Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-19
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNESOTA.

the OWatOnna fair.
LAKE CITY has 1896 pupils enrolled
in the public schools.
A SCHOOL building costing $4,000 is
soon to be erected at Elk River.
COMPANY G, of Red Wing, N. G. s.
NJ, is soon to have d gool military band.
The Normanna Banner published at
Fergus Falls, has been sold On a chattel
mortgage.
A11EAs GRAssER, living 13 miles west
Of Crookston, was fatally injured by 6
runaway last week.
The date of holding the Yellow Med
icine County fair has been changed to
September 25th, 26th and 9th.
A. YOUNG WoMEN's CHRISTIAN TEM-
PERANCE Union has been formed at
Winona. with a charter membership
of 81.
Mr.. HOWARD PACKARD, an old and
respected citizen of Saltwater, is miss.
ing, and it is supposed he is slightly de-
ranged.
In Battle Lake, Mr.. 81. Hanson, whose
farm adioins the town, had a stack of
wheat struck by lightninga and almost to.
tally destroyed.
a sMooTH-ToNGUED painter went to ST..
James recently and after collecting 1925
from pupils whom he guaranteed to give
instructions, skipped out.
The Currie Minnesotian tells of the
death of Pap Mason, 65 years old. who
has been stage-driver all his life, ald
for many years in Minnesota.
The city OF Fairbault, desiring to give
the state fair at Owatonna benefit, her
business men generally closed their
places of business and the society desig-
mated the day Fairbault Day.
In Rendsville recently a few small
buildings were blown to pieces, numer-
GUS binders and harvesters overturned,
chimneys blown down, and many other
things promiscuously scattered, but no
one was hurt.
BEN. GERRY, who was murdered back
of Agate Bay recently, is said by his
brother, who arrived in Duluth the
other day, to have been direct descend
ant of Elbridge Gerry, a Vice President
of the United States.
The body of Mat Wenanda, of Moose
Lake, was found on the railroad track
about three.quarters of mile from that
place, horribly mangled by the cars.
Cuts in his face tend to the belief that
he was murdered and his body placed on
the track.
GEORGE ME1Gs and Jason Kidder, of
Frlberg, indulged in shooting match
at the beaver dam at Wolf Lake. The
result was q sprinkling of the neck and
face of Kidder with small shot. Cause
of shooting unknown. Both parties are
yet quite youthful and said to be hard
citizens.
A MAN in the employ of J. D. Brew
ster, of Rendsville, one day suddenly
disappeared from the field where he was
at work. 4 few days later the corpse Of
the missing man was found in an adjoin.
ing slough. What caused his death is
unknown, but it is supposed to be heart
disease or sunstroke.
The Brainerd Journal says the report
of smallpox among the Indians above
that city is only dodge to keep out ex-
plorers on government lands. There has
been no smallpox among the Indians
since last spring. A number of the In
dams who died of that disease are still
lying above ground unburied, however.
The exceedingly low stage of water in
the Chippewa is again the cause of much
delay in running lumber to the Missis-
sippi, and raft pilots have not been an
noyed so much for q long time. The
drives are virtually abandoned, and un-
less visited by the usual September rise,
the saving season will close earlier than
last year. A splash Of about six feet
is expected to arrive in Eau Claire
shortly from a volume Of water let on,
OF Little Falls, Point Greek, ana other
upper dams that will result beneticially
by helping to move the numerous rats
aground, and start millions of feet OF
scattered logs toward the Beef Slough
Works. The Chippewa mills are run.
ming steadily along with the usual
amount Of manufacture, and the ship
ment of log production by rail to points
west of Omaha sverage about 125 car
loads per week. .. ...~.. :.-