The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
Local News" a Quarter of a Century Old,
Cuned homTh journal o Date.
TALK OF THE TOWN

Hard maple wood is sold from 81 to So
a cord.
The city schools use two barrels ofzink
a year. 81 =z Il. .
+ A judgment of s1oS4.65 has been en-
tered against "Scrap Iron" Bill. "a -
Wesley NeilPs grocery store was visited
last night by burglars who secured 1885
in specie. = - -
Hanly & Kelly, the popular young tail
ors, yesterday removed to their new quar-
tiers, 24S First avenue S.
c. J. Colburn has purchased the New
blom building, 3141a Nicollet avenue, and
will occupy it for a hair store.
The Hennepin county delegation will
only allow the issuance Of bonds for a
wooden bridge at Plymouth avenue.
The receipts Of wheat at Duluth and
Minneapolis over the line Of the Northern
Pacific from Sept, 1 to Dec. l, inclusive,
! were 2,976,000.
| The Evening Journal goes to press an
hour earlier today in order to give the
carrier boys a chance to buck the snow
drifts by daylight. III.
Messrs. VIM & Perry are about to add
to their printers furnishing establish
ment complete type-founding, electro
|
Louis Runge appeared on the scene
last night in time to prevent some hood
1ums from breaking into the postoffice
news stand and making away with lot
Of cigars. g..
| A petition has been circulated in this
city asking the legislature to omit from
the list Of amendments the clause for
bidding the use of the Bible and religious
singing books in the public schools.
DR.. George E. Kicker graduate of our
university, and well-knoWn here, was
thrown out of a sleigh at Mortified, his
head striking a wooden post and inflict-
ing a very dangerous scalp wound.
The clairvoyant at the Academy OF
Music last night stated that Dick Dun
nington on the 9th Of February, 1882,
will marry a widow with eleven children.
| 'Prof.' Baldwin remarked soto voice.
MAY the Lord have mercy on your SOUL
The following officers were elected for
the Masonic Mutual Aid association: j
H. Thompson, president; D. M. Goodrich
vice president; c.. McC. Reeve, treasurer
E. McDermott, secretary; A. H. Sails
bury, medical director; J. M. Williams
F. L. Smith, w. A. Miller, executive com
n1ttee.
The always useful and indispensable
servant Of Hennepin county, the county
attorney, can henceforth draw his salary
upon the fixed and incontrovertible basis
of $4,000 a year. The bill has passed as
local measure, and so far as the
house is concerned Is now a thing dis
posed of and out of the way.
Private advices from Colonel w. S
King, now in the east, say that he will
offer for next year. SO, 900 for Maud S
and St. Julien, and will offer a $4,000
purse for a four-mile heat. If Maud S
and st. Julien decline the invitation. &
race between other good horses will be
substituted for the $4,000 purse.
Two new grades of wheat established
by the Minneapolis Millers' association
are to be known as No. 1 hard and No
hard. These grades will apply to strictly
!; pure hard fife wheat, and the price will
be 10 cents per bushel above that of tn,
regular grades. The present prices are
| No. hard, CSC; No. 2 hard, 95c.
, A gentleman last night engaged hacl
driver of st. Paul for $40 to drive hin
from that city to Minneapolis. The part,
started, but the driver became Devil
, dered, lost his road near the reform
school and refused to proceed. Accord
ingly they returned to ST. Paul and tn
gentleman came up this morning on tn
!. train.
2 The second trial of the Pinney vii
! case resulted in the lawyers stipulatin
!. that Lewis Taylor, trustee, take one
. third, $SS,33 the nine heirs the balance
D S1s,15s each. 1t is understood that w. Il
4 Pinney, the only and original orphan
0 Iof Cincinnati. will endeavor to set asid
: the verdict and seek to secure the Who'll
Il estate