The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

They bored hole into the lock, knocked of
the tumblers and opened the SAFE They Sc.
cured little more than $40
| Health Officer Quinby of Minneapolis warns
the people as to the necessity of sanitary pre-
! cautions.
| Attorney General Hahn has given an opinion
| Kiehle, to the fact that independent school dis
tricts are not limited in the tax levy to nine mills
on the dollar. If section 49, chapter II, general
statutes 1878, has any application to an indie
pendent district, no tax for such purpose can
be raised therein under the existent law. The
only limitation as to rate is contained in Sec
ton ITO, which applies to building school
house and purchasing sites, and as to this ia
eight mills, and not one per cent as in Sec
ton 49.
The Presbyterian congregation of St Peter
has extended call to Rev. II. G. Mendenhall
of Grand Forks to become the pastor of their
church. He has not yet accepted.
State Auditor Whitcomb, in 1878, added 10 to
90 per cent to the appraised value of the state
land in Redwood county, as returned by the
commissioners appointed to appraise the same.
The effect was to disturb the relative values,
and in many cases to leave the liked price en-
tirely too high. A petition signed by large
number of citizens of the county has been
forwarded to Auditor Braden, asking for re-
appraisal of this land, with the expectation
that the request will be granted
1t is not probable that Lake Pepin will close
before Dec. l.
E. T. Wilder of Red Wing, assignee of the
Minnesota Elevator company, gives notice that
all claims against the company will be taken up
by him for examination, allowance or rejection
Dec. Is, 1884.
Mazeppa Mills company, announces to the
creditors of the company that he will, on Dec
IL, ut 10 a. M, at the Office of the company in
Redwing, adjust, allow, or reject claims against
the company,
the skull of the driver named Racine, an6
badly wounding the horse.
Following are the committee ordered ap-
pointed at the last annual meeting of the Min.
nesota Editorial association to organize ma
tional editors and publishers association,
and to further such end, to call q con-
vention at New Orleans; B. B. Herbert, Red
Wing: H. p Hall, St. Paul; D. Sinclair, Vino
E. Hoard, Montevideo; H. A. CASTLE St. Paul;
A. j. Underwood, Fergus Falls; A. W. McKin-
stry, Faribault; W. j. Whipple, Winona
The formal opening of the great West hotel
at Minneapolis celebrated last Wednesday
evening with probably the most elegant BAH
quet ever given in Minneapolis, at which were
seated 500 gentlemen, principally from St. Paul
and Minneapolis; but the company embraced
a large number of prominent men from Chica-
20 Cincinnati and other cities. The occasion
t1ih
Charles w. West, and was planned when it
was believed that the builder Of the magnificent
West would be able to receive in person the
expressions of appreciation given forth of his
exceptional enterprise.
In private letter from Bishop Whipple he
expresses himself as follows with regard to the
use of old St Mary's Hall at Faribault for an
industrial school for Indian girls: GAS to the
use of Old st. Marys for an Indian school l
shall be delighted to have it SO used; and if it
were necessary would make any sacrifice. I
believe Seabury mission will give st. Mary g
the lots. The school could be established and
title remain in St Mary's unless new corpor-
alton is formed-a corporation of ladies to take
the whole charge l can only say there shall
I've no hindrance oh my part
P. J. Mcclure, elected auditor of Polk coun-
ty, received the largest majority ever given in
that county, 2,41O.
The annual inspection of Light Battery F
Fourth artillery, was made Tuesday at Fort
Smelling by Maj r. P. Hughes, inspector gen.
eral of the department of Dakota. A careful
and thorough examination of the quarters, the
battery horses, stables and equipments was
first had, and upon it's completion the entire
PAGES on the plateau near department head
quarters. The flying artillery drill was ex-
,:cuted in excellent style, but the maneuvering
If the battery going into and retiring from &C
lion, and the firing were especially fine. 1t was
spirited scene, and one full of interest to the
spectators.
The earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth fol-
he second week in November were $39, 4S8 81,
against $34,Ol5.0s earned during the CORE
spending week of 1885, This is an increase OF
| s5,473. 73 making total increase of the two
| weeks of upward of of ~, GOO. This showing
| is probably better than that made by any 9th.
! earnings for the second week of November
| were $286, 900.
Gen. Adams OF Hastings is better.
Duluth has dispatched car filed with No
hard wheat, which will go direct to New Or
| lerns az an exhibit from the Duluth Elevator
company 1t was billed at Elevator ssD" The
car was covered on either side with largo and
attractive banner. In the centre of the ban
! ner, in a row, are elevators "a" 'sB, sc,
I'D" and '.E, i" with their respective capacities
painted upon them. Above the elevators is in
scribed; ''Minnesota's great lake port sends
| No. / hard wheat, Duluth, MINI. to the Worlds
exposition" Under the elevators is written:
s'Total elevator capacity, 100000 bushels"
'.flled with Duluth hard wheat the best in the
world" THERE'S q large Buffalo train repre-
sented as Just entering Elevator e." laden
] with No. hard. Upon the car is painted:
-. Broctor Knots Buffalo train. 1870"