The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-04-15
MINNESOTA NEWS.

AT the Sank Centre town election
last week the following ticket was elect
cd for the ensuing yer:
Saperpisors-A. g. Jacques, Chairman t;
A. NJ. Stiles and Paugburn.
| 1osrn C2er6-p. Stabler.
Assessor-J D. Carr.
1rexsurer-E. L. Wright.
Justice of the Peace--S. A. Irish.
Consta6le-S. Beidleman.
The town OF Alexandria elected
the following officers:
Board Of Supcrpisors-Jamcs F. Dickcn,
Chairman 7. F. Smcad and J. H. Tway.
Cyevk-F. B. Van Hocsen.
Treasurer-John B. Cowing.
Justice Of the Peace--L. G. Sims.
Assessor-Jerome Dicken.
Constables-D. Fredenburg and G. w.
McQuillan.
Orerseer of Highways-T. F. Smead.
The Rochester Post reports an &C.
cident at Salem. While tho town meet
ing was being held, the floor Of the hall
gave way, prccipitatiug fifty men to the
floor below. Hugh MoMasters, John
McGovern and Mr.. Bannon were seri-
ously injured colored men
Of Rochester have organized bonevo-
lent association under the name Of the
"Sons Of Liberty" -----Frank Fultz,
convicted Of illegal voting, has been
sent to. Saltwater for three III an,ts.
The Alexandria Post says that the
continued i'll health Of Rev. Havi'and
has compelled him to resign the charge
Of the Congregational church. His
place will be filed temporarily by Rev.
S. E. Lathrop.
WIN. P. Harris, young individ-
ual Of color, vas arrested at St. Paul,
and confessed to having feloniously ab-
stracted 5000 in lawful currency from
the money drawer of NJ. Koch on last
Tuesday, while that gentleman was for
the moment absent.
IN. Warts, living near Duadas,
while out hunting, accidentally dis.
charged his gun, tho ball entering the
right knee joint and passing upwards
to the thigh Amputation was per-
formed, but the patient died soon after
wards, leaving a wife and two children.
"A man named H. NJ. Moores
(who will be remembered as selling
patent stove dampers,) while delirious
with small pox jumped from the second
story window of tho pest house at Min
neapolis, and wandered around for sew
cral hours without his clothes on. He
died soon after being taken back.
The wife of John Patterson, of St.
Paul, we'll known Democratic poll
tician, cut her husbands head terribly
with an axe because she found him
where he ought not to have been.
"A fire occurred in the crockery
store Of Craig T. Temple, Third Street,
st. Paul, on Sunday evening. With
much difficulty it was extinguished,
but not until damage to the amount
Of over SIS 900 had been done to that and
buildings aud stock.
Geo. W. Kemp, who has been
confined in Jail in Rochester and Austin
ever since the murder of Chauncy
Knapp, in Grand Meadow township,
and who was indicted tor taking a part
IN tina: terrible affair, has been released
on $500 bail.
The Freeborn Co. Standard, says
that barn belonging to Mr.. MORN, Of
Albert Lea, was destroyed by fire last
week. The building and contents are
estimated as $4,000. Insurance, $3.50.
The ice went cut at St. Anthony
Falls on Saturday; dong considerable |
damage to booms, dams and mill prop
erty generally. The bridges were in
danger for time.
The dwelling Of Mr.. SHEPPARD;
At Harrisburg, was burned on Saturday |
with oil its contents, besides the barn,
stock, &c. No insurance.
Mcleod County has a Farmers
Club, which had an interesting meeting
at Glencoe on the Sd.
-Chas. A. Baker has been confirm
ed as Postmaster at Hastings.
Two trains per day will leave St.