Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Minnesota News BY telegram and Mail.
Four inches of snow fell at Paramount on the
9th.
There are on an average twenty applicants
for every house that is offered for rent IN STU
Paul.
An Iceland girl in Marshal made . trip of If
teen miles over the drifts on snow shoes in five
hours
There is great real estate boom in Mime
apolis and property is rapidly changing handse
at advanced prices
Champlin and Anoka are agitatingtthe ques-
ton Of voting aid for the construction Of an
IRON bridge over the Mississippi
At Nor thfield Congregational church, to-.
cost $12, 600, is now being built; the Norwe
gians and Lutherans will build Sc. 900 church.
of new Unitarian church edifice nSt. Paul, on
Wabasha street, one block above the capitol
A young son of James Kerr of Anoka was
scalped, as nearly as could be done by ward
of the nation, by falling on the sharp edge
of board
The next fair of the Rice county Agricultur-
al society will be held Oct, 6, z and 8 It is ex-
pected the attractions will excel those of any
former year. =
In response to visit of the synodical secre-
tary to Red Wing, a subscription of 81 500
was made to the synod fund for Manchester and
Albert Lea colleges.
During the last winter Mr. Cornelius Riley,
who employs nearly all the train boys out of St
Paul. paid rental to the various railroad COM
panies of 500 per day
The old capitol is as clear of debris as posi-
BILE. and as soon as Gov. Pillsbury is well
enough for duty the plans for the new structure
will be examined and decided upon
Maj. John j. Palmer of Indianapolis has
signed contract for the erection of the new
NJ n,,1,1&
SIS, 1896, the building to be completed by Sep
TENDER Is next
AT the recent election in Anoka county
on the question of extending aid for the
building of a bridge over the Mississippi,
the proposition was carried by majority of
eighty-three votes.
Miss Margie Martin Of Lake City, has been
chief templar Of the l. o. G. T., of Minnesota,
and will labor for q season in the northern and
western part Of the state.
Meriden and Somerset, two towns in Steele
county where no saloons have been run for
years, have this year finally voted license, and
assess the beer seller $50, and put them under
bonds In true municipal style.
Red Wing has the militia fever, and has got
it bad. Two companies are in process Of form
alton, and each striving to complete their
muster roll before the other 80 as to come with
in the provisions of the state law.
A large hotel will be built this season at De-
troit Lake. Becker county. It will be located Oh
the northern shore Of TIE lake, and is to be
commodious structure, designed for the accom-
mediation of summer pleasure seekers
There is some discussion going on as to who
shall succeed William W. Billson as United
States district attorney for Minnesota MIR.
Searles of Hastings, a member of the recent
house, is said to have very strong backing.
The council of Lake City for the ensuing year
will be as follows: Mayor, J. NJ Underwood;
alderman, first ward, A. 7. Guernsey and W.
A. McManigal; alderman, second ward, F. z.
Bouton and Lutz; recorder. J. @. Doughty. ,
The Long Prairie Argus says that in Ward
and beyond, parties are butchering deer in
disgraceful manner. Some of the deer are so
poor that they can scarcely stand, and yet these
bones are relenessly pursued on snow shoes
and slain. =
The people of Todd county are to vote, at q
special election, May L., on the question of
issuing 100000 in county bonds to aid in
building a railroad from Sank Center to 9
point on the Northern Pacific, between Mot
ley and Perham.
AtTaylor's Falls, Antoine Scheuber got up
in the night. it is supposed, and fell down tho
cellar stairs IN the darkness, his BODY being
found at the foot of the stairs in the morning.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was in &C
cordance with the above theory.
Messrs Fred Bush, VIM. Bush, A. Suback
and III. l.. Olson have purchased interests in the
Goodhue county bank, at Red Wing. Mr.. F.
Bush, now of the First National bank of Man.
kato, will be cashier, with A. J. Meacham as
sistant and Emil s. Lee book-keener.
Mr.. Peter Long, respectable citizen of St.
Paul. was attacked on st. Peter street by foot
pads, who made desperate attempt to garrotte
him. He was badly choked but managed to
slip from their clutches and saved his neck and
his money. He raised an alarm and the vii
lains decamped.
Vim. Golcher, a former citizen of st. Paul.
and at one time alderman, has entered into
partnership with the surviving member of the
firm ClaybrOugh & Bro, dealers in guns and
pistols at San Francisco, under the name Clay
brough & Golcher. Mr.. Golcher went to Cali
fornia five or six weeks ago.
Long Prairie, Todd county, little three
year-old girl of Henry Williams was left in g..
room playing with box of matches. Somehow
the matches become ignited setting her clothes
on fire, and before assistance reached her she
was so badly burned that death shortly ensued.
Her father burned his hands terribly in his ef-
forts to put out the fire.
The Hyser hotel at Breckenridge Edward
Hyser proprietary has been entirely consumed
by fire. The building was a two story wooden
structure with ellis, and had Just been COM
pl ted and furnished new throughout. The
entire contents. including grand upright pi-
ano, was consumed There was no insurance
on either the building or it's contents
Mrs. Y. yitalls OF Franconia, Chisago county,
has received ietter from her husband, who
disappeared so mysteriously two months ago.
1t was dated at Hofnantorp, Sweden, March
IA, 1881, and merely said that he was at the
home of his parents and would return, imme-
dlately, and that the cause Of his leaving was
sorrow at bis poor health and poor wood trans
actions.
Frank Purdy, of Minneapolis the bagageman
Of the Owatonna accommodation, took a vacas
ton last Saturday and started on visit to Mil
YANKEE and to relatives at Palmyra Wis His
body was found on the track at Eagle. Wis
consin, q station beyond Madison. No cause.
can be assigned for the accident. One suppo-
sition is that he arose and walked off the car