New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Minnesota's claim under the fv<
per cent. land bill is $39, 2O3. 81.
Dunnell has already sent in the bill
John kaufman suicided at Detroi,
by hanging himself to tree, and. the
body was not found until q week af
ter. The unfortunate man came te
this country in April last.
Some Minneapolis land speculator.
claim s., 900 damage from the West,
ern Union Telegraph company for de-
laying the delivery of q message anG
spelling profitable deal.
Jack Riley, cattle buyer, started
from Lake Crystal Oh the 18th inst.
with several hundred dollars in his pos
session and has not since been heard
from. Fears are entertained that hi
has been foully dealt with.
Rochester, MIMI, narrowly escap
ed the total loss its growing frui,
by the late frost. E. B. Jordan,
three miles east of the city, loses q
cool thousand dollars by Monday
mig ht's freeze.
A man suspected of burglary al
Benton, few days ago, was taken
by a number of citizens who put q
rope around his neck, marched him
to a tree and extorted from him Z
confession. Upon this the man Was
duly arrested. 8.
Three tramps were given lodgings
in Kohler's hotel in Shakopee, and
during the night arose and gathered
into themselves six boxes of cigars,
plundered several OF the inmates, and
then like the Arabs of old, fold.
ed their tents and as silently stole
away.
At Winnipeg last week poplar
wood sold for $40, tamarac for $12 per
cord. Hay commanded $25 per ton.
Beef was sold at rs cents per pound,
and other meats in proportion, with q
prospect of still further rise if the
then scarcity continued.
There are 10, 600 lakes in Minneso.
ia, of which the largest is Red Lake,
containing $40 square miles, and the
largest III the United States, strictly
inland lake, except two. Mile Laos
is the next in size, and Leach lake
next. Minnetonka is one-eighth the
size of Red Lake.
The oath Annual Convention of the
Minnesota State S. S. association will
be held at Baptist church, Rochester,
on June 6 and s, 1882. Henry Plat,
Of Minneapolis, is President, and Jas.
A. MCGOWAN, Secretary. The sing.
ing will be under the direction of Mr..
Chas H. Bliss, assisted in the evening
by an orchestra.
There will be an old.fashioned
Methodist camp meeting at Red Rock,
about six miles from St. Paul, com.
mencing June 21st. 1882. Mr.. Har,
rison will be present, the meeting be-
ing the outgrowth of the great reviva
now going on at the jackson street
Methodist church in St. Paul.
Worthington Adpance: A part,
of English gentlemen have been here
looking at the country. They were
just from Winnepeg which they founc
under water, and came down to SCI
some real estate. Water is good fo'
navigation and washing feet, as Mas
by says, but it is poor material to raise
a crop on.
Mankato Public Spirit: A man BY
the name of Peter Yoost was foune
dead in carload of emigrant nova
bles about four miles south of Elmor,
OH last Saturday morning. His necl
was broken, and it was supposed b,
was killed by horse being thrown
against him while the train was being
made up at Elmore station. He wa!
moving from Kromsburg to Webster
City.
An aggravated case of assault is re-
ported from Herman. A tramp call.
ed at the residence of Michael Muir
ply and asked for something to eat
Mrs. Murphy was alone, and kindl,
supplied the wants of the fiend, who
repaid her generosity by criminal as
sault. In efecting his arrest an Office,
was shot in the hand. The tramp
was taken to the Jail at Moorhead
to prevent q lynching.
One week ago Monday small cy
clone passed over the farm of Chas
Weaver, in the town of Freeland,
Lac qui Parle county. Sam Tills'
bury who was working the place, just
quit work, and was unhitching hi.
horses when the cyclone struck him
and the horses carrying them fifteen
or twenty feet. It also took thresh.
ing machine, and let it down wrong
side up, tore q granary all to pieces,
and carried another platform of .
horsepower mile away.
John Riley, q prominent stockmau
Of Mankato, last week started out t
collect together some small lots he
had bought, and was to have beer
home Friday, but he failed to appeal
and has not been heard of since
Various opinions are rife concerning
his disappearance. Many believe b
is the victim of foul play, as he had q
large sum of money on his person,
Others think he has had some xffec
ton Of the brain, while . few believe
he has absconded.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAaurNaroN n ~ MouoQ 1900