The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
I ArtioIes ST incorporation 81 the lNorth.

Articles Of imtorp alton Of the North
western n utual Endowment society Q
/ Minneepoli is was filed with the secretar
of state. The general purpose of th
society iss TO afford persons of limited
means an opportunity ofinvesting small
Eamounts, which will return them tn,
highest lyafeof interest consistent will
absolute safety" The incorporation,
are F. p. .Rzp dell, T. w. Kelly. F. C
Lawrence, Hamilton and F. E. Graves
all of Minneapolis.
Col. Bendtat st. Paul has approved
| the finding of the court martial b,
which Privat,, G. S. Leeds, of Compan,
I, First gi,nent, is found guilty O
making a false statement to Maj. Nay
lor, at Saltwater, on Feb. /. Iced,
applied for a pass, and stated that Capt
Reeve was asleep, which is proven tt
have been contrary to the truth. The
court martial sentenced Leeds to BIZ
reprimanded in general orders, q copy
of which reprimand will be posted il
Company rs room at the Minneapolis
armoqy for thirty days.
Anthony Ford of Carimpna, Fillmore
county, has been adjudgcd insane ant
taken to the Rochester asylum for the
second time. On the way there, il
charge of Sheriff Langum, he seized
the reins, made the horses run ava,
and jumped Gut. While the sheriff
was looking fox assistance, the lunati>
tore off all his clothing but his boots
filed his mouth with dust and covered
himself from hetd to foot with it, ano
laid down in theroad. He was dressed
again, and final1JJ7 landed in Rochester
He is forty years old and of intemper.
ate habits.
A young couple are going down the
Minnesota river in a canoe on their we'd.
ding journey They:are bound for Du.
buque.
The mails bring additional reports Of
damage by last Sundays storm. A let
ter from Utica, IN the western part
of Winona. county says The storm
came up from the west di
vided west of here, one section going
down Pine creek, taking out two sec
tons of the milldam at Troy. and the
dam at the mill below. Two men were
caught on the dam at Troy trying t.
hoist the food gate, and remained there
in peril of their lives until late into the
night, when they were rescued. The
storm was accompanied by hail thai
covered the ground two inches deep, an6
was washed into drifts by the water
where it remained all next day. The
roads are washed out, bridges gone, ani
travel suspended. No lives lost so fa1
as heard from here, but the damage tt
stock, fences ond buildings is great
The other section of the storm took near
ly the same track of last years cyclone
going down the south branch of the
Whitewater. Tue rain fell in perfect
torrents flooding the valleys, drowning
stock and badly soaring the inhabitants
Deer Greek, Otter Tail county farm
ers, had grand gopher hunt Monday
bagging S52.
Prot Ellis of the Fergus Falls higl
school resigns at the close Of the year.
The Fergus Falls elevator which
burnt in February is being rebuilt.
The body of Edward King of Mime
apolis, who was drowned above Aitkin
last October, has been found, drifted
ashore sixteen miles above Aitkin.
! Fisher, one of the Fergus Falls for.
gers was decoyed from Fargo over to
Moorhead recently where the sheriff Of
Otter Tail county arrest ed him at once,
and took him to Fergus Falls.
Judge Collins opened court at Fergus
Falls. The principal criminal cases
come up are those of John G.
Steiner of Perham, for the killing OF
August Mutshler, and c. A. Lipe for
robbing the express company 1T p elican
Rapids. .rsy,-o-,ys,-
H. H. Wilson, assistant foreman and
timekeeper in the round house ct Aus.
tin has skipped to parts unknown, tothe
I,sorroM<.of a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
who IRE left without resort. It is jun-
derstood upon tie street. that he hes got
| into his friends here TO the amount oil
about 81 600, in amounts ranging from
! $4o0 to ], 400. Among those victimized
are y. II. Patterson, }. Frederickse, First
National bank, g. H. Coats and James
Hay. The money was in some cases
advanced on Wilson's personal paper
Fredericks and others are caught as
signers. In some cases forged collater-
ais are used. It is also stated that in
| his railroad accounts as timekeeper a
| good deal of time was charged up to the
tcompany that was not actually earned.
Wilson's creditors here express de.
sire to see him.
The depot at Elgin was entered by
burglars, but nothing was removed and
the store Of Mr.. Burbank was visited,
where a quantity of goods were removed.
Two prisoners broke Jail at LIE Sueur
Center. One named Williams, aged
fifty one named Shepherd, aged twenty
eight.
At Faribault Mary Swarts was con-
victed of attempted murder.
At a meeting of the Anoka Congrega-
tional conference, held at Anoka.
The following committees and officers
were elected for the present year: Ex-
ecutive committee, Revs. J. l.. Scudder,
E. S. Williams, E. H. Votaw; business
committee, Rev. H. G. Hovey, D. D.,
and J. L. Cary; nominating commit
tee, Revs. J. H. Morley, w. NJ. Jen-
kins, F.. N. Walcott; registrar, James G..
Mind of Minneapolis. The conference
adjourned to meet in May, 1885, at
some place to be designated hereafter
The Swedish Folkets Allchanda of
Litchfeld is to be moved to Minneapo-
| lis.
Gen. J. E. Tourtellotte of Washing
ton, D. c., is visiting old friends at Man
kato.
The new butter tub factory now be-
ing constructed inMankato will cover the
frontage of an entire block, 330x35 feet,
two stories, with re-proof roof. An
engine house 3Ox4O, and a dry kiln 34x32
| will also be constructed and attached
to the main structure.
| T. T. jerks of Lake City, pioneer
settler, went from there some days ago
to a tree claim OF his near Appleton
Lac Qui Parle county, and there he
he suddenly died last Monday night of
heart disease, having been active during
the day and retiring to bed without
| complaint of being i'll,