The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-04
L. x. Aaker Receiver at Crookstou Land
Once.

Hon. L. K. Aaker of Alexandria, Douglas Co.,
has been appointed receiver of the Crookston
Land Office, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Paul Sletten 1t will be remembered
that l. O. Storla of Moorhead was first ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy, but died be-
fore he had assumed the Office. l. K.
Aaker was senator from Douglas coun-
ty in the last legislature of 1854. having been
reelected to a second term. He is Scandina-
Wan, fifty eight years old, and man of wide
influence among his countrymen. He came to
Minnesota in 1857, settled finally in Alexan-
dria, and as merchant has enjoyed marked
success He has always taken great interest
| in politics. and in the memorable Nelson Kind
red contest of 1882 was Congressman Nelson's
first assistant in Douglas and Otter Tail coun-
lies.
At Medford, Tuesday night, burglar en-
tered the store of John Bailey by removing a
large pane of glass, and secured $50 or 500 IN
goods and money. The thief took, among otn-
er articles, a coat, pair OF shoes and two doz
en- silk handkerchiefs.
The treasury department has just discovered
technical shortage in Gov. German is accounts
as Indian agent in Minnesota thirty year ago
The state historical society is about to issue
a history of the Ojibway tribe of Indians, writ
ten thirty years ago by W. W. Warren, an edu-
Gated half breed belonging to the tribe
The secretary of the state board of emigra-
ton is now engaged in the preparation of an
exhibit for the board at the New Orleans inter-
national exhibition. He has partially COM
pleted a map of the state on scale OF three
miles to the inch, which will represent every
thing which is contained on Warner Foote's
latest state map, and be colored to show the
location of the pineries, the deciduous forests,
groves of timber, mineral deposits, and quar-
ries of building stone. Besides the map, he
has in preparation three charts, 7x9 feet, one
of which shows the agricultural statistics of
each county in the state; the second one, the
number and variety of animals in each county;
the third the population, the assessable prop
erty, and acreage of unoccupied land. These
will be displayed in the department allotted to
the exhibits of the board
Adiutant General Mccarthy has received in
formation that q new militia company had
been formed at St Cloud, seventy strong,
which he will muster in next week.
Captain ]. K Arnold, was committed by the
probate court, to the inebriate department for
the insane, at Rochester, Mimi, upon informa-
ton filed by Charles E. Chapel, his guardian
This is the first commitment from Ramsey
county under chapter 126 Of the general
statutes of 1883, which provides special pro-
ceeding for drunkards under guardianship who
are proper subjects for medical treatment on
account of dissipation. The law requires the
examination to be made by a jury consisting of
three reputable physicians. In this case Drs.
Stone, Owens, and Quinn composed the jury.
Capt Arnold is forty-five years of age. He
| was captain of q company at the time of the
Sioux outbreak in 1862 and was afterward ad-
iutant of the Seventh Minnesota After the
war he was for some time clerk at the army
headquarters in St. Paul, and then drifted into
newspaper work, being connected with numer-
| GUS ventures in the business His latest at.
tempt was the Crookston Northern Tier.
| Secretary Young of the state board of immi-
grafton, has recently returned from trip to
the southeast part of the state, during which
he visited Steele, Dodge, Freeborn, Waseca.
and Mower counties, inspecting the crops, etc.
He reports that he found very little injury
done by rains, none whatever when the gram
was properly stacked The wheat YIELD he
says, is very large the largest he thinks that
has ever been in the state and at least 20 per
cent over that of 1871 Oats are very heavy
and fine, and corn is forward and in ten days
will be out of all danger of frost This crop,
however, has been slightly injured by drought
The wheatis Of good quality and viii grade as
No. l.
| Adolph, fifteen year-old son Of Mr. Berg
strom, living near Evansville, Mimi, was &C
cidentally shot and killed by his twin brother
ON Sunday last
An unknown man aged about fifty years threw
himself in front of the engine of . train at Twin
Lakes, on the Second division Of the Minneap-
oils 4 St Louis road recently, and was instant
| ~ killed. He had never been seen before in
that place and was undoubtedly . stranger. He
was well dressed, and appeared to have been
merchant but certainly was not tramp
Several cases Of leprosy are reported in Vel
| low Medicine count.