The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-04-03
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES:

A son was born To- Mr.. and Mrs.
George Selman of Clarissa, which
weighed just twenty ounces at birth,
and when two weeks old just turned the
scales at two pounds.
At the late payment of the Mile Laos
Indians, one chief drew his annuity for
the whole family and returned to his
quarters. Presently he returned to the
agent with the information that he had
just had an increase of family, and the
pappoose was duly entered on the roll
and the annuity paid.
Sheriff Quinn; of Benton county, has
arrested George Iaughton for stealing
timber off Of school and railroad lands
in Benton county, and took him to in
terview Judge Collins. Josiah Laugh
ton and his son Joseph were both az
rested in the county named. An indict-
ment is out for the arrest of Albert, but
according to last accounts he had SO far
succeeded in eluding two sheriffs who
! were after him.
Mr.: Abbott of Hector has made an
| assignment Liabilities, SIS 900; assets
about the same: Coykendall Bros: of
! Minneapolis are the principal creditors,
havinga claim Of So, 400.
The Southern Minnesota Poultry and
Pet Stock association has decided to de-
lay its proposed incorporation until
later in the spring.
A company is about being formed in
East st. Cloud for the purpose of build
ing large saw mill with capacity of
100, 900 feet per day. It is proposed to
| convey the power by wire cable three
fourths of a mile from the dam at Sank
Rapids to point at the foot of Maple
| island, where the mill is to be built.
The stock growers of St. Peter and
vicinity have made arrangements for a
monthly horse market at that place,
commencing on Wednesday, May 7, and
to be held on the first Wednesday of
each month thereafter.
At the commencement of the present
term of court there we're four suits
against the city of Waseca, brought for
injuries sustained by parties passing
along sid ewalks, the amounts claimed
aggregating $4,000.
The United States timber thieves who
were arrested on the Red river between
Drayton and St. Andrus, on Thursday,
and who we're placed in the county Jail
Saturday night, are O. H. Moe, Carl
J. Johnson, S. A. Olson, Thomas Nc
Lain, Patrick Maloy, Edward Flaherty,
William Linkie and John Linkie The
men all claim to be farmers, and say
that they cut very little wood and did
| it to prevent being frozen. They say
they are in very hard case, their crops
having failed last year.
During the year ended March 1 Mimi
eapolis had 1879 arrests, 3,214 being of
males and 635 of females.
The first annual meeting of the Min
| nesota State Bar association will be
held at the capitol in St. Paul, April l,
at p. m. Thomas Wilson Of Winona
will deliver an address, and reports are
expected from the committees on legal
history and biography Qsaac Atwater,
| Henry J. Horn and M. S. WILKINSON,
on juris prudence and law reform Gu
gene NJ Wilson, W. P. Murray, John
w. Arctander, W. H. Yale and J. N.
Searle). In the evening banquet will
be provided. A meeting of the COM
mittee on admission will be held on or
before next Wednesday, and all who
desire to join the association are request
ed to forward their names to the secre-
tary at once.
Ex-Secretary and Mrs. Window are
now in Italy, intending to tour there
for six weeks. They spent most of the
winter where their little daughters are
at school. They havenot changed their
original intention of returning home
early this summer, probably by June.
In the burning of the Minneapolis &
st. Louis transfer house John Dooley
| persisted.
The Minneapolis fair will come off as
usual this year.
Maj. King has indicated himself
from the ISLANDERS of several young
Leech Lake Indians.
J. J. McKullock, saloonkeeper at
Fergus Falls, recently made an assign
ment to B. F. Lounsbery for the benefit
of his creditors. Liabilities and assets
! not known, but supposed to be about
$4,000.
George A. Freudenreich of Alexan-
dria, is in Washington, en- route
for Russia. He has been four years in
that country, representing the McCor-
mick Harvesting Machine company of
Chicago. His headquarters are in
Odessa. He has been in this country
| on brief visit to his home. His father,
| Baron Freudenreich, was among the
early settlers in Minnesota.
New York papers print kilograms
from st. Paul alleging that John Doug
lass, one Of the Yellowstone Park I'm
provement company, accuses Rufus
| Hatch Of treachery and deceit in secur-
| ing the appointment Of a receiver. Mr..
| Hatch, when interviewed concerning
the matter, said he did not care to talk
| upon the subject. "The courts had
charge of the affair, and would protect
his interests from the sharks" The cur
rent understanding is that Hatch has a
| majority of the non-forfeited stock, and
will have things his own way.
| Sitting Bull visited the st. Paul en-
CINE houses and the boys astonished
the old savage. The chief could not
take in all the situation at one time and
viewed the horses getting to place, the
swinging harness, and the men sliding
down the pole with huge delight, giving
| vent to number of Elbows" The
hitching process was repeated for their
benefit, and their eyes concentrated
upon the sliding poles, which they
seemed to regard with the greatest in
terest, One Bull saying, "Look man on
iron" The chiefs horse, which was
unattended but went to its place ready
for hitching, also delighted them. The
| hook and ladder truck was then run out
| and the fireman put on top of O'Leary's
| packing house. The last visit was to
! the fire alarm room, where they were
allowed to pull a box prepared for them
and see the blows come in on the gong
and repeater and examine the internal
| working of the boxes, and also the bat
terry room where the subtle agent is
prepared. Sitting Bull in reply to a
question as to what he liked best, said :