The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-07-03
Mr. Clauson pf Red Wing has been
missing since the IL ttlh inst.

Ease lElS DOelm0E,D G. EGgef, WIS mOEtai
! II. hit with stick Of cordwood in Nc
Carthy IS hand.
Thomas saul, aged twenty years
unmarried son Of John Saul Of Clifford
Wabashaw county went from his fathers
house to Zumbro Falls with load d
wheat, recently, and later in the day
during the process Of thunder. storm,
his team returned home without him
Search led to the discovery, not fal
from the family residence, Of his dead
body, with marks Of lightning upon it
Martinson accidently shot and killed
boy, fourteen years of age, of the same
name, at Sand Hill, Poke county, while
shooting gophers. ~~
W. 81. Fisher succeeded 81. r. Breei
as superintendent of the St. Paul &
Duluth.
j. T. Harrington, aged one hundred
and one, died at Long Prairie.
Reports from various points through
out Minnesota and Dakota show that
| thus far no material damage has beer
done to growing crops by the recent
| rather abundant rains.
A stranger went into J. Levy's cloth
ing store at Austin and successfully
passed $40 check in part payment fol-
goods, receiving the balance in cash
The check was in the name of. Senan
The man was arrested at the depot or
his way to Spring Valley. He was
tried befors Justice Sheedy and bound
over for $500. He gives his name as
Schumacher.
Rev. L. L. Tower, pastor of tho For.
est City M. E. church, and Miss Lizzie
B. Boynton were married at the parson-
age of IL M. E. church at Litchfeld
the ceremony being performed by Rev
J. G. Gullett.
John McMahon's implement shed ani
contents, near Crookston, were burned
by lightning. Loss $500.
Clinton Truman, an old and respect
| ed citizen of Sank Center died, aged
ffty-three years.
The mother of Peter johnson O.
Canton, an aged lady, was terribly
gored by bull.
At the meeting of the trustees of AL
bert Lea college Judge Mitchell of Wi
mona, Rev. r. B. Abbott Of Albert Lea
and George 81. Ravens of Chatfeld
were elected trustees in place of those
whose term had expired. Rev. Mr.
Abbott was re- rejected president, D. Fl.
Parker secretary, and II. D. Brown,
treasurer. The executive committee
was authorized to negotiate loan Of
not more than 5000, at rate of inter-
est not to exceed 8 per cent, for period
of not more than five years, upon the
college property, the same to be used
in finishing and furnishing the building.
James. G.. Hazlet of New York killed
himself in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis controller estimates the
expenses of the year at $317 ,273.
A. J. Warner & Co., Minneapolis jew.
elers, are internally torn up.
81. W. Pratt & Co. elevator at Sacred
Heart was burned Wednesday. About
six thousand bushels of wheat were
also consumed. Loss on building, 81,
900; OF wheat, 81, 500. All fully insured.
Tefil Proninski an employe Of the
Winona Mill company, had his arm
caugh in rope passing over drum,
and his arm was broken in two places
and his hand badly smashed.
Over the delivery window Of the New
Ulm postofice perches large Ameri-
can eagel, which was shot near Hum
mel's lake by John Lille.
Scarlet fever has caused several
deaths recently in Redwood Falls.
Schools and skating rink have been
closed.
y. Sleepy Eye proposes to establish a
new bank If q capital of $4,000 can be
obtained.
The work on the Wright funae at
Fergus Falls, which contains four tur-
bine wheels, is almost completed. The
cost Of putting in this flume is in the
neighborhood Of $40 900. Alarge force
of men are employed under the super
vision of G. NJ. Estabrook, the oldest
dam builder in the state.
Intelligence has been received at
Winona Of the death at Rosaris, Argen-
tine Republic, of Miss Mary J. Youmans
Of this city, Of malarial fever. Miss
Youmans left Winona on the Oath oil
June, last year, as one of the party oil
eight ladies to take service in the nor.
NAL schools under the auspices of the
Argentine government. She graduated
at the state normal school at Winona in
1874, and had, up to the time of he1
departure for South America been con.
tinually, and with great acceptance,
employed as teacher in the Winon a
public schools.
A quiet wedding was celebrated al
the Presbyterian parsonage, Fergus
Falls, the contracting parties being
David B. Williams and Miss Jane Pugh
the bride having come from Wales tc
marry her lover.
Louis P. Schoonmaker, the young
man who forged the name of Mr.. G.
L. Banner, president of the Harveste,
works at Winona, to several checks and
succeeded in getting the money on them
and escaping from the city, has come
to grief. He was arrested at Austin
Mimi, last week for forging a check or
the First National bank of that city in the
sum of thirty dollars and passing il
upon clothing merchant.
Franz Lehman, deserter from the
United States army, who in company
with another man deserted from For,
Mead on the 18th day of May, was ar
rested at Red Wing. Marshal Miller
has telegraphed to the commanding of.
ficer at Fort Mead.
Willis, sixteen-yea son of M
Blakesie of Ashby, MINI. was drowned
while bathing in Pelican lake on Sun.
day, the 22d.
The Union planning mill in East Min
neapolis was burned on Tuesday. The
mill was owned by J. II. Conkey, and
he estimates his loss at 12,O0 Against
this he has an insurance of 81, 200.