St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-02
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the approximation that they will reach
$1,000.
G. d. Dorr was yesterday elected BOOM
master by the Mississippi and Rum River
Boom company, to succeed w. e. Johnson.
Dorr is the old boommaster land thoroughly
up in the duties.
The municipal court was closed yesterday
at the request of Mayor Pilsbury in respect
to the obsequies OF Vice President Hendricks.
The only business done was to try three cases
of plain drunkenness and one disorderly.
The park commission will not meet this af-
ternoon as had been intended, owing to the
fact that certain matters which it had been
intended to bring before the body has not yet
been completed. A meeting will be held on
Saturday afternoon.
The police made 1856 arrests last month, of
which 100 were for drunkenness, 20 for lar
ceny, 81 for diSorderly conduct, % for vag-
rancy, 6 for reckless driving, for rape, for
being found in a house of ill-fame, IA for as
sault and battery and for bastardy. The
tramp record is SO per cent. below the same
month last year.
The special delivery business shows fall
ing off at the Minneapolis postofice. The re-
port for November shows that ,064 letters
were received during the month addressed to
Minneapolis parties, and l,O44 delivered.
There were 1856 drop letters, and 270 letters
mailed to parties outside of the city. The
total number Of letters received in October
was LOSS, of which 365 were drop letters.
There was great falling off IN the number
of letters received here addressed to other
offices, the number for October being 76O.
The local Methodist ministers met yeSter-
day atthe Simpson M. E. chapel. Devotional
exercises occupied all morning. In the after
noon Rev. d. j. Higgins of Eden Prairie
preached on the Relation of Local Preachers
to the Preacher in Charge. At night the SER
mon was preached by Rev. John L. Pitner of
the Hennepin Avenue church. Rev. Higgins
presided over the meeting. and W P. Finlay-
son was secretary. The Minneapolis district
convention will meet to-day at the same place.
The wOmen's industrial exchange yesterday
opened its new quarters in the Cullen block on
Fourth street. The new rooms are very
pleasant and very centrally located. The fancy
articles of all descriptions which are on sale
add very much to the appearance Of the
apartments. Tables to the number of sixteen
were well filed, and the fare and price were
both so acceptable that they doubtless will be
crowded every day. The second floor will be
furnished for the exchange and will be used
for meetings. They will be open to young
lady clerks in stores and Offices, who can
bring in their lunch and spend the noon
hour.
MINNEAPOLIS PERSONALS.
L. R. Aldrish, hotelman of Benson, is at
the St. James.
Sheriff Henry Hays Of Aberdeen is down
from Dakota.
George B. Kirkhide leaves for Chicago to-
day on business.
Frank l.. Plummer, the county surveyor,
leaves to-day Oh a trip to St. Louis.
John South of Elroy, Wis, who owns a
bonanza farm in Dakota, is at the Clark
house.
G. w. Shepardson, representing the Cor
ham Silver company at New York, is at the
West hotel.
G. D. Cornelius, assistant cashier at the
Sagnache county bank of California, is visit
ing friends in the city.