St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-18
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

The American Asphalt company
failed to begin work yesterday, but
promise to start bright and early this
morning. President Hoover says moth
ing short of a miracle can stop them.
DR.. Avery intends paying particular
attention to the inspection of fruit
during the present season, correcting
some of the abuses that have crept
into the handling and shipment of it to
this city.
The local census committee has de-
cided to make another check with the
police census schedules. An attempt
will be made at once to secure the nee.
essary funds to complete the work of
the committee.
A body supposed to be that of Gus
Kornblum was found floating in the
river near Nelson Tenney's boom yes
terday. kornblum disappeared about
a week ago, and it was supposed he
had committed suicide, as his clothes
were found on the river bank.
Officer Monitor kept time on Richard
Dietz'S rig yesterday, and in conse-
quence Mr.. DietZ was arraigned in the
municipal court, charged with violat-
ing the hitching ordinance. He plead
ed not guilty, and his examination was
set Tor o'clock this morning.
w. P. Ekland's clothing store, at 401
Central avenue, was burglariZed early
yesterday morning, and a large guam
tlty of clothing and other goods car
rled away. The thieves made their way
into the store by means of a rear Win
dow.
Mary Brown, who was arrested by
Officer Shelley Tuesday night, yester-
day pleaded guilty to a charge of
drunkenness. The young woman is
said to be a clerk in a downtown
store, and on account of her ineXpe-
rlence and tender years, sentence was
suspended.
The Gitfen-Neill stock company will
be seen for the last time in the North
west at the Metropolitan opera house
next Friday evening. The bill will be
MI. Barnes of New York" The ben
eft given this sterling organization in
st. Paul last Tuesday night was a no
table success.
East side property owners are adj
verse to giving up their land for the
Meeker dam, and it is probable that
extensive condemnation proceedings
will be begun shortly. AS the work
will doubtless enhance the value of
property in its vicinity, the perverse-
ness of the East siders is difficult to
understand.
The diphtheria epidemic on the
South side is about ended. Only two
new cases have been reported this
week, and these are in such a mild form
That death IS not apprehended. The
patients afflicted with the dread disease
are all slowly improving, there being
only one death in the three days.
Helen Yackey has begun a suit in the
district court to collect $1,000 and $3.50
interest from Col. John T. West. The
complaint alleges that on Jan. 80, 1892
c. Nee. Reeve delivered to the defend
ant promissor note, to be paid within
three years. Mr.. West Endorsed the
note, and transferred it to the plain
tiff, who now seeks to collect from him.
Joseph WEIGH, the Great Northern
railroad detective who was seriously
injured Tuesday night by falling under
a freight train in the East side yards,
was reported as doing very nicely at
St Mary's hospital last night. Besides
internal injuries, Welch lost one arm
and all but two fingers of his other
hand. Welch resides on Fuller street,
st. Paul, and has a wife and five chill
dren