Morris tribune., 1881-05-26
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| AtC"S ny ndil anu Icle2Fdp0.
Lars E. Bringen of Norwood has received
| 81 800 back pension.
The steamer China, the first from Buffalo,
| arrived at Duluth On the 18th
The residence Of VIM. Barril, near Morris,
was burned recently. Loss 81 500; insured
for $3.50.
John Holmquist, of New Sweden, Nicolet
county, lost his house by fire. Loss about
| $500; insured in the st. Paul Fire & Marine.
1t is rumored that movement has been in
augurated by the alumni of the state university,
having for its object the selection of a new
president and the early displacement of Col. W.
| w. FolwelL
The Presbyterian church of Moorhead sub
scribed to the synod fund for Manchester and
| Albert Lea colleges, 1905; that Of st. Peter,
$500; that of Blue Earth City, $476.
Seven boxes Of New York reports were
| shipped to the care of State Librarian Taylor
on the 18th inst and the next day nine more
were forwarded to the same destination.
Hans Mattson, Of Minneapolis, editor of the
leading scandinavian newspaper of the state,
has received the recommendation of the Mime
sofa delegation for minister to Denmark.
A libel suit has been commenced by the
| Ramsey county auditor, Mr. ]. ]. McCardy,
| against 81. p Hall, to recover So, 600 damages
for an alleged ibelous publication in his news
paper.
| The Msnnerchor, Lederkranz, Arion and
| oCImdu1h sIuSluS nave uGlQ d COQbul-
tation and have decided to hold the Minnesota
Sengerbund in St Paul, on the 18th, 27th and
2Sth of August.
| There is trouble among the Duluth lumber
| men, Peyton & Co. having secured the arrest
of Mr.. Howard in Superior City, on charge
Of stealing logs, who in tern threatens to prose-
cute the big firms for cutting logs on railway
lands.
A severe hailstorm passed over portions of
Warsaw, Wells, Cannon City and Bridgewater.
Saturday. The growing wheat was beaten into
the ground and considerably injured in some
sections. Many of the hailstones were as large
as hens eggs.
On Friday Mr. George Nichols died at his
residence in Union Grove, Meeker county. He
was sailor prior to his settlement in this State,
| and built and sailed the first sail vessel ever
constructed in Chicago-a small coaster, which
| he commanded two or three seasons.
| Mrs. l. Lewis drowned herself in the south
branch of the Wild Rice river, near Borup,
Mimi, on Saturday Mrs. Lewis has had
trouble with her eyes, and frequently said she
| 'would rather be dead than blind" She was
no doubt, partially insane at the time the rash
| act was committed
John Colwen of Langdon, Washington coun-
| ty, has been arrested for plowing up one of the
| streets in that place. Il seems that Colwell has
| Purchased the most of the town plat of Lang
| don, including the streets which never have
been accepted by the village authorities, and he
is simply plowing up his own property.
The stockholders of the manufacturing cor
poration of Seymour, Sabin & Co., of Still
| water, lately held a meeting al i adopted
| sundry amendments to the original articles of
incorporation. The capital stock has been in
creased to s., 600, 900 and the amount of in
| debtedness allowed to be incurred is now fixed
| at 81 900, 000
| A c. Wedge of Freeborn county, MINI, has
| been nominated for collector of revenues for
| the First district of Minnesota. The Minnesota
| senator's have united in recommending the fol-
| lowing appointments: Gen. c. C. Andrews of
! st Paul, minister to Mexico Hans Mattson of
| Minneapolis, minister to Denmark; and o. '.
Tousley of Minneapolis for an Important
European cousulship.
! John Burnet, one of the oldest settlers of
Goodhue county, committed suicide at his farm
near Zumbrota, by cutting his throat Burnet
was about sixty three years old, and C anne to
Zumbrota in 1854. He left wife and several
| children In Michigan, the place not known. He
has owned and lived on thirty acres of land for
| the last sixteen years, and has cooked, washed
and provided for himself all these years. He
| was never known to have communicated with
his family during all this time.
Governor Pillsbury has granted pardon to
| Peter Nugent, who in December, 1877, was
convicted in Goodhue county of rape on the
person of Mary Mcdonald, and in the follow
| ing year sentenced to twelve years imprison-
ment in the penitentary. Since the sentence
| grave dOubtS nave arisen whether the charge
| should have been adultery, instead of rape, and
more than one of those best posted have repre-
sented to the governor that the woman was not
above suspicion of having been willing sin
ner. strong petition, signed by many of the
jury men who sat ON Nugents case, the judge,
prosecuting attorney and scores of citizens, ,ceg-
infant of the facts having been presented, the
executive clemeRcy was extended.
A more than usually interesting case has
Just been decided upon by Gov. Pillsbury, and
Samuel R. Henry, after nearly seven years.
service in the penitentiary is free man. In
July 1874, Henry was tried before the late
Judge Lord, in Blooming Prairie Steele county,
the indictment setting forth that said Henry
forcibly outraged the person of girl, between
fourteen and fifteen years old, named Clara
Wheeler. The rape was committed in the
darkened room of hotel, and as Henry proved
that he had gotten off the train a very short
time before, he would probably have succeeded
in establishing an alibi were it not for the fact
that Clara positively swore to his identity, and
the singular feature Of the case is the theory
generally accepted that he was not guilty at ali,
but was the victim ef circumstance and mis-
Identification.