The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-11
MINNESOTA NEWS

The Hartman residence at FarlDault was
burglarized last week.
The heavy blow of Thursday Frustrated
good deal of grain in shock and stack
At ChatAeld, Prof Davis has been retained
as superintendent Of the schools for another
year at an increased salary.
There were half q dozen reaper accidents in
the neighborhocd of st. Peter in one day, sew
sral people being badly injured.
report from Chatfeld states that an i'm
mense swarm Of seventeen year-old lOcusts
passed over that town the other day.
A son Of Capt Herman of Reads Landing
returned homo, having escaped from the asy-
lum at Rochester and walked the whole Gls-
tance lie was taken in charge and will be re-
turned.
The wedding Of Mr. Herman Stookenstrom,
Office editor OF the Skafferen, the Swedish
weekly. and Miss Mary A. Nelson. daughter of
IL. Nelson, Esq, was solemniked at the
first Swedish Evangelical Luthern church, st.
Paul.
A vote to be taken this month in the north
ern towns OF Redwood county, for the PROPOSE
ton to give the Minneapolis 4 St Louis rail-
road company bond bonus Of $;45, 900 on q
proposed extention Of their line though that
section.
At Saltwater, Thomas Mciale struck Ben
jamin LIE Mere with stick Of wood, about
three feet long and two inches in diameter,
ed him insensible, the result of which cannot
now be predicted.
Postof1ices in Minnesota were cut az follows:
Lake City, $17; Mendoza, $118; Northfeld,
IS; WinOna was found to be $74 in excess of
her allowance, but there is some question as to
her necessity for it, and . special agent is now
investigating the matter.
AT Alexandria, Contractor Alton has just
finished the county Jail, and it has been accept
ed b. the county commissioners. It will be
remembered that just as Mr.. Alton had COM
pleted the Jail, last fall, It took fire and the
woodwork was entirely destroyed.
Messrs. aud Attorneys W. P. Murray and c.
E. Flandrau, to whom was submitted by the s..
Paul chamber of commerce. the question az to
the constitutonality of the much moOted tax
law, made by the late legislature have report
ed that there is nothing unconstitutional about
State Treasurer kitleson received heavy
and precious burden. 1t was an express
package containing the taxes and school land
objections Of Olmsted county on account Of the
June collections, and 1924 900 was the cum
total. OF this SIC 900 even, was in golden
coin.
The adjutant general has received from the
Moorhead Rifles notification OF the election of
officers as follows: Captain, Benz. T. Gurley,
vice, Capt: Sloggy, resigned; first lieutenant,
Wait " Partridge, vice Gnsley, promoted;
" tXs H. o.
promoted.
A waterspout deluged Iakeviow, Lake
county Ore, an unbroken stream of water
pouring 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 occasiOued, and the remoteness OF the
scene from telegraph facilities.
Thursday last, while Mr.. Cornelius Mccarthy
and family of Morris, we're absent from home,
attending a neighbor s funeral, their house was
entered and $3.50 in money, silver watch
valued at $3.50 and a new suit Of clothes were
taken. The thief, who was arrested, is ayoung
man named Timothy Murphy, whose folks re-
side in Traverse county, about ten miles from
Graceville.
In the case of Edwin 1awlor, covicted at Wi
mona at the October term of the district court,
1880, of the manslaughter of James Malone
on July 81, 1870, and sentenced to states
prison for tive years, the supreme court hasaf-
frmed the judgement aud ordered the eentence
to be carried into execution. Pending this de-
cision Lawlor has been confined in the jail at
WinoEa.
At Long Prai lie, Todd county, on the Sd,
Mr.. ]. H. Sheets, editor of the Big Stone Coun-
ty Herald. and Miss Jennie McClatiin were
married, Rev. NJ: J. Martin officiating. MI.
Sheets was for long timo resident of Long
and edited that paper untilis was sold t. w.
c. Brewer in 1910, at which time he bought
the Herald.
At st. Peter, while George Studley and son
nd Mr.. Lansing, carpenters. were at work on
high scaffold, the support broke and they
were all thrown to the ground and young Stud
Icy WAS almost killed. A cash was cut in the
back part of his head about two inches long
and one inch deep. Mr.. G.. Studley was con-
siderably cut and his back and wrist badly
sprained. Mr.. Lansing escaped with four cuts
on the head and sprained back.
Freddie W. Van Patten, son of A. s. Van
Patten, left his home in Cambria, Blue Earth
Co., MIMI, on the 22nd of last June, and has
not been heard from since the day he left He
inches high, blue eyes and dark brown hair:
All search and inquiry, so far, have been in
vain. Any information leading to his discov-
cry would be very thankfully received by his
distressed parents. Address. A. s. Van Patten,
CORTLAND, Nicollet Co., MINI.