The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-12-18

James had qunrrel, in which Harder threw
IA club at Griffin, and he in turn shot at Hard
ker. He says he shot in the air to scare Harder
but Harder thinks the bail came too near his
head TO be comfortable.
a w. A. Noble, who was arrested at Duluth
some time ago, charged With rape On his thir-
teen-year-old foster daughter, and whose ex-
animation has been postponed from time to
time was released The testimony of the girl
showed fearful state of affairs woman
named Gardner was arrested for melting the
child to testify against her father, and for
Itwas the most sickenaing case ever developed
here
Minnesota club house, St Paul, will be ready
asse~S '7'Aal ~sssesss.e~-a..ss m q,
The supposed murderers of Joseph Farley OF
Vemilhon Lake have been arrested at Duluth.
The excitement over the gold discoveries still
continues, and entries at the land office continue
large About 1900 acres have been taken up,
Boi1e BY Duluth parties and others by parties
from Chicago and Michigan Among the latest
pur hasers have been G. Markell of Duluth,
Jacob II. Myers of Michigan and George w.
Shaw of Chicago.
So Returns at st. Paul have been filed in the
United States circuit court from the district
court of Kandiyohi county in fifteen suits for
damages against the st Paul, Minneapolis&
Manitoba railroad company. These are the
actions growing out of the celebrated Atwater
disaster on juno "A, 1852, when thirty work
men were killed and twenty seriously injured
by the derailment OF gravel train The dam
ages sued for aggregate $4,000 The cases
are interesting not only on account of the large
damages asked for, bnt from the importance
of the question involved, as to the liability OF
corporations for the life and safety of their
employees. -....
Mr.. T. II. Lewis, St Paul arch@ologist, has
lately returned from tour of exploration Of
rare and valuable specimens obtained from the
ancient mounds that are scattered about in al
most every section of the southwest and north.
west Undoubtedly he hss now the largest and
most valuable private archaeological collection
in the northwest, and the reports of his seasons
work are regarded as most valuable contribu.
tons to scientific records and history. Mr.
Lewis has surveyed $50 mounds during the
past year.
Frank Tousley, railway clerk on the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis road, was convicted some
time since of violating the pension law, and in
consequence of this conviction was removed
from his position. On Saturday he was reap
pointed by the department to his former place.
Cen Rosser's house at Minneapolis, was
robbed Of q, 500 of jewelry by female do
nestle.
s. So kI,ao cola of he
Fergus Falls Jail &fs S '--2
Hennepin county's tax levy for 1884 aggre-
gates 81, 957, lit 10.
Commissioner Schlick resigned from the St
Paul fire board, and was succeeded by ]. j.
Watson.
Senators Sabin and Mcmillan request the
removal of Marshal Botkin of Montana because
of misdemeanor in office.
The hunt for gold and silver in the North
Shore region tributary to Duluth still goes on
with undated zeal, and more and more men
are beng drawn into it. The list is now quite
large, and includes some very wealthy men and
some miners of long experienc The records
of the land Office here show that during the
past four months over 80, Gov acres of govern
ment land have been taken up at 81. % per acre
by gold and silver Spectators. The work
will go on all winter.
Mrs. Snyder, wife of James H. Snyder of St.
Peter, and sister of DR.. D. B. Collins, died from
injuries received by a fall She was standing
on chair watering some house plants, and In
attempting to water some plants i'll a swinging
basket slipped and fell on her side across the
back of the chair, and sustained internal injur-
les which caused her death.
Mrs. Kelm of Tyro, wrapped her babe too
closely while driving to neighbors, and the
little one was smothered
John Burnett was arrested at St Vincent for
horse stealing.
John Burnette was arrested by Sheriff Van
strum of St vincenton charge of horse steal
ing About a week ago s. A. WILKINSON OF
stolen gave the alarm and since then Sheriff
Vanstrum has been on the alert.
Gen. N c. Mclean of Lake City, has pur-
chased farm on Long Island, New York, and
will make that his future home.
The first claims in the gold district near Du-
luth, were taken up by Mannheim and Mailman
in July, 1888.
The assignee's sale of blooded stock on the
farm of Hon. James Lawrence near Wabasha,
aggregated $1,000.
Duluth Herald: That Duluth is to be one Of
the greatest mining centers in America now
goes without saying. Lands containing all kinde
of mineral are directly tributary to the Zenith
City.
A muskalonge six feet long was recently
speared in COtton Lake, Becker county.
Jens Olson, farmer living near Jackson,
fell from wagon and broke his leg. He re-
fused to employ physician and neighbors's
boy undertook to set the limb By the end Of
a week, after enduring terrible agony physi-
clan was summoned who found the bone pro-
truding through the flesh and the limb 80
swollen that it was found impossible to reduce
the fracture until the swelling decreased The
patient had to be chlorOformed to undergo the
operation. He is not prejudiced against doc
tors now.
Jadge F. J. Whetlock of Belle PLANE is en-
route for Arkansas, where he intends to spend
the winter.
The deputy sheriff of Wright county
brought small boy, an imbecile. to the hos
pital at St Peter. DR.. Bartlett examined the
commitment papers, and informed the deputy
that the boy being an imbecile he should take
him to Faribault; but told him to see the two
resident directors, and if they were willing he
1.-THE doctor) would take him temporarily. The
deputy swore he would not see any director
and that he had orders to bring the boy there
and had done 80. He turned the boy loose on
the streets About midnight a policeman
found the little boy almost frozen and took
him to jail
Mrs. Carr, who was hurt by q runaway
horse recently in ST. Paul is dead
Duluth is almost completely glutted with
wheat, the amount now in transit for that city
being nearly sufficient to exhaust its elevator
capacity. In view of this the Manitoba COM
pany has ordered its agents hereafter to ship
to Minneapolis. The indications are that the
farmers are not holding back as much as they
were while ago. ..--.z--...-..-
c. P. Bonney, an old resident of Lake City,
died Of typhoid fever last Sunday, at St Barna-
has hospital, Minneapolis, aged ifty-eight
years. He was pioneer settled in Zumbrota,
Goodhue county in this state, his wife being
the first white woman in that section.
A fine pair of horses were stolen from August
Petermever, in the town of Holden, Rice county.
The team was valued at $4O0 The supposed
thief, with the horses, was captured at Clare
mont The thief was the son of Henery Dam