The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-03
tached to him that they utterly refused to part

with him.
| ~ The motion for a new trial in the cose of Ed
! ward Lawler, convicted Of granddaughter in the
second degree, for the shooting OF James DAILY,
gued at Winona before Judge Buckham, by MIR.
Gale, for the defendant, and by Mr.. Webber,
| county attorney, on behalf Of the state. Judge
Buck6am denied the motion, and sentenced
Lawler to five years in the state prison.
At the late meeting of the Minnesota Sunday
School Temperance league the following ladies
were elected to fill the Offices for the ensuing
Ter, st. Paul; vice president, Mrs j: G. Tucker,
Minneapolis; secretary, Mrs B. c. Baldwin, St.
| Paul; treasurer, Mrs. F. A. Poole, Rochester {;
directors, Mrs l. NJ. Garfield, Minneapolis, Mrs
NJ B. Lewis, Red Wing, and Mrs. Geo. Sawyer,
St. Paul.
The hardware store and residence Of Thomas
Rule at Detroit, Becker county, was destroyed
ued at So, 700. Insurance in the st Paul Fire
and Marine; $500 on stock and 5000 on build
! ing, which amount will probably cover loss on
stock, as the larger portion Of it was saved. No
furniture or clothing was saved, Mr.. Rule escap-
ing with barely one suit, and his wife with only
a blanket
Mr. Will Murdoch of Murdoch, Swift county,
son of s. s. Murdoch, ESQ.,, was married at
Yankton, Dakota, to Miss Stella Hand, daughter
of Hon. G. H. Hand, secretary OF the territory
of Dakota. An acquaintance formed while the
Young man was Shattuck cadet and the young
lady an attendant at st. Mary's hall, Farlbault,
ripened into an ardent affection, with the above
result The young couple will reside at Muir
dock, after the bridal tour.
The older Stelzer hotel, at St Peter, owned
by VIM Klein, was entirely destroyed by fire the
other night, between the hours OF L and ~
o'clock. The fire is supposed to have originated
from a defective tlue. This building was the
oldest in the place. It was occupied by Vim.
Frey; who was keeping boar En house; The
Of New York The furniture was insured for
$7OOin the German Insurance companyof Free
port, Ill.
Robert Goddard, respected citizen OF Gran
tie Falls, started to go to his farm February 3,
| and not being heard from, search was institu-
| ted after several days, his body being found
several miles from home, lying on a hillside,
head blown off. One charge of the gun passed
directly through his head, and he lay upon the
ground just as he had fallen, with scarf about
his neck and gloves on. The gun lay by his
side. It is thought he slipped down on the
hillside, and that his death resulted in the acct
dental discharge of his gun at that time.
Major George A. J. Overton Of Morris, who
has been taken to the Cottage hospital at Min
neapolis for treatment. The accident happen
cd on the 5th inst, at his office in Morris, by
his foot catching in the railing and his falling
backward The leg was set by resident ply
sician, but the injury proved Of so serious
character that he desired to be carried to Min
neapolis, where he has friends, and to have
medical advice as to whether amputation will
be necessary: He is a prominent Mason and
member of the legal profession, and was one of
the first settlers Of this State.
Minneapolis is again stirred by Leon Bel
mont, alias Addie G. Walker, alias Mrs. Stanley.
Immediately after the release of Belmont from
the county Jail, it found boarding place in a
private boarding house in the lower part of
cent upheavels in the domestic economy the
Belmont has continued to make it's home there,
and succeeded in the meantime in separating
husband and wife, dividing reasonably happy
home. The lady, who has presided, over the
household is a woman of years, of ordinary dis
cretlon, and when welded to her present hus-
band was widow with children grown, among
them a son now not less than nineteen years of
age. There seems to be no doubt at the present
time that it is man, Notwithstanding the con-
fusion of the doctors upon the subject