The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
Local News a Quarter of Century Old,
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TALK OF THE TOWN.

Minneapolis Lass year manufactured
1,437,750 cigars.
Young Cy Wilkins, the irrepressible
embryonic barber has been appointed one
Of the senate pages. &@.G5- -. u ,- sc =
The new bank clearing house that be-
gan operations Jan. / yesterday had
aclearings that amounted to $e2, 1895.
The old Pillsbury mill is undergoing
the process Of conversion into a roller
mill. Its capacity will be greatly In
creased. - -.'-'s'.' ..."'a
r Hashow, Maish & Davis are furnishing
twenty improved Helvetian purifiers for
the patentees, Messrs. Fiechter & Son.
a European firm Of millwrights. y
Some of the banks have undertaken to
reduce interest on deposits from per
cent to per cent from Jan, /. This
will produce some kicking, of course.
Our brewers raised 34,716 barrels of
beer during 1880 and it wasn't very good
year for beer crop either, as one Of
the breWertes burned early in the spring,
s The board of county commissioners
today dined at Tate: G. Boardman's res
taurant upon Invitation of Capt. Connolly,
the newly elected superintendent of the
poor. &. 5EG .. = r.
Hall & Damm's new cooper shop, which
will speedily begin operations, will have
a capacity Of 100000 barrels which is
LdDUSnmenC
in the country. - 49, .-- -. ID
Messrs. Fletcher & Loring have pur-.
chased of D. Woodbury. his brlckyard,
a triangular piece Of land bounded by
Western and Lyndale avenues and the
Manitoba railroad, for $500 cash.
The newly elected officers of the Vol
unteer Hook & Ladder company are:
Foreman. A. H. Runge; first assistant,
F.. M. Snyder; second assistant, A. NJ
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l. The new board Of county commissions
ers elected A. G. Austin chairman; DR..
Kelly, county physician; Capt. T. Con-
molly, superintendent Of the poor farm,
and voted to discharge the night watch
man Of the jail. -. . VI. ~ :;
! Stoddart and Johnson will remain dep
uty sheriffs until the close of the present
term of court, a very sensible action on
/ the part of Uncle Mace. Pete Swensen
and Johnnie Stoddart will probably be
appointed for the balance of the term.
! Josiah Thompson, Jr. has purchased
j from E. A. Harmon the Laraway property
on Hennepin, corner of Eleventh street
| for $11 900 cash. o. M. I4araway bought
| it for $4,000 about seven years ago and
sold 1t to Mr.. Harmon at the same fig
| ure. M b. F. Fl
| The agony Of the HARDWOOD sale is hap
pity ended. The entire stock was pur.
chased by H. r. Milliken & Co. for sc "a
cents on the dollar of the invoiced value
! The sale is expected to realize $340,00t
for the creditors and leave about $780,
900 net loss for somebody to shoulder
4 from the HARDWOOD failure. -.
Some of the papers have taken t.
criticising certain gentlemen who made
New Years calls In spiketail coats ant
Igblack pants. So far as We local Is CON
4 cerned, he proposes to be law unto him
self If his best coat is a swallow tail
bob tail. or pea jacket, and his onl.
! attractive necktie a buckskin chest pro
4 tector, he's just naturally going to wea
it and let the other fellows stand arount
and glare at him when he sails in ant
has a good time.