The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-25
n1uuld; f5M !; $h|oh : aSSk .sitaing On his
launches was produced. It resembles the an.

bay, between Duluth and Superior, when com
pleted will be one of the greatest railroad
bridges in the Northwest It will be nearly
one mile In length, and will be composed o.
three sections. The draw will be 346 fec
ieSsth 9z 4,SSs Sfsef f." ''0s n"A''S 'A' ''"'
, sfiehaei Mcclure; 4 former initiate Of the SOL
diers' home At Dayton, Ohio, but for the past
-four, months employed asa fireman at the Wes'
Hotel, Minneapolis, has just received notice tina,
he has been allowed a pension Of 81, 400. Hi
appllffa;t! OF was warmly endorsed by NAL
h1s success to the good Offices Of his old com.
mander.
The dedication exercises at the new Masonic
hall at Lake City were conducted by Grand
Master Denny of St. Paul Grand Secretary
Pierson was in attendance. Members of the
order from Wabasha and other places in that
vicinity were present Two hundred and forty
people participated IN the banquet The hal
is handsomely finished aud furnished, and il
one Of the finest in the state
s. H. Hiland. general freight agent of the
Omaha railroad, accepted the position of ref
cree and arbitrator for the roads operating be.
tween Chicago and the Missouri river. The pc.
o1oAoiA 40 u ACU O1O niAu 40 tsH OetVSohA4S VI WV
recent passenger rate war; Mr.. Hiland'f
duties will be confined solely to the passenger
business. AS referee and arbitrator, he will
be called upon to decide all disputes arising.
The new Catholic cathedral at St. Cloud is
nearly completed. The building cost $40, 600.
1t has seating capacity of 900, and $50 seats
of ash and cherry, beautifully carved have
been placed A fine chime of bells from the
90 oil ich oi,, ht1nr
They weigh 1,035, ,9C6 and 1857 pounds re.
spectively The church is finished with hare
wood Father Stemper, the bishops private
secretary, is pastor.
Crookston, Specialize doors of Morris
Bros, jewellers, failed to open as usual; an6
subseqhent Developments disclosed the fact
that 4. D. Norris had skipped for Manitoba
taking with him all the jewelry, watches, TOOLS
and 500 cash, the proceeds Of the sale Of re:
served seats for the play "Spy Of Atlanta,
which had just been rendered by local talent
Creditors have attached the remaining stock
but it will not satisfy the demands.
Mr. Bowlan of Bird Island, RenvAe county:
at the late election, and will contest Senator
Christianson's seat. He raises the point thai
senator's from the odd numbered districts do
not hold over It will be remembered that the
Judiciary committee OF the last senate asked an
opinion from the ATTORNEY general on this
point, and Gen. Hahn was decided in the belief
that all senators held for four years
o. Sheldon, an old and respected resident OF
Hartland township, died last week and was
buried in Geneva township He made apledge
when Buchanan was elected president that he
would not shave off his beard until another
democratic presidel should be elected He
faithfully kept his vow, but although by Cleve
lands election he was freed from his singular
pledge of political feality he had not shaved of
his beard at the time of his death.
The Agricultural Society OF Rice county held
its annual meeting and elected the following
officers President H. ". Pratt; vice presi-
dents, T. H. Loyhed, T. L. De Lancey, R. Al
Weatherstone; treasurer, T. J. Mccarthy; Sec
rotary. William Nee; directors, W. r. Baldwin,
CrHcks cr Dsye Syrt6 GsGrfe 1yo2 w. Of
Warsaw: J. Fl. Petteys, Walcott: G Jorge Damp,
Cannon City; 7. 0. Grady, Forest.
Considerable interest has been created among
the lumber manufacturers of Minneapolis by
the recent introduction Of bill in the United
States senate by the senator from Oregon, pro-
hibiting the deposit Of sawdust, slabs or other
y.
mill men pronounce the bill grossly unjust to
their interest, and will SIMPLY renew con-
troversY which ragged fercely few years ago,
until experiments proved that the sawdust was
not an injury to navigation streams. 1t Is
claimed that the passage of the bill will be
strongly opposed by the numbering and other
interests which had not previously taken any
nc VT -. tll1 hight.
