The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Minnesota News by Telegraph and Mall.


Willis G. Hines, charged with ravishing a.
little girl in Star Lake, was acquitted.
The LutheraDs of Nunda, Freedom county.
will erect = church building this season, at a.
cost of So, 600.
In Highland, last Sunday, three children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Schad were thrown from wagon
by a runaway team and severely injured
A new elevating apparatus for transferring
grain from river barges to cars is now being
constructed at Lake City and Hastings.
B. B. Herbert of Red Wing printing company,
has purchased fourth interest in the st. Paul
Dispatch, to which he will devote his time.
Mr.. McLard, for many years resident of
Rochester, died recently, of cancer Of the
stomach. She had been sick about six months.
A farmer named Goodrich was struck by
lightning and killed instantly while at work on
his farm, on Greenwood Prairie, Wabasha
county.
Rev. Mr.. D'Argent of Canada has accepted
the call of the Presbyterian church in shakopee.
aud succeeds the Rev. James MCGOWAN, who
goes to Mortified.
The post Office at Lasheen, Scott county
Mimi, has been discontinued. Mail to Prior
Lake. Also the St. Hurbertus de Sueur coun-
ty) mail to Union Hill.
The Indebtedness of the M. E. church at
Anoka was raised last Sunday, by the help Of
Bishop Foss The amount asked for was 500,
but over $500 was raised.
H. c. Stivers has leased the Little Falls
Transcript to +. J. Pearsoh, of Minneapolis.
Mr. Stivers announces that he will retire per-
manently from tho newspaper business
The stallion Abdallah, Jr., brother to Gold
smith Maid, and horse of fine record as trot-
ter and sire of MINNESOTA died of poison at the
home of his owner, VIM. Sloan, : few days ago.
/ Late Minnesota Patents: -Andrew P. Far
rar, Brainerd, snow pillow; John P. Kepner,
Little Valley, double tongue for harvesters;
Andrew J. Locke, Rochester, pad for horses
! hoofs.
| The governor has received a certified copy
Of approved lists No. Is of swamp lands inur-
| ing to the state under congressional action
The number of acres listed is 81, .629, situated
| in st Cloud district.
lumber to build 155 houses and the same mum
Der Of barns for the English colony. between
| Sibley and Lemars, Iowa. 1t will require 345
cars to transport the lumber from Saltwater to
! Lemars, where it will be delivered as desired
| TWO young men, Austin and Brannon, quar-
young lady 10 settle the dispute they meas
| ured five or six PAGES of ground, placed them
| selves opposite each other, and at given sig
nal fired five or Elk shots each: Brannon fell
! mortally wounded Austin fed and escaped,
| and s still at large
future reference history of the snow blockade
| of the past WINTER which commenced on the
10th Of October, and continued with brief in
terruptiors until the 18th of April. In this
time the Sioux City road was blockaded 90 days
| the longest continuous period being from
February 22d till April 18th.
Tuesday morning a fire destroyed the store
owned by Mr.. Martin and occupied by Wyatt
| Johns, in Delapo, with it's contents, a stock of
general merchandise valued at $500, to-
gether with Sims paint shop. Johns stock was
totally consumed. Sims shop contained eev-
e:al hundred dollars worth of paints and oils.
nearly all OF which was saved from tho flames.
The Wnona Republican reports that J. ".
Fisher. night operator, was set upon and badly
beaten by a party of coughs headed by one
Stevens, on Sunday evening. shortly after Fish
er had gone on duty for the night: Fisher at
tempted to defend himself first with a knife and
then with revolver, but both were knocked
from his hands. Stevens plead guilty before
justice and was fined So, but was rearrested
and finds the charge more serious than plain
| assault.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred at Brainerd
last Friday morning at Jack O'Neil's saloon be-
tween O'Neil and fakir George Smith, resulting
| in the death of the latter. Smith, who had been
drinking and was quarrelsome and danger
Gus character when intoxicated, created a dis
turbance in O'Neil's place by striking an inof
fensiye man with his revolver without provoca-
ton. O'Neil interfered and Smith turned upon
him, drawing his revolver to shoot ONeil said
| he wasn't armed, and Smith told him to so and
| uccl dUO tucu 1cll VIC odlOOlls " A\CAA
knew his man. and stepping into another room
procured Winchester rifle and returned to the
saloon. Smith soon returned, and stepping in
to the door way, fired instantly at O'Neil knock
ing his hat Off: and turned to go out when
O'Neil fired, the ball hitting Smith in the back
aud coming ont at the left breast The shoot
ing occurred at about 9 o'clock. Smith was
carried to his house, near by, insensible, and
! before 10 o'clock no was dead. The general
sentiment is that the town is happily rid of
very bad man.
The New Supreme Judge of Minnesota.
Gov Pillsbury has appointed Mr.. J. NJ Shaw
of Minneapolis, judge of the supreme court,
vice Cornell, deceased. Mr.. Shaw was born
December lS, 1888, in Pcnobscet county,
Maine. He was educated at Exter and Corlnth.
In the spring of 852 he removed to Minneso-
ia, locating at Cottage Grove Subsequently
he removed to Galena, Illinois, where for seven
years he was employed as bookkeeper. In
1856 he began reading law, and in 1859 en-
tered the Office of A. L. Cummings. He was
admitted to the bar by the supreme court of
Illinois, ana remained at Galena until 1862,
when he removed to Wisconsin. He enlisted in
the twenty-6fth infantry, and was made Sec
ond lieutenant of company E.; was first en-
gagged in frontier service. then went south in