The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-08-28

!, Only favorable reports arc received from the
harvest fields Of Northern Dakota and Minne-
sofa. BY the close Of this week the crops the
entire length 81 the Red River valley viii be IN
shocks. Stacking has already commenced 10
the. southern portion OF the territory ana Is gen
eral in Southern Minnesota. The wheat yield
10 Dakota, as reported by the agents OF elevator
companies and other grain men who are COM
petent judges, will not exceed the first estimate
Of sixteen bushels per a,re.
Bliss Elliot, numbering firm with an Of
Ace in tho Academy VI Music, Minneapolis
made voluntary assignment for the benoft
Of their creditors, with liabilities at $4,000
and nominal assets at 500 O00 The firm
consists Of A s. Blake and DIR. A. F. Elliot but
the latter gentleman has been connected with
the firm but limited time. The action which
precipitated the assignment was an action
brought BY the Citizens bank to recover ON .
AtNew Ulm Charles Hers of New Ulm and
Harry Winters and J. @. Porter, of Mankato,
were at work on the public school building,
standing on q scaffold thirty-five feet from the
ground Suddenly the scaffold gave way, hurl-
ing Heers and Porter to the ground, the form
internal injuries, Porter fell upon some stones,
giving him severe shock.
Mr.. z. E. Caine, Of the Commercial hotel,
at Owatcnna, while hunting in company with
F. Roskoff, one of Owatonna's best marksmen,
while looking for shot bird in the tall grass
received the whole charge Of Mr.. Roskofs gun
In his face and breast at short range the latter
not being aware CT his presence. The wounds
are not fatal, but he may lose the use OF one
eye.
Richard Wells, an Englishman about twenty
years Of age, who has been in this country only
two or three years, was accidentally shot and
killed by his companion and friend, MIR. Frost
bic, in Fox Lake, MINI. Frostbie tripped his
foot and fell, and as he went down his gun was
accidentally discharged, the entire volley taking
effect in his companions head, and killing him
almost instantly.
Near Lansing, number Of calves have been
lost by mysterious disease called bloody
murrain. The calves are taken sick and die,
some within sixteen hours, there being no
cure The disease is contagious.
A soldier of the war of 1872, Mr.. Isaac De
Courcey, died in Faribault at the home of HE
granddaughter, Mrs. Ray.
Peter McClosky of Carrollsville lost his barn
and granary being set on fire by children play
ing with matches
A new 1900 bushel elevator will be erected
at Eagle Bend, Todd county.
Mrs. A. W. Fountain celebrated her hun
dredth birthday on Sunday, at the residence
of her daughter. Mrs, Stephen Francisco, in
Florence township, Wabasha county.
Carleton college opens Sept 10 The atten-
dance promises to be large.
Judge Mitchell of the supreme court has
handed down his decision in the suit of Stephen
F. Bueneman vs. the St Paul Minneapolis and
Manitoba railway, affirming the order of the
lower court denying new trial to the railroad
The suit was for SIC, 600 for damages to Buene-
man growing out of injuries sustained by him,
by falling off the depot platform at Alexandria,
Mimi, some five years ago.
The officers of the Northwestern Lumber
man, g association reelected at the meeting in
Chicago are:
President, A. G. Van Shack; vice president,
O. c. Merrman; treasurer, A. A Biglow; sec :
rotary, E. s. Hotchkiss; directors, f. e. Gre
Mich e. w. Durant, Saltwater, Mimi o. II.
Ingram, Eau Claire, Wis; r. G. Peters, Manis-
tee, Mich !; W. O. Goodman, Menominee, Mich !;
J. H. Swan, Muskegon, Mich. P. NJ Musser,
Muscatine Iowa; W. ]. Young, Clinton, Iowa;
G. s. Shaw, Davenport, Iowa; c. L Coleman,
W. Rody, Ludington, Mich. s. W. Farnham,
Minneapolis; G. NJ White, Montrose, Iowa.
Theodore Kaupang, aged twelve years, of
New Sweden, Mimi, was killed by the kick ola
horse Louis Edwards, aged fifteen, of Den
yer, Mimi, was thrown from horse and re-
ceived injuries from which he died soon after.
Anna Fildman, child fourteen years old,
a daughter of Henry Fildman, living near Graf
ton, Mimi, accidentally shot herself dead with
her brothers gun.
Levi w. Stewart, son of Elder Stewart of LIE
Sueur county, Mimi, was arrested at LIE Sueur
after a severe struggle, charged with burglariz-
ing the Kasota eating house. 1t is believed he
is the man who has been doing an active bust
ness in burglary and petty thieving at LIE Sueur
and in the vicinity for some time past, as
well as at LIE Sueur Center and elsewhere in
the county during the past year.
At St Paul Hugh Gallagher was run away
with and killed
The liabilities of F. E. Schenck, of the Bruins
wick, Minneapolis, aggregated &c. Net
assets, 81, 742.
At Winnebago City, the postoffice and Ameri-
IAN Express Office was broken into Thursday
morning at one o'clock, and the safe drilled
open The loss to the postoffice is about $500
in stamps and $25 in silver. The express
Office lost s19 in currency, and among other
valuable papers thirty blank express money
orders. B. r. Goodwin's Office was entered
and IS taken from his safe The contents of
the safe was carried . block, where they broke
open the iron chest and sorted the papers,
taking only part of them
At Willmar, two tramps, named Frank Dig
now and Thomas Quigley confined in the coun-
ty jail on charge of burglary, made their es-
cape by crawling through one of the ventlators
but were soon captured
The Austin Transcript speaking of the pros
poets of the Minnesota 4 Northwestern, says:
ssThe distance from Mona, Iowa, to St Paul,
via the new line is only ITO miles, instead of
lis as has been stated, and from Austin to st
Paul IS miles, which is five miles less than by
the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul The route
selected north of Austin is the line west of
Brownsville. 1t will cross the Southern Min
nesota railroad about two miles east of Ramsey
The reason given for selecting this route in
preference to via Brownsville, is that it saves
the company over mile in distance, and will
cost less money for grading and bridging
Tracklaying will commence in the spring just
as soon as the ground is in proper condition,
over forty days for the entire line.
Material for the Minnesota & Northwestern
railway at Cascade, Mimi, is now arriving at
Waterville There will be about eight hundred
car loads. Aspur track will be built from the
Minneapolis & st Louis at Cascade, and the
rails unloaded ready for track laying in the
spring There are strong grounds for believ-
ing that the work will be run in the interest of
the Illinois Central Work on the Wisconsin,
Minnesota & Pacific between Manka5o and
Waterville has not yet commenced, although
the survey is completed
Montgomery L Morley have purchased s, 900
acres of swamp land in Ham Lake and Column
bus, Anoka county, and have already put in
fifty miles of bitches. It is expected to make
5000 or G, 0O0 acres of the amount hay land be-
fore operations shall be suspended.
Mrs W. R. Murray, Of Lake city, delighted
numerous friends with an exhibition of . night
blooming cereus with six magnificent blossoms
upon it The same plant unfolded two blossoms
ON the previous evening
Tlur;nu thu hoavv fhun darakorrn IN last Safur.