St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-27
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

Papers piled near the stove of the
New York Publishing company, at 7Oo
Hennepin avenue, caused lire i'll the
premises yesterday morning. The dam
age die not exceed $50.
Judge Pond, by order, yesterday au-
thorized the assignee of Edmund L.
Sykes to settle a claim Of the estate
with the village of Waseca for $3,155.O5.
Weather Observer Beals announces
that he has received the new meteoro-
logical instrument from the Washing
ton bureau, and will have them fixed
fer public exhibition in two or three
days.
Frank Longley, the miller who as
saulted the letter carrier several days
ago, had an examination before U. 5.
Commissioner Bowen yesterday, and
was held to the grand jury in $500
bonds.
That electricity, that mysterious
force of nature, is bound to cut an i'm
portant figure in future theatrical5 is
demonstrated by the effective manner
the production Of SHAFT No. q at the
Bijou this week. Matinee today at
2:3O.
J. B. Brooks, the well-known boat
builder of WayZata, has been appointed
special agent of the weather bureau at
the lake, and enters at once upon the
discharge of his duties.
Smith B. Hall, of Kansas City, was
III Minneapolis on business Monday.
He returned to resume his editorial du-
ties in the Office of the World yester-
day.
Rev. J. @. A. Henry will lecture at
the Central Baptist church on the even
ing of Dec. 8. The subject will be, His
Level Best"
John Rordan, a very old and feeble
man, was sent to st. Peter yesterday
from the probate court. He is under
the delusion that two balloons with
lorg teeth were after him.
Lydia V. Blake, seventytwo years of
age, was also sent to the asylum. She
believes that she has sinned and is
lost soul.
Primrose and West will open their
engagement at the Metropolitan with a
special matinee tomorrow. The enter
tainment afforded by their mammoth
greatest ever originated in this coun-
try. There are forty whites and thirty
blacks in the company.
Col. Plummer from North Dakota,
and the noted humorist, Press Wood
ruff, from Arkansas, will be at the
They will appear under the auspices of
the Woman's Kelley league in one CT
their pleasing entertainments.
Three little waits from Bethany home
were sent to the. state school at Owa-
tonna last evening. The brightest of
them is a little three-year-o fellow
bearing the name of Napoleon Bona
parte. The nurse gave him that name,
and he has never been called by any
other.
George Wooster a switchman in the
employ of the Great Northern road
was arrested yesterday by Officer Pow
ers, of the Third precinct on a warrant
charging him with grand larceny The
complainant is Daisy Harris, who
rooms at 1923 Second avenue south. She
claims that Wooster stole 800 from her.
He will have a hearing in the police
court today.
Seven vagrants were taken from tn
tramp room at the central station yes
terday morning and Judge Kerr sent
them up for fifteen days. Eight drunke
also received the customary $40 or ter
days.
The Duluth Imperial Mill compan,
has sued the Holly Mill company tC
recover s., ,3C0 for the failure of the de-
fendant to comply with a contract cali
ing for the delivery of two consign-
ments of flour. The Northwestern
tional bank are sued as garniShees.
The American Savings and Loan as
sociation has sued Nell B. Ferguson
and others to forecloSe mortgage on
part of the estate of Lydia. d. HotlZ.
on Lake Minnetonka, on which S., 1851 16
is still claimed.
The police have recovered the horse
and buggy belonging to A. W. Cousins,
Of 2709 Girard avenue, which was stolen
from Wesley church Sunday night. A
fur coat, buffalo robe and other arti-
cles in the buggy are still missing,
however.