The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-08-14
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
liam Bates, farmer crazed by Cerebral
scrofuis cuts his throat with : pocket knife,
ct Minnetonka Mills, Hennepin county Mr..
Bates was . member of company H Of Second
Minnesota infantry He leaves wife, six
daughters, and two sons. Tho Oldest child is
seventeen years old, and the youngest twelve
mothes.
The articles Of incorporation and amend
ments thereto filed in the Office Of the secretary
Of state. for the fiscal year ending July 81,
amount to 1888, or more than one . day. The
afiidavits Of publication, ETC., number 100.
In September, 1882, r. W. Jacklin, Of Water
Vile, was elected to and accepted the Office Of
member Of the board Of education Of the
Independent School district for three years;
in November, 1882 he was elected to the legis-
lature Of Minnesota, and acting - such, &C
cording to law and the decision of the attorney
general, he has been for the past two years
Illegally acting o. . member Of the board Of
education
An old landmark near the foot Of Lake
Amelia was removed the other day. It was
government mile pole ON the old Red River
trail, set by the soldiers nearly twenty years
ago.
Married at the ST Peters Episcopal church,
Shakopee, by the Rev. Mr.. Osborn, rector, thu
Rev. George H. Mueller Of Denver, Col, to
Ida, daughter of Capt J. W. Sencerbox, of this
city. The reverend bridegroom was formerly
rector of this church and the predecessor OF
Rev. Osborn.
A young Englishman came out from
England with q colony Of young men to learn
farming in the west, and who has been atwork
near Dakota in Winona county, recently left
for England in obedience to q dispatch stating
that he had fallen heir to $18, 600 in the court
Of chancery.
Charles Sinclair and Mrs. Alice Walker
charged with setting fire to Ira Judd's house at
Marine Mills on the 25th inst, were arranged
in the municipal. court at Saltwater. Both
waived examination and in default of bal,
which was fixed at ~, 600 each, were committed
to jail to await the action Of the grand jury.
Perham Bulletin: Some time ago there was
a dissension in the Catholic church in Mercer
county, Ohio, caused by the father of the
church being unwilling to submit to the rulings
Of the bishop, and one Father Joseph was ex-
PEELED from the church, and at his expulsion
several of his followers also left and formed q
colony and came to Rush Lake, in this county,
and settled there, building a church and con-
vent As farmers they were prosperous and
generous, it being one of their creeds to always
lend helping hand to the poor, and for all
their aid furnished they never took interest,
notes or usury. Everything went on harmon-
ously until about three months ago. when their
leader, Father Joseph, died. After his demise
they were unable to procure father, in conse-
quence of which they made arrangements to
Eel e. n
thing, and seek some far-off western home
In accordance with these arrangements, they
chartered as emigrant sleeper of the Northern
Pacific road and started on their journey last
Saturday morning. The car was left here Fri
day night, in order to give them ample time to
to Portland, Or. The sleeper was a new one
and would accommodate about fifty persons:
After their departure it was discovered that
they had taken the body of Father Joseph with
them.
From the st. Paul Office of the Bradstreet
company it is learned that the total number of
business firms of St Paul, according to the
most recent summary, is 2,02a The new
names added numbered 1876 and the names
erased IS. In the state, exclusive of st. Paul
and Minneapolis, II, 534 names are reported
and l ,2O2 towns. The names added numbered
1874, and Sig are erased There we're IL addi-
Gonal towns and six were erased.
Frank Kellan, arriving at st Paul from Port
land, Or, on the Northern Pacific noon train,
was confidenced out of $50 by a stranger who
ingratiated himself into Kellans favor between
Minneapolis and St Paul, and succeeded
in playing the old 'spayiug debt" trick.
Kellan was left moneyiess with the exception O.:
solitaryV.
Mr. F. D. Beecher, formerly of Austin, ha
been appointed agent of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railroad company in Faribault,
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
J. F. Whallon-
W. J. Wilson, of Faribault, who was arrested
for refusing to pay his dog license, was fined
% and costs, amounting in all to $16 He re-
fused to paw the fine and was committed to the
county jail for five days. On Tuesday, G. N.
Baxter, attorney for Wilson, applied for q
writ of habeas corpus and the question OF the
right of the city to collect dog license was ar
gued before Judge Buckham, A. D. Reyes ap-
pearing for the city. Judge Buckham has the
matter under consideration. Mr. Wilson is
determined to make it a test case and If
necessary carry it to higher courts
Brown county has {, 655 apple trees, of which
1910 bore 626 bushels last year. Four hun
bred grape vines produced 3:7 pounds of fruit
The tobacco crop was but 80 pounds last year
to ], 14, in 1879
The shaft in the Duluth silver mine, on West
Superior street, is down nineteen feet at the
end Of the 2OO-foot drift Ore now taken out
assays $50 per ton in silver.
M A. Schultz & Co., of st. Paul, whole
sale fancy grocers, made a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors to ]. W. Bishop,
president of the St Paul Trust company. No
correct statement of assets and liabilities can
be made at present, but the nominal assets are
estimated at about $l3. 600, and the liabilities At
about $1,000.
for Alaska Territory, and Andrew T. Lewis,
secretary and treasurer of Alaska Territory,
were in St Paul few days ago on their way
to Alaska to assume the duties of their posi-
tons. Both have been recently appointed, and
form portion of the first territorial govern
ment of Alaska. They left via the Northern
Pacific.
Articles of incorporation of the Bank of Will
mar have been fled yesterday in the Office Of
the secretary of state. The place of carrying
on business is Willmar, MINI. The amount q
capital stock is to be $40, Goo divided into 4N
shares Of 800 each. The incorporators are
Andrew B. Robbins, Minneapolis; Thomas I'll
Western Portland, Me. A e. Rice, John H
Brown, J. s. Robbins r II. Jones, M Jorgen-
son, George W. Tyler, r. G. Handy, H. j. Dale,
G. E. Lien andJ. T. Berg, of Willmar.
MaryJ Youmans, young lady of winona,
who enlisted as q North American teacher in
the normal school of Rosario, South America,
died of typhoid fever May 49,
During the heavy thunder shower early Sat
urday morning, the barley stacks of l. B. Rice,
three miles east of Austin, were set on fire by
the lightning. Loss one hundred bushels or
more Insured.
Jay Henry Loring is now editor of the Fergus
Falls Telegram.
Railroad Commissioner Baker, reports the
gross earning of the Duluth for the six months
ending June 80, 1884, as $49l ,24651, with the
taxes at $14, 4956 81. As compared with the
corresponding period last year, the gross earn
ings were SSH, SS3. So, with the taxes $15, IA
IS; . decrease Of go, OF IN gross earnings
and $610 On in taxes.
Fred Foulk, of London, Mimi, had his leg
cut of by reaper, and nearly bled to death
before medical aid was secured
Mrs. Wilbur Gaslee, of London, Mimi, was