The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-02-14
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

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the Mississippi Water Power and Boom com
pany at the state capitol with capital stock OF
$50, 600 and limit of liability 100000 The
! principal place Of business is Brainerd The
incorporators are c. F. Kindred, G. G. Hart
| ley, e. r. French, w. H. BARLEY, W. E. Seelye,
j. M. Nevers, B. F. Hartley, +. B. Thompson,
l. E. Lum and G. b. Sleeper, all of Brainerd
| Also articles of incorporation of the Western
Land company, to deal in lands and to negotiate
loans, with headquarters at Fergus Falls and a
capital stock Of $25, 600, with the limit Of liza
James Compton, c. G. Warfeld, A. Braden-
burg, B. b. Warfeld, c. G. Houpt, A. G.
Brown and G. C. Clement oil of Fergus Falls.
Also articles of the Northwestern Endowment
and Legacy association, of Minnesota. The
principal place of business is Red Wing and
the object the mutual protection and relief OF
| members. So a
The following schedules of teachers insti-
tutes has been arranged for March: Insaniti,
| 10; Lyon, Marshall, March 10; Olmstead, Roch-
ester, March II; Kandiyoh Wilmar, March "A
| Mower, Austin, March "a; Jackson,
March "a; Fillmore, Lanesboro, March 81 ;
Hennepin, Excelsior, March 81; Stevens, Nor
] ris, March 81
The state central committee of the Prohibi-
| ton party has called convention to meet Feb.
ed in each of the congressional districts, as
follows: First district, Dodge Center; Second
district Lake Crystal; Third district, Red
Wing; Fourth district, Minneapolis; Fifth dis
trict, Fergus Falls The object of these meet
| lnSs is to discuss the general condition OF the
work and to act upon reports OF committees on
| resolutions, on the more thorough organization
| of towns and counties, and on Prohibition cele-
bratons on the Fourth of July. They will per-
| feet the organization of the districts by the APP
pOlntment of q central committee, and elect
| twenty delegates to state conference, subject
| to the call of the state committee, for the pTr-
pose of choosing delegates to the national COLI
vention, to be held in Pittsburg in May. These
will be mass meetings of all prohibitionists who
favor independent political action.
The Marquis de Mores has purchased the
Drake Arctic stores, in St Paul, to be added to
his system of packing houses for dressed
meats and cold storage goods. The consider
alton paid was S25, coo. These buildings will
| be used for keeping meats principally to sup
ply steaks and outlets to hotels, ETC.
The stockholders of the Bank of Ortonville
have decided to increase their capitol stock to
| $4,000, and merge the same into a national
bank The officers under the new dispensation
will be: President Albert Scheffer of ST. Paul /;
vice president, C. K Orion; cashier G. E.
Brooks.
Mrs. Cults, arrested in Northfeld, charged
with killing the illegitimate child of her daugh-
| ter, has been held for trial in $500 bonds.
| John L. Erickson, a young man about twenty
years of age, was found dead in his bed at his
home at Prairie Creek
L. A Davis who attempted suicide in Crook
ston recently, by shooting himself in the head,
| is recovering
/ G,a bnn o,,1 fo,-tx- civ {hs of
| in Otter Tail county lastyearwere from diph-
liberia.
The Merchants and Farmers National bank
| of Shakopee with cash capital of $4,000, was
| organized in Shakopee, and the following are
the directors and officers of the institution j.
B. Coulter, president; Mat Berens, Jr., vice
president: John NJ. Shwartz, cashier. Dlrec-
| tors, John Jacaeknicke of Louisville township;
| John Theis, Sand Greek; Valentine. Zoller,
Jacob Spinck, H. Fl. Kohls, Michael Shwartz,
| of Shakopee This bank was remodeled from
| the German American bank of Shakopee, Or
ganized as private bank July, 1883, with a
capital of $4,000
The residence of E. Rackliff of Maple Lake,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday, the Sth inst.
J. H. Past, the only occupant at the time, was
also burned. His charred remains were found
where sleeping when Mr.. Racklif and wife
| left him, a short time previous when they went
| to spend the evening at nelghbors.
A petition asking for the appointment of a
grain inspector for each county is being pre-
pared for presentation to the governor
jeremiah Meacham, an old and respected
citizen of Red Wing died on the eth inst, aged
| sixty-four years.
P. W. McAllister of Howard Lake has made
an assignment, with liabilities of Sd, 600.
Louis Kriegher, an old and we'll known citi-
zen of St Paul died on the 9Th inst, of dropsy.
postoffce has been established on the north
shore of Mile Laos Lake to be called Mile
Laos, with Mrs. Mary J. Garrison postmistress.
The mails are to be brought by special service
from Brainard twenty-five miles distant
The wife of Herman Ollin of Buffalo went to
| visit her parents. They would not allow her
| to return home, and Henry secured her upon
| writ of habeas corpus.
Hugh Connolly, sheriff of Dakota county, adds
| four to Warden Reeds charge at saltwater as
follows: Robert Gray, larceny from the per-
son, three months; Robert Evans, larceny
from the person eighteen months; George
Clark and Fred Earle, each one year for lar
ceny.
The pay rolls are being made up for the state
militia who served during the Saltwater trouble,
his return from the East The necessary cash
will likely be drawn from the national guard
fund as this is thought to be the only source
from which the money can be obtained. At
least So 600 will be required, and if this amount
is drawn from the military fund, the coming
summer encampments will be seriously Grip
pied.
At Austin, the many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. D. Malrett presented them fine china tea
set, consisting of fifty-six pieces, as well as
several other appropriate and valuable tokens
of their esteem, on the twentieth anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. Marlett's wedding.
James McClosky of Grand Meadow died re-
Gently aged thirty-five years. He had just re-
turned from Nebraska, where he went for his
health. He was formerly deputy sheriff Of
Mower county.
Mr. Hutchinsons house at Albert Lea, was
burned the Sth
Mr. Edwin Chapman, formerly of Rochester,
whose wife was seriously injured in the Au-
gust cyclone and another member of his fam
lily killed and his property destroyed, writes
from the Rogue river country on the Pacific
coast Himself and friend have struck pla-
Ger mine which is paying him 500 day, and
he thinks he has good paying ground enough
to last fifty years.
A special election has been ordered in Polk
county for Tuesday, Feb 10, to determine the
question of bonding the towns in aid of the pro-
jected Grand Forks, Crookston & Lake Superb
or railroad.
The Red Wing Advocate says Lee Hammond,
young man travelling for Mr.. Park, has alb
seconded with about 5000 of his employers
money, having bought too many blue chips
while ON his collecting tour
John W. Warner, living near Blue Earth
City, was fatally crushed by falling tree, dying
at the age of sixty eight years.
Mississippians feel very proud of
their State Library in the Capitol at
Jackson. 1t comprises 80, 900 volumns,
which include the legal textbooks and
reports from all the States in the Union,
making collection which ranks third
in completeness in the whole country.
Only the law libraries in Washington
and New York take rank above that of
Mississippi. Besides the law books
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