The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-16
MINNESOTA NEWS.
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Peter Glorsam, sweile, was drowned near
Waverly.l
:. With one machine, Seymour, Sabin & Co.,
Of saltwater, are making brick at the rate OF
1875 per minute.
An eight year-old daughter of Edward Boyer
WAS drowned at leads Landing, the body be-
ing discovered coon after.
The seventh animal meeting of the Freedom
County Old Settlers association will be held in
Albert Lea on Tuesday, June II, 1881.
l The widow of Mr A. Baldwin of Lake City
has received $4,000 from the American Leg
ion of Honor, of which her deceased husband
was member.
DR., Mayo of Rochester, OH his sixty second
birthday, was presented by his neighbours and
friends with complete eet Of Wilson's orni-
thology, costing $l1O.
State Auditor Nhitcem during his recent
trip sold over 500, 900 acre of school, internal,
improvements, and university lands, at an
average price at abont Sc per acre.
girl named Kaplin was killed by the cars
near Owatonna. She was on the track. The
train came over email lise, when she was is-
covered jnst.ahead, and every effort made 10
warn her and stop the train, but in vain
Rev Mr. Kiehle, o. the First Presbyterian
church, Saltwater, has resigned. and will 60 TO
the Calvary church, in Milwaukee
The Wampacli Manufacturing association at
Shskopee, have selected their first board Of d.
recters as follows: Hon. Henry Kinds, D. l..
Howe, H. Fl. Strunk, John Wampech, Henry
Coles, JAS, McKnown and John McMullen.
At Minneapolis district ce,1rt, Julia Smith
was granted decree Of divorce from l. }.
Smith, and the right to resume her maiden
name of DesjardiB. They were married last
October, and defendant VI as convicted in Feb
ruary of forgery, and sentenced to saltwater.
A very eventful experience in married life for
girl Of seventeen.
A party of 1919 Scandinayans arrived in st.
Paul Monday, bound for Fergus Falls, Alexan-
dria, Ashby, Ada, Crookston and other points
in the Red River valley. The arrival Of these
people is one of the results of the work of the
agents Of the st. Panl & Manitoba com pany
sent to the old country,
The socisl event of the season at Spring
Valley, was the marriage Of Geo. r. Farmer,
son of Judge Farmer, to Minnie W., daughter
of n B. Saith, of the Commercial house, Rev.
T. F. Allen officiating.
Appleton Press:-The fish at Artichoke lake
have all died from the effects of the past win
ter. Immense quantities of dead fish have
washed ashore which were obliged to be hauled
away to prevent sickness in the neighborhood
The annual meeting Of the State Medical 90
ciety will be held in st. Paul on Tuesday, the
21st inst The address of welcome will be de-
livered by DR.. Daniel Leasure, and the meeting
will conclude with banquet at the Merchants
hotel
Architect Burlington Las arranged the plan
of the new capitol at St Paul 80 az to bring it
in the exact center Of the square This will
put the Wabasha street front about twenty five
feet back of the line of that wing of the old
building.
BY thesterm of Saturday night Mr.. and Mrs.
Chaffee, living in the town Of 1ura, Fairbault
county, was killed by the blowing down Of their
house. The barn of I. J. Praber, in the same
town, was unroofed, burying his daughter in
The ruins. She was taken out n an uncon-
scious condition, and the injury may prove
fatal
The thirteenth Minnesota Turner festival
will be held in Minneapolis on the l4th, 18th,
10th and 18th days of July, and the West
Minneapolis Turn Verein has appointed a com
mittee to make all necessary preparations for
the event. The Turner societies of Minnesota
and Wisconsin, and the class from Milwaukee,
which earned such brilliant laurels at Frank
fort-on- the Main, have been invited to attend
the festival
At St. Peter, the large stone brewery owned
by Mr. Engesser fell witha crash that awakened
the sleepers in that vicinity in short order.
During the flood the water washed the sand
rock on which it stood from under it. and the
lower floor gave way and let a large quantity of
barley into the water Mr.. Engesser partly re-
paired the damage; but the building had been
more undermined than was supposed, and last
night walls and all tumbled.