The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-12-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Rev. J. W. Bradshaw, pastor of the Congre-
gational church, was presented with 800
gold watch on Christmas evening by his parish
toner's.
Robert Slater, who was lost in the storm of
the 4th, at Westford, Martin county, and badly
frozen, has had both feet amputated, with but
very little prospect of his recovery.
About 100 feet of Main street, Minneapolis,
over tunnel, sunk on Thursday evening, H. G.
Crosswell's Touring mill was wrecked, and fears
are entertained for the great Pillsbury Mill
The total membership of protestant churches
in Minneapolis is about 5, ,721; catholic, 1900;
and the total value of church property in that
city, as appraised by the county board is
The building improvements at Sauk Center
for 1880 are $57, ,625 The total railway
freight business was 21 900, 900 pounds, and
the freight, passenger, telegraph and express
tariffs foot up $42, 700
Mr. Henry NJ. Crowell and Miss Helen Cross,
daughter of DR.. E. W. Cross Of Rochester, were
married recently, by Rev. j. ". Bradley:
Among the gifts to the bride was purse Of
$500 from her father.
Storm Lake this state, has a sensation in the
birth of twins, Joined from the nipple to the
lower part of the abdomen. They face each
other, and except at the jointure are perfectly
formed and distinct bodies.
The youngest child of F. B. Clarke, general
traffic manager of the Chicago, St Paul, Min
neapolis & Omaha line, died at Thomasville,
Fla, last Thursday, where the family have
been sojourning for the past two or three
weeks.
John Hughes of Moose Lake, who recently
had his arm fractured by falling tree, and was
subsequently brought to st. Joseph's hospital,
fofS0 Of ot
the shoulder joint, owing to the fact that morti-
fcaton had set in.
Tho Tribune records disastrous fire at
Wadena on Tuesday night, by which the Central
house, building valued at So, 600, was entire
ly destroyed The house was insured for ST.
$50. The same evening, at about s O'Clock,
Barwise's shingle mill burned, with loss Of
$500; no insurance.
The following named persons were elected
officers of the Freeborn County Teachers asso-
citation, for the ensuing year: President, Henry
Thurston; vice president, Cassie Barron; sec
retary, Mary j. Burke; treasurer, Roanna Chal-
lis; librarian, Cassie Barron The next meet
ing will be on the 6th of January, 1881.
The eighth annual meeting of the State Fire
association will be held at Lake City, on Tues
day, the 1 tn of January 1881, at four p nj.
The fare over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul, the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha, the st.
Paul & Manitoba and the Minneapolis & St.
Rev. G. NJ. Wilkins was brought before JUS
tce Hunter, at Faribault, and fined So and
costs, on charge of assault upon Mr.. David
Wood, of the town of Walcott, and brother of
DR.. Geo. w. Wood, of Faribault. The difficulty
arose from a settlement between the parties in
reference to the products Of the farm owned by
the former, of which the latter is the tenant
The sale of the Winona Republican establish
ment heretofore announced to take place, has
been indefinitely postponed by private negotia-
ton satisfactorily to all parties concerned. The
one third interest of Mr.. G. N. Dye has been
purchased by Mr.. Sinclair, the senior member
of the present firm, by whom, in connection
publican will continue to be published.
The New Ulm Review, speaking Of the escape
of Duncan from Sheriff Mansfelder, says,
''through the carelessness of an incompetent
official the only horse thief ever caught in that
vicinity, has escaped the punishment which he
so richly deserves, and that all an outraged
community can do is to swear or laugh over it,
just as they choose, and congratulate them
selves that the official was defeated for re-eiec
ton, and that he will step down and out on
January l, 1881.
The grand jury at St. Peter have been in
somebody was guilty of negligence in allowing
the insane patient, Ben Hazleton, to be out Of
his room on the night of the fire, especially as
he had quite recently threatened to burn the
building. This is the patient who was arrested
on the supposition that he had set fire to the
building. The grand jury say the hospital Off
GERS did all they could after the fire was discov-
cred to save the lives of patients and extinguish
the fire. They find, also, that there were no
ladders in or about the hospital wherewith to
reach the third story.
Redwood Gazette: Thomas Brady, living over
in Renville, heard racket proceeding from his
stables one night last week, and got up to see
about it. He encountered a man leading
away one of his finest horses, and went for and
overpowered him. According to the best &C
count we have, a colt which was loose in the
stable, got frightened and jumped upon the
struggling men in such q way as to disable Bra
dy and give the horse-thief an advantage, Of
which he availed himself by shooting Brady
through the mouth and cutting the side of his
head with knife or other weapon. According
to one account there were two or three men in
the attacking party: Brady charges one of his
neighbors with the crime.