The sun., 1884-12-25


sent to the New Orleans exposition.
The Northern Pacific bridge across St, Louis
bay. between Duluth and Superior, when com
pleted will be one of the greatest railroad
bridges in the Northwest It will be nearly
one mile in length, and will be composed Of
three sections The draw will be 346 fec
long, the fixed truss span 100 feet, and tn.
pile bridging 4,29O feet, making the tota
length 4,696 feet
Michael Mcclure, former inmate of the Sol
diers' home at Dayton, Ohio, but for the past
four months employed asa fireman at the Wes'
hotel, Minneapolis. has just received notice thai
he has been allowed pension Of "a, 400. His
application was warmly endorsed by Maj
Gen. Philip Sheridan and Mcclure attributed
his success to the good Offices of his old com.
mander.
The dedication exercises at the new Masonic
hall at Lake City were conducted by Grand
Master Denny of St. Paul Grand Secretary
PiersOn was in attendance. Members of the
order from Wabasha and other places in that
vicinity were present Two hundred and forty
people participated In the banquet The hal
is handsomely finished and furnished, and ii
one of the finest in tho state.
s. H. Hiland. general freight agent of the
Omaha railroad, accepted the position Of ref.
cree and arbitrator for the roads operating be.
tween Chicago and the Missouri river The po.
sition is new one, and is an outcome OF the
recent passenger rate war. Mr.. Hilands
duties will be confined solely to the passenger
business. As referee and arbitrator, he will
be called upon to decide all disputes arising.
The new Catholic cathedral at st. Cloud is
nearly completed. The building cost SAC, 600.
1t has seating capacity of 900, and $50 seats
of ash and cherry, beautifully carved have
been placed A fine chime of bells from the
McShane foundry at Baltimore is being hung.
They weigh / ,0S5 ,9o6 and ,637 pounds re.
spectively. The church is finished with hare
wood Father Stemper, the bishops private
secretary, is pastor.
Crookston, Special-The doors of Morris
Bros, jewelers., failed to open as usual, ane
subsequent developments disclosed the fact
that A. D. Norris had skipped for Manitoba
taking with him all the jewelry, watches, tools,
and 800 cash, the proceeds of the sale of re.
served seats for the play 'Spy of Atlanta,
which had just been rendered by local talent
Creditors have attached the remaining stock
but 1t will not satisfy the demands.
Mr. Bowlan of Bird Island. Renville county,
received a number of votes for the state senate
| at the late election, and will contest Senator
Christianson's seat He raises the point that
senator's from the odd numbered districts dc
not hold over. 1t will be remembered that the
| judiciary committee OF the last senate asked an
opinion from the attornny general on tnif
point, and Gen. Hahn was decided IN the belle'
that all senators held for four years.
O. Sheldon, an old and respected resident OF
Hartland township, died last week and was
buried in Geneva township. He made pledge
when Buchanan was elected president that he
would not shave off his beard until another
democratic presideI should be elected. He
faithfully kept his vow, but although by Cleve-
lands election he was freed from his singular
pledge Of political feality he had not shaved of
his beard at the time of his death
The Agricultural Society of Rice county held
its annual meeting and elected the following
officers: President H. w. Pratt; vice presi-
dents, T. H Loyhed, T. l. De Lancey, R. A
Weatherstone; treasurer, T. J. Mccarthy; Sec
retary. William Nee; directors, W. r. Baldwin
S. l. Crocker, P. Devery, George Lyons, Of
Faribault; II. B. Gress, Northtield y. NJ West
| Warsaw: ]. e. Petteys, Walcott; G Jorge Damp
Cannon City; T. o. Gradv, Forest.
