The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-25


er E. C. Babb. The charter membership is
seventy three The post is named Michael
Cook Post No. 1913, in honor of Maj. Michael
Cook, of the Tenth Minnesota volunteers who
died Of wounds received at the battle of Nash
vile. A meeting of the post will be held on
Monday evening next
At St. Paul, Mrs. Sadie T. Morse filed her
complaint in the district court to procure di-
vorce from her husband, s. F. B. Morse, on
the ground of drunkenness, cruelty and de-
sertion She alleges that they were married
in Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 9th day of June,
1882. She is thirty and he thirty-two years of
age Her former name was Sadie Ten Eyck
Prince. She has resided in St. Paul one year.
She charges that he was in the habit of getting
drunk, and while in that condition striking her
with his fist, oftentimes bruising her severely.
A fight, in which knives were used, occurred
at rink opening at Motley; the proprietor of
the rink being assailed by roughs whom he
had rebuked for disorderly conduct Several
participants were considerably injured The
guilty pal ties were arrested
Young stock are reported dying of a mysteri-
GUS disease in Dodge county.
The tenacity with which the farmers are hold
ing on to their wheat the hope of better prices
has already had some effect on the millers' as
ISOLATION, and prices in the country have been
raised two cents all around. Whether this will
induce the farmers to ship more literally re-
mains to be seen. =.
Hon. John B. Brisbin of St. Paul, at q Muir
ply meeting in the Opera House last Sunday,
signed the temperance pledge, donned the blue
ribbon, and made an eloquent address.
At a harvest home festival in the Univer-
salist church at Minneapolis last Faiday
Rev. DR.. Tuttle, denounced agricultural fairs,
as at present conducted, and also the option
business.
S. s. Baken was arrested at Grand Meadow,
for selling liquor contrary to the ordinances
of the village. Six separate indictments were
preferred against him.
Frank Crowley was killedin Minneapolis
saw mill
Nicolai O! Julsrud, prominent farmer of
Norwegian Grove, near GAINESVILLE, Mimi,
whose young horses became unmanageable
the sickle and cut 80 severely that his life is
despaired Of , III
The Liquor Dealers association of St, Paul
and Minneapolis, through committee for that
purpose have sent out circular letters to saloon
keepers druggists and all others having influ-
ence and supposed to be friendly to the liquor
interest, imploring them to do all in their pow
or to secure the nomination and election to the
legislature of men opposed to the submitting
Of q constitutional amendment prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in
the state, to popular vote.
On Saturday afternoon the wood belonging
to the railroad company at New York Mills on
the N. P. r R., took fire and about five hun
dred cords were burned. About four hundred
cords were sawed ready for use. Mo- other
property was burned, with the exception of
three or four freight cars. The wood was all
heavily insured.
The sovereign grand lodge Of Odd Fellows
was formally welcomed at Minneapolis Monday
by Hon. Eugene Wilson, IS representative of
Gov. Hubbard on the part Of tie state; and by
Mayor Pillsbury for the city. The first ses-
sion was devoted to the presentation of reports
points of interest in the vicinity: Tuesday the
lodge paid visit to st. Paul, where they were
suitably entertained. j.,
Duluth's wheat receipts last week were &c.
$50 bushels, the largest in the history of the
Hamline university will open for the fall
and winter: terms on the 21da inst Prot.
Mearkle, teacher Of mathematics, has been
added to the faculty.. = -
Gen. Washburn has donated site for the
Washburn orphanage at Minneapolis. I
+ At Minneapolis Adolph Schiller prays for
divorce on the ground Of too much step son-
Otto Loveland and Ole ,Straun Of Minneapo-
lis were drowned at MinnetonkA! u.
The Murray county fair viii be held at Stay
ton Sept "a and Is. ,.:.,.
y The Jackson &C county fair has been postponed
to Sept, 70 and30 :t~>.+
About three months ago Charles Spires of
Birch Dale, Todd county, disappeared sudden
II, and has not been heard Of since
St Paul again owes surprisingly low tax