The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-04

sey County Board of Equalization transcribed
their powers in changing the assessments Of
St Paul banks
The long expected report of the State capitol
commission presented to governor Hubbard
has been drawn up by Mr.. Stevens, the ar
chitect ON the committee, and though brief, ef-
fectually disposes of the question as to the cap
tolls kolidity. Engineer Smith, in canversa-
ton after the report had been submitted, said
there was no doubt that the capitol was
perfectly safe, and that now that the iron pill,
lar on the second floor Of the south wing had
been added to the supports of the upper story,
the floors could stand any weight put upon
them Mr. Grace, whose long experience as
contractor and builder makes his opinion OF
value, carefully examined all the walls, especi-
ally those in the foundation of the building,
and he says they are solid and all right
d. P Bloomer, New York drummer, was
nearly murdered IN Room 81, at the Nlconet
House, Minneapolis on Wednesday night de
was found with seven wounds on the head, in
ficted with Milwaukee St Paul coupling
pin. No solution of the mystery has yet been
obtained
William Curran was badly burned at Min
neapolis fire.
Manler & Thomson, St Paul carriage deal
ers have arranged with their creditors
Ground was broken Thursday for the ST
Paul club house, which promises to be tho
finest structure of the kind west of Chicago.
Edward Locke, Minneapolis grain dealer,
sues the Bradstreet company for $4,000 for
libel
The sixteenth annual reunion of the Society
of the Army of the Cumberland will be heldat
Rochester, N. Y, Sept IL and Is. The Second
Minnesota infantry and Second battery did
honorable service in the army of the Cumber-
land.
Dora Hubert, a pantry girl at the Inter-
national hotel, La Crosse committed suicide at
an early hour Monday morning by shooting
herself through the heart with small revol-
yer which she purchased Saturday afternoon.
She had been employed in the house about five
weeks, and was quiet, industrious girl Nc
cause is known A post mortem examination
shows nothing in her condition to lead to such
an act Letters from her sisters in Rochester,
Faribault and Racine threw no light on the
matter. Her parents and other friends live al
Byron, Mimi, where the body will be shipped.
At the offices of the Northern Pacific railroad
company it is denied that there is any founda-
ton for the statement telegraphed from st
Paul that Vice President Cakes was about to
retire, or rather, to ''be retired, from his po-
sition on account of differences with the presi-
dent, Mr.. Harris.
Mr.. W. Z. Vanderbilt arrived in ST. Paul by
special train, making welve-hours' run over
the Royal route from Chicago, landing at
union depot Saturday at p. m. He was &C
companied by Messrs. 81. B. Hollins, E. s.
Knapp, W. S. Hoyt of New York. On Sunday
Messrs. Winter and F. B, Clarke of ths
Omaha line, attended upon the party, and
it'll them visited Minneapolis and the various
10 cal DO ints of interest there, also Minnesota
Transfer and Kittsondale. At the last-named
they were the recipients of the courtesies
of Mr. Woodmansee, by which they were
able to look over the commodore's fast stock
The party then took in St Paul, and afterwar6
were entertained at dinner by Mrs. F. B.
Clarke At O clock yesterday morning they
| left by special over the Omaha for Pierre
They made the run to Mankato-nearly eighty
five miles-in two hours and forty-fve min
utes.
Edward Locke of Minneapolis, began a suit
against the Bradstreet company for $685.
600 damages. The complaint states that the
plaintiff is a grain dealer and the president
of the Northwestern Grain Dealers association
He was also one of the incorporators of the
Duluth and Western Elevator company, and
the main member of that corporation. Aug.
Is, 1884, he alleges that the Bradstreet company
published in their daily circular defamatory
matter concerning him and the elevator COM
pany.
The death of Sumner Chapman, proprietor
of the Chapman house, upper lake Minnetonka,
is announced Mr.. Chapman has been for some
years afflicted with consumption, and it was in
view of getting relief that he made his trip to
Los Angeles. The past two weeks he has de
clined rapidly, being obliged to refrain from all
duties at the hotel He was thirty five years
of age and leaves a wife and children.
The appointment of T. ]. Gray as principal
of the normal school at St Cloud is officially
announced Mr.. Gray was student of the St
Cloud school, and for eleven years since he
graduated has been its professor of natural
sciences and mathematics. He has been the
conductor of the institutes in that district and
has rendered valuable service to the cause of
education in the department of philosophy. He
is close and careful student, and his appoint
ment meets with the warmest approval and
commentator from all who know him.
Total amount of personal property in Scott
county, sS59,gS4; total amount of real estate,
81. S66. AS As equalized-Total amount Of
personal property IN Scott county, s9ss, 600;
total amount of real estate, 81, $50, 394; total
amount of banking capital, $l1S,OOo; total
amount of goods and merchandise, SO, S62;
total amount of manufactured articles, SIS, 40;
total amount of manufactured tools, ct c.,
$14. 040.
The large stock barn, property of Hartley
Bros, four miles east of Brainerd, on what is
known as the c. W. Kindred stock farm was
burned recently The barn was full of hay,
grain, machinery and logging outfits. The loss
is about 5000; insurance unknown
A full-blooded Sioux from the Sisseton agen-
CIV, has been spending the summer at Chester,
Olmsted county, working for Hon. John Hys-
lop, of that place. He has furnished excellent
satisfaction to his employer and has invested
much more labor during the season than most
of the help with white skin
The Lord Bishop of Rochester, England,
preached in ST Paul last Sunday and lectured
| on temperance.
At Duluth, Miss Amelia Cornovow, living
with her sister, Mrs. Kruschke, went to the
lake and tied large piece of iron to her neck
and drowned herself.
Judge Wllkin and Flandrau of st Paul, on
tour round the world have again been heard
from Letters bearing several dates, the latest
July Is, and mailed at Suez, have been received.
Ali of them were written on boardtthe steamer
Massillia, in which they travelled from Hong
Kong to Suez, the overland trip through India
having been abandoned by them Judge Flan-
drau inquiries anxiously who has been nomin-
ated by the Democrats for president, and gives
as q specimen of American news which reaches
the East this cablegram which they saw at Cey-
on: Bombay, July Gov Cleveland has been
elected by the Republican party in their attempt
to unseat Mr. Blaine"
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