The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
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e Il. c. Graves, Of the firm Of Richmond
Graves, attorneys Of Arcadia, has been arrestet
on charge Of obtaining money under falls
pretenses.
H.. J. Dennis, state librarian of Kansas
writes from Topeka that he shipped OF the 9tl
inst full set of Kansas reports for the state
library of Minnesota.
Two small children of Frank Lafaver of Eas
Rochester, wandered from home and were sub.
sequently found in the mill race dead. They
were buried in one casket.
The millers and manufacturers Of Minneap-
oils have been signing petition for the ap-
pointment of William G. Dodge, of Washing
ton, formerly of Winona and St Peter, to the
position Of commissioner of patents.
The barn of John Fishewiter, in the town of
Lesauk, five miles west Of st. Cloud was struck
by lightning and burned down, together with
the Minnesota Farmers mutual for $500; loss
$500:
Nearly all the officers of the department Of
Dakota, who have been quartered in st. Paul
for a number of years, will soon remove to
Fort Smelling where elegant and expensive
houses and Offices have been prepared for
them.
The government barn, stables, and adjoining
sheds, at the Leeeh Lake Indian reservation,
wei, totally destroyed by fire. All the hay,
some eight plows. hay,press, harvester, etc.,
were also consumed No definite cause has, as
yet, been learned for the fire.
In the cases Of McCutchen, a Rice county
millionaire who sues the officials of that county
for So, 900 alleged to have been illegally col
court that the assessment was legal and just and
judgement rendered in favor Of the county.
The name Of the man indicted by the Ram
sey county grand jury, for connection with the
alleged election frauds in West St. Paul, is Fal-
on, without the O.. There are two indictments
against him, one for voting illegally, and anoth
or for swearing falsely to an election affidavit.
Near Elysian, LIE Sueur county, lives q man
who is the owner OF a SOW with q number of
very young pigs. The mans little girl went
out to see the pigs and thrust her hand through
into the pen to touch one of the little ones. The
SOW grabbed the child's hand and ate it off up
above tho elbow. The child will die.
The marriage of Miss Lillian Burbank,
daughter of the late Hon. J. G. Burbank, to Mr..
of Miss Flora J. McMurtrie, daughter of E.
McMurtr;e collector of customs, to Mr.. VIM:
A. Patten of LIE Sueur, were the notable social
events of last Tuesday, in st. Paul.
son of Andrew Adamson, living West of
St Peter, purchased revolyer-22 calibre-
and went out to shoot gophers, and his little
seven year old brother accompanied him, and
in some way the revolver was discharged, the
ball entered the center OF his forehead. The
doctor in charge says the skull is so badly frac-
tured that it is impossible for the boy to live.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Lake City bank, the following were chosen
as directors for the ensuing year: Samuel
Fowler, Robert White, J. NJ Underwood, E.
P. c. Fowler, W. E. Perkins, and c. A.: Hub
bard The board of directors re- elected Samuel
Doughty as president and c. A. Hubbard as
cashier.
A blacksmith named John Howard is under
arrest at Northington, charged With having
robbed j. Smith, q farmer boarding ut the
same house with Howard, Of about 81, 800 in
gold, silver, bank notes and valuable papers,
about 1920 being in currency. TIE officer ar
resting Howard recovered about $3.50 i'll mon
ey. Before his arrest he showed Mr.. Smith
where his pocketbook containing the papers,
etc., was, all Of whic', were intact. He claims,
however, that he found the pocketbook and
the temptations to keep it was too strong.
Albert Lea has, or is to have, a creamery
articles incorpor: thug s. creamery company"
having been fled III the Office OF the secretary
of state. The manufacture, shipment and sale
of butter is the give" object Of the association,
and the capital stock is fixed at $40, 600, of
which $3, 900 is paid up, the shares being 200
each. The management is to rest with board
of three directors, and A. c. Wedge, William
Hazelton and D. R. P. Hipp have been select
ed
c. F. Prescott, of Sleepy Eye, Brown county,
while walking down the railroad track to his
home and when nearly there vas struck by
the rear end of a train consisting of forty cars
and two engines, which threw him about fifteen
feet into ditch filled with water He was at
FIRST insensible, but before the train men could
stop the train and reach him he had picked
himself up and started for his house. He re-
ceived several bruises on the back Of his head,
and his neck, shoulders and hips are consider
ably lame
This storm of Saturday evening did consider
able damage to the village of Fairfield, Dakota
county. The storm came from the southwest,
and struck the town about o'clock in the aft
ernoon. Itblew down Curry, Donaldson's &
Farquhar's agricultural warehouse. The build
ing was 22x42, two stories. The lower story
was used as store room. The upper was a
dwelling The first story waS filed with ma
chinery, which has been m1,cH damaged. The
glass front of G. Aclley's hardware store was
blown in. Many outbaildings and sheds were
upturned, but the town escaped further
damage.
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