnetonka, and for the
entertainment OF the Illinois veterans en-
campment will be decided upon.
Little Eddie, the ten-year old son of j. H.
Hisser, of Park avenue, met with serious
accident yesterday. The child, like all boys,
was Jealous in his observance of the festivi-
ties incident to the national holiday, and in
dscharging fire cracker he had his eyes
filled with powder, and it is feared he will
lose his sight.
The Minneapolis Association of Stationary
Engineers met last evening and installed
the following officers: Past President, j. G.
Lacy; President Z. s. Getchell; Vice-Presi-
dent, H. F. Pierce; w. NJ. Derby, Record
ing Secretary; w. NJ. Sage, Financial Secre-
tary; w. Mcmillan, Corresponding Secre-
tary; G. c. Hurd, Conductor; f. r. Auger,
Door keeper.
The town seemed wild with the spirit OF
independence tonight. Fire crackers were
cracking every where, to the great danger of
person and property. Sergeant Fox and a
posse arrested three men on Nicollet avenne
for setting off fireworks in the crowded street.
4 mob tried TO rescue the men, and short
scrimmage ensued, in which number of
heads were broken. The officers kept their
men.
As shown by the report of Clerk Dunn, the
receipts of the Minneapolis municipal court
for the month Of June were 81, ,404.75. The
civil business amounted to $l57.95, while
from all the criminal sources 81, ,2+6.S0 was
received. The income from all sources for
the month of May was 81, S60.23, showing a
difference in favor of May of $464.4S The
falling off in the receipts is partially ex-
planned by there being but seven houses of
ill-fame reported during June, while during
May there were twelve of these resorts, con-
tanning about forty inmates. There has also
been material falling off in the receipts
fvoN inebriates.