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emigration, has received tno ioio"ni6 oA-
statement regsuling the railroads in Minnesota,
to be posted upon the state map that VIII De
exhibited at New Orleans during the exposi-
ton: . 40,
Avsrags Ave-; s cost per le.,.........slsl,S7O,72a niue ,72a
'gss, ot Of seyenty-nine counties in the
state are supTA.ed with railroads. .,., -oo ooo
Gross earnings l.esysar; par wear sIs ss5
Net eay,ings per near. Slo,SIS' ~ -.
Total ton, age per " ar, tons. ....... 1oS3i iO4
Taxes receiSed by sta te per year,. soiS'ooo
The new Martin Luther college, just COM
p,eted at New UJn. was Dedicated and formally
opened recently IN hoA,tY af Martin Lu'ners
birthday. Rev J. AIssecA eus In charge
The farm house of Assa, ew Bailey in South
Troy burned on Friday. La 81 sooo'
winona county contribrsea four nard CIT
izens to the penrtentiary on u. noay' snu o'
Louis county three Those ffsa tne iofiner 'a
county were Richard Rogers. lsa ceny' one
wear and six months; Oscar McCsnA ey' hian-
slaughter in the second degree, nss bmrn,
John Rudolph, willfully and maiiciousiy don
S,s grain, one year; and Henry f. Bra ou,, nty
larcei,s, two wears From st Louis con .y
came Daniel Coleman, robbery, three yeA
John Horrigan, larceny, two years; auo oeof4
Curtis, assault with dangerous "esp5bt s!abt
with intent to do great bodily harm, eisns
months.
The members of Wlkin post. q. a H.
of Mankato, have secured John B. Gough anc'
Judge Tourgee for lectures during the winter
Other eminent speakers Will be secured, as eol'
az some good musical talent :
The people Of Madena were horrifed by
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reading the account of the killing of the family
of g. 4. Gardner, at Chicago. Mr.. Gardner
was one of the FIRST settlers OF tins county; ne
was formerly the president of the BANK OF
Nataena and was for many years closely con-
n9cted with the business interests OF this part
of the state.
All the returns mus. be in and canvassed by
the state board within twenty days after cleo
tion. The official board consists of the gov
ernor and the secretary of state, wins must e1-
anime the returns In the presence OF the slale
auditor, attorney general and judge OF the
supreme court -.-
From Commodore Kittson's stables at Kit
sondale. St Paul, $3.50 Guernsey COW was
stolen bv some parties unknown The anlma!
was from the Erdenheim stock, purchased OF
A. WEIGH by the commodore b. L. w "ood-
mansee offers s100 reward for her recovery.
The Portland (Or.) Daily News of the 9Th
inst contains an account of the marriage In
that citv of Edward Mcdonald of st Paul tc
Miss Della Hunter, Eau Claire, Wis After
tour of the Pacific coast, Mr.. and Mrs Nc
Donald will take up their residence In st
Paul
A. J. Blethen, one of the New proprletors OF
the Tribune, arrived in Minneapolis from
Kansas City. He was accompanied by Abbot'
Blunt who has been connected with the
Kansas City JoS2rlal for some time Ii is I'M
derst1,od that Mr. Blunt will be managing
editor of tic Tribulee- What the polIcy OF the
paper will be under the new regime Is no.
known. but it is pretty generally believed that
it will be independent ID politics
The season of river navigation at ot faul
has virtually closed by the witlsarawAd OF boats,
though no ice has formed yet.
A public reception was given at Hen, terson
to ex- Register of Deeds Picket, who has re-
signed his office, and with his family viii re-
move to Los Angeles, Cal
The Winona council has declined the propos
sitlon for towers for the electric light s
A Chisolm of Gull River nine miles from
Brainerd, has been arrested for the attempted
murder of Herman Ramsey, in knocking him
down with heavy club and beating him ter
ribly.
Worth. who tried to kill his wife in Mime
apolis will 60 to Saltwater for from two to five
years
Gen and Mrs Washburn gave at their mag
nificent residelce in Minneapolis last Tuesday
evening probably the largest and most brilliant
reception ever enjoyed in Minnesota The re-
ception had interest aside from that which at
tached to the hospitality of Gen. and Mrs
Washburn since it was the formal opening of
the beautiful residence recently completed by
Gen. Washburn, and which IS probably the
most spacious and beautiful private residence
in the West, if not in the country. The invita-
tons to the party numbered over twelve hun
dred and were bestowed On many prominent
people in St Paul and cities other than Mn
neapolis, and the company which responded
was the largest that has ever been gathered on
a similar occasion.
Gov. Hubbard appointed Brigham Fowler,
of Newport, as delegate at large for Minnesota
to the First National convention of cattle men
of the United States to be held at St Louis,
Monday, Nov. II.
Gov. Hubbard also appointed s. Boyd and
C. H Prior, of Minneapolis, A Reidelheimer,
of st Paul, and Hon. Clark W. Thompson. of
Wells, as honorary representatives Of Minneso-
ia to the Worlds Exposition at New Orleans.
Rev. c. b. Piummer, wife, and s.; T. Gates,
of Lake City, will soon leave for Holly Springs,
Miss, to remain there during the winter.
Rev. W. K Dennis has resigned the pastor
ate of the Baptist church in Lake City, his res
lgnation not to take effect until he has found
another charge.
The Minnesota d Ontario Lumber company
has filed articles of incorporation with the sec
retary of state. The purpose of the company
lumber. Principal place of business, st Paul;
the corporation to continue thirty years from
Dec l, 1884 Amount of capital stock, $780,
QUO, divided into 5000 shares of 800 each;
limit Of liability, s25, eco The incorporators
are Dennis Ryan, Il: B. Galusha and Franz
Keogh of St Paul, who are also named as the
first board of directors.
W. c. Lattimer, charged with the larceny Of
81, 500 from Perkins l. Lyons, of st Paul, and
who has been incarcerated in the county Jail
for more than month, since his capture at
Milliamsport Pa, was released Wednesday on
~ $50 bail - - 49, 90
The store of NJ G. Tombler, at Wyoming,
Chisago county, was entered during Tuesday
night by burglars and the safe drilled and
blown open. The thieves secured about SIS
in cash and $40 in postage stamps from the
safe They went to the barn and took Mr.
Tombler's sorrel team, two-seated wagon and
buffalo overcoat and started toward st Paul
No@trace of the robbers further than this is "a
known. They we're professionals Hay was
strewn thickly on the Hoor to prevent the
horses making any noise while being led out
of the barn.
! Fully fifty of the leading merchants in st Paul
have expressed their intention of spending .
portion Of the winter in the South. Many will
visit the New Orleans exposition, while others
will rusticate in Florida or North Carolina
Gen. Alfred H Terry, q. S. A., has gone to
Washington, D. G., toatsend hs session Of the
general court mariA which win asseAble in
that city on the 18th inst, for the trial OF Gen
d. g. Swain, judge advocate general Of the
army, and Col A. P. Morrow, Of the Twenty
nrst infantry.
TJ0m it's annual reportit ie 'learne64bat the
St Paul Fire Department. Relief associssiun
was organized in February, 1882, and has now