St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-09
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULEs.

Yesterdays bank clearings were $780,
245.6s.
The Washington avenue bridge will be
ready for travel by Feb. l.
Public installations of lodges l and IS.
K. of p. occurred last night at the hall.
corner of Washington and Fourth avenues
south.
Those few members of the Minneapolis
TObOggan club who went out last night
found the weather a trile too polaric for
enjoyment
In the difficulty between the North Star
Iron company and the West Side Power
company, arbitrator have awarded the
former S6.670.
The building committee of the North
western hospital has not yet accepted plans,
as nothing can be done until it IS known
just how much money will be on hand
Company / met last night and accepted
the offer of Company ID of St. Paul To drill
against Company X of Saltwater for prize
offered by ST. Paurs crack company.
Neal Farnham, A. S. Huey, l.. T. Soule.
d. NJ. Town, George X. Humphrey and
+. +. Fletcher were elected to membership
at the regular meeting of the chamber of
commerce yesterday.
The magnificent address TO the Odd Eel
lows, delivered by Rabbi IlliOwizi on
Wednesday evening. will appear. at the re-
quest of the Odd Fellows committee, in the
SUNDAY GLOBE.
The intensely cold weather could not
keep away the crowd from the Grand last
night, and Rag Baby" provoked as much
hearty laughter as ever. 1t will be given at
the matinee to-day, and again tonight.
The snow blockade on the Minneapolis &
st. Louis road below Albert Lea prevented
any trains arriving IN Minneapolis yester-
day. All freight trains were stalled and
only two passenger trains were started from
this city.
During December the carriers of the
Minneapolis poStOflice delivered Az. $50
mail letters; SO. 433 postal cards: 76. 2S3
drop letters: 40, 5l3 drop postal cards, and
272, 900 papers. During the month they
collected 299, 075 letters; %, 1879 postal cards,
and 1924 papers.
The Murphy club has elected officers for
the ensuing term as follows: President, J..
ID. COttrell; vice president, A. c. Harris;
secretary, Rutger Teal; treasurer, A. VI.
Henderson; chaplain, }. L. Beach; director,
E. j. Frederick; executive committee, Ii.
4. Norton, C. c. White, J. K. Wilson.
Prof. Dodge of the university delivered
the lecture last night in the Catholic associ-
alton series of Plain Talks for Plain People.
Window hall, where it was held, contained
only a small audience, on account of the
severe weather. The topic was Lights,
Old and New, and the lecture very inter-
eSting.
The water commissioners will meet at
7:30 this evening for the purpose of award
ing contracts to the lowest bidders for fur
nishing and laying the submerged flexible
joint water pipe on the bed of the river at
the junction of Twentieth avenue north.
and for furnishing valves for the current
year.
Tn second concert of the winter series
was given last night at the West hotel by
the Gounod club, and proved fully as en-
joyable as its predecessor, though the at
tendance was largely reduced by the frigid
weather. The program was carefully Sc
lected and consisted of seven numbers. in
Guiding The Crusaders" C. A. KnOrr. a
Chicago tenor of more than local reputation,
was the soloist of the evening, and was re-
ceived with great warmth.
st. Mary's Total Abstinence and Benevo-
lent society has elected the following Off
GERS: John NJ. Kelly, president; John Nc
Elroy, vice president; Philip Mulligan, re-
cording secretary: Edmond Long, financial
secretary; p. D. DOnaghOe, treasurer: Peter
Dubay. marshal; Michael Larkins, sergeant
alarms, board of managers, T. S. Kelly. NJ.
Cookery, Thomas Dunn, +. MeNamee,
John Kearott; auditing committee. p. Null
hgan, Edward Ryan, John Swift.
President Lowry and Superintendent
Goodrich of the Minneapolis Street Railway
company will go East to-day to inspect var
ious motive powers for street car use. II