Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
Minnesota News by Telegraph and Mail.

Minnesota News by Telegraph and Mail.
A young son of Michael Schmidling was killed
on the street railroad track III St Paul, sup
posed by the cars.
The City Mills at Austin, owned by Engle &
Co., have been burned Loss $35, 200; in
sured for 81 1000.
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 sen. to the State prison,
A. W. Eckhart, embezZlement, two years, and
j. L. Smith, forgery, two years and six months.
DR.. j. W. Comfort, well-known citizen of,
Wyoming Chisago county, died of pluero- -pneu-
monia. He was native of Bucks county Pa.
and came to Chisago county in 1863.
William Westerdahl has been bound over at
Benson, Swift county, on charge of forgery.
He had bought farm of man who could not
read or write, had it decided to him in his pro-
per name, and then signed notes for the same in
the name of John W. johnson. He had bor-
rowed 81 600 on the land, and was starting for
Norway when arrested
NJ A Baldwin, mayor of Lake City, died of
cerebro-spina fever, having been confined to
his house but little more than one day, though
he had been feeling unwell for about week.
Deceased was born in Sheldon Wyoming coun-
ty, N. Y, on May 81, 1882, and came to this
city in September, 1868 since which time he
has continuously y resided here. engaging in the
sale of horses and cattle.
Mr.. Johnson, living near Phillips Postoffice,
about twelve miles south of Browns Valley, in
Big Stone county, accidentally shot his wife
last Friday. 1t appears that Mr.. johnson had
loaded his gun with small shot with the inten-
| ton of killing rabbits, and as he was about to
| leave the house the gun was discharged in
| some unknown manner, his wife, who was in
the room, received the full charge just above
the ankle of her left leg. The wound is not
serious.
John Mixhofer, German wagon-maker liv-
| ing at the lower end of Mankato skipped out
last week, leaving about So, 800 Indebtedness
behind as gentle reminder Of the things that
had been. He has been going down hill about
as fast as man could for the last three or four
| years, and this is the elimination. His shop
was next door to saloon, and he had got the
| thing down so fine that certain stroke on his
anvil would bring the beer -jerker from the
next door with one or more schooners.
The latest reports in regard to the myster-
| ious disappearance of Charles Vitalis of Fran
COMA show that some time since Mr.. Vitalis
| settled with the wood firm for about 81 900,
and that parties at Minneapolis who are in the
| wheat business sent him about So, 600 to pur-
chase wheat with during the past few weeks
and that no wheat of any amount has been pur-
chased, So, 900 more gone. Again, Mr.. Vati-
lis was in the habit of receiving deposits from
great many farmers, in the immediate vicinity
of Franconia, which he placed in his safe for
safe keeping for them, and it is thought there
is quite an amount gone i'll this way. The cred
itors of Mr.. Vitalis have jumped on his proper
ty with attachments to the amount of about $S,-
900, and the sheriff is in charge of his stock of
goods.