Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-04-14
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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election of the anti-prohibition ticket.
s. J. Kinkaid, an old settler of Minneapolis,
and Mrs. j. G. Tucker, wife of DR.. Tucker, died
last week.
Harry Spriggs, popular variety actor and
| vocalist, died at a boarding house in ST. Paul,
in great poverty.
l The fourth semi. annual meeting of the Bee
union will be held at Hastings, commencing
May the 18th at 2 o'clock.
The house and contents of Mr.. M. B. Bron-
son of Deerfield steele county, were totally de-
stroyed by fire recently. Fully insured
D. W. Carpenter. of Kasota, sold five calves
grade Durham-that averaged S73 pounds
each. They were only sixteen months old
W. J. Jacobs died Of paralysis, in Lake City,
at the residence of his son-in-law, Geo. Barton,
on last Saturday night aged sixty-three years
Daniel Wilson, father of Judge Wilson of
| Winona, died in St Louis last week, the re-
mia, for interment
At the request of Senator Mcmillan, the su-
perintendent of the public documents of the
senate has sent to the state librarian 221 vol
umes of books for the state library.
| Miss Hattie Sloan of Nebraska City, and Mr..
Edward Z. Moore of Moorehead, Mimi, was
married at the Merchants hotel on Palm Sun
day. In the evening the happy couple left for
Moorhead.
Late Minnesota Patents: William H. Foote,
Minneapolis, dust collector; Thomas c. Robin
| son, St Paul, paddle wheel: H. B.. Vincent.
Minneapolis, stove-pipe damper; J. S. Ware
and W. s. Fleming, Pine Island, combined an
| vii, vice and drill
l Prot. Peckham, late of the state university,
has struck it rich on the Pacific coast. He has
been rendered the important position of con-
sulting chemist of the California Petroleum
company, at $5, 900 per year, and will doubt
less accept
The board of directors of the Sank Rapids
| company-notice of the incorporation of which
was made about two months ago-held meet
ing IN st. Paul and organized by the election of
Col. J.H. Davidson president, and H. L. Williams
secretary and treasurer.
| Two prisoners-J. Hanbrick, confined on
| charge of horse stealing, and Parsons, one of
the rioters-escaped from the St Peter jail.
The sheriffs little son went in to give the pris-
| oners their supper, and these two set him to
one side and passed out
Mr.. j. T. Williams and Mr.. J. A. James Of
Mankato, have become established at Durunge
| Col, as dealers in real estate and mining prop
| erty. These gentlemen, so well known in
Minnesota, are said to have ''struck it rich'' in
their new sphere of operations.
| Sheriff Dill, of Winona county, has taken five
prisoners to Saltwater: Edward Sass, commit
ed for IL months for larceny: Charles Parker,
15 months, larceny Joseph Blumer, 5 months,
larceny; John O'Cennor, Is months, larceny;
Washington Sipes, years, murder in the first
degree
| DR.. D. F. Powell of Lanesboro, has been ap
pointed to take the census of the Winnebe go
| Indians of Wisconsin and Nebraksa. This
| work will be executed during the summer, so
as to enable the government to make an equita-
BILE distribution of the fund of 5000, 900 which
| was appropriated for their benefit by congress
some time since.
Gov. G. c. Washburn is reported as improv-
ing slowly, but will be incapacitated for bust
ness for some time to come Believing that a
foreign trip will prove beneficial, he will sail
for Europe late in MAY next, intending to spend
some time in Germany. He will not return to
Minneapolis before his departure.
Dr.. G. s. Weber, homeopathic physician of
large practice, and one of the Oldest and most
| highly esteemed citizens of st. Cloud, having a
| died in few houls He was conscious to the
last Dr. Weber was about fifty-fve years of
age, and leaves wife, two grown rons, and two
young daughters.
