St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-08
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULEs.

A petition has been circulated among the
hardware men favoring the o clock closing
idea and has been signed by nearly all OF the
most prominent
The bank clearings yesterday were SSH O3'.-
3D. For the week they were So. 1876, Oi4-D. ana
for the corresponding week OF last year they
were ST. 293, S33.93.
Sheriff Swensen is renovatiDg the old sher-
Yiff-s Office in the old court house. 1t Will
look like the private office OF bank Wheh
the improvements are completed.
George R Robinson sues the Great North
ern railroad for 81 1000 damages. He alleges
that the company is wrongfully i'll possession
Of some of his property in Hoag's addition.
A movement is on foot to resurreet the old
Reform club that used to hold Sunday after
noon meetings in Harrison hall. Its object
as in the past will be to boom prohibition
John Grimes, who was on july convicted
of keeping gambling device, was yesterday
granted a further stay of execution for thirty
DAYS 10 allow HIM to petition for new tIlal.
Cases of scarlet fever at 733 Marshall street
northeast, 725 Marshall street northeast and
a case OF diphtheria at $40 Central avenue.
were reported at the health office Yesterday
j. II. Harmon, the new weather clerk de
tailed for duty at Minneapolis. has arrived
In the city and taken charge OF the ONCE
He will move his family hither from Wash
IngtOn.
tits reported that arrangements have been
made 10 have the Black Pearl released from
the wOrkhOuse after he has served halt OF
his thirty-day sentence. Judge Mahoney has
agreed to the plan.
L.R. Rentfrow has been appointed guard
ian Of Benning RentfrOw to allow suit for
damages to be brought against Robert Num-
who. il is claimed, owned a vicious dog that
bit young Renttrow.
Mrs. Elizabeth Faigh. of Hopkins, eighty
nine years of age, fell down stairs Monday
and sustained a fracture OF the sksll, from
which she died Thursday evening Coroner
Byrnes was notified, but decided not 10 hold
an inquest
Capt. 0. NJ. Sawyer, of Minneapolis, who
has been secretary of the board OF directors
of the Minnesota soldiers home since the
board was organized, has resigned and his
place will be filled at meeting OF the board,
to be held on Aug. II.
Rev Charles HartWeil. Il missionary who
has spent most of his life i'll China, spoke at
Lowry Hill Congregational church Thursday
night. He thinks the Chinese are destined
10 become great Christian people. They
are already learning 10 speak English.
The will of Mrs Margaret Jessing was
proved in the probate court yesterday after
noon by secondary evidence, the will having
been lost During the hearing IL was brought
out that the will Of Joseph Renter, former
husband of Mrs. Jessing, was proved in pre-
cisely the same way.
The National Commission Company of
Minneapolis was legally Incorporated yester-
day, with a capital stock of $4,000. The in
eorporators are Charles II. Hardenburgh and
Fred E. Hardenbergh, Of Minneapolis, and
W. E. Blossom, Of Oswego, y. Y.
Two more performances of "Fanehon"
will he given at the BijOu. a matinee to-day
at 2:30 and q performance tonight at $50
will conclude the engagement COmmenc-
ing tomorrow night will be witnessed the
farewell production of the stock company in
Tom Taylors melodrama, ''Tieket-of Leave
Man
Ed johnson was fined sos in the police
court Yesterday for the larceny Of q watch
and chain and small sum OF money from
Charles ShOlandeT The two scTaped an ac-
Quaintance in a beer saloon. and when they
parted company Sholander discovered his
loss. The property was found in Johnson s
possession.
An ola man named Merriam Crabtree was
arrested by Officers Foster and Custer yester-
day afternoon for an assault upon John
O'Neill The men had a quarrel over some
trivial matter near the corner Of Washington
and Sixth avenue north and Crabtree struck
O'Neill with a stone, ONeil was seriously
injured.
The Twin City Cart company filed articles
of incorporation Yesterday. The nature of
the business is to be the manufacturing OF
fine grade of road carts with Schwalen 4
Powers patent vehicle springs. The shops
are to be on Hennepin avenue. between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. The cap
ital is 100000 and the limit of Indebtedness
fixed at $4,000.
1t has been found that II viii be impossible
to drain Hoag's lake by means of the Sixth
street sewer as was at first intended, for the
reason that the sewer is but two inches lower
than the present level of the wafer III the
lake. Il has now been decided TO drain The
lake through the big Fifth street sewer
which is a block distant, aud a channel will
have 10 be dug. he cost is estimated al
$1,000.