The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-30


and George W. Adams, secretary. The object
Of the company is to practically build an ex-
tension to St. Paul and Minneapolis via Roch-
ester. The wv road is generally admitted
to be fatheresrb by the Burlington Cedar Rapids
Donald Malcolm and Mrs. Mcdonald have
been arrested in Duluth on complaint Of Mr..
McDonald, the husband of the woman, Man.
itoban, who says that his wife ran away from
him. Mrs. Mcdonald says she left her husband
becat1se she had to support him, and that shit
engaged her as ; housekeeper, in which cap
acity she was acting when arrested
At the chapel Of Ursuline convent, in Lake
City on the 21st, four young ladies were in.
vested with the religious habit and entered up.
in their novitlate, their family names and the
conventual ones they assumed being as fol-
lows: Rosemary Dunn SISTER Stanislaus),
Bridget Campion (Sister Angela), Julia Bows
SISTER Joseph) and Ellen Quinn SISTER Coma
ga) On tie same occasion Sarah A. QUINN
having reached the end of her novitiate term
made her VOWS.
K. T. Modem has vamoosed from St Peter,
and too many wives are thought to be the
Gaise.
May Alice, daughter of Rev: DR.: G: W. T.
Wright, who formerly resided at Lake City, was
married to Edgar l. Perry Of Maine at WASH
ington, D. G., Oh the 9Th inst.
A weekly paper, to be named the Barnes.
Vile Times, will publish it's first issue this
week.
II. L. Smith has become sole proprietor OF
the Lake City Graphic, Mr.. Messmer retiring.
The jury in the case of Brandes, charged
with murder, in Pine county, disagreed, and
the prisoner gave ~, 600 bail for his future ap.
pearance.
A.. j. johnson & Co., grocers in small
way at Red Wing and successors to E. Ebstrom
l. Co., have assigned to W. N. McQuin. As.
sets and liabilities not given, but both small
Joshua Tressler, the third of the three broth.
ers who murdered Ole Ivesson in Blue Earth
county, Mimi, Oct 6, has been captured in
Pottawattomie county, Iowa, and is now in jail
in Mankato He was vigorously pursued by
Sheriff Cummings and his deputy and ex-Sher.
if Sheehan of Freedom county, with Marshal
TODD of Carroll, Iowa.
Fire Quilted the blacksmith shop Of Albert
Oestrich in Duluth. The building was owned
by j. D. Roy. Loss, $500 or 300. The build,
ing was formerly used as hospital by the St
Luke's society.
Hugh Carr, who for many years has resided
on a farm near Lake Washington, LIE Sueul
county, died very suddenly.
While James Bennett of Chester, Wabashs
county, was holding the leaders of double
team attached to threshing machine on the
farm of his neighbor, L. Bartlett, the waite,
gauge of the engine burst, and the frightened
horses trampled upon Mr.. Bennett, inficting
injuries that caused his death in an hour.
Deceased was sixty years old, an early
eighteen years old. :
Five buildings were burned in West St. Paul
Thursday night The buildings were all owned
by John R. Reimer, who resides at No. 154
Delos street, and were occupied as follows:
Saloon, Chris Miller; blacksmith and wagon
shop, William Reinler; the butcher shop was
empty and the feed store occupied by Reimer
himself. Total loss s., 600,-insurance 5000.
Miss Florence Van Deventer eldest daughter
of David P. Van Deventer, and Clarence Seco1
of st. Paul, Mimi, son of Horace Secor of New
York, were married at Cllffwood, n. J.. A
special train conveyed number of society
people. The bride is very pretty blonde.
Victor Miller, switchman, was killed by an
engine at st. Paul He was an old and respect
ed citizen, having been in the employ of the
Milwaukee road for ten years, and in the EN-
ploy of that road he lost an arm. His death
was caused by his falling in front of the switch
engine, after setting the switch and signaling
the engine to come on. He slipped while cross
ing the track.
At Fergus Falls, when the dry goods store OF
Shand & Mead. on Bismarck avenue, was
opened last Thursday morning by member of
the firm, the discovery was made that the store
had been broken into during the night and
safe belonging to c. H. Hoyt, the owner of thu
building, had been broken and 900 in money
and $1,000 in jewelry taken therefrom. The
robbers had bored a hole in the front door,
and by the insertion of steel punch broke the
lock In the safe they had drilled hole into
the combination and broken in it the same
way. Mr.. Hoytwas matchmaker and jeweler,
and had q showcase and counter in the SAINT
store with the dry goods men. Among the
of which been left to be repaired the loss Of
which Mr.. Hoyt will have to make good
Mrs. Charles Kohl, whose husband died a.
St. Peter, will receive 3, 600 from the Sons Of
Hermann, of which order her husband was Z
member.
Thursday (23d) Mr.. John E. White of Walsh
county, Oak, and Miss Ida May, eldest daugh.
ter of George W. Grimshaw Of Lansing, Mimi
we're welded.
H. L Smith, late senior proprietor of tho
Lake City Graphic, has purchased the whole
interest of the establishment and will temper.
arily employ his late junior partner, w. 8
Messmer, as editor
Superintendent Kiehle has issued circular
to the schools of the state in regard to the New
Orleans exposition He announces that the ed
ucational exhibit, with that of woman's work,
will occupy gallery space in the government
exhibit The space will be a section fifty fee
long, and the width Of the gallery forty-fve
feet The circular details the shipping arrange
ments, and instructs as to preparation and
transportation. Prof. W. W. Payne OF North
field has taken charge of the exhibit Of photo
graphs and drawings of school architecture.
State Auditor Braden, returned to St Paul.
having sold school and other state lands il
Watonwan, Cottonwood, Murray, Pipe Stone,
Mobiles, Rock, jackson and Martin counties,
aggregating S. 600 acres, of which q, 600 was in
Jackson county and Il, 600 in Martin Capt Bra
den noted q very general prosperity through.
out this section of the state, the farmers hav-
ing devoted themselves generally to fax this
ing excellent.
Word has been received at st. Peters of the
death of Judge e. A.. Brown, which occurred
at Denver on the 10Th. He was resident Of
Niccolet county for number of years and was
six years Judge of probate of the county.
The Southern Minnesota passenger train was
delayed on Wednesday ed by snow blockade
at Fulda.
The Duluth Tribune is informed by . well
known contractor that by this time next week
the Marquis de Mores will be receiving bids for
the building of the new dock and thelar8e bus:
mess blocks on Lake avenue.
While loading hay Mrs. J. Devins, living near
Tracy, fell from the wagon and was impaled on
pitchfork, tine Of which entered her thigh
and came out under the lower rib. At last &C.
counts she was still living, though in . critical
condition. 2es-- - Ezs sa'.3 II: =,
= K. T. Modem, proprietor Of Z restaurant in
ST Peter, took his gun and went of duck
hunting to the lakes in Le Sueur county: AZ
he did not return some uneasiness was felt FOL
fear he had fallen in the lakes, but note
found indicates that Modem is : too much mar.
ried man It Is now publicly asserted that he
has wife in Baltimore IN addition to the one
living in St Peter. Modem was doing good
business and Leaves . fine stock OF goods be-
hind and no debts. Modem lived in Brainerd
for year or 30 and kept s restaurant there.
He let Brainerd " : similar E1a manner, s..