St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-02
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

The bank clearings yesterday were sLs13.-
Twenty-Five deeds were recorded yesterday
for a total consideration OF S57, 15S Fourteen
permits were issued for a total OF s., 100.
Sergeant Falk has again won the company
a medal for Grill work, and as this is the
third time he has been thus successful, Is
now entitled TO retain the trophy.
A. j. Russell of the journal staff, and Miss
IenOra Cove, daughter of K. II. Cove,
prominent lawyer Of Rochester, Mimi, were
married Tuesday at the brides home.
Jonn Grimes, whose "clock" gambling
house on Second avenue South was ralGed
Tuesday by the police, Will nave ms trial
next Monday. His attorney is busy in the
district court.
Two oil paintings one of Yellowstone Falls
and one of Spokane Falls, are now on exhi-
bitiOn dt the West Hotel for one week. They
were painted by Z. Clausen for A. E. john
son, Of New ! or6 City.
The national convention guaranty fund
received two additions yesterday-S5CO from
Editor George Thompson. Of the ST. Paul
Dispatch, and 500 from Emil Ferrant. This
makes total Of $4,000 now.
Police Surgeon Gibson was very busy yes
teTday examining applicants Tor POSITIONS on
The police force. and It IS likely that the
eight vacancies which now exist will be
filed within day or two.
Dr. A. \. Ames has resigned the position
OF surgeon at Soldiers Home. The office IS
almost a sinecure as far as the salary is con
cerned. and as it took up great deal Of the
doctors time, he had to give 1t up.
GOV. Joe Fifer, of Illinois, is due in Min
neapOlis to-day or tomorrow, en- ronte 10
Lake MinnetoEka. lie viii spend two weeks
or more at the Minnesota resorts, and Will
devote his time principally TO nshlng.
The Gintee Commission company filed
articles of incorporation yesterday. The
capital stock is $4,000. The incorporates
are Elmer ". and Matthew j. Glntee, Lee
Morrison, j. ). Todd and (. r. Beeman.
Up to July there have been issued this
year 5.531 dog licenses 1859 of which were
fer males and 4S2 for females The amount
received from this source is Sl.166, of which
one-half goes 10 the police pension fund.
Cases of measles at 604 Seventeenth avenue
north 500 Aldrich avenue anu 205 Plymouth
avenue. scarlet fever at SIC Second avenue
north, ard diphtheria al IS Highland avenue
were reported at the health office yesterday.
Mayor Winston has again deferred the ap-
pOintment of the board of corrections and
charities. He was busily engaged with the
Democratic cOnclave yesterday. and stated
tina; he would have no time to make appoint
ments until today.
While Harrison L. Wilkin was sailing on
Lake MinnetOnka from COttagewOod to
Phipps place TUESDAY he jibed the boat III
such a manner as to capsize her. Captain r.
G Brooks. OF COttagewOod. was luckily at
hand, and rescued Wilkin from watery
grave.
H. G. Harrison fled with the city clerk
yesterday a formal notice Of appeal to the
district court from the award OF the cOmmlS-
siOneTs IN the opening of Mary place. from
Eleventh 10 Twelfth streets, 1t is feared
this viii delay the improvement until next
year.
A. Smith and family and Grover Cleve-
land and wife. of Fourteenth avenue south;
Frank II. Feuse wife and children, and Miss
Olive Huntington. Of Bloomington avenue,
are all settled in Il cottage at Lake indie
pendence. Friends and neighbOrS are in
Vited 10 call.
During the month of June the city poor
department has furnished aid TO 134 families,
which exceeds the number for January by
four There has been a decrease of about 80
per cent in the number of applications since
last winter. In February last 344 families
were aided.
An old soldier named Prosper Hobbs was
found yesterday in his room, at 2l2 NicOllet
avenue, suffering from a hemOTrhage of the
lungs ana was removed TO the city hospital.
1t is feared he will die. Hobbs has been
tramplng around the country for years and
has no relatives or friends in the West.
The following marriage licenses were is
sued Yesterday; Nils Brown and Title Berg,
James ;. Adams and Emiline Hover, Thorn
as SmithSOn and Cora ". Germaine, Andrew
HOrworth and Rose Cerep, Lewis b. Libbey
and Jennie Kirk John o ROurke and Nellie
Hogan, Henry B. Trask and Mary E. era
ham.
During the month Of June the meat in
spectOr condemned more meat than in any
other month during the past year. The
greater proportion of il, Inspector Davies
states. was dressed beef and veal which had
been shipped from the country and which,
through the fault of the shipper, was unfit
for Use when it arrived in the city.
The regular monthly meeting of the cham
Der of commerce was held yesterday, at
which the following gentlemen were declared
elected as members of the chamber: ID. Nor
Tison. Ernest L. Everett. Walter X. Powers
Martin WhitcOmb, Philip NJ. Ramey, George
A. DurigHeaud all of Minneapolis and John
Mcleod, Duluth. The chamber Will adjourn
to-day until Monday.
The Franklin avenue branch of the public
library will in September receive some $50
new books Swedish, Norwegian and Danish,
covering history, science and fiction. Among
the authors are Strindberg, Ibsen and Bran
dos, When this lot arrives it Will swell the
list of scandinavian works IN the library TO
about :, 000 ali well selected and representing
every school Of literature.
The case of William Davis, the Afro-Amer-
lean charged with having "slanted' off to
St Paul with S25 belonging to Matte Lane, a
young woman of color, with whom he has
'been stopping" came before Judge Ma
honey Yesterday. Matte had evidently been
rounded up as she declined to prosecute,
and besGught the court TO be lenient with
the prisoner. Davis was reprimanded by the
court and dismissed.