The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-05-08
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

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The unwilling Of monument over the
grave of Col. Henry G. Rogers, form.
erly of the Eighth Minnesota volunteers,
will take place at Glendale, Mower
county, on Thursday, June 19. The
ceremonies will be under the di.
rection of Henry Rogers Post, G.. A.
r, of Brownsville. The monument is
now being made at st. Paul. Hon.
Ale Ramsey has been invited to pre-
side on the occasion, aud Hon. M. 81.
Dunnell has accepted an invitation to
deliver the address. The memory oi
COL Rogers, the brave soldier and kind
officer, dear to many a soldier of Mime
sofa. There is wide desire to honor
his memory in some suitable way. The
contributors to the monument fund are
ex-Gov. Ramsey, ex-Gov. Marshall,
Gen. J. B, Sanborn, Gen. J. T. Averill,
Gen, L. P. Jennion, Col. William
Crooks, Albert Scheffer, state Auditor
Barden, M. D. Flower, Pennock
Pusey, Railroad Commissioner Baker
and DR.. David Day, most of whom are
expected to be present. An invitation
is extended to all the survivors OF
the old Eighth to be present.
Two prisoners escaped from Jail at
Blue Earth city recently and were not
missed until one came back voluntarily
and gave himself up.
Frank Ginthther of Wabasha recently
rescued little daughter of Chas.
Geyer from drowning in q cistern.
Articles of incorporation of the Pro-
duce Exchange of Minneapolis were
filed with the secretary of state. The
board of directors for one year consists
of M. Whitcomb, A. M. Woodward and
Frank Clark, and for two years, Levi
Longfellow, S. A. Coe and E. Bach.
The officers are: President, J. D. Darl-
ing; vice presidents, E. G. Potter and
H. X. Pratt; secretary, A M. Wood
ward; treasurer, Enoch Holmes. Attic
les were also filed of the Carver Manu-
featuring company, to manufacture ag-
ricultural machinery and implements at
Carver, Carver county. The capital
stock is $25, 900. The incorporators are
w. G. Bredenhagen, N. G. Brill, of
Carver F. H. Jops of Minneapolis; 3.
Goethe of Carver; w. D. Jops, F.
Plackner, of Watertown; and j. G..
Zimbleman of Carver.
A hearing took place recently
at the capitol, before the state audi
tor and attorney general, upon the
question raised that the constitutional
amendm emit of 1881 Chap. 4, General
Laws of 1881 superseded the grant to
the several state institutions, under date
of Feb. 10, 1866 (Chap. 5, general Laws
of 1881 r. B. Galusha and Gordon E.
Cole tookpart in the discussion,
| the former the in behalf OF
the Hinckley branch Of the Mime
apolis & st. Cloud railroad, holding
that the institutions grant was super
seeded by the amendment. The attorney
general holds the question under advise
ment, and will give an opinion soon.
On April IL, 1883, George Harrington
who three days before had been dis
charged from company E, Eleventh
infantry, at Fort Sully, OAK, on ac-
count of mental infrmity, became vio-
lently insane on the cars while passing
through Minnesota, and was apprehend-
ed and sent to the state hospital from
Blue Earth county. Monday word was
received from the war department to
transfer the patient to the Washington
National asylum.
The Minnesota State alliance has in
vited the Hon. John H. Reagan, MEM
Der of congress from Texas, to address
the state alliance on the railway ques-
ton at it's approaching meeting in Man
kato, June 10, IL, and IL. The Hon.
Thomas G.. Sherman of Brooklyn, n.
Y, leading free trade advocate, has
also been invited to favor the conven-
ton with an address.
Congressman Washburn, says a
Washington correspondent, takes his
teams with him, and so does Senator
Sabin of Minnesota; and they are good
ones.
Persons who have no regard for the
game laws are netting the trout in the
Vermillion river, Dakota county.
The wholesale millinery establishment
of J. J. Oppenheim was wrecked by the
caving in Of wall. Loss, $4,000.
Fire started in the dead grass near
Rushford threatened that city, and only
by severest exertions of the citizens was
the destruction averted. The cemetery
fence was burned and 200 acres of young
timber destroyed by the heat.
A formal opening Of the Grand hotel,
Fergus Falls, will take place May Z, a
banquet and ball being on the pro-
gramme.
A project is being considered in Du-
luth to build $5O,OOO board of trade
building.
A syndicate consisting of Frank I.
Crane, G.. Schlender, +. B. Crane and
G. II. Coats, all of Austin, have just
purchased the farming lands of the
John G. Mason estate in Mower county,
Mr.. Henry w. Mason of Worcester,
Mass, as trustee of the estate, made the
sale. The lands are mostly unimproved,
and lie mainly in Dexter. Waltham and
Clayton. The price paid was SIC, 800
for the $500 acres,
Miss White has secured judgment for
$1,S75 against the city of Duluth, on
account of injuries received by de-
| foct1v0 sidewalk.
A son of Mrs. Hawley, of Red Wing,
came near being fatally gored by q COW.
The animal attacked him and threw the
little fellow several times into the air.
Fortunately an other boy heard his
cries and succeeded in driving the ami
NAL off before he was seriously hurt, but
he was bruised and had his clothes
torn.
William Morin's warehouse at Hart
land, Freedom county, was burned on
Wednesday evening, with about six hun
bred bushels of wheat. Loss nearly
| 81, 200; no insurance.
| By order Of Gov. Hubbard, Adjutant
General MacCarthy recently issued
| General Order No. 6, announcing that
the annual inspection of the national
guard of Minnesota will take place dur