Considerable interest has been created among
the lumber manufacturers of Minneapolis by
the recent introduction of a bill in the United
States senate, by the senator from Oregon, pro
| hibiting the deposit of sawdust slabs or othel
mill refuse in the rivers of the country The
mill men pronounce the bill grossly unjust te
their interest and will simply renew a con-
troversy which ragged fiercely few years ago
until experiments proved that the sawdust wal
not an injury to navigation streams. 1t II
| claimed that the passage Of the bill will bt
strongly opposed by the numbering and Other
interests which had not previously taken any
part in the fight
The Hoople steam roller Touring mill a
Lake Centre caught fire and was almost entire
ly consumed, nothing remaining but the shel
of the building and part of the machinery OF
the first floor, which is badly damaged. B.
the prompt and untiring efforts of our host
companies and in spite of the piercing cole
weather, the engine was saved with but LITTLE
damage The total value of the property wal
about SIG, ,OCO The loss is estimated at $4,000
| insured by A. G. Whitney of this city in thu
following companies: The California, 81, 800
| Springfield Fire and Marine, 81, 800; Conneti
cut Fire, 81 500: Orient, 81 800; American Firt
1880; Northern, $1,000; Western, 81, $50
British, $1,000.
| John Daner, the man who was buried in I
we'll at Waterford, Dakota county, and at las
accounts not yet taken out, was an old residen
of Cannon Falls, and has had a somewha
checkered career. There seemed to be no safe
ty for John, either above or below ground
Last summer he was struck by lightning ant
severely injured and stunned. Some sever
years ago, while blasting in well bias
went off prematurely, and John was taken ou
more dead than alive, with one leg badly frac
tured, AMI his face so thoroughly blown full o
powder that his countenance was forever afte
changed to dark blue. John has had scor
or less of similar adventures, and alway
managed to come out alive.
Among the heaviest taxpayers in Red VIM
are: Hugh Adams, $276. 95; Baker h Rich, $19S
Boxend Bros, 1854; Charles Betcher, $6SS. 50
c. Clawson's estate, $2sl.6l; Goodhue Count
bank, $63a 70; Fred Heising, $3.50 %; jaime
Lawther, ,$67l. .25; G. H. Williams, $372 45; E
T. Wilder, 1923. 81; H. A. Park, 1924 l3
i. Pierce, Simmons & Co., 1888. Ii; Red Win
1 Wagon company $165; Red Wing Manufactur
ing company, $196.06; Red Wing Stonewar
company ,lS6. 81; building association, $36l. %
L g. Richardson, 1924 81; Serum estate, $oSl
First National Bank Stock: T. B. Sheldon
$717 IS; Jesse Mcintyre, $27l25; T. X. Sim
mons, $297; William Howe, $247.50; Harrie
Hodgman, 1871 IS.
The will of Mrs. Anna E. Ramsey, who ha
| d ldTkc cbtdUC 5CpGA Aloih Wv. 4souAooy, VIZ
probated at St Paul erpersonal ornaments
wearing apparel, all jewelry, books and pic
lures, household furniture, horses and car
riages, etc., are bequeathed to her daughter
Marion Ramsey Furness. To her sister, Han
nah J. Crouch OF Philadelphia $4,000 is given
to her brother, Michael Earl jerks of Phiadel
phia, 5000; to Jonathan Ridgway jerks O
st Paul, $1,000; to the Ladies' Relief Asso
ciation of St Paul 5000; to Sophia Carlson
residing with her at the time of the Wills prep
aration, 81, GOO; and all the residue of her es
tate is bequea;hed to her husband, Alexande
Ramsey, and her daughter, Marion r. Furness
to he equally divided between them
A shooting affray occurred just across the lin
from Red Wing in Dakota county, recently Ms
ry Nelson had John o O'Shaughnessy, arrested Lar
fall, on the charge that he was the father @
her child. He was brought before Judge Ora
ham. and, on preliminary examination, boun
over to the winter term of the district cour
and the case was set for this week. Sun
day the parties were at church, and as the
were about ready to start for home, the gil
went up behind O'Shaughnessy and fired thre
shots, ONE entering at the side through tn
muscles, the two penetrating the skin and fol
lowing around the body. physician was i'm
mediately called, who extracted one ball, an
left the natient in comfortable circum stances