The Northwestern standard., 1885-12-19
STANDARD NEWS.
Light Mention Of people--News Of the
Week Gathered and Condensed

RGal Il Burt.
Finest Photos and Gallery in the state. Beal
& Rurt's. IS Fourth street south.
pair of slippers viii make a nice Christmas
present. Buy them ut Morans.
Beal s. Burts flne cabinet photos, oniy s2.oo
per dozen. Is Fourth street south
1t cost over s4s, 600 to light the streets OF Min
neapolis during the past twelve months.
For excellent Coffees Teas and Sugars go to
the Grea, Atlantic and Pacific Tea company,
3l2 Ncollet avenue
Thurman Hollingshead, who has been charged
with stealing 3 buggy from Baldwin Brown
win receive au examination January 10.
c. W Barr u carpenter employed IN Y an
D,lzcu s. Co.'s gtorehouse, fell thirty feet from
n building, but fortunately escaped with slight
injuries.
The Minnesota delegation viii meet at =" ASH
tnpton on the third Monday in January, to or
gauige for work on the Western waterways
question.
Woodside was again defeated in the five-mile
bicycle race on Tuesday night with I. ". Eek
champion of Canada. The Canadian was given
q half lap start, and Woodside was beaten py
only q tribe.
Mr. and Mrs John II. Thompson, assisted by
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Capen, gave reception ana
dancing party Wednesday evening at 1915
Hawthorne avenue.
Moran Bros, 25O Ncollet avenue keep the
largest and finest stock of boots shoes, and
foot gear for old and young big and lite thae
can be found ia the city.
George W Hammond was crushed TO oeash
on Saturday evening last by the freight eieVa~
tor in Miller Bros. hardware store i'll the Boz
ton block He left q family.
plsts have been filed with the register OF
Deeds Office OF Auditors subdivisions NOS.
10, % and 80; also subdivision OF BLOCK 49,
Atwaters addition.
is, McEwan received rather severe injuries
from fall through the elevator shatt III the
building at No. roo First street south. He viii
recover however.
mass meeting Of contractors and builders
was held last evening at the Northwestern
Permanent exhibit and a Builders Association
was organized.
last night the third annual ball Of the Min
neaDolig firemen was given at the Leland INK
and In point ofsnunbers and perfect manage
ment il was thorough success
The commissioners to assess the damages
ana benefits on the opening OF E1sbth street.
from TL3ird to Eighth avenues southeast re-
port da'nhages between $4,000 and S7,eOo ID ex-
cess Of the benefits.
Tho NewS-Lette1 .ss about to be revived. DR..
Ames has disposed OF hehe stock and material
to a stock company, who ~yjllin the near future
continue its publication. A. ~ Mullen will fll
the position Of managing editor
The street car system of Minneapolis 4rnea-
cures, inclusivoIy of all the lines, hfty-ol.>
miles, four miles of which were built this year.
For the coming year there are in contempla
ton about six miles Of new track
Arnixed wrestling match between J. IT, Nc
Laughiin of Detroit, and Charles Moth OF thls
city, will take place in the near future. a pad
feeling exists between the two men aah tue |
probabilities are that the matcit4 will be for I
blood"
Mrs. Stephen A. Budd, who resides at 2as
Thirteenth avenue south, Is one OF the Chase- |
Townlsy heirs, and is confident Of coming IN
for her share of the estate Mr., Chase Was |
her great grandfather, rs she showed concur |
sYely III papers she has forwarded.
The officers OF all the Total Abstinence 80 !
cieties are requested TO meet Sunday, Deceni-
Der 20 at 9 o'clock p. IN. sharp at the new hall
Of the st. Anthony Il. A. and B. Society, |
Eighth avenue northeast and Second street. |
Thomas Dunn, County President
The regular weekly meeting of the grocers
held on Monday evening, was largely devoted |
Ir ;nIb
Resolutions were adopted severely deprecating
the practice and deciding to deal with no JOB !
Der violating the agreement already made.
The Minneapolis post-ollice shows gross
business for the fiscal year as follows: Re
ceipts $1S6 005.6T; postmaster's salary, $500;
clerk hire, S24,441Sl; heat light and fuel,
s4.5o4.5o incidental expenses $685., ,ss; free de-
livery SIS, ,To3.41; net revenue, $l2l 1881
The G. A r. contributions to the Grant monu- |
ment by the veterans of the rebellion, will be
made through post commanders Instead OF the
adjutant generals office. saltwater was the
first Minnesota post to come under the order, |
Assistant Adjutant Norton receiving Sl3.2
from them
A meeting of the building committee of the
Catholic Orphan Asylum was held Tuesday
night to examine the plans and specifications
for tho new asylum on Chicago auenue. The
committee will meet With practical builder
on Monday afternoon for the purpose of adopt
ing or rejecting the plans.
A fire took place on the corner of Second ave.
nue. north and Third street on Wednesday
evening. II was a frame building, owned by
Messrs. Shepard and Warren, and was occu-
pied by f. &. Stevens as boarding house. The
entire loss amounted to about $4,000, which
was almost fully covered by insurance.
The Stonecutters nion met Tuesday night
and elected The following officers: President,
s. Mccarthy; vice president, w Christy;
financial secretary, Peter Holscher; CORE
spending secretary, James Myers; treasurer,
4. McGrudle; sergeantat-arms, +. Parjet;
finance committee, j. Rend, w. Won P. Don
leven
We hope that on the Esd inst. the bicycle race
between Woodsde, the champion of Ireland,
and Eek. the champion of Canada, will be
given to the best man. Both Of these gentle
have good records and should be careful how
they use the public. People are getting tired
of hearing so much talk of champions and
wuuid-be champions.
Sheriff Bracket took four prisoners to Still 4
water Tuesday, among them being +. }.
Teipner The latter bid his wife and children
farewell at noon Tuesday, shaking hands with
them through the iron grating. His wife WAS
much affected by the parting, but Teipner ex-
hibited no emotional signs and with the word
OF parting turned abruptly away.
Tho M,ppaannI,s f,lut, has aho1t decided fo