Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
Minnesota News by Telegraph and Mail.

5000, 900 in aid of the Minnesota Northern,
shows majority in favor of the scheme.
Berris' steam Touring mill at Marshall Lyon
county, was burned last Saturday. The build
ing and contents were insured for $4,000.
The snow in the upper Mississippi pineries
was reported four feet on the level on Wednes-
day, and the lumbermen are beginning to come
out of the woods slowly.
A new bank has been opoued in Atwater, with
Marcus johnson president, s. Porter attorney.
and j. D. Marshall cashier. The new institu-
ton has promise of largo business.
Minnesota patents: James H. and II. Gillet,
Lake City, straw burning boiler furnace; Sid
ney G. La HIATT, Minneapolis, milestone driver:
Jacob N. Nesson, Ayr, swivel horse collar pad.
DIETRICH, w. B. Mohler, H. McMaster and W.
Witte were elected trustees, w. G. Piers treas
urer and assessor, and II. Lawson clerk and
justice.
The proof and discharge papers of M. r.
Wood, county register of deeds at Rochester,
which were forwarded to the United States pen
sion Office at Washington four years ago,
brought him a check Of 3;783.33.
The Lyndale railway company Of Minneapo-
lis has filed amended articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state, changing the name
of the road to Minneapolis, Lyndale& Minneha-
ha railway, and providing for an increase Of the
capital stock to 81, 900, OOO '7"
Master Mechanic Farrar of the Northern Pa
cific has invented 1lange snow-plow which
will supercede the old pattern in the service
and simplify the running of trains. 1t is steel
apron, so set as to throw the snow entirely off
the road-bed and out of the track of the train.
Mrs. Emeline Converse Of Bear Valley, Waba-
sha county, has just been granted pension,
on account of the death of her son, Charles s.
~, who was killed in the battle Of Fort Don
aldson in 1862. The arrearage amounts to
$1,000.
The eighth annual convention of the Young
Mems Christian association of Minnesota, Or
ganized in the passenger coach of the Sioux
City railroad, delayed at Kasota by the blizzard.
and Thomas Cochran, jr, OF st. Paul, secreta-
~. The business WAS then proceeded with &C
cording to the programme
Archibald & Schurmier s oil refinery at St.
Paul, was burned on Thursday morning, last.
It was situated on the south bank of the river
just at the southern end of the st. Paul & Sioux
City railroad bridge, which spans the river at
that picturesque point. The building was an
elegant three-story structure of stone, built last
year at a cost Of about $1S 600 or $40, 600,
and was filled up with full and complete outfit
of machinery.
The Unity (Unitarian) church of st. Paul has
been reorganized. The new articles were filed
in order to incorporate the organization under
the law of 1878, which was framed for the es-
pecial benefit of churches. The re-organized
society has purchased lot on Wabashaw street
diagonally opposite Plymouth church, on which
they Will build a handsome church edifce dur
ing the coming season, the plans of which are
nearly ready, and the church contract will soon
be awarded The structure is to be of wood
and will cost with the lot $14, 600. It is to be
modern style church, and will have no spire
or belfry. n
Last Saturday Swede by the name of A. ].
Nelson left North Branch on foot to return to
his home, about six miles from North Branch
He did not get home Saturday night. Sunday
passed without any tidings Of the missing man.
His family were alarmed, and the neighbors
started out to find him. Tuesday at noon he
was found dead. He was nearly covered up in
the snow. His faithful dog was sitting beside
him, and when the body was removed, the dog
remained Nothing could induce the faithful
animal to leave the spot where his master per-
ished. Deceased leaves q wife and five chill
dren, the youngest but five days old, to mourn
his bitter fate.