The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
Anh- sNuuupulist.
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

ting course.
THE Rochester Record and Union
has been enlarged to a nine column pa
per.
NINE-rENrHs Of the wheat now being
marketed in Rochester grades number
one.
HANs. NELSON has been appointed
treasurer of Ottertail county, vice Alex.
Norman, resigned.
AN agricultural society for Mower
county has been formed, and incorpor-
ated under the laws Of the State.
LAKE CITY's new hall is to be called
the Academy of Music. 1t is to be
handsomely frescoed and finished up III
fine style.
CEAs. J. WApLE1GH, an old and high
ly respected citizen of Kasson. died
Saturday evening, the 2lst. aged fifty
two years.
A. B. CORNELL, formerly a newspaper
man of Owatonna, has been elected to
the Kansas Legislature from Russell
county.
CITIZENS of Mortified are moving to
raise $4,000 for the establishment Of a
chair of Natural Science for Carlton
College.
CHARLES SPooNER of Dakota county,
fell from load of lumber Thursday,
sustaining severe if not fatal injuries.
SOME Of the enterprising citizens Of
Winnebago City dubbed together and
raised 81 500 as bonus for the estab-
lishment of a foundry and machine shop
there.
THE Lutheran Church at Center City,
Chisago county, was robbed the other
day of an altar cloth, a mirror, and
other small articles. No trace of the
thieves.
The Duluth Tribune has lately
changed hands, and is now the proper
ty of r. L. Hurlburd of Chicago. R. G.
Mitchell, the previous proprietor, re-
tains the editorial charge.
MEssRs. E. r. Smith and F. A
Rohrer, with their wives, will represent
lie oueur in the Knights Templar ex.
cursion to New Orleans.
1T is reported that the enterprising
citizens of St. Peter propose to raise
bonus of $4,000 to induce the Sioux
City company to put in a turn table
and engine house at that place, and run
an express train to that point.
THE St. Peter Tribune is informed
that negotiations are pending between
the St. Paul and Sioux City and Chi
cago and Northwestern railroads for
the lease or purchase Of the Mankato
and New Ulm railroad.
EIGHT nice young men of Fillmore
county indulged in a charivari the
other night, in which was combined
such high-tOned amuSements as shear
ing horses tails and names, ETC., and
now the mice young men, are board
ing at the county's expense.
A MAN named Murphy, Of Mankato,
while laboring under an overdose of
benzine, stepped up to Mr.. Adam Ar
mold and discharged a pistol at his head.
Fortunately the whisky rendered Muir
phys aim unsteady, so that Arnold es-
capped. Murphy is in Jail.
EDWIN BIGG, member of the English
colony in Martin county, broke through
the ice and was drowned in East Chain
Lake, that county, Thursday Of last
week.
THE directors of the Grange ware
house at Delavan, pronounce the reports
Of extravaganza in its management and
malappropriation of funds, malicious
slander.
Mr.. C L. VAN FLEET, county sur
veyor of Lyon county, lost his stables,
granary, 35 tons of hay, \ full line
Of farm machinery, and all the tools
that one needs for farm work, 800
bushels of grain, and many other arti-
oles by prairie fire last week.
The latest newspaper enterprise to
knock for recognition by the fraternity
Of the State, is the Dodge Centre Press.
The Press is an eight page sheet, four
of which are devoted to general news
Of the day and interesting miscellany,
and four to home news, advertising and
editorial comments. 1t starts out with
large advertising patronage its home
news is full and carefully compiled /;
its editorial comments clearly and
forclbly stated. and its general arrange
ment tasty and attractive, making it
altogether most creditable produc-
ton. The people Of Dodge Centre and
surrounding country should see to it
that the Press has liberal support.
Dickson & Co. s grist mills at Al
bany, N. Y, were burned last night,
with $1,000 bushels Of barley and 25,-