The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09

In storm Mr.. "OPENS barn, near Lake
Crystal, Mimi, was. struck by lightning and
burned, with one fine blooded mare, two colts,
three full-blooded Durham calves one blooded
shorthorn bull, one hay stack, sixty five tons
OF hay IN the barn, set of harness, seeder,
harvester and buggy Loss, $500
The house Of Julius seeman at Rollingstone
Winona county, was burned. Loss, $1,000;
partially insured.
Receiver O'Gorman places the assets of Sey.
mour, Sabin & Co. of Saltwater MIMI. at ST.
147, 97s2 and tho Liabilities at 81, Isl ,766. 49,
Henry Nelson, living near Rockford, Mimi,
was found dead in his room, having apparent
ly died in fit
The postofice at Fisher was entered by burg
lars, the safe blown open and 1925 stolen
The thieves then entered the stable of Steiner.
son Bros, took the horse and buggy belong
ing to them and drove to Crookston, where they
took the train for the south.
Judge Brill at st. Paul, decides that citizens
must be allowed free access to the abstract
books.
At the Baptist State Convention at Winona,
Hon NJ II. Dunnell, spoke briefly on the histo-
ry and diff culties of the academy of Owatonna.
The speaker corrected some statements of Mr.
origin in St. Paul and was placed under tn.
management ofmen from various parts of the
state. Owatonna had given literally toward it
Her contributions were more then those of St
Paul or Minneapolis, and had aggregated 49,.
OOO What the institution needed was the hear.
ty and generous support of the Baptsts of the
state. The speaker expressed himself in active
sympathy with the educational interests of thu
denomination. The committee on nominations
reported the following: Members for the
board of education, three years, w. w Hunting
ton, George A. Pillsbury, NJ H. Dunnell, E. F.
Drake, Gen. Bishop; two years, R. R. Rlddell
F. Q. Hoblitt, d. D. Merrill, A. F. Gale, H. c.
Woods; one year, E. Wescott, }. 7. Barnum
Articles of incorporation have been flee
with. the secretary of state of the Farmers
Union Elevator company of Kandiyohi and
Swift counties. The object of the company is
the keeping and operating of elevators and
handling of wheat Kerkhoven is to be the
Offices in Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth;
capital stock $4,000, and $1,000 is fixed as the
amount necessary to start in business with
There are twenty-fou incorporators, and all
are farmers living in the counties mentioned.
Judge Brill, of the District Court of Ramsey
county in recent decision says: 'As a mat
ter of public policy the records Of every pub
lie Office should be kept open to public
inspection within reasonable limits Of time
place and manner. The records belong to the
public and not to the officer, who is but thu
servant of the public. According to thu
American system of government, public policy
requires that the ordinary work OF public
officers should be open to inspection, and the
reason urged by the defendant why the rule
should not apply to this particular Office,
namely That considerable portions of the
abstract records are kept in pencil and eaily
blurred or erased, in reality but emphasizes
the necessity for the rule for if such state OF
facts exists the public certainly ought to know
it. But the question is placed beyond all con-
troversy in this state by statute of 1871 and
one of 1873.
Col. D. A. Robertson and family of St Paul.
have left for an extended absence in Europe
They sail on the 8th from New York by the
French line for Havre, and will go direct to
Paris, where they will remain fcr the present
Their absence is likely to extend for q period
Of four years, during which time the co1onels
grandchildren, who accompany him, will be
educated in France and Germany
The heaviest storm of the season passed
over Iitchfold, the rain falling in torrents
Lightning struck the house Of Mr. Kelley,
knocking Mrs. Kelley and young lady board.
ing was slight .4 81.
Four children Of r. s. Thomas Of Albert Lea
died Of scarlet fever within two weeks.
The st. Paul system earned $2,9O1, 200 dur
ing September or $40, 600 less than during the
same period last year.
= Commodore Kittson certainly has no reason
to grumble over the performance of his horses
of late; fact he ought u be, and probably is,
rather jubilant AtChicago recently Johnston,
Minnie R. and Fannie. Witherspoon. all did
noble work. The first named was on the billie
to beat his record Of '2:1o, and he: did it
thoroughly, MAKING a m1le in the phenomenal
time of 2:O61[, the fastest time on record for
single harness. Next chine Minnie R with
her running mate, and accomplished her mile
in 2:0SAz lowering her record ~ seconds.
Finally, Witherspoon knocked off three fourths
Of a second from her 2:17 record.
!. The house Of; Julius seeman, of Rolling:
stone, Mimi, Winona county, was destroyed by
; with nearly all Of it's contents - y -
!. Senstor Sabfn has arranged to start up two
Touring mills at Saltwater '7"s" '"]
-, W. P. Todd Of Browns Valley, launched
yacht without ballast the craft. cap
cized and the engine and boiler are at the bot
+ tom Of the lake: ,s5 ,a.ssr. : ,. ~.
: The recent storm was very severe in Lynn
and Acoma, MINI, and good deal of damage
was. done, Mr. ". Smiths 3ox70- foot barn was
torn to pieces and two of his horses and, two
cows were Killed The roofs were lifted from
Mr.. Rush,s house, barn and granary, and Mr..
August Smiths barn was tori 4 ~ q pieces.
George a. stanbro, the American express
agent who embezzled money from the com.
,pany's Office at Hawley; Mimi, and who it was
decided by Justice Taylor It Winnipeg should
be extradited, hss been brought before the full
court on writ Of habeas corpus IN order toap-
peal from the decision OF Justice Taylor. It lie
thought the prisoner will get on 5s,s s1s,
The Minnesots state tai assessed upon the
Manitobs road is as follows: First six months
81 1854, earnings, s2,s75 $40 60; taxes, $685.
27762: same period in 1883, earnings, Is, O29,-
621.72; taxes, 490, 894 IS; decreased earnings,
!. Sos 901. u; DECREASED taxss, 32As61IR