The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-08-28

MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
| Superintendent Kiehle has issued circular
Of instruction to institute conductors for the
fall Of 1884 After urging that everything pos.
eible be done to promote good and systematic
teaching, he announces that tho course of study
| 70 be found in the "Outlines of Institute Work
| will form the basis of the instiutea Reading,
writing, spelling, arithmetic, language, hygiene,
commanded to be included in the programme
| Of each institute Appleton's series and Marx
6aney.e method are recommended as text books
IN reading; IN language, Mrs: Knox's Glow to
Teachers Assistant" Finally, Prot. Kiehle
! suggests that displays OF school work be made,
80 that teachers may sec what other schools
have done.
Articles Of incorporation of the Arrow River
Mining and Manufacturing Company Of Mime
apois were fled with the secretary of state yes
and J: h Baker, of st Paul, John Mcclure OF
Duluth. and Samuel Leavitt and Freeman P.
Love, Of Minneapolis. -. The capital stock il a..
50o,0O0 divided into 3O, 600 shares.
The adjutant general has returned from Du-
luth, where he went Monday to muster in the
Duluth guards: The company has fifty two
members, with E. A Barnes captain, and O. c.
Harbinon first lieutenant
Hon. Grove B. Cooley, died at minneapolis ON
Wednesday. He formerly lived at Mantor-
vile.
| At Anoka, the several public opinions seem
to have settled with the belief that the fire was
not only incendiary, but the object of the Grim
inal was plunder Already the police have
| discovered several wagon loads of stolen prop
| erty. No suffering whatever is reported.
Drink seems to be plentiful for all. MIR. Van
derbiltt proprietor Of the skating rink, says tn.
story that hostility to him on the part of hood
lums or others was the cause of tho incendiar-
ism is utterly without foundation. There were
no hand-bills printed as alleged, nor was his
| family ever spoken of by any one in the public
manner reported
Colben Anderson, living noar Benson, MINI.
invited tramp homo with him to spend the
night On the way, the evening being cool,
tho tramp insistedu upon Colben giving him his
coat he having none ofshis own Upon Col
ben's refusal he was attacked and sh0ckingly
cut about the face, head and neck, the wonder
! being that he was not killed outright, as was
| the evident intention of the cutthroat.
The body of Ben Kendleim of Minneapolis
WAS found in the river.
c. A. Pillsbury of Minneapolis, says wheat
prices will probably be raised
The inspection committee of the Minneapolis
! chamber of commerce decide on new rules for
wheat grading
A disgusting and scandalous report comes
| Of Rock, by the name of Tuline. Tuline had
/ made complaint to the county attorney that a
| man in his employ had committed a rape on his
rest could be made the hired man, on the ad-
| vice Of his friends, lelt the country, and his
present whereabouts are unknown. Since the
happening of the above, the young woman has
| charged Tuline, her father, with the same
crime; that he made her submit to his desires
by brandishing knives at her.
Minnesota reports to Washington from near
ly all of the state speak of crops as excellent,
| and say they have never known them better.
Corn is fully three weeks ahead of last year.
Wheat is all of 8 per cent better than the crop
of 1888. Oats, rye and barley are also consid-
erably above good average, and the two form
or better than last year. Rye and barley are
| harvested, and the wheat and oats harvests are
now progressing. Timothy hay is lighter than
the average, but mostly saved in good condi-
| ton. Clover is reported as better than the av-
erage in quality. Apples and grapes promise
better than styear. Sorghum (amber camel,
| much more forward than 1883, is not equal in
condition to what it usually is. Buckwheat
falls below the average, though better than
last year. The season has not been favorable
as usual for potatoes on level lands, though
they promise better than last year. They have
been more than usually injured by bugs.
Ignatious Donnelly was nominated for Con-
gress from the Third Minnesota district at a
convention of the Farmers Alliance delegates
The vote stood Donnelly 81; W. NJ Campbell,
Ltohfeld, 10.
Stanley Waterloo, late managing editor of the
St Louis Globe, Democrat, in connection with
J. s Dickerson, formerly night editor of the
St Paul Pioneer Press and late managing editor
Of the Minneapolis Evening Journal, are ar
ranging to publish a new evening paper in st.
Paul, to be called s'The Day." The first num-
Der will be issued about Sept 80 1t is to be a
wo-cent paper.
Bernard McConville of Caledonia township,
one of the Oldest residents and one of its most
respected citizens, died after lingering i'll
ness.
James Scott, colored, has been committed to
jail at Wabasha to await the action of the grand
jury for assaulting and stabbing Frank Haines
with knife. Haines lying at the house of
his father in o critical condition, but it is
thought his injuries will not prove fatal He
was recently released from the asylum for in
! sane at Rochester, and his mind is still consid-
cred unsound. It is rumored that there is a
woman at the bottom of the difficulty.
Mr.. R. G. Judson, secretary of the state ag-
ricultural society, in company with Col Clark
Chambers, of the local committee, made q thor
ough examination of the buildings, track and
stalls on the state fair grounds, at Owatonna
and has ordered all necessary improvements
made. They find, upon Investigating the no
tells at Owatonna and the preparations made
ing to attend the fair can be accommodated, as
since last year the hotel accommodations have
been more than doubled.
The assessors returns for Mower county
show that there are in the country 7S9 one-year-
old horses, 72O -yeas-old horses, 500
horses three years. old and over, 4617 one year
old cattle, $50 two year cattle, 8 432 cows
| 412 other cattle, lib mules and asses, 7,4O5
sheep, and Il, ,994 hogs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw was found dead in her
| room at Mrs. Frank Kelly's residence on East
Fourth street. St. Paul, where she was visiting.
She was housekeeper at the American house,
and, not feeling we'll, had gone to Mrs. Kelly's
for day or so to rest On her person was
found $105 in gold, $465 in bills and bank
book showing deposits to the amount of $348
80. Mrs. Shaw. was the widow of Col J. j.
Shaw, proprietor of the Merchants hotel from
1860 until about 1873 when he sold out to Col
Allen, the present proprietor.
The Rt Rev. Anthony Wilson Thorold, D. D.,
lord bishop of Rochester one of the Oldest Of
England, is expected to spend Sunday, the 24th
of August, in St. Paul. He will be the guest of
Rev. E. S. Thomas
A terrible death occurred at Detroit Becker
Co., supposed to be the deadly work of the
disgusting pork worm. A family named Heath
husband, wife and two little children-were
taken violently i'll, and the youngest, about
two years old, died in horrible agony On be-
ing interviewed, they say the sausage in ques-
ton was sold them by a St Paul firm. They
| think the sausage healthy, and still continue
it's sale. DIR. Erhert, the attending physician,
| is making careful analysis of the sausage.
| At St. Vincent, the Metropolitan hotel and
the post Office building were burned R G.
Desantel, the proprietor and manager of the
| Metropolitan hotel, had an insurance of 81,
40 on the building and furniture He
will rebuild at once. Postmaster j. A. Van
strum had an insurance of 1850 on the build
ing alone, and estimates his loss at $500.
The Minnesota & Northwestern is securing
right of way through Mower county.