The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-07

Mr.. Frank Breuer, of the wholesale hardware
firm of Breuer l. Rhodes, St Paul, died at his
residence near Lake Como. This news will be
sudden TO- his numerous friends in St Paul
and the northwest, where Mr.. Breuer has been
prominent and honored citizen for twenty
seven years and we'll known fireman
The will of b. p Ernst Of st. Paul, the man
who was drowned at White Bear lake short
time ago, was fled for probate His wife pro-
cured divorce from him at the last term of
the district court, on the ground of adultery
since which time the will was made. The will
devises to the wife 5000 life insurance from
the Germ a Life Insurance Company Of New
York, $4,000 from the Bankers association Of
St Paul, 81 600 from Lodge No. IA of the sons
Of Hermann Of Milwaukee, and all his person
al estate and property. The will also devises
to the three children $1,000
Jacob Albert and wife of Waseca were
drowned while in a row boat on Clear Lake. A
young man was rowing the boat rapidly and
boat He only was saved by clinging to the
overturned boat The drowned people we're
about thirty years old, and had charge of Ma
plewood Park grounds, and formerly lived at
New Richland.
A little son of Mrs. Schlrisner, four years
old, was run over by a train on the Minnesota
Valley road near Sleepy Eye, and horribly
mangled, dying in an hour:
by train between Plainview and Blakely,
During a heavy thunder shower at Browns
Valley lightning struck the barn of William
Barnett, q mile east Of town, setting it on fire
and totally destroying it threshing ma
chine and engine standing in shed attached
to the barn was also burned. Loss, 81, 600; no
insurance.
Frank Breuer, prominent business man
of st. Paul for a quarter Of a century, died
recently
The honors paid to Bishop Grace at St Paul
on the occasion of his silver jubilee were
worthy Of the man and of the occasion. The
eloquent address of Bishop Spaulding, one of
the most notable of pulpit orators Of the
church, was fifty framed in a setting Of i'm
posing ceremonial and generous personal
tribute.
Francis Murphy, the temperance reformer,
is coming to ST. Paul
The railroad war at Pipe Stone rests quietly
in the courts at present
The Northwestern Car Company at Saltwater,
Of which Senator Sabin is President, is getting
ssout Of the woods" Settlements have been
made with the largest creditors and stockhold-
ers, and it is predicted that the concern will
soon be on its feet again.
H. H. Young, state statistical agent of Mime
sota makes the following report as to the present
condition of the wheat crop of that state: The
average is q Isl, 218 acres, and the average per
acre will be sixteen bushels, making the total
yield fully forty -four million. There is very
little damage by the late storms, certainly not
tho sr tnsa T 6ar Of PER b SSn e t
600 bushels. Oats, barley and rye crops are
also excellent and corn is as good as can be.
The estimate of II, GOO, 600 is regarded by some
as too conservative, the general opinion being
that the wheat crop will exceed IS 0O0, 600 BUSH
els.
The Reunion of the Army of the Tennessee
will take place at the Hotel Lafayette Mime
tonka Beach, Aug. 13and ID The Programme
of the two days is as follows: On Wednesday
morning, Aug. 49, at 10 o'clock, there will be
business meeting. In the afternoon there will
be an excursion on the lake and a lunch at
Lake Park hotel. In the evening the annual
address will be delivered by ex-Gov. G. K.
Davis. On Thursday morning the annual
election of officers will take place, and in the
afternoon another trip on the lake is provided
for: A banquet in the evening, as elegant IS
can be served, will close the meeting for 1884.
For the first time, at this meeting, wives,
daughters and sisters Of members will share
the good times.
Ganser's brewery at Owatonna was burned
Monday evening It was just being completed,
being enlarged by stone additions to the brick
main building, and new engines and machin-
cry were being put in The cost of the build
etc, about $500; insurance 81, 600 in the
North American on building, and $4,000 on
contents on J. Newsalts agency:
The store of 0. E. Erickson, of Atwater, was
closed by his creditors Foote & johnson of La
Crosse, II. g. Harrison of Minneapolis, and his
stock will be sold at auction.
Harvest in Minnesota will begin the first week
in August IN nearly all parts of the state. A
few fields are ready now, and some cutting will
be done this week; but the work will not be
general before the 5th to the 7th-
Mr.. G. E. Marvin, of Rochester, has been
appointed general superintendent of the entire
dairy interests of the Worlds exposition at
New Orleans, and has accepted the position.
According to the assessors returns there arc
153, $50 acres of land improved in Freeborn
county, the value being ~, 81, 372. The total
acreage of wheat this year is 56,364; oats, a.
nj; corn 1854; barley, Al; potatoes, 482;
110,1 The amount of the different crops
raised in 1883 was as follows: Wheat, 78S,O2d
bushels; oats, 737,173 bushels; corn, 1S3,66a
bushels; buckwheat, ], 944 bushels; and of po-
tatoes, 195, 1871 bushels; 1axseed, 1,4s9 bushels;
timothy seed, ALTO bushels; clover seed, LOG
bushels; apples, 1914 bushels; grapes, 7a
pounds; wool, 1883 pounds; butter, 545, 92s
pounds; cheese, a,1o po19ds;; honey, 3,3s9
property tax delinquent In the entire county,
three towns having paid every cent.
The members of the Tenth regiment Mime
sofa volunteers, to the number of about fifty,
met July "a, at the headquarters of that regi-
ment, at Camp Beath, and effected permanent
organization. Gen. s. P. Jennison was elected
president, Maj. E. G. Saunders vice president,
and 81. A. Mosher secretary. It was decided
to hold reunion of the regiments Waseca,
Mimi, aboutJuhe 1, 1886 All comrades of the
and addresses at once to the secretary at Wa
seca
Seven tramps were arrested at Fergus Falls
for fighting among themselves and attempting
to rob Swede
Jacob R. Hickok of Lyle, fell from his buggy
in fit, and was dragged for mile, being
dead when found.
The trustees of school district "a, LIE Sueur,
have $500 in the treasury and wish to build
q school house. The voters in the district
do not want q building and have so voted
The trustees inquire of Superintendent Kiehle
whether they have the right to build without
the consent of the district. The answer is
'tNo.' It is possible for them to rent build
ing, and they could pay enough rent to any
one who would erect one to warrant his pre-
senting the structure to them
The old Ninth Minnesota regiment will hold
a reunion in Mankato, commencing Tuesday,
Oct 20, and continuing three days. J. Dane,
G. Keysor, George W. Mead, c. M Jost and l.
T.. Mathews, of Mankato, have been appointed
ponding secretary of the regiment is Paul See-
ger of Window Mimi, to whom communities
tons from members may be addressed
The accounts of the state treasurer for the
close of the month show balances in treasury
Of 81, O39, 534 II, of July which deduction
for reserve fund overdrawn leaves balance
Of $3.50, 796. Oh, deposited in the First the
Merchants, the German American, the Sec
ond, and the St Paul Nationals and the Bank
of Minnesota.
The St. Croix boom has turned out this year
,531 ,852 logs, scaling about $50 feet each, or
total of 74,595, $40 feet, in eighty-seven and
three quarter days, against 1879, $3.50 logs,
scaling about 1872 feet each, or q total of 81,
SIX, $40 feet in ninety nine days last year: -, -