The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-24
At Faribauit, on the 18th, Lewis NJ

At Faribauit, on the 18th, Lewis NJ.
Sage, the slayer of shipley, was brought
into court. In reply to the usual questions,
he expressed himself perfectly satisfied with
The manner in which the case had been
conducted, and after thanking Judge Buck
ham for the impartiality he had shown
throughout, received his sentence, to be
co1fned in the state prison at Saltwater for
four years at hard labor. The universal
sentiment expressed upon the streets is any
thing but f1attering to the jury, and the
have been murder in the second degree as
charged in the Indictment, or at least man.
laughter in the second degree.
State Auditor Brad en- returned to st. Paul
on the 18th inst, from the tour to the
southwestern counties of the state, attend
ng to the sale of school lands. Sales were
made in the counties of Martin, Jackson,
Pipestone, Mobiles, Rock, Cottonwood, and
Watonwan, aggregating $4,000 acres, all of
which brought good average prices. Nearly
ali of the lands were purchased by parties,
who wish to add to their farms, or who in
tend to improve the same at once Mr..
Braden says he was both surprised and
pleased with the hopeful tone Of the farm
ers in that section. who for the past five or
six years had been scOurged with grass
hoppers, hail storms, etc. Most of the
farmers bave:, abandoned wheat and are
turning their attention tostock raising and
cultiyating corn and: hay. Mr.. Braden left
Monday evening for:the northwestern por-
ton of the state, to continue the school land
sales, which will occupy two weeks.
E. s. spragge, the bonanza farmer of
Moorhead, has put in 5000 acres of wheat
this spring.
Secretary of state Won Baumbach has re-
ceived letter from the secretary f state
of Michigan, stating that from reports of
farmers abont Is per cent. of the winter
wheat was killed and that the spring wheat
of the usual crop.
The state board of charities and correc-
tions in the persons of Judge Young of
Minneapolis, Hon. w. NJ. Campbell OF
Litchfield and DR.. Dana of st. Paul. visited
the asylum for the insane at st. Peter on
the 18th, and carefully inspected the entire
institution. The adjourned meeting of the
board occurs Tuesday next at the governors
room at 10 q. m. It is understood q nom-
ination of some one to become permanent
secretary Of the board will then be
made.
The ten-year-old girl OF Sumter, Mcleod
county, on the charge of raping whom Ed
ward Coffin of Hutchinson was arrested a
few days sgo, is the daughter of William
hauken. A medical examination revealed
no positive evidence of ravishment, and the
evidence against Coffin appears wholly con-
fined to the child's story.
Mrs. Holmes assaulted her husband with
razor at Pennington, and he beat her Sc
verely with club. She was arrested, but
slipped out of custody, and Is still at
large.
/ Emma Smith, daughter of Duluth hotel
keeper, is mygteriously missing. She is
thirteen years old, and inclined to be wild.
Cottonwood county is to have new court
house, at . cost of s. 900.
Rev. W. G. Rice, a former resident of
Rochester, but recently from Red Wing, has
assumed the editorsbip of the Rochester
Post. i. Ey.s -. =
There died in Lake City, on the 18th inst.
in the person of John Heath one of the old
est persons of Wabasha county, at the age
Of ninety years. Mr.. Heath had been
resident Of Wabasha county since 1855, at
which time he settled in Geneva, and lived.
there until three years ago. The deceasedis
believed to have been member Of the Ma
sonic fraternity as long as any man in this
.tate, his membership dating back nearly
3sixty-fve years, long before the alleged Nor
gan tragedy in New York