Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-07-02
Minneapolis Letter.

Minneapolis Letter.
MINNEAPOLIS. JUNE %, '86.
Itwas sight to see them,
Onthat balmy day
The drivers turn the cars around
And send them the other way.
Thus begun the strike by 200 |
drivers on the sixty miles Of street
railway of the city. the first of the
kind that has ever taken place
here, and came about because the
superintendent took their seats
from them. which they had been
permitted TO use Oh the out end of
their route. Everything was con-
Quoted in an orderly manner. The
police good naturally keeping the
people out Of the way that the boys
might have chance. The newly
elected Mayor took sides with them
but gave them to understand that
perfect order would be maintain
ed at all hazards, and that he ex-
pected their help to which they
assented. So all day last Monday
the spacious streets presented an
air of retirement and pedestrians
wended their way homeward at
evening never SO fully realizing
that the city is ono of magnificent
distances. All the lines were again
opened Tuesday, the seats having
been returned and negotiations for
arbitration entered into between
company and employees upon this
and other differences that exist.
The drivers are knights of Labor,
and are generally intelligent, as a
man must be who is expected to see
every passenger that gets upon his
car and to aGnouce to the world the
same by ringing gong connected
with clock work that keeps tally
of the number each trip and the
number of trips. He must like
wise see that for each passenger
taken aboard there is deposited in
the box at his right the customary
nickle or the little disk Of celluloid
that answers the name of ticket,
and is so made for the convenience
of passengers and 10 save expense
of a living conductor, for in his
stead one of brass is used, a sort OF
inclined patent tramway that runs
all around the car, and connected
with little hoppers conveniently
situated into which the fare is
placed and reaching the tramway
finds the way to the box common to
all bob tail cars.
The season for tourists is upon
us. You can always tell it, not by
the warm sun alone or from the
fact that the average citizen is con-
stantly moving his lawn or sprink-
ling it, Notwithstanding he is al
ways anxious fer summer that
these things may be done, and it
seems sort Of mania among all
the members OF the family to eth
er NOW the lawn or wet it down;
and it is wet down just before rain
and moved down just after, and
between rains, and a causual OBJ
servation will show that the Min
neapolitan's pride lies in his lawn
and his strength in moving OF
sprinklig the same. But as said,
another way you are led to believe
there are strangers III town, for the
blind man sits on the corner and
grinds away at his organ, or the
poor 2) woman with two or three
children about her, seemingly well
fed, agravates an accordeon to the
time of which the pennies find their
way to the tin cup conveniently
near.
Among the recent entertsin-
ments, was one by the original Bill
Nye, he whom Bret Harte associ-
ated with All Sin-the heather
Chinee, who was child like and
bland in game that all took a
hand it was Euchre. Nye's hu.
: NOR lies largely in his droll man.
ner. Yet.he. quite equals Marx
Twain and is more original. J.
Whitcomb RELY, the Indiana poet
was with him. lie is both pathetic
! and funny with fine face for i'm.
personat;on and in Dutch, Irish Oh
: Western dialect, recites original
poems that take his audience by
storm. G. RANDOLPH.
| The Evangelists, Shelton anc
Graham have done noble work
, since they have commenced theil
!, series of meetings in Edna. 81
/ far as we can learn, some S4 have
connected themselves with the
various churches since the meeting
has been in progress. OF thi.
number the NJ. E. Church got 40
!. NJ. E. Church south 26, Presby
t terian Church 10, Christian
: Church s. The meeting closed
: on Wednesday evening, and lastec
3 about five weeks. 1t is to bt
3 hoped that much good has beer
, accomplished. Rev. Shelton ane
r Graham are faithful and energeti,
3 workers, and should receive EN-
: couragement where ever they may