The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.

is dead.
Henry Davis of La Crescent, Houston county,
was drowned near La Crosse.
Johnnie Gamble Of Springfield was drowned
at New Ulm, while bathing in tho river
An Episcopal church. (All Saints 80 by so,
has been oonsecrated at Howard Lake.
Clara Louise Kellogg is coming to St Paul
and Minneapolis this season, to sing in con-
cert
Allen Whitman, assistant state examiner, re-
ports that the Wright county books are in per-
feet order
Thomas Donohue, Of Howard Lake, has lost
three children by diphtheria within the past
two weeks.
Red Eye is the name of new settlement
that has sprung up within the past two years,
northeast of Perham, Otter Tail county.
Manager Willard Of the trans Continental
railway sends $4,000 to New Ulm collected
through his personal solicitation in New York
Mcleod County Agricultural society will
hold it's ninth annual fair at the fair grounds in
Hutchinson on the 18th, 18th and 18th Of
September.
The Illinois contribution to the State library
of law reports, statutes and executive docu-
ments numbers $50 volumes, and will prove q
valuable acquisition.
Deputy Sheriff Bryant, of St Cloud, the 9TH
or day took Peter Fox, an insane man, to st.
duu UIOuSut uWdy Odtu0Ii1o 0A4toy, UI5-
charged cured.
Excursions Of from 500 to l, 900 people are
of almost nightly occurrence from st Paul to
Minnetonka lake. Sailing, music, and hops,
constitute the entertainment
Rev. G. II. Davis, for the past three years
pastor Of St. Johns Episcopal church, at St
Cloud will remove to Fairbault with his family
on or about the 3Oth inst
Miss Ida Hatch, of Kasson, had two of those
hooy ifr,1A 1no SOy,f
ing cereus in full bloom one night last week.
They attracted the admiring gaze of large
number Of ladies and gentlemen.
The wedding of Mr. Herman Stookenstrom,
Office editor of the Skafferen, the Swedish
weekly, and Miss Mary A. Nelson. daughter Of
II. Nelson, Esq, was solemnized at the
| first Swedish Evangelical Luthern church, St
Paul.
The adjntant general has received from the
Moorhead Rifles notification OF the election Of
officers as follows: Captain, Benz. r. Gurley,
vice, Capt Sloggy, resigned; first lieutenant,
Wait. W. Partridge, vice Gusley, promoted
second lieutenant, ALI. j. Smith, vice Partridge,
promoted
A waterspout deluged Lakeview, Lake
ring from the clouds for nearly thirty
minutes. The loss of life and property has not
yet been ascertained on account of the con-
fusion it occasioned, and the remoteness of the
scene from teleSr9pn 1aclllue6.
In the case of Edwin Lawlor, covicted at Wi
mona at the October term of the district court,
$780, Of the manslaughter OF James Malone,
| on July ~, 1879, and sentenced to states
prison for five years, the supreme court has af-
| frmed the judgement and ordered the sentence
| to be carried into execution. Pending this de-
cision Lawlor has been confined in the jail at
Winona
| The Pine Island News says: The doors of the
NJ E. church at Ottawa, Lie Sueur county, on
Sunday were closed against the minister, Rev
Van Fossen, and though three trustees were
| applied to, they refused to open the doors for
| services It seems that the minister in some
| way was mixed up in an aggravated case of
| adultery, which has prejudiced members of
! tho church against him.
! A dastardly assault was made last Sunday
upon All Waugh (CelestiaI, at his laundry on
| Main street, Faribault, by person we'll known
to the police. The Chinaman was quite badly
pounded, and claims that during the fracas two
other men entered the shop and took 1923
from his cash box. All Waugh is considered a
! quiet and peaceable citizen, anG he has the
sympathy of everybody at his loss.
At Ottawa, Le Sueur county, James Weth-
erell widower aged 70, and Margaret
The roughs started q charaivari at IL p. M,
| which lasted till two o'clock in the morning.
| The mob then broke in the door and demanded
money, which was refused. The old man beat
| them off and followed them out. At daylight
his dead body was found by the road, his head
| crushed
The singular news came from Washington
that Secretary Kirkwood has asked the resigna-
ton of MIR Ruffee, agent for the Chlppewas.
because he could not answer the secretarys
be overhowed by the Lake Winnibigossh
reservoir-and that Messrs. John De Laitre
of Minneapolis, Thomas Simpson Of Winona
and Mr.: Marrel of the Indian Office are to be
sent on the same wild goose chase.
Freddie W. Van Patten, son of A. S. Van
Co., Mimi, on the 22nd of last June, and has
not been heard from since the day he left He
was seventeen years old, about five feet eight
| inches high, blue eyes and dark brown hair.
All search and inquiry, so far, have been in
vain. Any information leading to his discov-
distressed parents Address. A. s. Van Patten,
CORTLAND, Nicollet Co., Mimi
Miss Mary Macdonald, daughter of Judge
J. L. Macdonald of Shakopee. was married
last week to Mr.. Michael X. hartman at that
city: The ceremony was performed in the
congregation, and the occasion was noted az
one of the most brilliant society events of the
year in that vicinity. The bride is the eldest
daughter Of Judge Macdonald, and young
lady of rare accomplishments and refinement
The groom is clerk of the district court Of the
eighth judicial district, and is . young man Of
excellent traits and fine promise.
Gov Plllsbury has received contribution
of $50 from 8. A. Quale, of Eau Claire. Wis.
to be applied for the benefit of the cyclone sui
ferers at West Newton, Nicollet county, de-
wasted at the same time as New Ulm. In hi
letter of transmission enclosing the $50, Mr.
Quale says: ''This is in fulfllment Of prom
Use solemnly made Immediately after the at
temp ed murder of the Beloved president Of
these great United States, that in case he
should get we'll and be entirely out of danger
said sum should be used for the benefit of some
really needy and deserving person. The pres
ident having had a relapse, threatening in tn.
extreme, I have waited until this time in orde1
to be fully satisfied of his complete recovery
which, happily for the country's good, is sure
ly expected"