Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNESOTA.

are DuIJ0InQ new nOaC DOue0.
S1Aror NoRD, # Center City, has been
inflicted by the grand jary for wife mur-
der.
THE proposition to bind Benton
County to build court house has been
lost.
An nntuovr Frerchmsu attempted to
commit enicide at saltwater by jumping
into the Jake.
THE Citizens' National Bark of FERGUS
Falls baa 9e~lared a semi-annual divi-
dend of 5 per cent
TIE log harvest in the northern part
If the state has CON menced, snd the
piueries arn mil IT men.
A BEAUTIFUL park on tbe lake, near
Wasecs ia h-iug plated for camp meet
ing grounds, and large pavilions are to
be erected
JOEL OLMa7EAD. vjrg uear Fsivmcnt,
hecame tangled in rope attached ~ the
hcrua Of Q w and waa draoged quite q
distance. one leg being broken.
THE R,cheetar cyclone committee will
ssve 81. O00 Of the ro'ief mouey until
next eprin> to buv eeed wheat for farm
era whose crops we're destroyed.
BERNHARr ALLISON and another man
were caught nv q prei~ie Gre on Swede
Prairie. near Granite Falls, sud were Sc
verelv burned, span Of horses being
kill d.
CHAR1Fs B. BURKE eon of Mr. John
Burke, a PROMINENT merchant Of New
Sweden. near ST.. P-ter, became de-
ranged recart'v, end is now in the insane
hnar;ta' at Litchf'eld.
RETURNS received from vari' ue towns
10 Rerton Con- IT, indicate tbst the
nropoait;ou tn ie.ne borda of the county
for The erection at a court house Has been
overwhelmingly defeated.
JOHN ~. CHANn1rR late # near Fort
Dodge Iowa. and . igipa'lv from cherry
Tree. venarqo Connt0. Pa.. died at Red
wnod Falls on tina 6h met from 1npg
fever. He reuted Orff'a fl mr. mill last
Tu'y. and has been working industrious.
" At hia hnsiness since that time.
HARRIS. the explorer, who last June
left card ninued to tree in tho
ewamps near AGATE Ray. saving be was
eta-vine, has ',een aeon alive and we'll
since then. From what is learned of
Mr.. Harris he 10 stra;Qhtforu a"d msu,
and it ia not likely that he posted the
notice in mere sport. but that he was in
greo+ dis+reaa at the time.
WILLIAM HANSEN die at the residence
of hia son in Fe~gna Falls, recently.
aged So esra. The deceased was born
10 Naw Brnnawick April 26 1901. and
removed from the state Of Maine to
Winpqsota in 1850 ard settled With his
sone in Fast Minneapolis where heaived
till the reservation On the west eide OF
| the river was opened tn settlement Ho
went to res de with bis son in Fergus
Falls some three years ago.
DAKOTA.
Two thousand dollars is paid out daily
for wheat at Madison,
THERE are sevepty-four convicts in tho
Sioux Fall penitentiary.
L 8. OsBoRN, druggist at E'lendsle,
has made an assignment to F. J. Mon
roe.
WILLIAM MORRISON, of Valley City,
has heen arrested on charge of horse
stealing.
TIE diphtheria scare at WatertoWn
has abatpd and the public schools have
been reor~ned.
A FIVE how of water has beep struck
at depth of 200 feet on the Fair View
Farm, teu miles from Wahpeton.
THE Mocdv County harvest eives:
Wheat 65.COO. the town Of Brcck6eld
| alone furnie hing 1900: oats 81, 600;
barley II ,O00; and fax 4, 500 bushels.
Mr.. A. PRATT drove q wagon all tho
way from Herkimer Connty, N. T., to
Huron, a d,etance Of 2 800 miles. He
was about fourteen weeks on the Jour-
ney.
HAAS l. HouDEx, who have until re-
Gently run an eating saloon near the
postcfica in Manda1, have skipped,
leaving a number OF creditors to mourn
their haetv d. +parture.
J, Fl, RAYMoxD, one. e.armed man Of
Dswsop, IL the crack wipe'shot OF north
Dakota. In company with his partner,
q Mr. R5o7es, be has killed and thipped
to eastern markets seven thousand geese
this seascn.
JUDGE B B. BENFD1cr, Black Bills
pioneer. was married at Pierre, few
davs seo. to Mrs. E. Moore. The )edy
| WIS tue JHF8"o u1bt 'Ovos o""y ~'e
years ago, back east. She becsme widow, ;,
and not long since went to the Hills
- act as bonsekeeper for her brother,
Valentine Dunlap, and 90 the old love
was renewed.
| The home missionaries of Dakota be-
lieve tho time has come TO establish
Christian college at Ergo, and Rev. Il.
q. Simmons, of Fargo, Rev: r. A:
Beard, Of Fargo. Rev. 8. B. Barnes. o1
Wahpetou, Rcv. K. F. Norris, OF Hope
and D. D. Webster, of Grand Forks
have been appointed q committee Il
further the work.
TIE telephone company has begun
action to recover $40 900 damages from
the CITY of S,onx F Ills for cutting thei
polee, and to have the poets reset an
The wires restrunR on Phillips Avenue
The chief Justice Of the territory send
. an INJUNCTION forbidding the authotitie
/ of Sioux Falls from interfering with tn
/ property Of the telephone company.
II Tn dome and large portion OF th
81 outer walls Of tho capitol are mp to th
= third story. while the face brick IN
. stone columns ara complete to tho rex
{ opd story. Altogether there are sbou
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