The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-04-19

living alone on his farm near this place, and
rousing the old man from sleep bound his
hands, tied handkerchief over his mouth,
threw him on the floor and piled the bed
| clothes on him. In pulling off the bed
clothes they discovered an old tobacco box
containing five 500 gold pieces, which they
at once appropriated. they then lett one
of their number to guard the old man and
| the others proceeded to overhaul the pre-
misses. They found another horde of about
$3.50 secreted in feed barrel. This they
took, and then left the place. After the rob-
| berry it seems that some OF the gang came up
| to Fairwater mills and stole horse from
| Mr.. Jones of that place. They rode the
| horse nearly to this place, abandoning him
near the Sylvester farm.
County Text Book Agents Commits.
| siOns.
Superintendent Kiehle, replying to COM
munication from Harold Stevenson, auditor
of Kandiyohi county, asking from what
fund and in what manner the 8 per cent.
commission to county text book agents is to
be paid, has written as follows:
The law provides that it shall be paid out
of the county school tax, or the l mill tax,
as it ia commonly called. The tax is held
and is distributed at settlement by the audi
| tor. The per cent. commissions are paid
| by the treasurer out of the fund. and at the
| settlement the remainder is credited to the
districts. Making an estimate upon the
sold last year, ifthe sales were equally dis
! tributed, the commission would average
about per cent. of the mill tag, or about
| Use. FROM each district OF the state.
The late Abner Hurd of Byron, father
in-law of Samuel Nichols, clerk of the su
preme court, had at the time of his death
forty grandchildren and twenty-slx great
grandchildren:
A gentleman named Bell, at Barnum, on
| the St. Paul & Duluth road, has saw mill
| with the capacity of 100000 feet of lumber
day nearly completed. He already HIS
5000, 600 feet of logs to saw, part of which
he has put in himself.
It is estimated that the revenue that vii
be realized from the dairy product of Ohm
sted county for 1883 will reach 81, 100000.
Judge Wilder of Red Wing having de-
clined to accept the position to which he
/ was appointed upon the board of State char
tiles, and rrections, Gov. Hubbard has
appointed the Hon. Charles n. Berry of
Winona in his place. MIR. Berry is an old
citizen OF the state. and politically is dem
Ocrat. lie was attorney general OF the state
from May 1858, TO June, 1860, and is at
present engageds.in the practice oflaw.
Gov. Hubbard has received the resignation
of the Hon. James M. McKelvey, judge of
tht Seventh judicial district, to take i'm
mediate e4fect.T Judge McKelvey does not
state any reason for desiring to be released
from the iudgeship. The resignation was en-
tirely voluntary. Mr.. McKelvey was ap-
pointed Judge of the Seventh district in 1866,
and is the Oldest judge in term of Office in
the state, with the exception of Judge Will
kin Of the Second district, who received his
appointment in the preceding year. Various
names have been mentioned for the sue
cessiOn.
1t is expected to have the new Duluth
Opera House completed by Aug. Is.
Lucy Watson, who disappeared so SID
denly on the eve of her wedding, returne 0
Lake City on the early morning tr. IL
She left Lake City for her grand parents in
GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, but stopped in La Crosse
and wrote for her clothes. Her friends in
this manner learned of her whereabouts,
and she was induced to return. She says
in explanation that it was wild freak of
hers, and she felt that she could not marry
LDc llltu WIlOUl Sl0 Lldu pTOI1lScu W. MT
CrOwshaw, the other party to the unfortu
nate affair, is q highly respectable young
farmer of pleasing manner and the possessor
of considerable wealth.
The machine shops and round house
the Winona & st. Peter railroad at Winona
were burned Wednesday morning. There
were seventeen locomotives in the round
house when the fire started. Six engines
fol-
less damaged. The machine shop was
large we'll arranged building, 400 feet long
by 100 feet wide. It was provided with all
improved machinery, several costly ina
chimes having been added during the past
few years. There were twenty two stalls in
the round house. Owing to the favorable
wind, the rail mill, the Office and store room
and car shops on the north side of the track
escaped. It had been decided to double the
machine shop to three times its capacity,
the whole involving an outlay of 500, 900.
Col. G. H. Graves and wife of Duluth,
who have been sojourning in Florida for a
time, are in Washington en- route for the
west.
George Staley, pine land "explorer" has
fed Duluth, having drawn from the bank
81, 900 belonging jointly to him and some as
sociates.
George Knettle, senior, an old citizen
died at Minneapolis,
Fergus Falls was the first city in the state
to place liquor license at $500. For three
years this has been the figure in that place.
Levi Montgomery of Tracy attempted sui
eide with arsenic, and was pumped out and
his life saved.
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at shakOpee week ago.
Permanent Improvements now being
made or contemplated for 1882. in Morris
will reach $4,000. Nine business build
ings, including q creamery, are now in
course of erection; court house and Jail to
cost $4,000 and many residences will be
built during the season.
At the competitive oratorical contest at
Carleton college, Mr.. William was given
the first place, and will represent the col
leSe in the state contest F. N. Dickson
was given the second place and Mr.. Cheadle
| third.
Vincent Webbor OF Pleasant Valley, COM
mitted suicide recently bye :tting his throat
with razor.
The action for malicious libel brought
against s. A. Hooper and J. e. Townsend of
Belle PLANE, was dismissed.
John A. Berkey and wife of st. Paul, who
have been south, are in Washington on their
way north. They will not return to Mime
sofa for some time.
Brainerd Journal: VIM. Grimmer ofsauk
Rapids, who has just returned from some
of the upper Mississippi lumber camps, re-
ports that there are eight dead Indians, who
died of small pox, now lying unburied at
| Caldwell's CAMP. He also says that seven
! white men who died of the same disease
| and were buried in the snow last winter are
now exposed, the snow having melted.
This latter statement seems hardly credible,
however, and we think that Mr.. Grimmer
must have been misinformed.
I Capt. George Houghton, one of the oldest
residents of. Carver, having lived there
twenty seven years, is going to remove to