The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-30

The Catholic total abstinence societies of st
Paul ard Ramsey county, with the guidance
and suggestions of Bishop Ireland, are making
active preparations to carry on vigorous
temperance campaign this winter. As far as
decided their plans contemplate the holding of
public mass meetings at some hall IN st. Paul
every two weeks, and the holding of local soci-
ETY. meetings. each intervening evening. to-
tai abstinence cadet corpsi is also under process
of formation. All of these plans will be fully
formulated at the quarterly meeting, Sunday,
Nov 2, at $3.50 p M, at the Father Mathew
society's rooms.
Rev. Samuel Williams, father of 8. G. Will
iams, of St Paul. died at the age of eighty two.
Deceased was Congregational minister, born
in Boston, July 2, 1902, and graduating from
i Harvard college and Andover Some years of
his life were spent at Brewster, Mass, in min
isterial work, where he met and married Tenn
perance Mayo, who died in St Paul in January,
1879. Mr.. Williams came to Minnesota nine
years ago from South Andover Valley, New
York, and lived with his son until the time of
his death.
The Pillsbury A. mill, at Minneapolis on
Monday turned out 6197 barrels of flour, or
about 800 barrels more -four than was ground
in any previous twenty-fou hours run. The
run is the biggest on record
Dr. W. F. Van Dyke for many years prom
inent resident physician and surgeon at Waba-
sha left for Ashland, Or, with his family, and
will make that place his home in the future.
| Several St Paul firms were caught by the
failure of Steel, at Sun River, Mont, but none
to any extent.
Horse thieves got away with a fine mare,
harness and wagon belonging to Mark Hale, at
Rich Valley Mimi.
J. M McCan of Fergus Falls, who shot him
self accidentally in the leg while hunting few
days ago at Elbow lake, died. The physicians
! found it necessary to amputate the limb as the
| only means of saving his life, and the result
| proved fatal He was a member of the ]. s.
| Billings Lumber company and stood high
among business men.
| Mr. Nels Gilbertson of Elbow Lake Grant
county, was kicked by one Of his horses and
died from the injury received ON Saturday. He
was forty-four years of age, and leaves q wife
I and numerous children.
W. h Seward, for twelve years with Maj.
| Smith, paymaster, U. s. A., has accepted the
/ position of cashier of the cotton house Of Hill,
/ Fontaine & Co., of Memphis, and will leave for
that city in few days, accompanied by his
family
! A five-year-old daughter of Henry Kaphaus-
man of Hart, riding in company with number
of little girls in O lumber wagon, fell from the
seat down between the wheels, which passed
over her head, causing instant death.
Quite peculiar case in the healing of a
q wound has developed at Duluth More than
three weeks ago John Johnson, Q laborer at
the sawmlll Of the Duluth Lumber company,
was injured on the head bya stick flying from
! the saw The stick broke the skull Just over
the left eyebrow, and when the physician
dressed the wound he took Quit piece of the
skull about an inch and half large, exposing
the brain. For some time Jahnson's recovery
was very doubtful but he is now doing well.
The wound has not entirely healed, and it ap-
pears as though it would not The wound
reaches the nasal cavity, and now the patient
can actually breathe through the hole in his
skull He promises tn fully recover. except
that he will always have the power to breathe
through this hole, as well as through his
nostrils or his mouth.
A terrible prairie FIRE has been raging r
Murray and Pipestone counties. 1t did much
damage, burning several farm houses, grair
and hyystacks. In same instances the farmers
lost everything It being so earlv in the sea
son, many were not protected by firebreaks
The town Of Woodstock had narrow t6e1pt
from the FIRE, itrequired the entire inhabitanti