The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

school and internal improvement lands at
public auction at Beaver Falls Friday, Oct
The state fremen's tournament will be
held at Red Wing, Sept. 26. The prizes are:
First, $50; second $50; third $40. The test
will be to ron 800 feet, attach to hydrant,
lay 800 feet of hose and attach pipe, break
pipe and couplings, couple again, and at
tach pipe ready for service.
Charles E. Rowley, station agent at RAM
sey, who was caught in froe, few days
ago, and whose leg was amputated, died
| will be token to Illinois.
The railroad round house at Sleepy Eye
will soon be torn down. completing the
| work of moving the division to Tracy
| Sleepy Aye people DO not apprehend any
serious shocks in business interests on &C.
count of the removal.
There WILDE no exhibition by the Red
wood County Agricultural Fair association
this year, owing to the fact that the land
formerly used have been sold to parties who
desire to cultivate them. Arrangements are
being made for the purpose of forty-acre
tract, eligibly situated, and in the fall of
1883 it is proposed to hold fair which
The water is so low in the Blue Earth
river that Dustin's mill at Blue Earth City
is only able to grind about twenty barrels
of -four per day.
II is believed that the railroad will soon
be extended from Morton to Redwood Falls
"a distance Of only six miles. Morton is
the present terminus OF the Minneapolis &,
St. Louis railroad. If this extension is
made, Redwood Falls will be in direct com
mnnication with St. Paul. II the road can
be built into Redwood Falls on grade not
to exceed sixty feet to the mile, work will
certainly be done.
Horace B. Gortin died at Hinkley Sept
goth, aged forty years. Deceased was q
member of the First Wisconsin cavalry dur
ing the war; and was one of the crowd oI
cavalrymen who surrounded JEFF Davis. as
he was going to the we'll for water, lifted
his skirts and discovered cavalry boots with
spurs, ard how they escorted the "lady" in
to camp in pettlcoats, astride of a horse.
l.. A. Evans, F. II. Dam, Lewis Clark and
J. P. Wilson of this city, and J. 81. Wool
sey of St. Paul, compose the st. Cloud Elec-
trio Light and Power company.
The Houston Journal says that the mort
gage of the La Crosse, lows & Southwestern
Railroad company is prepared and is being
placed on record in the various counties
though which the line will pass. A petit
ton for the condemnation OF lands for the
right of way has been filed in the clerk s
Office of Houston county.
A new lodge of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows has been Instituted in Still
water.
The relief rooms at Rochester will
open hereafter only Monday afternoons and
Tuesdays. The committee have generously
given their time since the cyclone, until
now, their own busin ess needs attention.
During the four weeks past they have as
sisted 233 families. giving them sums rang
ing from $45 to $50, the amount expended
in this class being 1856, 200. One hundred and
nine men have received $3.50 each, or $27,-
250 in aggregate. The whole amount ex :
pended up to the date for appropriation
receipts OF the relief committee for the last
two weeks are as follows: The New York
stock excnange, $1,000; Milwaukee board
of trade, 81, 900; Chicago board of trade ST.
800; Grocerymen of Chicago, 1920; Cham
Der OF Commerce, Minneapolis. $712.49, Of
fleets and employees Of st. Paul, Minneap-
oils and Manitoba railroad, $249.5O; Austin,
$lO4 ~; Northheld, $500; Ottawa, MIMI,
$64.4 st. Ansl ur, Iowa, 500; Zumbrots,
$50; Minneapolis $45 25; Salem Township,
$50; Cannon Falls, $34.5O; Keith, Benhan &
Deezendrof, $25; Evangelical Lutheran
church St. Paul, SIS; Catholic church North
field, $50; Preston, $367. so; besides numer.
Gus smaller donations amounting to some
$4OO.
Miss Theresa CRATER of Mankato has
been adiudeed insane by Judge Meade,
of the Blue Earth county probate court and
has been committed to the hospital of the
insane at st. Peter.
The farmers complain bitterly against an
alleged compact on the part of grain buyers
to break down prices. Wheat dosen't bring
what it should III the local markets.
The Mankato Linseed oil company have
thus far this season been unable to fill all
their orders. The colpanv will soon
double the capacity OF the machinery now
in use.