The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-12

gay evening, olSb IHS6., u6 tno close OF
settlement, there was of this, sum only
So, 0SS.53 remaining unpaid, or less than
per cent. of the original levy. Since
the March settlement the county treas
urer has received $34, S05.35. It is
doubtful if there is county in the state
that can show better state of affairs
than Nlcollet can in the matter of pay
ing taxes.
State Auditor Barden has returned to
st Paul from the yellow Medicine coun-
ty, where he sold $500 acres of public
lands. There is quite boom in that
section on account of railroad extention
up the valley. The entire amount sold
during the auditors trip through the
state in the last few weeks reached 90
600 acres.
Sealed proposals for the state print
ing from Nov. 1884. to Nov. l, 1885, were
received and opened by the secretary of
state few days ago. The printing was
awarded to the lowest bidder on cath
class as follows: +. Drscoll, first class,
81 per cent; T. Driscoll, second class,
81 per cert: L. Driscoll, third class, 81
per cent; +. Driscoll, fourth class, 81
per cent; l.. Harrison, fifth class, 80
per cent. The numerals represent the
per cent. of the bid lower than the max
imum allowed by the statutes: The
first class is incidental printing for the
legislature, the second, house and SEN
ate Journals; third, executive docu-
ments; fourth, general and special laws !;
fifth, blanks; letter. heads, etc.
At the annual session of the grand
Temple of Honor at Minneapolis the
following officers were elected: G.. w.
T.-George ". Penniman, Minneapolis.
G. " V. Tt. E. Crane, Rochester.
G.. w. RE. d. Allison, Marshall. G.
G. W. To. b. Shove, Minneapolis.
C. w. U.-G. Y. Johnson, Wayzata.
G. W. &C. A. Terrell, Winona. G.
w. C.-Rev. W. W. Regan, Brainerd.
c. b. Shove, A. f. Newt and L. Mel
Hyde of Minneapolis were elected men,
bers of the executive committee for the
ensuing year.
In the criminal libel case of Green vs.
Wood, lie Sueur, which came up before
the grand jury, they failed to find an
Indictment against the defendant.
MIR. H. De la Vergne of LIE Sueur
died, from the effects of an amputatieA
of his leg, aged seventyfour years.
A little sep 81 Lewis Cook of Chester
was thrown from Il wagon by runaway
team and instantly killed.
William Ross caught sturgeon in
Red Lake river which weighed lis
pounds and measured 6 feet 1 inches.
Warden Reed received from the
hands Of sheriff Arbuckle of Wilkin
county, John Peterson, convicted of ar
son and sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary.
At meeting Of the directors of the
Southern Minnesota Fair association
held on Saturday evening, arrange
ments were made for races on july 4.
There will he q race for five-year-olds
for purse OF $500, divided into three
moneys, 1t was decided to solicit
purse of 5000 for a race for
three-vear olds. Besides these, there
will be purses offered for farmers horses
and other minor races, The premium
list for the fair TO be held the first week
in September has been revised, and
will soon be published.
Charles Wheeler of Mortified is dead.
In compliance with article 6, of the
military code, camps of instruction for
the national guard of Minnesota will he
as follows: For the second
regiment and Emmett Light artillery at
Winona, July 7, Col. Joseph Bobleton,
commanding; and for the First regiment
at Lake Calhoun, July 7, Col. W. B.
Bend, commanding. An officer of the
United States army will attend the en-
campm ent of Minnesota troops, and the
commander-in-chief trusts that the con-
duct and bearing of officers and men,
proficiency in drill, and attention to all
the duties of soldier, will cause his re-
ports to be entirely creditable to them
and the state.
Heavy fires have swept portions of
The White Earth and Red Lake reserva-
tons lately. The fire origin ated in the
Scandinavian settlement on the eastern
end of the thirteen towns where the
settlers were burning brush. The dry
grass and rubbish burned so fast that
with heavy west and southwest wind
got beyond their control and soon reach
ed the pine timber at the head of Clear
water, and within ten miles of Red
Lake. All pine that had been killed by
previous fires as well as down pine was
totally destroyed as far as the fire
and the green timber, both
White and Norway pine. has been Sc
'iously injured in many places.
The new st. Paul city counsel is as
follows: Aid. Smith, president, Aid.
Cornish vice president; Alderman Cum
nings, Dowlan, O'Connor, Robert, Gull
en-, Otis, johnson, Van Slyke, Starkey
md st. Peter. The only changes are |
Mr.. Cummings, vice Mr.. Allen, and Mr.. |
Cullen vice Mr.. Fischer.
A meeting of the Dodge county COM
nissioners held at Mantonville, G. J. |
aumason of Dodge Center was appoint
I'd county auditor, to fill the vacancy
'ccasioned by the death of A. Alder.
Charles G.. Fisher, charged with
orging check for $24 on F. T. Burn
nam & Go. of Fergus Falls, was SEN
;enced to three years in Saltwater
oenitentiary.
2. F. Lyons, sergeant signal corps,
j. S. A., in his review of the weather
Turing the month of May, says: The
conditions at st. Paul and
Ticinity were notable without sudden
fluctuations or extreme changes. The
criminal spring month went by with
,ut any well-marked evidence of the
occurrence of frost, and with matter of
act evidence of an unusually early
pring.