Henry Wise, Richfeld, Hennepin county,
while in fit of insanity, attempted to shoot
his wife, and held the whole neighborhood at
bay with knife. They had long talk with
with him then, and finally got him to put up his
knife, and one of them engaged him in con-
versation, while the others came up behind,
and, pinioning his arms, succeeded in binding
him fast
Another mining company has been formed in
| Winona, consisting of number of business
men of La Crosse, together with gentlemen OF
Winona. The articles of incorporation have
been filed, and the name adopted was the
Mountain King Mining company. The capital
is ST. 5OO,O0O tits understood that this COM
pany is to operate in Suntey's basin, Idaho
Territory
Some time ago man named Charles Schmidt
was arrested at Detroit in Becker county, by
the United States authorities, and brought down
to st. Paul on charge of selling liquor to In
dams. He was fined, and paid his fine, by the
sale of his tools at Detroit but could not leave
the city for want of money, became discharged,
took poison was pumped out by Dr.. Murphy,
and is now all right
Mr.. Angelo Newton died at Rochester of
Br1ght's disease. Mr.. Newton came to that
city from Brooklyn, N. Y, in 1868. He had
been associated with Judge Daley, of New
| York CITY, in the law business, but came west
ON account of his health. He has been en-
gagged in business in that city several years, but
for the last few years has owned and operated
several farms in Olmsted county
At an election at Benson upon the proposition
to vote bonds in the sum of So, 900 for the pur-
pose Of building bridges and maintaining sys-
tenn of water works, 50, 900 of which is to be
given to parties who will erect Touring mil
village limits, and keep sufficient supply OF
water in the village tanks to extinguish fires
was carried by II majority, 40 votes being
cast for and SO against it
F. p Foley, of Woodbury., Washington
county, is being sued, in St Paul, for money
expended for medical care for his son whom hi
had expelled from his home. The boy was sicl
at the time, it is said and lily able to bear the
Bullets of this worlds strife, so he succumbed
and would have persisted then and there, it II
averred, had not Mr.. Shields heard of his bat
case, and taken him to his home, where he CAV,
him good attention and medical care. This cos
money, and it lasted until December, when thu
lad died.
Frank Thompson has been arrested ant
brought to ST. Paul, on a charge of cutting log
on the Red Lake Indian Reservation at a poin
near where Rainy river empties into Lake of the
Woods. He had struck perfect bonanza, he
thought, as the timber cost him naught but tn,
cutting and rafting to Rat Portage, ON the lax.
mentioned, where the Canadian Pacific rallwa,
was ready and willing to pay good prices there
for. About 200, 900 feet of timber was seizet
and turned over to Major Ruffe, Chippewa In
dian agent
The constitutionality of the ''act to enforc,
, the payment of the taxes which became de
linquent in and prior to the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-nine" having been ques
toned in certain quarters, the state auditor hal
j delayed issuing the proposed circular to count,
auditors relating to the execution of this law un
til the attorney general can examine the point
law is held constitutional of which there is bu
little doubt, the circular will be printed ant
! distributed.
8 The store occupied by J. @. Geraty, in Rose
: mount, was destroyed by fire. Only small
part of the goods were saved. There was $4,
. 900 insurance on the goods. >Of this 50, 6Ot
was in the Tradesmen's Insurance company o.
New York, and = 1 400 in the Northwestern o
Milwaukee. The building belonged to Franz
Gullom and was insured for $500. A part O
the store was occupied as dwelling BY Mr.
Geraty. The principal portion of his house
hold furniture was destroyed, upon which Their
was no insurance.
Under the award made by commission il
1878, the time has arrived when the state
; compelled TO purchase all the machinery an,
7 fixtures owned by Seymour, Sabill & Co., in tn
state prison shops and on the grounds tn
, price to be fixed by a commission made up a
follows: Gov. Pillsbury has selected o. A
Pray of Minneapolis, to act for the state; Sey
mour, Sabin & Co., have chosen @. N. Parke
of st Paul, as their representative, and thes
two have decided upon Mr.. @. II. Robinson, o
the firm Robinson and Gary, as the third mem
} Der Of the commission.
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