New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-08-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.

NllNNESUCA NEU0s
The old Ninth Minnesota regiment
will hold reunion at Mankato, COM
mencing Tuesday, October 49,, and
continuing three days.
George Dinkle committed suicide
by poison at his home in Long Prai.
RE township Saturday morning. Be
fore doing so he broke his wife's nose
and knocked her teeth out.
A Swede named Lardberg, Of
Princeton, thinking self-cocking
revolver was locked, snapped it at
Chas. Peterson, real estate dealer.
The bullet struck Peterson in the
shoulder.
State Superintendent Kiehle has
sent out circular announcing that
he has engaged as an instructor in
State institutes the coming year, Miss
Sarah E. Sprague, late principal Of
the Teachers Training school of
Manchester, n. II.
Mr.. Thos. S. McManus, leading
Confectioner Of ST. Paul, committed
suicide on Wednesday night by tax.
ing prussic acid. A few nights pre-
vious he made an attempt on his life
by taking morphine. Poor health
and financial troubles led to the act.
The wife and child of Prof. G. M.
Boutelle were poisoned at Rochester
recently by eating canned beef. Ply
sicians were called, and they ale now
out Of danger. Julius Badtke and
five children are also i'll from the
same cause, put no serious conse-
quences are apprehended.
Sidney Partridge, an old citizen of
Albert Lea, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a revolver on
the 4th inst. He left a letter to his
wife saying that he was tired Of liv-
ing. The deceased was about So
years of age, and was one Of the old
est and best known citizens in the
county.
Granite Falls Journal: We notice
certain doctor has on exhibition in
Chicago, in closed car, one or two
persons. Cinnamon, we believe afflict-
ed with leprosy. If he will come to
Yellow Medicine county he can be
shown the same number running
around loose. This may not be gen
orally known, but it is fact.
! The Sovereign Grand Lodge 1. @
o. T. will hold its sixtieth annual
communication in Minneapolis, be-
ginning September 18th. The occa
sion promises to be a notable one fol
all interested in the order, and ar
rangements are on foot to give thu
visitors good reception and enter
tainment in the city.
The whole number Of barrels, Q
kerosene oil inspected and passed il
this State from August l, 1883, t,
July 1, 1884, was Y, 632, or g, 1882,
$50 gallons, and the whole humble
of barrels condemned as below test
was 10Y, or $3.50 gallons. OF tn
barrels inspected and passed AZ, 026
or 2 ,301, 300 gallons, were for con
sumption in Ramsey and Hennepil
counties, st. Louis county being tn
next largest consumer. They can
afford to burn gas up there.
Mrs. Susan Berge, who was teach
| ing school in Eastern Round Prairie
). was bitten or stung on the leg b
some poisonous insect or reptile 0
June 80, while picking strawberries
She paid little attention to the pain {
the sting until the next morning
when she noticed large purple spc
where she was stung, and her leg be
gan swelling badly. The poiso
!. seemed to permeate her entire sys
tenn, and showed itself all over he
person in large purple spots. Sh
has grown steadily worse until her lii
is despaired Of.
Curley, the Grow scout and onl
survivor Of the Custer massacre, Wa
in St. Paul last week, and visited a
artist, who secured al excellent per
!. Gil sketch. Curley says that durin
the night he became separated fro
Custer command, and seeing an Il
: dian pony whose rider had been sho
mounted the animal and dashed
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