Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-07-21


places anywhere in the state is to be seen
at st. Croix Falls where are the noted
Dalles. Being a little out of the way they
are not as well known nor as frequently
visited as other resorts nearer by.
In the Kendrick abduction case at Moor
head there was no appearance for the pros
ecution, and the case was dismissed. It is
evident that Mrs. Hendricks only object
was to get the child back, not caring to
prosecute her husband.
Burglars attempted to get $500 from under
the pillow of Mr.. Beggs; at Shakopee but
he was on the alert and scared them off:
A sad accident took place at White Bear
lake on the 18th inst, by which a well,
known young man of St. Paul, Fred B. o.
good, was drowned Young Osgood had
been i'll the employ of Iindekes; Warner &
Schurmeir for s me time rast. On Satur-
closed he went out to the lake in company
with fellow clerk, named Charles n.
Stevenson, to spend the evening. They OBJ
tanned boat and went out fishing. They
selected their fishing ground in the bay
near Mahtomedi and dropped anchor IAbout
o'clock, or shortly after it became dark,
they concluded to return. Young Osgood
was in the act of pulling in the anchor,
when he lost his balance by some means
and fell over the side; upsetting the boat.
Both the young men chung to the boat and
for an hour or so made desperate struggle
for life. Stevenson finally abandoned the
boat and succeeded in reaching the shore.
Osgood clung to the boat until he became
exhausted and sank.
Some time last April woman arrived
at Herman, Grant cottnty, calling herself
Mrs. Valentine claiming to be a widow
having with her her son. ten years old.
She proctired employment with the fami-
~ of John Moses, farmer living FIVE miles
from town. Last week D. B. Bunker of
Minneapolis arrived, claiming to be the
husband of the lady and father of the boy.
He drove out to Moses place. found the
boy playing on the prairie some distance
and brought him to Herman. Moses wife,
son and the boys mother followed to regain
possession. There was lively
scramble for the boy at the hotel at Her
man. Bunker was seized and the woman
escaped into private parlor with her son,
whence he was taken from the window,
down ladder to a waiting buggy, which
was driven rapidly away, soon followed by
the plucky mother. Mrs. Bunker alleges
Cruel treatment anu lUaUQOr8l COQOuCI on
her husbands part as the cause of her leav-
ing him. Bunker claims it is the result of
meddlesome interference on the part of his
wife's relations, making no charge against
her character or conduct.
Mr. Rush L. Myrick of Elysian was mar
ried to Selah H., daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. |
HI. Meiborn of IA aterville, in St. Andrews |
church at the latter place, by Rev. g. Hun |
ter.
The Fairbault Republican speaks of the |
great storm in Rice county; the track of the |
haiIstorm was from quarter to halfa |
mile wide 1t passed over portions of the |
farms of Messrs. A. L. Metealf, E. Pres |
colt, and G. w. Sanford within the city linn |
its and those of Messrs Mclean, Small. |
idge, A. Thompson, Lee Thompson, F. A. |
Kerry, A. Pentz, o. Pentz, /. Spear NJ.
Pickney, Thomas Adams and C. W. San
ford, in Walcott. The farms in the north
wsst corner of Richland were touched and |
crops damaged more or less while in
it was more severe, and left a
track about a quarter of mile wide and
two miles long, causing severe damage on
the farms of Messrs. Kielmeyer, Piepho,
and others whose names we did not learn.
Messrs. A. Thorn ps on, A. Pentz and c. W.
Sanford report that the injury of sthsir
small grains will amount to one-third of
The crop. Corn is badly riddled, but may
recover.