The Hoople steam ro1lef Touring mill a.
Il aka (l0safro most oykira.
" consumed, nothing remaining but the shell
of the building and part of the machinery on
the first floor, which is badly damaged. By
the prompt and untiring efforts of our hose
companies and in spite of the piercing cold
weather, the engine was saved with but little
damage. The total value of the property was
about $4,000. The loss is estimated at SO, 600;
insured by A G. Whitney of this city in the
following companies: The CALIFORNIA, 1880;
Springfield Fire and Marine 81 800; COnneti-
cut Fire, l.500: Orient, 1900; American Fire
$500; Northern, $1,000; Western, 81, 500:
British, $1,000
John Daner, the man who was buried in
we'll at Waterford, Dakota county, and at last
accounts not yet taken out, was an old resident
of Cannon Falls, and has had a somewhat
ty for John, either above or below ground.
Last summer he was struck by lightning and
severely injured and stunned. Some seven
years ago, while blasting in we'll blast
went off prematurely, and John was taken out
more dead than alive, with one leg badly frac-
tured, and his face so thoroughly blown full Of
powder that his countenance was forever after
changed to dark blue. John has had a score
or less of similar adventures, and always
managed to come out alive.
Among the heaviest taxpayers in Red Wing
are: Hugh Adams, $276 s.; Baker & Rich, $l9S;
Boxend Bros, 1864; Charles Betcher, $63S. SO;
c. Olawson's estate, S1.6l Goodhue County
bank, $685.. 70; Fred Heising, $3.50 Is; James
Lawther, $6n 25; q. H. Williams, 1912 IS; E.
7. Wilder, 1928. "a; H. A. Park, 1924. 10;
Pierce, Simmons e. Co., 1888 IL; Red Wing
Wagon company $165; Red Wing Manufacture
ing company, $196.06; Red Wing Stoneware
company ,lS6. 81; building association, $26l. rs;
l. G. Richardson, $224 81; Serum estate, 1921 !;
First National Bank Stock: T.. B. Sheldon,
$71775; Jesse Mcintyre, $271.25; T. K. Sim
mons, $297; William Howe, $24750; Harriet
Hodgman, $3775.
The will of Mrs. Anna E. Ramsey who had
a large estate separate from Gov. Ramsey was
probated at St. Paul Her personal ornaments,
wearing apparel, all jewelry, books and pic
lures, household furniture, horses and car
TlaSeS, otC., are DequeaCneQ 10 ueT uauSntor-
Marion Ramsey Furness. 10 her sister, Ham
nah J. Crouch OF Philadelphia, $4,000 is given;
to her brother, Michael Earl jerks of Philadel-
phia, $1,000; to Jonathan Ridgway jerks OF
St Paul, $1,000; to the Ladies' Relief Asso-
citation of St Paul s., 1000; to Sophia Carlson,
residing with her at the time of the willis prep
aration, 81 600; and all the residue of her es.
tate is bequeathed to her husband, Alexander
Ramsey, and her daughter, Marion R. Furness,
to he equally divided between them
A shooting ARRAY occurred just across the line
from Red Wing in Dakota county, recently Ma
~ Nelson had John O'Shaughnessy, arrested last
fall, on the charge that he was the father OF
her child He was brought before Judge Gra-
ham and, on preliminary examination, bound
over to the winter term of the district court,
and the case was set for this week. Sun
day the parties were at church, and as they
were about ready to start for home the girl
went up behind O'Shaughnessy and fired three
shots, one entering at the side through the
muscles, the two penetrating the skin and fol-
lowing around the body. A physician was i'm
medately called, who extracted one ball, and
left the patient in comfortable circumstances
Last Thursday was the coldest div Of the