St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-07
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GL0BULES.

DR.. w. B. Murray left last night for /
short trip to,Chcag0 and New York.
He expects to be absent about ten days
Leonard TASTY was yesterday con-
victcd of running blind pig at Cam
den Place, and was fined $50 or slXB
days.
Herbert Putnam, formerly librarian
OF the old Atheneum in Minneapolis,
has been appointed librarian of the neV
Boston library.
A meeting of the executive councli
of the Northwest Business Federation
has been called for Feb. 20. The meet
ing called for yesterday failed to ma
terializa.
On Friday evening the production oil
''Esmeralda" by cast Of young society
people will be given at the Lyceum
thrater. The beneficiary will be the
Home for Aged Women.
The 7. NJ. Roberts supply house has
leased the Hayward building at III, S23
and 725 Nicollel avenue. The firm will
continue to do business, however, at It's
old stand 50S-510 Nlcolet,
Champion Corbett continues TO draw
mammoth audiences at the Bijou IN
spite of the bad weather. Besides the
stellar attraction the company includes
several excellent specially artists.
The Minnesota Moline Plcw company,
whose plant was burned out last Sun
day afternoon. has taken up temporary
quarters at $50 and 252 Third avenue
north. They expect to fill their spriug
orders promptly.
Hon. E. E. Cooley. for many years a
practcing attorney in this city, died at
his home i'll DEBORAH, To-, Feb. l. He
leaves a wife and two sons, G. Nj.
Cooley, Of Minneapolis, and Roger
Cooley, of Montana.
Employees of the Pillsbury. Washburn
Milling company have been assured
that there is 10 be no reduction in wages,
at least before Mr.. PillSbury returns
from the East. The employees are willing
to accept any reasonable cut.
The library delivery station at Voc
CELLS drug store, corner Washington
and Hennepin avenues, will not open
hereafter until 9 o'clock 1t will then
be kept open until O'Clock for the ben
eft Of the working classes.
An old man named Anderson. living
at 919 TWenty-1irst avenue south, fell
in fiji on the First avenue car line
tracks at Grant street and First avenue
south, yesterday, and narrowly escaped
being run over by a passing car.
Mrs. Mcmillan, of the city poor de-
partment, visited $50 poor families last
month. She says she found many per-
sons destitute of proper clothing. She
asks for donations of Wearing apparel
10 be lett at the city hall between 10 a.
Ill. and II a. m.
Eddie Foy's skit "Otf the Earth" has
jumped into great favor with the
IN
DerS some bright names in the fun
making world and contains the hand
soonest lot of ladies seen in burlesque
in this city for years.
An interesting programme has been
prepared for the ninth annual benefit
of the Minneapolis lodge of EIks, which
is to take place next Friday afternoon
at the Lyceum thcater. The companies
playing the Twin City theaterS have
volunteered their services.
A proposition is 10 be submitted to
the city by the exposition stockholders
for the purchase of the exposition build
ing. This action was decided upon at Il
meeting of the stockholders Yesterday
morning. It's proposed TO use the big
building for various city departments.
The annual election of officers of the
CaIedonian club was held Tuesday
evening in the New York Life building.
David f. Simpson was elected first chief
tain, j. B. Gilfllian second chieftain,
ID. Mcdonald secretary and treasurer,
John Aften physician and j. w. Nc
Donald chaplain.
A meeting of citizens was held Tues
day evening to arrange for holding a
fair in aid of the Catholic orphan asylum
on Chicago avenue. An executive conf
mittee was appointed and Roger Vail
was made secretary. Tie fair will be
held Feb. 20 10 rs in the building for
merly Occupi- d by E. II. Steele & Co.,
oil Third street.
The affairs of the Commercial club
are i'll very prosperous condition. The
membership has now reached the LOCO
mark, and applications are continually
coming IN. Secretary Danforth is in
receipt Of letter from CONGRESSMAN
Fletcher in Which that gentleman states
that he does not expect the house to
pass the Nicaragua canal bill.
Work on the reservoir has been sus-
pended on account of the frost. This
action was decided upon at meeting of
the water works committee yesterday.
as but little Roadway can be made at
present. Contracts for material and
water pipe will be let in a short time.
The pipe will be purchased in the open
market, and the committee expects 10
effect saving thereby of $4,000.
The annual election, held Tuesday in
the village of Excelsior, resulted in the
selection Of the following officers
Chairman of the council. Moses Bick-
ford; trustees, G. Ii. Smith, II. w.
De Broot, W. d. Clark; recorder.
0. Y. w. Sigafroos; treasurer. George
p. Dickman: justices of the peace
George Williams. E. B. Harrison; con-
stables, II. e. Booth. G. w. Moore {;
street commissioner, barley Darnell.