Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNESOTA.
The new Minnesota Legislature will
be largely made by Of new members.
ST. OLAF's College, Northfield, has
just celebrated it's tenth anniversary.
The Bank of Luverne has been incor-
porated, with pAid-up capital If $780,
900.
SCARLET FEVER prevails in jackson,
but all the cases thus far have been of
mild type.
The losses by recent prairie fires in
the vicinity of Pipestone are estimated
at $4,000. ...-
A POTATO starch factory and cream
cry will be built at Deer Greek, Otter
Tail County.
A HORSE near Northfeld dropped
dead while passing thrashing-machine,
being literally scared to death.
The Duluth harbor has been put in
excellent condition by the work Of the
government engineers this summer.
ANDREW CAMPBELL, of Minneapolis,
shot his father. in-law, Thomas Has
tings, at Excelsior, indicting q serious
wound.
HERMAN W1KowsK1, the man who was
so horribly scalded at Hauenstein's
Brewery, New Ulm, died of his injuries
about II o'clock the same night.
The Omaha depot at Pipestone was
entered by burglars, the cash drawer
was riaed and several trunks broken
open, about 800 being taken.
ROBERT MILLER, of Chaska, was
stabbed by Jacob D. Sauter, at merry
making at Lucas Hall, and died twelve
days after. Sauter has been arrested.
A. CH1soLM, of Gull River, nine miles
from Brainerd, has been arrested for
the attempted murder of Herman Ram
sey, in knocking him down with heavy
club and beating him terribly.
The small children of Hannah Olson,
at Centerville, while playing with
matches, started q prairie fire, which
burned over an area of thirty acres,
destroying grain, hay, and doing other
damage.
-Four of the employees of the Oster-
hout mill, at Duluth, were arrested On
suspicion of knowing something about
the late fire, but all protesting their in
nocence, and no evidence appearing
against them, they were discharged.
FENNER DODGE, we'll known in Hec-
tor, Renville County, was killed by
being run over by the cars at Franklin.
He was not discovered until morning,
when the section men were going to
their work. He was horribly mutilated
and death must have been instantane-
GUS.
FREIGHT CONDUCTOR Ed. GEDD1s was
killed on the Northern Pacific near Pine
Grove Station. He was passing back
over his train when he slipped and fell
between Two cars and nearly the whole
train passed over his body, mangling
him badly. The deceased was only re-
Gently married.
Hon. s. 81. KENNY, of Rice County,
has shut down his sugar works, having
manufactured 12 600 gallons in all. The
cane crop was unusually good, and pro-
duced very superior quality of syrup.
The refinery was operated day and
night, and as high as 700 gallons per
day was made on several days.
The principal Aax-producing coun-
ties of Southern Minnesota are Cotton
wood, 1901 acres; Rock, 21,O83; No.
bles, 16,620; Murray, 1O,463; Waton-
wan, 7,O37; and Pipestone, 6,167 acres.
The yield has been remarkably good
this year, ranging from fifteen to twen-
ty bushels to the acre, which has sold
for as high as $1.16 per bushe1.
A ST.. PAUL artist is engaged in
painting the great seal of Minnesota in
oolors on plate glass six feet in diane
ter, and two medals of the State His
torical Society on three feet squares of
plate glass. The great seal, with
medal on each side, will be placed in
the Minnesota department. of the New
Orleans Exposition, and illuminated
with a powerful electric light.