New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-06-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MANNLoUlA NEWS.
The late John B. Eldridge, of
Hartford, Connecticut, in his will be.
queathed SIS, 900 to Carleton College
Mortified, in this state.
A copper arrowhead was discov.
cred by workmen engaged in digging
we'll at Minnehaha Falls, one day
last week. It was found twenty.four
feet below the surface.
The partial remains Of a man, iden-
tilted as those of Mathew Hutching.
son who persisted in the blizzard Of
1879, were unearthed at St. Vincent
last week.
R. F. Jones' sea lion, at Minneap-
oils, gave birth the other day, to a
baby, which was smothered by the
mother rolling ON it during the night.
Mr.. Jones says he wouldn't taken
81, 900 for it alive.
A Mormon missionary has recently
been proclaiming the gospel of polyg.
amy in parts of Mower county, not
so much to convert others to his be-.
lief as to pursuade the people to let
the Mormon church alone.
The sale Of buildings on the Fort
Ripley reservation has been indeG.
nitely postponed. It is understood
that it is the intention of the govern.
ment to utilize the buildings in
the maintenance of a school for In
dams.
The citizens Of Shakopee were
greatly excited last week over the
discovery of a plot of burglars for a
Wholesale raid on banks and stores.
Forty men guarded the bank all
night. The burglars appeared but
were frightened and escaped.
Waseca is afflicted with a case
of smallpox. The mayor has issued
approximation forbidding the congre-
cation Of people at churches, clubs,
schools or places of amusement. It
is said to be of the most virulent
form.
A Mrs. Morey OF Alberta, Benton
county, died last week from want of
at childbirth, her husband
getting drunk and ill-treating her
during her confinement. The river
drivers in the vicinity took up contri.
bntions and gave her decent burial.
1t is now ascertained beyond a
doubt that r. O'Dowd, late county
treasurer of Scott county, is a default
er. First J. J. Ring defaulted, then
Baumhager, now O'Dowd. This
makes three defaulting county treas.
urers in that county.
Notwithstanding the depression of
the milling interests in Minneapolis
owing to the scarcity of wheat, the
construction of four new mills is in
three of which are to replace
the mills destroyed in the last great
fire. The fourth will haye capacity
OF 3 ,Z5O barrels.
The large Catholic church belong
ing to the Catholics at Marystown,,
six miles south of Shakopee, was par.
TALLY wrecked one day last week, by
workmen on al excavation beside It /
digging too close to the foundations.
The whole north gable fell with a
crash, involving in the ruin of all the
paraphernalia Of the altar.
Burglars are operating extensively
at Albert Lea. One man lost a va.
Use containing $4,000 in notes and
mortgages but the robbers finding
the papers of no value to them,
eft them in the valise and threw it in |
the back yard. Lovely's residence
was entered by the robbers, also the |
railroad ticket Office.
The Duluth Tribune says: James |
Paine, woodsman, was drowned in |
The bay at Superior Saturday night.
He and another man, whose name is
not learned, were upset from canoe.
The night Waterman of the village !
the accident and attempt
I'd to rescue the men. He held up
he unknown man until boat came
rom one of the dredges near by and
;ook him in. Paine sunk and was
drowned before assistance could reach
lim. !
A gang of COW boys in driving a
nerd Of 1000 cattle through Yellow
Medicine county allowed the animals
o trespass upon a field Of wheat to
he destruction Of the growing grain.
Warrants were sworn out, but the Of
icers were repelled with drawn re-
and company was orga.
1ized to serve the process at any cost
hat the enterprise may entail. The
low boys, like the Youngers. no
loubt learned the climatic conditions
n Minnesota are not conducive to the
health of organized opposition to law
ind order.
Washington Letter.
d G.. .Tnna13 1890