Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-04-03
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNESOTA.

GooD potatoes can be purchased for
90 cents bushel at Albert Lea.
HE scalp of Little Grow is in tho
rooms of the State Historical Society al
st. Paul.
FARMERS in the vicinity of Austin are
using Nebraska corn. 1t costs them
47s cents per bushel.
NEIs EBELBocK, of Wilmar, was fined
$100 or ninety days in Jail for inhuman.
ly beating his daughter.
A SECOND Congregational Church has
Just been organized at Brainerd, con.
sisting of fifteen members.
The residence of William Cairncross
in Green Isle, was totally destroyed by
fire, with its contents. Partially in
sured.
NJ 81. STEENsLAND has closed a con.
tract for the erection of three brick
blocks in Alexandria this spriug to cost
over $4,000.
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the Conpre.
gatonal Church at Lake City has re-
suited in three deacons withdrawing
from the society.
TIE Southern Minnesota Poultry and
Pet Stock Association has decided to
delay its proposed incorporation until
later in the spring.
A SON was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Selman, of Cla1iesa, which weighed lust
twenty ounces at birth, and when two
weeks old just turned the scale at two
pour ds.
Mr.. ABBOTT, of Hector, has made an
T.iohil;%;oo nm, ,,,nt.
about the same. Coykendall Bros, Of
Minneapolis, are the principal creditors,
having claim of So, 400.
AT Jordan. Joseph Swingler and
james Clark secured judgments against
the Manitoba Railway Company, to pay
for hay burr ed by sparks from locomo-
tlves.
AT the commencement of the present
term of cout there were four suits
against the city of Waseca, brought for
injuries sustained by parties passing
along sidewalks, the amounts claimed
aggregating Sl2, ,0O0.
j. NJ. d. CRAFT, hardware merchant
of Pennington, has made an assignment
to George L. Farwell, of the firm of
Farwell, Oman & Jackson, of st. Paul,
which firm is the heaviest creditor.
Liabilities about $1,000, with assets
about 81, 1000.
AT the late payment Of the Mile Lacs
Indians, one chief drew his annuity for
the whole family and returned to his
quarters. Presently he returned to the
agent with the information that he had
just had an increase of family, and the
pappoose was duly entered on the roll
and the annuity paid.
A COMPANY is about being formed in
East st. Cloud for the purpose of build
ing large saw-mill with capacity of
100, 600 feet per day. 1t is proposed to
convey the power by wire cable three
fourths of mile from the dam at Sauk
Rapids to point at the foot of Maple
Island, where the mill is to be built.
ALBERT LEA has four. cornered post
office fight, between Hanson, the pres
ent incumbent, and 81. o. Haukpess,
ex-Collector Wedge, and W. w. Will
iams, all of whom are securing the coun-
try with petitions and preparing to give
Milo White more business with Dunnell
as an antagonist.
AT the meeting of the new board of
directors of Gustavus Adophus College
at st. Peter, Rev. Sioblom, of Red
Wing, was president, Rev. J. G.. Lager
strom, of st. Peter, secretary and also
treasurer of the educational committee,
and Mr.. j. Peterson college treasurer.
Rev. M. Sjoblom declined the professor
ship to which he had been elected by
the conference. A call to the professor
ship of the English language and litera-
ture was extended to Rev. W. K. Frick,
who has been laboring in the institution
during the winter. Mr.. @. W. Foss,
tutor in the Augustus College, Rock
Island, ILL.,, was called by the board to
a professorship and will probably accept.
With reference to the proposed ladies'
hall, q building two stores high, with q
basement eighty by about forty feet,
will be erected south Of the college
building.
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