The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15


of commerce building June 5.
H. w. Cannon has resigned the offices
of secretary and treasurer of the Still
water Gas Light and Waterj companies
and Matt Clark has been elected in his
place.
S. A. Olsen, who shot himself dead at
Denver, lived eight years in St. Paul.
The report of the United States
statistical agent for Minnesota est
mates the increase in wheat acreage in
in the state for 1884 at 81 per cent, OF
about $4,000 acres. This, with an
average yield equal to that of last season
would add about 1 100000 bushels tc
the total wheat production of the state
In some localities, however, the. grain
is said to have wintered badly. This is
particularly the case in unwooded
prairie sections. To what extent this is
true, however, is not stated.
Webb Roster, shot twice by Fred
Grover at Genoa, Olmsted county las
week in dispute over'a jug of whiskey,
has since died. "".
Joe Deiring of Saltwater, a tinsmith.
has deserted his family, leaving them in
destitute circumstances.
Mrs. Sarah Gardner of Faribault,
mother of the late T. A. Gardner, died
recently of extreme old age.
The United States Agricultural de.
partment's statistical agent for Mime
sofa, in his report for May l states that
wheat planting is virtually finished in
this state for the season, some tracts of
low lands which the rains of ten days
ago made too wet for planting, being all
that remained to plant The aggre-
gate area planted will exceed that Of
last year by about 81 per cent, OF some
$4,000 acres, and for the most part the
seed has been put into the ground I'M
der favorable circumstances. Much oil
the grain is up and growing finely. The
number of acres to be put in oats, rye,
barley, and flax will exceed those
planted in these grains last year very
considerably; but the area planted in
corn will necessarily be largely reduced
owing to the difficulty experienced in
obtaining seed that can be depended
upon.
The total number of immigrants and
settlers passing through St. Paul dur.
ing the week ending the Sd. inst,
was about two thousand seven hun.
dred. OF this number the Manitoba
took out about one thousand five hun.
dred, 1000 of whom were destined fo1
points north of GAINESVILLE. The North
ern Pacific took out about one thousand
nearly all of whom were ticketed tc
points on the extreme western division
The remaining two hundred were tax.
EN- out by the Duluth, Omaha and Mil.
waukee= & st. Paul. = 49,.
l.. A. Place, brakeman on the Chi
cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
construction train, was instantly killed
by being caught between the cars
while making a coupling to the pile.
driver at Worthington recently. Hi
home was Gloversville, N. Y. HI
went to Worthington from Omaha anG
began work April %.
| Cap Mike the old ex-detective on the
Minneapolis police has opened a detec
tive office.
Mathew Rahilly, died of consumption
Friday, the I'd, at the residence of hi
brother, Hon. P. A. Rahilly, in Noun
Pleasant, Wabasha county, aged forty
nine.
Benjamin Parker went to Robert Par
ker's residence in Zumbrota on visit
He WAS paying his attentions to young
lady, and staid very late in the night,
until after midnight He left the house
and started out after his horse to ride
home. About o'clock in the morning
he'was found lying few rods from thu
house, dead.
Rev. Robert Thompson of New Yorl
city has accepted the call to the Presby
terian church, at Winona Having al
ready arranged for trip to Europe, he
will come to Winona on his return il
the fall.
The forthcoming annual report O.
State Insurance Inspector McGill, {
summary of which is printed elsewhere
is full of interesting facts, figures anc
suggestions. In 1883 the risks writer
in Minnesota aggregated $l88, LOGS, DOG
The premiums received by the compan
les were So, 457, 1875 losses incurred, 81 !,
900, lob; and losses paid, 81 $40, 1854
The total fire losses in the state were &c..
387 $50, an amount which the commits
sioner rightly characterizes as excess
i've.
A Duluth man received thirty eight
pound Columbia SALON. fresh from
Portland recently.
The Fergus Falls Journal discovers
that seed wheat which elevators have
been sellingin the Red river valley for
$125 bushel was bought at Pelican
Rapids, Otter Tail county.
William Morris is threatened with tai
and feathers at Eagle Lake for bringing
mistress from England and keeping
her in his house with his wife.
Senator Girard of Winnipeg lost {
valuable gold watch at GAINESVILLE
while at his bath in.the sleeping car.
A council was held in the first Con-
gregational church at Winona, and or
ganized by the election of Rev. DR..
Dana of st. Paul as moderator, ant
proceeded to tile examination of Rev. J
H. Crum, the new pastor, on questions
of theology. In the evening the installa
ton took place. The ceremonies were
of an interesting and impressive charac
ter, with sermon by Rev. G.. Hutch
ms, pastor Of the Plymouth Congre
gational church of Minneapolis. :, The
installing prayer was by Rev. j. H
Morley, Che charge to pastor by Rev. E.
G.. Evans, the right hand Of fellowship
by Rev. DR.. Dana, and benediction by
the pastor.
The bishop of Saskatchewan has ap
pointed Mr.. w. r. Flett, B. A., of the
university of Cambridge, to be principal
of the Emmanuel college. Prince
Albert. Mr.. Flett was educated at St
Johns college, Manitoba, and snbse
queatly went to Cambridge, where hi
took his degree in honors some years
ago. He has since been employed il
the London International college anc
the Royal Naval school, Twickenham
England, as teacher of mathematics
and natural science.
: The New Ulm creamery started uE
Monday with ten teams collecting, and
paying is cents an inch for cream.
The reason Governor Miller's grave
at Worthington is unmarked by monu.
ment and is covered with weeds is that
1gnatius Donnelly's suit against the es-