The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
MINNESOTA5NEWS.
Minnesota Nawa nv Telexiraph and Mail.


l.. Edward TAYLOR house, at St. Charles, was
damaged by fire to- the extent Of $500.
Haryey Evans, an, old resident of this state,
died at his home in PainvieW on Tuesday last.
Rev. J. T. Osborn of Alexander has received
call to the rectorship of a church III BOISE
City, Idaho.
The svndale railroad at Minneapolis is to be
extended this season to Excelsior, on Lake
Minnetonka.
The Democrats of St. Paul have nominated
Hon. Edmund Rice for mayor; and the repub'-
cans Mr. r. Barden.
Delano has voted to bond the town in the
amount of IS 900 for the purchase OF fire
engine and apparatus.
The Winona and st. Peter railroad engine
house, at Mankato was destroyed by fire. Loss
between $500 and $500. No insurance.
stock company was formed in Albert Lea,
with capital stock Of > O,OOO, Tor the pur-
pose of operating creamery in that city.
Lake Benton News: We are out of print pa
Der and flour. Darned inconvenient to print
on wrapping paper, and grind wheat in coffee
mill.
Judge Nelson has decided the case of the
Winona Land company against the W1nona d
st. Peter Railroad company in favor OF the Tor
mer.
George Adkins, Of Minneapolis, who mad
the lowest bid for rebuilding the hospital at st.
Peter, has backed ont, and 1t is thought that
Mr.. Bohon, of Winona, will be awarded the
contract
David Lord. formerly employed with Auc
bach Finch, Culbertson & Co., committed sui
eide at Fargo He was a good soldier Of the
old First Minnesota, but was victim OF strong
drink.
Hon. p H. Rahilly has already seeded over
300 acres of his extensive farm in Mount Pleas
ant He intends to seed 1,2OO acres with
wheat, 100 with barley, 10 with oats and 100
with corn.
Burmaister, one of the men injured i'll the
snow plow accident last week, near Window
died from his injury This makes two deaths
as the result Of the accident. The other parties
are doing well.
4 gang of burglars raided Mazeppa last
week, taking $40 from Robinson's store, and
lesser amounts from other places. The burg
lars entered the Baptist chapel after committing
the robbery, and built up cheerful fire.
Glencoe Enterprise Rev. W. Wiely has for
mally received and accepted call to the Bap
tist church in Hastings, and will preach there
next Sunday. He will remove his family from
Glencoe to his new field of labor next week.
A. A. Allard, formerly county surveyor of
Anoka, MINI. who has been west for year up
on the Northern Pacific survey, was accident
ally shot, near Miles City. He leaves a young
wife at Anoka. The cause of the accident was
not learned.
From the Fergus Falls Journal.
Mr.. Austin the defeated candidate for mayor
of Fergus Falls, in moment of excitement
on election day so far forgot himself as to
strike Mr.. Soren Listoe, for which he was ar
rested and fined 81. 80 and corts.
Seth H. Kenny of Rice county, who has de-
votcA much time and stndy to the amber cane
sugar problem, says that the outlook for this
season is very good. Capitalists from Chicago
are considering the feasibility Of converting a
large glucose mandatory at Burlington, Iowa,
into an amber cane refining establishment.
Samuel Sargent of Rochester died at his
fathers residence in that city, from an overdose
evening, and when discovered about noon
Saturday, only one-eighth Of an ounce was left.
There is no cause known to his family why he
should commit suicide. He was thirty five
years old, an engineer, but has been out OF
work since the first of January.
Gen. J. H. Baker reports the St. Cloud, Man
kato & Austin railroad as all ready to begin ne
gotiations for the necessary work that is to be
done This railroad will enter Mankatc
above the oil mill, pass through the city on the
river fiat and cross the Minnesota at South
Bend, and thence go on through Judson. In
fact, the proposed route will 60 through the
richest tier of counties in the state.
The following are the bids for the additional
| shop at the state prison in saltwater: $: G.
Cutler, Minneapolis. Brick, $25, $50. This
is for a building 142 feet in length. If it
should be constructed 15O feet in length, the
sum of 81 ,O97 to be added H. E. Sheldon,
Minneapolis. Stone, $27, 754: brick, $29, 954.
Grimshaw & Hiland, Winona. stoue, $39, ia:
66x15 so feet, $23, 400; brick, 66x1 80 feet,
800, 965. The contract has not yet been
awarded but there is no doubt that Seymour,
Sabin e. Co. will have it.