Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-02-23

Porter of Trout Brook sugar works, giving an
analysis Of his sugar. a barrel OF which was
lately shipped to Washington, showing that the
crude sugar contains ninety three per cent. of
. pure refined sugar.
W. B. Boyden, travelling man for Burgess
Il Manley at Minneapolis, who eloped some time
ago. with $500 to 5000 of the firms green
backs and q variety woman named Neoskaleta--
all Indian maiden from Ireland-was arrested
in Chicago and brought back to Minneapolis.
Mr.: Thomas l.. Slaid. of the firm of Buxton
hlaid, of Owatonna, died Saturday evening Of
spinal meningitis, after u brief sickness. De-
ceased was quito young man, and very highly
respected by all who knew him. He was mar
ned only about four mouths ago to q daughter
of Hon. H. NJ. Hastings.
Mrs. Emeline Converse Of Bear Valley, Waba-
slla county, has ilst been granted pension,
o., on account Of tho death of her son. Charles S
Converse, OF company X, eighth Illinois infant
ry, who WAS killed in the battle of Fort Don
aldson in 1862. The arrearage amounts to
$500.
During the recent storms an old lady named
Rogers, living near Hector, was lost on the
prairie. and persisted from cold Her body
was not found for several days. The snow
was SO deep that teams could not be used, and
her remains were drawn on q hand sled to the
cemetery, hear Hector, for interment.
Prof. 3. +. Stanley, principal OF the st. Croix
Valley Academy, located at Alton, has been al
rested on the Charge of seducing Miss Julia
Bolles, daughter of George Bolles of that place.
Prof. Stanley asserts his innocence in the strong
est TERMS denounces the prosecution as a black
mailing conspiracy; and promises to fight the
case with MI possible vigor.
The Messrs. HendryX, prOprietOrs of the
Sank Center Herald and Record have brought
suit in the district court against D. 3. Mac
donald Of Melrose, Stearns county, for So, 600
damages which they claim to have suffered in
consequence of the latter having started a new
paper in Melrose called the Record, in violation
Of o written agreement with them not to do SO
at tho time they bought the original Merose
Record from him. They also pray for an iu-
paper.
Hon A. r. McCtill, State insurance commits
sioncr: has, from tho returns made to him by
the various companies, prepared Il table show
ing tho fire insurance bueness transacted in
Minnesota in 1880 which comprises the pre-
miuns received, the losses paid by each com.
pany, and the ratio Of the former to the latter.
The footings of the tables make one of the most
remarkable showings in the anuals of insurance,
the losses incurred being Z per cent greater
than the premiums received by the companies.
This result WAS due to the numerous large and
destructive fires in ST. Paul and Minneapolis,
such as those which swept away the mammoth
stores Of Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson Il Co.,
p. H. Kelly & Go. and Averill Russell & Carpen-
ter i'll the romcr city.
The Chicago, milwaukee, 4 St. Paul express
which arrived at st. Paul Sunday afternoon
ran mtol a sleigh about quarter Of " mile
from Newport, station eight miles below St.
Paul, killing one of the occupants, Corwin X.
Manning, and seriously niuring the other VIM
r. SchOtield The engineer sounded the whistle,
but the mon could not stop tho, horse, which
ran across the track III front of tho locomotive
The cow-catcher struck tho rig i'll tho middle,
detaching the horse from the sleigh and carry
ing him along for quite Il distance, until finally
he was thrown under the wheels and horribly
mutilated. The sleigh was knocked into frag-
ments, and the two men were hurled out on to
tho side of tho road. They were picked up by
the passenger train that was short distance
bohind tho train that struck them, and brought
to st. Paul. Manning lived but few minutes
aftor being picked up s.. b.
Fergus Falls, according to recent telegram
has had some ullSavory sensations. Tho dis
patch says: Geo. kincaid, a horse farrier, was
arrested on a charge assault with intent to com
NIT Tape, prterrcd by Annie Waters, aged about
seventeen, who says that on the 18th of jan
nary, whilo riding with the respondent about
five miles from the village, he attacked her in
for five minutes She struggled for her liberty,
and finally consented to marry him to save her
self. Kincad was examined before Justice
Sawbr dge and held IN $500. Annie's brother
was also arrested and examined on a charge Of
assault with intent to do great bodily harm on
Kincad. It appears that last Wednesday Kin
caid was at Waters residence. Young Waters
attacked him and put him off the premises
Waters was held in tho sum of 5000 One
Champeau, who asplres to n place in the affec-
tons Of the gentle Annie, met Kincaid on the
street, and gave him IA severe drubhing, badly
cutting his underlp.
Scott Comfy Trcasurcrs Sentenced to Prison
Another chapter in the Scott county scandal
has boon closed by the sentence Of the two de-
faulting county trcas,lrers. Ex-County Treas
nror John j. Ring was convicted at the last
term of court Of embezzling county funds. Sen
tence was stayed that Ring might show cause
for an appeal, giving bonds for his appearance.
However, on Saturday further proceedings
were set aside Ring taken before Judge McDon-
aid, aud sentenced TO term Of two years and a
half in the State prison and to pay fine of
T22, 900. Herman Baunhager, his successor
in the Office Of county treasurer, who was also
convicted of official malfeasance, was sentenced
to six months in the county jail, and to pay a
fine Of $3.50 Another point in these scandals
was the arrest of County Attorney elect J. f.
Taylor, charge of forgery. Taylor was
already under bonds to appear charge Of
attempting to bride jnryman in the trial of
one Of the defaul:ing county treasurers, and
his bondsmen on that case withdrew their surety
upon his second arrest. Taylor is charged with
forging three notes, which are in the bank, the
parties whose names appear on the notes declar-
ing the signatures not theirs. Taylor waived
examination on the latter charge.
Dealt, of Capt Wm. Rhodes of ST Paul.
Captain VIM. Rhodes, al old and highly es-
teemed citizen of st. Paul, and president of the
common council died last Monday morning, of
pleuro-p pneumonia, after an illness of only fou,