Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-03-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Minnesota News by Telegraph and Mail.

c. F. Young has been elected president of
the First National bank in Lake City, vice A. NJ.
Baldwin, deceased.
A sugar refinery is to be built in Carver this
summer. The machinery is ordered, and work
has commenced on the building.
J., v. Daniels, of Rochester, has presented
the state librarian, with general and special
laws of Minnesota from 1868 to 1880.
Mr. W. s. Lowery, of the town of Welsh,
while going from Red Wing with a load Of lum-
ber, was thrown from his wagon and instantly
killed.
Litchtield has secured chemical fire appa-
ratus, an Excelsior engine of 1000 gallons Ca
pacity and hook and ladder truck, including
eight hand extinguishers.
L. J. Stevens, who lived two miles south Of
Pennington, committed suicide by shooting
himself III the head with revolver. He sur
vived, unconscious, for three hours.
The adjutant general is inundated with let
ters from almost every town in the state, sent
by parties who want to organize military COM
panies under the new militia law.
The state fish commissioners have received
%, 900 land-locked Salmon from the govern
ment hatchery in Maine, which they will dis
tribute in various sections of the State.
The engine in the saw mill of j. J. Bigby, at
Worthington, exploded, injuring several per-
sons, two fatally. The mill was totally de-
stroyed Loss So, 900; no insurance. The
mill was owned by f. ]. Bigby. His son was
among the killed.
Mr.. Frank H. Carleton, of st. Paul. and Miss
Ellen, daughter of Judge E. s. Jones, OF Min
neapolis, were married at the residence of the
brides parents few days ago. Mr.. Carleton
is nephew of Gov. Pillsbury and a clerk in the
executive department
DR.. Mayo, of Rochester, was seriously in
jured by his team running away in East Roch-
ester, the wagon colliding with tree, throwing
the doctor out, striking his face against the tree
and breaking his nose and otherwise bruising
his face. He was picked up insensible and re-
manned so some time.
Fred Fritze, aged IA years, living at Minneso-
ia Lake, was caught in a cut near that place by
a train on the Wells branch of the Milwaukee
and ST. Paul railway. He heard the train COM
ing, and clambered out onto the bank, and was
sitting on the edge of the bank when the train
came up. The engine passed by all right, but
he ti.ouhgt he was too close, and attempted to
get back further; but the snow gave way un-
der him and he rolled down on the rails. Two
empty box cars passed over his left leg and
arm, and deep cash was cut over the left eye,
He died in few hours after.
The verdict of the coroners jury, at st Peter,
in the case of James Tolen the Marine murder
er, who committed suicide at the Insane Hos
pital was that she came to his death by his own
hands, on the night of the 10Th day of March,
1881, by choking himself, by tying bed sheet
tightly around his neck. The said jury further
find that proper care and precaution was taken
by the management of the Minnesota hospital
for insane, in which the said James Tolen was
confined as patient at the time of his death
and that by the exercise of such care and pre-
caution his death could not be avoided"
Detroit, Becker county has had sensation
in the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Nellie
Winslow, wife of Joseph Winslow who is now
in the pineries. She left letter to s'ep-son
commencing her baby, two years old, to his
care, and saying he would never see her again,
and requesting him to tell his father that he
would never see her again. Mrs. Winslow is
young womsn Of fine personal appearance and
very dashing manner, and is about twenty-fou
years old. She was married about five years
ago to Joseph Winslow, then merchant in the
southern part of the State, and for the past
winter foreman blacksmith in the timber
camp of Walker, on Clearwater lake.
Mr.. Winslow is a very sociable and pleasant
for his family, they having comfortable home,
good clothes, ETC., and no one can surmise why
she left SO nice home, unless it was under the
beguilng influence of good looking, affable
St Paul runner, who had been assiduously
cultivating an acquaintance with her.
Ex-Judge Sherman Page of Austin surprised
the people of that city few days ago, by with
drawing seven libel suits against various citi-
Zens of Mower county. His attorney consulted
Mr.. Davidson, one of the parties, with the re-
quest that he consult other parties about their
consent to the withdrawal of suits. This was
done, and Judge Page signed an agreement to
Immediately withdraw or discontinue the suits,
he paying all the court expenses except those
of one witness subpenad by the other side.
After considerable argument and with desire
to save costs and all expenses possible, the de-
PENDANTS agreed to Pages proposals, and
stipulated as above mentioned. There we're
seven suits in all, as follows: Three against C.
H. Davidson
$4,000 each; one against b. O. Basford,
editor of the Register, for 81 Q, ,OOO one against
T. W Wilkinson, one of the leading bankers,
for ST. 900; one against Ira Jones, heavy
hardware dealer, for $40, 600, and one against
1bese 40 farmer Tor
trial this term, and Judge Page had notified
the attorneys Of the opposite side that he was
all ready, and Judge Dickinson had been sb-
tanned by Judge Farmer to hear these cases.