The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-04-12

and that teacher is not entitled to pay for
any holiday that may be given the school,
except for the 22nd Of : February. These
opinions were called forth by several letters
Clerk Perdergast received from school teach
ers of Napoleon, Blue Earth county.
Monday night young man named Will
son Flack was run over by freight train
| near Kasota. He fell between the tender
and first car, and the entire train passed over
| his thighs, almost severiDg his legs from
died. He was sixteen years old, and comes
fromS pringfeld, Brown county. He was
! front brakeman on the train, and, owing to
his being under twenty-one years, was to
have been discharged at the end of his
trip.
Mrs. Horace Thompson of st. Paul has
! presented to the State Institute for the Deaf
and Dumb in Faribault autotype copies OF
sharples' portraits of Gen. Washington and
Martha, his wife. Copies of the same have
also been presented to st. Mary's Hall by
Hon. Gordon E. Cole.
F. M. Rowley has been appointed agent
of the Northwestern Traffic association at
minneapolis. in place of J. M. Gardner, re-
signed:
Mr.. Dorcus White, for many years re-
spected citizen of Mortified, died in that
city recently. He had been an invSlid and
had not walked step for twenty years.
Sealed proposals forthe $215, 900 5-per-cent.
bonds of the city ofSt. Paul were opened at
the Office ofthe city controller. The entire is
sue was awarded to Konntz Brothers, the
! financial agents of the city, who took them
at 5-32 per cent prem lum; amounting to
$2,485, 49, making the gross amount realized
from the sale $217, 1852.
Mrs. Goodwater, charged with killing her
hu ,band near Sank Center, is confident of
acquittal, and declares that the public has
not heard one.fourth of her real defense.
She is perfectly willing to be tried, and says
| she has friends who are able and willing to
come to her support and defense:
Three mild cases of small pox were dis
covered in st. Paul on Friday and sent to
the pest house.
Farmers near St. Peter who have tested
their seed corn say it does not sprout.
David White died at his home near Della
no on Tue day; aged eighty;fve years.
Rev. J. W. Hargrave, of Pilgrim Congre
gat.onal church, and G.. A. Cummings of St.
Luke's Episcopal church at Duluth have
resigned, their designations to take effect in
June and July, respectively.
According to the report of the town clerk,
there vas neither birth nor death in the
town OF Edwards last year.
Five indictments have been found by the
grand jury, at Moorhead, against ex-sherif
Bodkin, three for allowing prisoners to es-
| cape and two for embezzlement. Bail was
fixed at So, 500, which he procured. Consid-
| able excitement has been caused by these
developments Bodkin being one OF the old
settlers OF the county and last fall candi-
date for the state senate.
! In Utica, Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Rowley were
surprised by friends on the occasion of the
fifteenth anniversary of their marriage, who
brought for the ven erable couple number
of valuable golden souven rs Of the event.
Rochester proposes to have tournament,
under the auspices of the Southern Mime
sofa Fair association, on the Fourth of July.
At the Komoko house, Northern Pacific
Junction; shooting ARRAY occurred recent
ly in which James Hanks, proprie-
tor. shot Ed. Mute twice. Mute is in very
critical condition. Hanks has fed for parts
unknown.