New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-12-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.

wolves are numerous anu aggreS
sive in the vicinity of Window. Two
of them recently attacked man in
charge Of a team Of oxen.
Thomas Brady has purchased the
fine farm of Charles LIE Vesconte in
iNinninger, Dakota county, consisting
of one hundred and eighty acres.
Consideration $4,000.
The certificates Of election have been
sent to all the congressman elect by
secretary Of State Won Baumbach ex.
cept that Of Mr.. Nelson's which was
delivered to him personally.
A party of roughs boarded an east
bound train on the Manitoba road the
other day and refused to pay fare.
The Conductor stopped the train at
Humboldt and and after a bloody
fight the roughs were put of.
DEVILS Lake seems to be the point
Of the coming boom, as the lands are
already being taken, and a rush is ex
pected next spri,g. Several town
sites are already being booked for
sensation. An exchange says Of the
name to the lake: The name of Dew
lis Lake originated ia the confound.
ing of two Indian names by the early
explorers. The Indian called it Min
newaukan Esprit water), but speak.
ing of it's saline waters as not being
good for drinking purposes, they us
ed bad word meaning bad, evil
As they coupled the adjective with
the name of the lake, the settlers
came to call it Lake of Evil Spirits
or Devils Lake, which name has
chung to it.
A most horrible tragedy occurred
at Montgomery, LIE suenr county,
on Saturday last, by which young
man named Dan Moriarty met with q
most terrible death, the head being
nearly severed from the body by an
ak. l. appears that the sheriff Of LIE
Sueur county attempted to arrest
Moriarty, and was shot by the latter
with revolver, the ball penetrating
the shoulder. Moriarty then starred
to run and the sheriff in pursuit, who
called upon a Swede or Bohemian,
who was chopping wood, to strike Mo-
riarty, which the latter did, using the
poll Of the ak. While the wounded
man lay on the ground, stunned by
the blow, the Swede, &C the request
Of the sheriff, used the edge of the Ak
and near y severed the head from the
trunk.
The Farmers Board of Trade met
Dec. 9th at the Capital. The early
part of the session was devoted to a
discussion of the act of the Legisla.
ture under which the board was ere
ated. Prof Porter said so far as any
difference existed between farmer:
and R. r. Corporations. Gen. Baker
the R. R. Com was the proper per
son to advise them what to do. HI
thought tn. great lack of farmers il
their Comparative ign ORANGE of Legia
lation and want of confidence in
themselves
To the question of what was tn
difference, nutritively, between No
hard and No l soft wheat the pro
fessor replied that he had made a,
analysis of each variety, but did no
result accurately, and would send i
the Farmers board of trade when h,
returned to Minneapolis.
Mr.. Page thought that all the in
terest Of this State would be promot
ed and, improved by some wise anc
judicious Legislation restricting the
R. r. of this State in their charg.
es.
! The freights upon wheat are to-
high and inure the exorbitant meas
ure to the benefit of the railway com
panies and to the disadvantage of tn,
grain producer. 1t advantages I
farmer nothing to live nearer the lak'
port or milling place by one hundred
miles or more in that, in order to kee1
their land III the market the railwa,
companies give Western growers ar
equal, or nearly equal, rates. Flo
example, a car load of wheat costs tn
same from Wadena, Mimi. that i
: does from Valley City, Dak., to
market. The railways make up tn
deficit on freights from competin,
points by charging far more than tn
transportation is worth from point
where the several roads have matter
t il their own hands. This is done b.
! giving competing pons rebate
which the isolated one do not as t
grading.
The whole system of the grading q
) wheat in Minnesota is iniquitous t
the farmers. There Is no uniformit
> in that what one inspector woul
grade No. l, another would class q
No. hard, which is more valuable
and there is no legal or moral rul
! under which the several inspector
e are responsible. Again: In almo'
every case the inspector is the buyer
!; and, instead of acting in quasi-jud
cial way, is. SO long as he is human
: inclined to favoritism for his employee
r AS q practical illustration, one inspe'
T tor may grade No. l hard wheat q
r No l simply, and the former is act'
i ally worth 5 cents per bushel MOI
It than the latter
!, WASHINGTON
. WASHINGTON, D. e. Dec. 4th, 1873:
4 Here we are again, looking dow
n from tho m o1n,,d. ho;n bkcoc ~