Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-03-10
Minnesota News by Telegraph and Mail.

Minnesota News by Telegraph and Mail.
st. Paul has collected $25, 1000 from liquor
licenses since Jan. l.
The Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railway COM
pany paid $75, 900 taxes into the state treasury
last week.
The City Mills at Austin, owned by Engle &
Co., have been burned. Loss $35, 900; in
sured for 81 200.
c. r. Brink, contractor, and farmerly a
member of the house of representatives from
Red Wing, died at his residence in Red Wing.
The Northern Pacific blacksmith shops at
Brainerd were burned and all the others had a
narrow escape, being only few feet distant.
Hennepin county has sent to the State prison.
A. W. Eckhart, embezzlement, two years, and
J. T. Smith, forgery two years and six months
Mr. James Shaver of Red Wing, has been
placed on the pension roll of the government
He receives pension, which, with arrears
amounts to $1,000.
Dr. J. w. Comfort a well-known citizen of,
Wyoming, Chisago county, died of pluero-pneu-
monia. He was nativsof Bucks county, Pa
and came to Chisago county in 1868.
The investigation of the Auduban tragedy has
at last been concluded and Tobias Ochsner dis
charged, the justice believing that he had no
criminal connection with the burning to death
of his wife and children:
Gov. Pillsbury has promulgated through
the associated press an official notice to all hold
ers of Minnesota State railroad bonds that a
bill had passed the legislature and received the
executive approval for the adjustment of these
bonds on terms proposed by majority of the
holders.
The firm of Jameson & Northrop, publishers
for the last year of the Lake City Leader is dis
solved Mr.. Northrop, the editor, and John
Leonard, who has for some rime been foreman
of the office, have become proprietors of the
Leader establishment under the firm name of
Northrop and Leonard.
The Fairbault Democrat says: The past winter
has been hard one for the country district
schools. The extreme cold and recent deep
snow have made it impossible in many districts
for the children to reacl. the school houses and
days have not been unfrequent when the teach-
ers found it agreeable to stay at their boarding
places.
Bird Island Post: We have been thirty-o lone
days withoutan express train, with no certain
ty when one will come. We don't expect a
train this month. There has been no suffering
in this immediate vicinity for lack of fuel or
provisions that we know of, but supplies are
running low, and are used sparingly. Cases of
suffering are reported from the country, but
are not substantiated.
I'M. A. Baldwin, mayor of Lake City, died of
cerebro-spinal fever, having been confined to
his house but little more than one day, though
ne had Deen feellng unwell Tor ABOUT week.
Deceased was born in Sheldon, Wyoming coun-
ty, N Y, on May 21, 1882, and came to this
city in September, 1868, since which time he
has continuously resided here. engaging in the
sale OF horses and CATTLE
The legislature of Wisconsin passed resolu-
tions of sympathy to Minnesota on the loss of
the state capitol, and instructed the state libra
rian to forward to the governor of the state of
Minnesota for the use of the people of that
state, one full sot Of Wisconsin reports, and the
dlgests the same, one copy of the revised
statutes, such session laws and Legislative jour.
mails and documents and such otherpublications
and documents of the state as can be spared.