The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-11-27

Malloy was shot by Village Marshal squares,
infiicting serious wound.
Herman A. Mosher, pioneer and respected
citizen of Waseca, dropped dead recently aged
forty-nine years.
Much excitement exists in the village of Hen
ming, Otter Tail county with regard to the re-
cent burning of hotel at that place. and man
named Tollefson is suspected of being the in
cendiary He has been hiding for some days,
fearing lynching.
The department has ordered an extension OF
mail service on the Minneapolis & st Louis
railroad from Birch Cooley via Redwood Falls,
Echo, Wood Lake, Sillards, Hazel Run, Clarks-
field, Boyd, Dawson, Madison, Revillo, Oporto,
Troy and Waverly, to Watertown, Oak, dis
lance of 1231k miles. This is to go into effect
Dec l, with service six times a week, or as
much oftener as trains may run.
The Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry will
hold their first reunion at Market hall, Min
neapolis, on Thursday Dec. 4, at 10 A. m. and
at 2:3o p m. will partake of a banquet at West
hotel, given by maj Camp All comrades of
the Eighth, and their wives, are requested to be
present and participate in the festivities
D. D. Robinson died last Sunday night at his
residence in Appleton sixty-six years of age
He was one of the first settlers IN that town
and had served the community faithfully IN
many positions of trust He plated and loca-
ted the main part of the village on his farm
six years ago.
Litchfeld-Burglars Sunday night broke
into the safe in Y. H Harris drug store.
They entered through back window into the
cellar and thence into the storeroom- Their
operations indicate that they were experts.
They bored hole into the lock, knocked off
the tumblers and opened the safe. They Sc
cured little more than $1l0
Health Officer Quinby of Minneapolis warns
the people as to the necessity of sanitary pre-
cautions.
Attorney General Hahn has given an opinion
in reply to a question of Superintendent d. l.
Kiehle to the fact that independent school dis
tricts are not limited in the tax levy to nine mills
on the dollar If section 49, chapter II, general
statutes 1878, has any application to an indie
pendent district, no tax for such purpose can
be raised therein under the existent law, The
only limitation as to rate is contained IN sec
ton ITO, which applies to building school
house and purchasing sites, and as to this is
eight mills, and not one per cent as in secI
ton 40.
The Presbyterian congregation of St Pete1
has extended q call to Rev. H. G. Mendenhall
of Grand Forks to become the pastor of thei1
church He has not yet accepted.
State Auditor Whitcomb in 1878, added 10 to
20 per cent to the appraised value of the state
land in Redwood county, as returned by the
commissioners appointed to appraise the same.
The effect was to disturb the relative values,
and in many cases to leave the nxed price en-
tirely too high A petition signed by q large
number of citizens of the county has been
forwarded to Auditor Braden, asking for re-
appraisal of this land, with the expectation
that the request will be granted.
1t is not probable that Lake Pepin will close
before Dec. l.
E. T. Wilder of Red Wing, assignee of the
Minnesota Elevator company, gives notice that
all claims against the company will be taken up
by him for examination, allowance or rejection
Dec. l6, 1854
W. Fl. Putnam of Redwing, assignee for the
Mazeppa Mills company, announces to the
creditors of the company, that he will, on Dec.
16, Mt 10 a. M, at the Office of the company in
Redwing, adjust allow, or reject claims agains,
the company,
A horse ran away in Owatonna fracturing
the skull of the driver, named Racine, and
badly wounding the horse
Following are the committee ordered ap-
pointed at the last annual meeting of the Min
nesota Editorial association to organize a ma
tional editors and publishers association,
and to further such end, to call con-
vention at New Orleans; B. b. Herbert Red
Wing; H. P. Hall, St Paul; D. Sinclair, Vino
ma; W. B. Mitchell, St Cloud. Alternates: II.
E. Hoard Montevideo; II. A. Castle, St Paul;
A. J. Underwood, Fergus Falls; A. W. McKin-
stry, Faribault; w. j. Whipple, Winona.
The formal opening of the great West hotel
at Minneapolis celebrated last Wednesday
evening with probably the most elegant ban
quet ever given in Minneapolis, at which were
seated 500 gentlemen, principally from St Paul
and Minneapolis; but the company embraced
a large number of prominent men from Chica-
go Cincinnati and other cities. The occasion
was made somewhat q tribute to the late
Charles w. West, and was planned when it
was believed that the builder Of the magnificent
West would be able to receive in person the
expressions of appreciation given forth of his
exceptional enterprise
In private letter from Bishop Whipple he
expresses himself ~ follows with regard to the
use of old St Mary's Hall at Faribault for an
industrial school for Indian girls: .'As to the
use of Old ST Mary's for an Indian school
shall be delighted to have it 80 used; and If It
were necessary would make any sacrifice /
believe Seabury mission will give st Mary's
the lots The school could be established and
title remain in st Marys unless new corpor-
alton is fovmed-a corporation OF ladies to take
the whole charge Tan only say there shall
se nQ hindrance on my part