Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-07
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNESOTA.

IHE new Bra1nerd motel Will De called
the Willard.
MANKAro is to have a creamery and
cheese factory.
The Methodist Church, demolished
at Rochester by the cyclone, is being re-
built.
PorAroRs are being bought for ship
ment at Albeit Lea for 20 cents per
bushel.
FREEBoRN COUNTY will vote on the
proposition to issue bonds in $4,000 to
build court house.
JOHN YOU'VE, a prominent citizen OF
Kasson, died very unexpectedly OF
rheumatism of the heart.
THERE are now 318 victims in the
state penitentiary, eleven more than the
institution ev,r before contained at one
time.
THE Litchfield board of trade will
guarantee good bonus for the estab-
lishment of machine shop and foundry
at that place.
EDMUND LAFEBRE, a Washington
County farmer, was in Saltwater week
ago, with a load of wheat, and indulged
in drunk, and is stree missing.
AT Red Lake Falls farmer who had
Just driven into his barn was severely
injured and his team was killed by the
giving way of the upper floor, which
was overloaded with wheat.
By the death tf NJ. E. Dohl, treasurer
of Becker County, causing vacancy in
that important position, o. A. Boe was
appointed by the county commissioners
to fill the unexpired term, ending March
4, 1884,
A MAN named James Martin was run
| over at HawJey, Clay County, by freight
train No. "a. The man is said to have
been drunk. and to have attempted to
cross in front OF the freight, which was
running slow at the time.
SAMUEL CAR1EEN, aged IL years, who
killed young Terwilliger at Minneapolis
last year, stabbing him to the heart, and
who went free by reason of his tender
years, was arrested and sent to the re-
form school for attacking Mrs. 81. john
! son with club.
Mrs. ABIGAIL FROST died in Anoka.
aged .eighty-sever years. She was the
! mother of Sheriff J. @. Frost and
County Commissioner NJ. K. Frost.
Mrs. Frost was married in the fall of
1914. Her husband was soldier in
the war of 1912, and was wounded in
1913. She was the mother of ten
children.
| DAVID STE1NBAG, a farmer living
twelve miles south of Wadena, was MUIR
de1ed by neighboring farmer and wife
named Schle, striking him on the head
| and piercing him through with a pitch
fork, throwing the body in the brush.
| Schle has been arrested and confessed
the crime. His wife has not been far
rested. Steinbag was attacked on the
highway while passing near Schle's
house, Schle accusing oteinbag OF kill
ing one of his hogs.
In the circuit court at Waseca Jacob
Ella, engineer of the train which ran into
the caboose on the Minneapolis road at
Waseca, who was indicted by the grand
| Jury, was, on motion of County Attor-
ney Kinder, released OH the ground OF
insuficiency of evidence to convict. The
othe1 two men indicted for the same Of
fense are held for trial. D. L. Ca]lester
appearing for W. A. Grant. and Lewis
& Leslie, of Waseca, and w. w. ErwlD,
of St. Paul, for r. Andrews.
Ed. BARRETT, of Saltwater, the man
who so kindly befriended poor William
Scallan, the actor, recently received by
express from Minneapolis an elegant
solid silver ice pitcher and gold. LINED
cup, mounted aud engraved as follows:
Presented to Ed. Barrett by Denman
Thompson and company, for kindness
shown sick and dying brother profess
sional, October 19, 1885," An auto
graph letter was also received through
the postofice from Mr.. Thompson, ex-
pressing the personal thanks of himself
and company to Mr.. Barrett.